Week ending 17th December 2021

 Hello Year One,

We had great fun this week as we packed so many Christmas activities in before breaking up for the holidays. 

The Christmas performance will be available for you to watch on video. You will be informed when and how to download it.

The children loved the party this afternoon and we played lots of games.

Thank you so much for the wonderful gifts it was very kind of you. Mrs Reusch asked me to post a thank you on the blog too. Mrs Alimadadi was not here today so I will deliver her gifts during the holidays.

Wishing you all a very happy, healthy Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all in January.

Ms Davis and Mrs Reusch

 

Week ending 10th December 2021

 Dear Year One,

We have had a busy week! We are ready to perform 'Bethlehem Is Buzzin!' next week as our dress rehearsal today was successful.

The children are still enjoying fun in the grotto!

For English this week we have been working on split vowel digraphs a-e, i-e and e-e. The children carried out a comprehension task which they completed successfully. We explored rhyming words and went on to write Christmas poems which are wonderful!

For maths we have been looking at making equal groups with the whole being the same and the parts being different. We have been counting in twos, fives and tens and working on our number bonds to five, ten and twenty.

Next Week

The children have worked so hard to learn the songs, actions and dances for the Christmas production. We will be watching a pantomime on Friday and visiting Christ Church on Thursday afternoon to hear The Christmas Story.

English

The children will be working on developing their comprehension skills by answering questions after reading a text. We will be writing the middle and ending of a Christmas story and continuing to work on split vowel digraphs during our phonics lessons. 

Maths

We will explore equivalent values and make equal values using symbols to record. This will be followed by showing equal values on tens frames. We will continue with counting in twos, tens and fives and learning our number bonds to five, ten and twenty.

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 3rd December 2021

 Hello Year One,

We have had such a fun packed week! The arrival of the Christmas Grotto and Santa's Workshop caused great excitement and enjoyment. The children made plasticine models as gifts and wrapped them in the workshop. They made Christmas cards outside too and at one point we heard the very faint sound of some bells!

We have been rehearsing for the Christmas Production which is very exciting!

We have continued with our learning and this week we wrote a book review, completed sentences correctly, wrote a letter and used adjectives to describe the grotto.

For maths we have been exploring fewer than and more than. We have been finding the difference between two numbers and learning to count in fives.

For Art we looked at the work of Claude Monet and sketched the other half of one of his paintings. We then used pastel crayons to recreate the style of impressionism.

Next week we will focus on English and maths. For English we will be exploring rhyme, writing a poem about Christmas and carrying out a comprehension task. For maths we will be be looking at equal values, recording using symbols, and continuing work on number by counting in twos.

We are looking forward to our Christmas lunch on Wednesday and the children will be having a 'movie' afternoon afterwards. 

Wishing you all a very peaceful weekend.

Ms Davis

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