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