The Elves have arrived.

 Happy Elf Day everyone.

Happy Christmas

 Thank you so much for the vouchers, it is very kind of you all and I am already planning my next pair of Dr Martens. Miss Neal is looking at some new converse. It has been a pleasure teaching the children over the last 4 weeks especially as we parted in March very suddenly due to lockdown and we never got the chance to transition in the normal way. It actually means that they have been with me for 3 years and I have seen them grow and become independent learners. It is a very satisfying feeling. 

I will be returning to Foundation after Christmas but will be keeping my eye on them.

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas. Fingers crossed that we can move forward next year once we get our vaccinations. By the way I AM AT THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas

Mrs R:)

Merry Christmas from all of us.

Happy Christmas from year 1

THE ELF HAS GONE!

 The elf has finally disappeared, I cant possibly think where he has gone but I have to say I am not sorry!!!!!!! He may have gone to help Santa or to the great elf recycling plant in the sky. I do take my hat off to you all for persevering with the elf on the shelf at home haha. As a result of  his departure  the children have done some fantastic work and have  tried really hard in all their learning.  We have learnt about animals that hibernate in the Winter and we have written a recount of what we did at the weekend. In maths we have been exploring doubling and continued to look at odd and even numbers. We even had time to write a letter to Father Christmas.

On Friday we had our Christmas lunch together and enjoyed singing and dancing in the classroom in our own bubble. I am definitely looking forward to the day when we can pop every bubble and become one.

I do believe it is now officially count down time and I am going to be giving the children time to be really creative with lots of fun activities next week. Don't forget it is elf day on Friday so the children can dress up as an elf. I will be wearing my usual take on the theme!!. We will not be having a spelling test next week so there are no spelling to learn, but that does not mean they cant find some words to spell themselves. Maybe try a Christmas spelling quiz with them over the weekend.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

 We have had a busy  week in year 1 with lots of Christmas excitement. The children told me all about the elves that have moved into their homes. I made the unfortunate mistake of inviting one into the classroom without realising that he has to do lots of things when we are not around. I was a little naive to say the least as every morning the children spend 5 minutes debriefing me as to what he has been up to. I am not sure I will be able to keep it up until the end of term!

The children have been working really hard and they are producing some excellent work in their books. We have been learning about predictable phrasing and have used the story of the three little pigs as our focus. The children have written and acted out the story in groups, learning how to act and project their voices. We had lots of big bad wolves.

 In maths we have been learning about one more and one less. We have also started to learn how to double numbers.

Spellings for next week:

List 1                                                   List 2

do                                                        just                                            

now                                                     what

my                                                       like

wish                                                     after

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

 It has been so lovely to be back with the year 1 children again and I cant believe just how much they have grown up. They were all keen and ready to learn on Monday. I told them that if  I forget anything they must remind me. The first day was fine and they were amazing. On Tuesday they said to me that I had forgotten something really important. When I asked them what it was one child replied "you forgot to let us play" I never thought a child would say that to me as I am the one who always raises the importance of playing to learn. I did laugh for quite  a while. I am very impressed with their attitude to learning and we are working really hard to keep them focused and excited about what learning looks like in year 1. The children have been on a science walk this week and we have used our senses to create poems. We have also written poems about Autumn. In maths we have been learning about one more and one less.

Here are the spellings to learn for next week.

List 1                                                  List 2

but                                                      down

the                                                      now

and                                                      into

was                                                     want

for                                                       boat

Your child will be told on Monday which spelling to learn but please if you feel they can, learn them all.

If you have any concerns or need to communicate with me. Please send me an email.

crobinson@littleheath.herts.sch.uk

I hope you have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

 Hello all,

This week was anti bullying week at school. During the assembly Mrs Custis was discussing with the children how to recognise bullying behaviour and the ways of dealing with people who are unkind to us. The children were able to name five adults who they could talk to if someone was upsetting them.

