Author: Mrs Keys

Look at this amazing model that came in this morning!

Please check inside your child’s book bag for their tally sheet! There are some brilliant prizes to be won for the top three classes!

From Monday, Morning 11th to Sunday Evening 17th March we would like you to count your plastic that you throw away or recycle. This is part of a National Campaign that Greenpeace and Everyday plastics are running. The results will be part of a report that will go to the government to help reduce the amount of plastic that is being used. For example fruit and vegetables in plastic bags.

In 2022, nearly 250,000 people from schools, households and communities across the country made The Big Plastic Count the biggest ever investigation into UK household plastic waste. It showed that nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic are thrown away in the UK each year, with hardly any of it recycled. 

The rest is burned, sent abroad or ends up in landfill. We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic waste crisis. 

Use the tally sheet to help you keep count of your plastic throughout the week. Put it near your bin or on your fridge door.

Then record your resuslts by using our own link that will help us calculate our class plastic footprint. Results need to be recorded by 31st March 

https://thebigplasticcount.com/submit/2955/grayling-1

What a lot of words! Thank you for supporting this wonderful event!

Grayling 1 had a fantastic time litter picking on the Great Field! Between us we managed to collect a big bag of rubbish! Thank you to those of you that were able to come and help. Thanks to Mr Moore for sourcing enough litter pickers for everyone in Year 1! When you go on a walk with your child maybe you could take your litter picker with you!

This beautiful print by Japanese artist Hokusai inspired us to create our own Great Waves!

We used pen to draw lines and shapes then added colour with pastels.

Our attention to detail was fantastic – can you spot people in the fishing boats and Mount Fuji in the background?

This half term the children are finding out about the five senses. Last week they learnt about hearing and had great fun using some string telephones.

Another reminder about this great event on thursday 7th March.

There is still time to enter this brilliant competition!

Today, is National Safer Internet Day. The children have spent time both in assembly and in class, discussing and learning about how to stay safe online. The main focus of our learning has been the importance of talking to a trusted grown-up if the children come across anything they don’t like or are unsure of online. We have also looked at our SMART rules for using digital devices and the internet and the different places we can go for help. Ask your child at home about what they can remember about our discussion and for any further information or guidance about staying safe online or Safer Internet Day please visit https://www.saferinternetday.org 

This week in Geography we have been learning about coastlines Tomorrow we will be labelling our models and they will be coming home to you! We are so lucky to live near the fabulous Jurassic Coast and many of the children talked about places they have visited.