Fairtrade, cheese and poems!

Throughout the week we have been learning about Fair trade and in particular Bananas. Year 1 have watched a very interesting video on how bananas are harvested and we discussed what fair trade is and why it is important. We have then ordered and wrote about banana production. Miss Richards and Year 1 have made some delicious smelling banana loaves using Fair Trade products for the Harvest café on Friday afternoon at 2.30pm. If you are also a keen baker please feel free to donate more food to the café for us to sell.

In Literacy the children have been developing their poetry skills. We have been using our senses to describe apples and crusty bread. As groups we have come up with some brilliant descriptions such as crumbly, crunchy, spongy, fresh, juicy, sweet, curved. Tomorrow we will be using all of our ideas to write our own poems.

As I mentioned at the beginning of the week this week we are looking at where our food comes from. We have learnt all about cheese and watched a video explaining how cheese is made. Year 1 have also had the chance to taste two strengths of cheese. So far most of the children have preferred the mild cheddar!

I hope to see lots of you for the Harvest celebration assembly on Friday morning at 9.20am.

Just a reminder- Our school trip to Poundbury Garden Centre is on Tuesday 21st October. If you haven't had the chance to come on a trip with us yet and would like to please see one of the adults in Year 1. We need a few parent helpers and want to give everyone a chance to come out and learn with us on this brilliant trip.