In English the children worked on sequencing the events in the story 'Farmer Duck'. and have worked on the story maps.

The Spellings for next week

Phase 2: hop, hot, fun, fat, she

Phase3: jar, hard, card, bark, said

In Maths the children have been learning to write numbers 1-9 in digits and in words. Next week the class will be looking at place value and using base-10 equipment. 

In Science the class has been  learning about the seasons and the months of the year.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Sheehan

 Hello,

As you all know Miss Davis is back in school now so it is time for me to say good bye . The children are settled and very excited about having a new teacher. They couldn't say bye bye fast enough to me which really made me laugh. 

Thank you all for your support and cooperation and I send my best wishes to you and your lovely children.

Mrs Sheehan

Phonics

In phonics we have been learning the tricky words: like and have. The children used the words to create sentences.

Spellings for next Friday

Phase2  hat, hug, huff, hiss, he

Phase3  high, light, night, sight, like

Maths

In Maths we continued on mastering subtraction using a bead string. The children are very good in recording subtraction through a number sentence.

On Wednesday we have celebrated the Armistice Day with two minutes silence. In English the children have made beautiful Remembrance Day posters and have created poppy necklaces, rings and crowns in art.

Hello Year One,

I am happy to say that I have made a good recovery from my operation and am back teaching Year One! It has been great meeting them and getting to know their characters. 

Reading Books

The children will be able to change their books as often as they like. We will monitor this of course, but they may want a new book daily and this will now be possible. Please discuss this with your children when you hear them read every day. If you and your child decide that they would like a new book the following day they are able to change the book first thing in the morning. 

We will hear every child read at least once a week and ensure they are changing their books regularly. If you have any questions about this please let me know.

Uniform

We have five jumpers in school that cannot be identified. If your child has lost a jumper or cardigan please let me know.

PE KITS

As the colder weather has started to arrive the children will need track suits and trainers for outdoor PE lessons. They will still need shorts, t-shirts and plimsoles for indoor lessons. 

PE lessons are held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Please leave the PE kit in school all week. If you want to take it home on Fridays to wash it you can, but taking them home at the end of each half term is sufficient.

Next Week's Work

English

We will be covering phonics daily. The children will learn new spellings. There will be a sentence structure activity and our main focus will be on the story 'Farmer Duck' by Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury. The children will learn about story sequences and character descriptions. 

Maths

Numbers to ten and some more. We will be looking at the benchmarks 0, 5 and 10 and their relationship to the numbers one to ten.

We will be making greater than ten and building numbers to twenty. We will be looking at place value and using base-10 equipment. 

Science

The children will be learning about the seasons, with a focus on seasonal changes.

RE

We will be learning about the Jewish celebration of Hannukah. The children will role play the story that the celebration originates from. 

PHSE

We will be talking about how we can work well with others and recognise that our  choices have consequences.

I wish you all a very restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

 Hello all,

This week our learning was based on the 'Owl babies' story. The children have learnt many interesting owl facts and have created owls in art. We have decided to make a woodland role play area in our classroom and went outside to collect sticks and leaves for an owl nest. We were very lucky to find a big tree branch which has made a great addition to our role play area. The children were very excited creating the props for their play.

Tricky words game

Fireworks experiment

On Thursday we have been learning about about the history of the Bonfire Night and we have discussed the firework safety.

English

In English we have been working on describing pictures and writing our own sentences.

The children were introduced to new tricky words: said and so.

Next week we will learn the word: like. We will write about our likes and dislikes.

Spellings for next week- We will have the spelling test on Friday.

Phase 2 words: bag, bus, mop, did, the

Phase 3 words: my, quiz, queen, rain, sail

Maths

This week in maths we have started learning subtraction. We have used different props to help us to understand the concept of taking away and we have worked on recording subtractions.

In PE the children have been working on their upper body strength and on skipping skills. They have discussed the effect of exercise on their heart rate.

