Week ending 30th April 2021

 Hello Year One,

We have had a creative week. Through our history project we have gone back in time to 'The Tudor Period.'

We have been making masks for a Tudor feast and learning a Tudor dance. The children found this very funny! 

Jack and the Beanstalk has continued to provide a wealth of wonderful written work and the children have now created their own stories about 'magic beans.' They began by planning the sequence of their stories, next they added adjectives to make them colourful and imaginative. Finally they concentrated on punctuation as they put the stories together. 

Next week we will begin a new book for our English lessons. We will begin to explore 'Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone.' This is a traditional tale from West Africa and it will prompt some colourful art work too!

For maths we will begin to look at scaling and counting in twos to 24. 

Our science lessons will focus on trees as we continue to look at growth. The children will also continue to monitor their bean growth, which is proving very exciting!

We will continue to learn about past and present queens of England, focussing on Elizabeth 11.

We will be printing using our hands and fruit and vegetables to create patterns in our art lesson.

Spellings

Elephants                                   Tigers                                     Zebras

day                                               fast                                          should

today                                            last                                          would

say                                                past                                         could

play                                              path                                         even

way                                               bath                                        everybody

                                                     Mr                                           parents

                                                     Mrs                                          sure

                                                                                                      who

                                                                                                      father

                                                                                                      mother

I will leave you with some of the beautiful water colour paintings that the children in Year One have created.

These are observational paintings of  Spring flowers. Such talent!

Have a restful and happy bank holiday weekend and I look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.

Ms Davis

Week ending 23rd April

 Hello Year One,

We have had a wonderful week as the weather has been glorious! The children have been outside on tree hunts, working on observational paintings of Spring/Summer flowers and having great fun with water play.

Let's hope the weather stays warm, as the children love outdoor activities, as you can see!

Next week the children will be writing their own version of 'a magic bean' story. We will be concentrating on digraphs au and ou and revising split vowel digraphs.

We will be continuing our work on multiplication in maths lessons and revising our number bonds during maths frequency sessions.

The children planted beans this week and they will be keeping a diary of their growth. We were lucky to receive a gift from Poppy this week. We now have caterpillars which we can observe as they transform into butterflies. We will also be learning the names for the different parts of a tree.

Our history lesson will be great fun as the children will be creating Tudor masks for a role playing session of a Tudor feast!

For RE we will begin our topic 'faith stories' as we look at stories from different religions and how they instil faith into their followers through these wonderful tales.

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 16th April 2021

 Hello Year One,

We have had a very busy week! 

The children have started to learn about 'traditional tales' and are currently enjoying Jack and the Beanstalk. We began by reading the story and using role play to become more familiar with the characters and the sequence of the story. Yesterday they wrote the story in sequence. Next week the children will be showing understanding of the story through a comprehension activity. We will also be discussing and writing about the moral factors of the story and the children will be able to vote for who they feel did the 'right' thing, Jack or the giant! 

For maths we have been looking at equal and unequal groups. You could continue this learning at home when cooking or shopping. The children are making the link between equal, unequal and odd, even numbers. Next week we will continue with this and move on to multiplication and division.

We have begun a history project on 'Famous Queens,' which the children are finding very interesting. We are focussing on Elizabeth 1, Queen Victoria and Elizabeth 11. Next week we will be exploring Tudor life as we learn more about Queen Elizabeth 1. This will be followed by mask making and working in groups of three to role play a Tudor feast!

Our Science topic is 'growth' and the children have planted beans this week. The children have written the steps they took to plant the beans and next week will focus on what plants need in order to grow. We will also be having a wild plant hunt!

We are talking about relationships for PSHE and our main focus is our friendships at school.

Next week we will be using watercolour paints to create pictures about the growth we see in the school grounds.

Spellings

The children will bring their spellings home today (Friday). They should practice them at least three times before next Friday. They will also be working on learning them at school. 

Elephants                                                 Tigers                                                 Zebras

go                                                               there                                                    our

so                                                                where                                                  door

by                                                                love                                                     poor

my                                                               push                                                    find

here                                                              pull                                                     mind

                                                                     full                                                      floor

                                                                     house                                                  because

                                                                                                                                 kind

                                                                                                                                 behind

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Reading

The children are reading in groups on a daily basis at school. They also read to an adult at least once a week. They should be reading every day at home. Books can be changed daily and they can take up to two books home at the weekend.

PE

Thank you for ensuring the children have their PE kits in school every day. 

I wish you all a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis