This week we have been learning about British Summer Time (BST). In the United Kingdom it is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time. This is done so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.
We looked at lots of different clocks and talked about how people managed to tell the time long ago, before clocks and watches were invented.
We thought about time marked candles, sun dials and sand timers. We designed our own clocks and talked about the ones we liked the best.
We talked about how many clocks the Queen has in her castles and how long it would take to change all the clocks. There are 500 in Buckingham Palace, 380 in Windsor Castle and 80 in Balmoral Castle in Scotland. It is a big job.
We then went on to write our own story about a magical clock, focusing on editing, improving and extending our writing.
Our usual Friday morning ‘Disco Dough’ warm-up was extra special as it was Red Nose Day. Everyone looked great in their red clothes and happy faces.
In science we have been learning about some common British birds that we might see in our gardens.
I think the weather will be fine, perhaps do some bird spotting this week-end, and you could draw and label some birds to stick into our Class One homework book.
