The Buds have been learning how to look closely at items and to use magnifying glasses.  The idea was to become scientists and become ‘Good Lookers’.  The Buds explored ears, mouths and eyes.  After sharing our ideas and becoming better lookers we then drew our partners eyes.

The Buds have been reading the book ‘Father Christmas Needs a Wee’ by Nicholas Allan.  This is the second book they have read this term by this author as they read ‘The Queen’s Knickers’ in Autumn 1.  The children enjoyed joining in with the rhyming strings used throughout the book.  After reading the story our Year 1 Buds attempted to solve the problem ‘Why did Father Christmas Need a Wee?’.  The children recorded how many drinks he had at each house and then started to add amounts together.  Each one of the children used a different method and were able to explain their reasoning. We used concrete resources to help us add amounts together.  The Jenga blocks really supported us and they made a staircase pattern of one more for each house he visited.  A huge well done to one our Bud who used Number Blocks to support their problem solving.