Week beginning Monday5th November

Hello Year One,

We have had a busy week and the children have been working hard. They have written postcards to Aunty Goose from Duck. They wrote lists of tools that farmer's use and have been beginning to write in sentences. They are learning 'Kung Fu' punctuation which I am sure they will demonstrate to you if you ask them.

For maths they have been estimating and counting. They are learning how it is easier to group into tens when counting a large number of items.

It was lovely to see you all at the consultations and for you to share in celebrating the progress the children are making.

For the week after the holidays:

Maths

The children will be learning that teen numbers and ten and some more. There will be a variety of practical activities to help them grasp this concept. They will make towers of ten with cubes in a colour and then add ones in another colour.
We will also be working on ordering numbers to 20 and 30 and finding numbers in between two given numbers with a difference of two.
They will also be given 3 numbers and be asked to order them from the smallest to the largest.

English

The week will start by listening to the story 'Plenty Of Love To Go Round' by Emma Chichester Clarke. From this the children will begin to predict events in the story.
We will be looking at labels and asking ourselves what makes a good label.
Towards the end of the week the children will be creating lists of items needed to look after a cat. They will be writing captions for the actions of cats and we will be progressing with sentence structure.

Science

Our topic this half term is seasonal weather change and how this affects us in our daily lives. We will be going outside and waiting for a cloud to cover the sun so that the children can explain what they think is happening and how it feels. We will begin by discussing the four seasons and as the weeks go on we will be exploring each season in detail.

Geography

Our Project will be 'On The Farm' and we will be exploring arable, dairy and livestock farms. We will be finding out the foods that the different farms produce.

Design and Technology

This half term we will be creating sliders and levers. For the first week we will read 'The Gingerbread Man' and role play the story. The children will begin to create the background for their slider picture.

PSHE

Our theme this half term is 'celebrating differences' and we will begin by noticing our similarities and differences.

R.E

We begin with Diwali as we start to learn about the different festivals of light that religions celebrate. We will read the story of 'Rama and Sita' and the children will role play the story.

I hope you all have a restful week and look forward to seeing you on 5th November.
Ms Davis

Week beginning 21st October 2018

Hello Year One,

This week has been full of surprises and fun! We began our 'celebrating differences' week by discussing how different we all are.
We read some super stories and made people that portrayed these differences.

As it is also 'Black History Month' we read the story of Rosa Parks and the children wrote their own dreams of changing unfair aspects to our world.

We designed African animals and created 'African style' jewellery.

We are in the process of collating all the work that was carried out this week in a class book, which will be available for you to look at next week.

We read 'Handa's Surprise' and wrote stories about naughty animals stealing our fruit and vegetables. We made a pictogram to record the most popular fruit in our class. Strawberries were clear winners.

We have been looking at animal skins and this week was an ideal opportunity to create some art work using animal prints.

Maths

Next week we will be revising all we have learned so far this term. We will begin estimating amounts of items and counting them to check how close we were. The children all have their maths targets now and many have been asked to ensure they write their numbers accurately. They are keen to do this, so if they have some spare time at the weekend they could practise. 

English

We have been working with the story 'Farmer Duck' which the children adore. Next week we will be sending the duck on a holiday as he is so tired from all the work he has been doing for the lazy farmer. The children will be writing a postcard from the duck to his Aunty Goose. They will be creating a list of the tools one needs as a gardener and a farmer. 

History

We will be taking a closer look at the toys from the 70's and the children will choose one toy they would like to draw and describe, explaining why they have chosen it. 

RE

The children will learn about charity and how religions work towards helping those in difficulty or crisis. We will be thinking about homeless people and how local churches collect items that may be useful for them. The children will then think about a fun way they could raise money for a good cause.

Science

The five senses will be the topic for next week as we explore how humans and animals use them to survive. We will also look at how people manage without sight and hearing.

I look forward to meeting you at the parent consultations this week. Until then, have a happy weekend.

Ms Davis

Week beginning 15th October 2018

Hello Everyone,

The children have enjoyed learning about Lowry this week and could explain many features of his paintings. They used charcoal to re-create the smoky, grey affect that he portrayed. They used the tip of the charcoal to draw the little matchstick figures.

Maths

We have been playing lots of number games this week, focussing on re-ordering numbers to 21. The children are beginning to form numbers correctly and write the name of numbers to ten.
Next week we will be sorting and grouping, making Venn diagrams and producing pictograms following class research.

English

The children are beginning to write stories. This week I read the first half of 'Farmer Duck' and the children had to create the end of the story. They managed this well, with most of them throwing the lazy farmer into a swimming pool! Next week we will be re-creating our own version of 'Handa's Surprise' and describing our dreams about changing something to make life better.

Next week is 'Equity week.' As a school we will be celebrating difference. It is also the beginning of 'Black history month' so our activities will be linked to these events. We have lots of exciting plans which I am sure the children share with you.

I have returned all the parent consultations times to you. I do apologise if you did not get the time you asked for. The later part of the afternoon/evening was very popular. If your appointment is not at all convenient please come and see me and I am sure we can re-schedule for another time.

I hope you have a restful and happy weekend.
Many thanks
YDavis

week beginning 8th October 2018

Hello Everyone,

The children have had a very exciting week. We completed the caterpillars for our DT project. The children decided to use string to thread them together and they all took part.

We had great fun at our harvest festival party. We have been learning about symmetry in maths and some of the children chose to make symmetrical designs for their fruit salads. 

Maths

We have been working with shape and symmetry this week, alongside daily number work and carrying out sorting activities. Next week we will focus on number 0 -20, one less and one more than 20, sorting numbers to 20 and counting to 100 in tens. We will be playing number games to find missing numbers and to re-order muddled number lines.

English

Our English focus will be taken from the book 'Farmer Duck.' The children will be coming up with ideas for story endings and will be looking at patterns in stories. They will be writing or drawing story maps of their own. The topic will be losing something. If you have any memories of your child losing a toy or something special it would be really helpful to remind them of that time.

Science

We learned the parts of the human body this week. Next week we will look at characteristics of animals and the reasons for them.

History

The children will be sorting toys into different categories next week. We also have a guest speaker coming to share experiences of toys from the past.

RE

We celebrated harvest this week so will follow this up by looking at how different religions have a variety of festivals and traditions to give thanks.

The children are still not drinking the milk. If you are paying for this it seems a waste. Check with your child as to whether he/she wants to continue to have school milk.

Thank you for all the harvest festival contributions. We collected a really great range of products for those less fortunate than ourselves.

I wish you all a restful weekend.

Ms Davis