year 1 assembly celebrations

YEAR 1 ASSEMBLY

Our learning journey about

celebrations!

Celebrate!

Central Idea – People recognise important events through

celebrations and traditions.

(open-minded)

Lines of Inquiry – • What is a celebration.

• How and Why do people celebrate.• What art forms are associated with

celebrations.

We all discussed what we know about Christmas and linked it to

our own experiences.(knowledgeable)

• Each class decided on 2 celebrations which they wanted find out more about…….

• 1C Diwali and Chinese New Year

• 1E Diwali and Easter

• 1D Easter and Chinese New Year

• 1J Easter and Weddings

We learnt how to ask smart questions!

(communicators)

How ?W

hen ?

Why ? W

here ?What ?

Who ?

We developed our research skills with the help of our year 6 buddies

and Mrs Barwell in the library.

We found out what we

already knew and what

questions we wanted to ask on our wonder

wall…..

We had visitors that helped with our research.

Ariel’s

mummy ca

me

to ta

lk to 1D about

Chinese N

ew Year.

Mrs Ho about

Chinese New Year

Mrs McKay about

Weddings

Mrs Singh about

Diwali

We found out information by asking our teachers.

We tried new food! (Risk Taking)

We used the computers to do our research!

(Inquirer)

We found out about and sequenced the story of Diwali.

We looked at artefacts and then created our own…..

Rangoli

Patterns

Dias Candles

We learnt about Weddings and created

our own Wedding cake and designed bouquets.

We made Henna patterns

Easter baskets and collaged eggs.

We created eggs using printing and collage.

We created paintings and sculptures.

We created our own Easter egg designs with paint.

We looked at the similarities and differences between the

celebrations we were inquiring into.(reflective)

Mr Topper came to help with our questioning and Ms Salter taught

us how to reflect using our thinking hats.

We used ALL our knowledge to create our 100 day celebration!!!

• We decided on our menu, our decorations and what we wanted to do during the day.