This week in class I have taught the class how to use Microsoft Teams - this is an online learning platform. The children have been given their own emails and passwords to log onto Teams. We will be using this platform should we need to work from home as per the guidance given by the DFE. 

 You should have been sent a step-by-step guide how on how to use Microsoft Teams and we will be producing a video showing you exactly how to navigate the programme which will be on our blog.

 In order for us all to become familiar with this system we would like you to have a practise this weekend at sending a response to us via teams. As a practise exercise, I would like the children to login to Teams and type five of our spelling words: bag, bus, mop, did, the. I understand that the children will need your help to complete this task, but with time and practise they will gain more independence. We will continue to work on our computer skills at school.

I have placed the cards with login details in children's book bags.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Sheehan

 

Hello everyone,

This week we have focused on Anthony Brown's book 'Silly Billy'. It is a story about a little boy called Bill who worries about everything. Billy is so anxious that he can't sleep. But Grandma has just the thing for a boy like Billy- worry dolls, made to do his worrying for him. That night when Billy put the dolls under his pillow, he slept like a log. Year 1 created their very own worry dolls and have shared their own feelings with others.

Phonics

This week we have focused on writing captions and making up our own sentences.

After half term we will start Phase 4 phonics and we will use our writing skills to describe pictures.

Maths

This week we have been learning addition using a number line and a dice. It would be great if the children could play some board games with a dice during the half term.

After the break we will use Numicon for addition.

The children made sure that our cress is watered each day and that it has enough sun light. It has grown beautifully and the children loved making and eating their own cress sandwiches.

To celebrate the Black History month, this week we have been learning an African call and response rhyme: Toom-bah-ee-lero which was much enjoyed by all.

Every Friday Year 1 have an assembly with Mrs Custis. This week she spoke to the children about the importance of not judging a book by its cover. She used an example of a spotty banana, which might not look very appealing to eat , but in fact it is very sweet and tasty.

Have a restful half term!

Mrs Sheehan

 

 Hello all,

It was lovely to speak to you yesterday about your child's progress and settling into Year 1 during our parent-teacher consultations. I was pleased to hear that the children are happy at school and are keen to engage in learning at home. We greatly appreciate your support!

Today I have put in the children's book bags the lists of words with the letter sounds we have been learning at school. The children who did not have their book bags at school today will get the list on Monday. Please use the list  every so often for reading and writing practise. You can also use the words for making sentences.

Spellings

I am aware that some children found the last week's spellings challenging. From now on I will post five phase 2 words and 5 phase 3 words. I want all the children to practise the first five words and if you feel your child is able to learn Phase 3 words please practise them too.

Phase 2

tap, sit, tin, man, sad

Phase 3 words

moth, bath, long, sing, was

We will have a spelling test on Friday.

Maths

In maths the children were introduced to the number rods. They have been learning about the properties of the rods by creating their own designs. We will continue using the number rods for number bonds next week.

In PE the children continued mastering their Basketball skills.

In Science we have been learning about parts of plants. The children have made pictures of plants and have labelled each part.

Next week our learning will focus on our emotions. We will read  'Silly Billy' story by Anthony Browne and will make our own worry dolls .

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Sheehan

Hello everyone,

 

This week in Year 1 was all about planting and celebrating the Harvest. We have been given lots of  wonderful Harvest resources from Christ Church to enrich our learning. We have read the parable of The Sower and have been learning about all the things that a seed needs in order to grow strong and healthy. The children enjoyed identifying different fruit and vegetables such as spring onion, leek, cabbage and turnip. We have planted cress seeds in our classroom and we can already see the little shoots appearing. The children are planning to have cress sandwiches for their snack when the cress is ready to eat.

As we have had some lovely sunshine this week we went outside to collect autumn leaves. 

We brought the leaves to the classroom and the children have sorted them out by colour and have made colourful leaf rubbings.

We have also planted some spring flower bulbs outside the classroom and we hope to have a beautiful garden in the Spring time.

Next week we will learn about the parts of plants.

Phonics

This week we have finished revisiting phase 3 letter sounds. For the next two weeks we will focus on using our phonics knowledge in reading and writing. We will also continue to learn phase 3 tricky words.

Please remember to use Reading Eggs at home. If you have lost your login details please contact me.

The children have enjoyed Phonics Play games in class: Dragon's Den and Buried Treasure. Simply google Phonic's Play and there are some free games your child can access. Depending on your child's reading level they can play Phase 2 or Phase 3 games.

Spellings for next week

Please practise writing the following words at home. 

go, no, you, are, chop, chin, shop, ship

We will have a spelling test on Friday.

Maths

In maths we have used a variety of resources such as: whole-part models, ten frames and dominoes to help us understand number bonds. The children have been practicing writing number sentences and are becoming very good at it.

Next week we will introduce Cuisenaire rods. We will learn rod values and we will use the rods to make up quantities.

The children should spend at leas 20 minutes a week on Maths seeds.

In PE the children have been mastering their basketball skills coached by Mr Mills. We have lots of competitive players in Year 1!

I won't be in school for a couple of days next week but all the lessons will be taking place as usual . I am looking forward to the telephone Parent-teacher consultations on Thursday the 15th of October. If you haven't booked your slot yet, please remember to book one. If you are unable to talk to me on the day, please email me so we can arrange an alternative date.

Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs Sheehan

 

 Hello all,

It has been a busy week of learning in Year 1. Our beautiful Space display reflects how excited and engaged the children have been in their learning. The highlight of the week was the Big Bang experiment. I am sure that the children will be happy to tell you all about it.

Phonics

This week we have revisited the following letter sounds: ur, ow, oi, ear.

Next week we will focus on: air, ure, er.

The children have been working hard on their handwriting, and they are becoming much better at making up their own sentences. Please play the game I have suggested last week with the words: burn, cow, coin, hear.

Spelling

Please practise reading and writing following tricky words: he, she, we, me, be.

Maths

In Maths we have been working on number bonds up to 10. We have used ten frames to work on the number bonds practically.

We will continue on developing our number bonds knowledge next week.

Can I please ask that the children bring their book bags to school every day from next week. 

And finally, next week is Walk To School Week, celebrating ‘Clean Air Day’ on Thursday 8^th October.  We are encouraging as many of you as possible to walk, cycle or scoot to school throughout next week.  If your journey is too far to walk, then you could try to drive partway then walk the rest.

Thank you very much for your support.

Have a good weekend

Mrs Sheehan

 

Hello all,

Another week has flown by. In literacy we have been practising the phase 3 sounds and writing words and sentences with the new sounds.

We continued with practising our letter formation ( letters: c, a, o, s, d, e) and I am pleased to say that the children are making a very good progress in their writing ability. Please encourage writing at home. 

During the week we have focused on the following letter sounds: igh, oa, oo, ar, or.

Next week we will revisit: ur, ow, oi, ear.

We will make sentences with the tricky words: he and she.

At home you could play a following game with your child. Write words on the cards e.g. moon, snail, shop, chin, night, goat, zoo, car, fork. Turn the cards upside down. Taking turns with your child choose one card at a time , read the word , than make up a sentence with this word. This will help the children to develop an ability of making up sentences independently. 

Throughout the week we were reading and discussing The Smeds and The Smoos story by Julia Donaldson. The children were sharing their ideas of how to to be kind and friendly to others.

The children  have worked very hard to make their own  The Smeds and The Smoos books. Their illustrations are fantastic!!!

Next week we will  finish our books by adding more illustrations and writing, and we will continue learning about Space.

Maths

In maths the children were introduced to whole-part models. We were looking at different ways of making up numbers and were recording our findings.

Next week we will use ten frames to practise number bonds up to 10.

Please practise number formation 1-10 at home.

We had individual school photos today. All children looked very smart and showed their beautiful smiles for the camera.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Sheehan