Hello Everyone,

We have had a great week!

The children enjoyed designing a vegetable salad and have created a list of ingredients. Next week they will wash and prepare their salads and bring them home to share with their families.

We have been problem solving in our maths lessons and the children can now recognise the start, the change and the result  when calculating up to 20.

For English we have learned the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk.' The children were able to write accurate recounts of this traditional tale.

We have begun our history project on 'Famous Queens.' The children are very interested to explore this subject especially as it is The Platinum Jubilee soon.

NEXT WEEK

Maths

We will be exploring difference between numbers. The vocabulary the children will come familiar with will be fewer, more, greater than, less than and difference between.

English

The children will learn another very familiar traditional tale next week, 'The Little Red Hen.' They will write a recount of the story, role play the story and learn to recite the story.

History

Next week the children will be exploring life in Tudor times as we go back in time to when Queen Elizabeth 1 reigned. They will compare life now to life in Tudor times.

Science

The children planted beans last week and they will write about the process they followed to do so.

D and T

Each child will create their own salad. They have chosen their vegetables and are very excited to create a dish of their choice. I do hope you enjoy them!

Phonics

As many of you are aware extra phonics sessions will begin on 11th May. These will be taking place at 8.30am most mornings. There will also be extra sessions on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.

If your child has been selected for extra sessions please do not worry. Approximately 12 children will be attending the extra sessions and they are just to ensure fluency of digraphs, trigraphs and blending.

Some of you have asked whether you can work on them at home. That is fine. I have copied the more complex digraphs and trigraphs below:

ea, oi, oy, au, ie, ae, ue, oe, ph, ar, wh, aw, ew, ir, ur, ay, u-e, a-e, i-e, e-e, o-e

There are programs on the internet to help you with the pronunciation of these. If you add 'Phase Five Phonics' should have access to a specific program.

Willows Farm

We are all extremely excited for our trip to Willows Farm. A text has been sent to you regarding clothing for the day. I initially wanted the children to wear school uniform, but they may be going on the big plastic slides and it would be ideal to have trousers on to access this equipment.

I have a full crew of helpers now. Thank you to all the volunteers!

Tiredness

The children seem particularly tired on Mondays. This I know can only be expected to a certain point as they have had to readjust to the early morning rise, but if possible it would be so beneficial for them to  have an earlier bedtime on Sundays. 

PE Kits

Please can you ensure that your child has a full PE kit in school at all times. For the coming months they will need shorts, a t-shirt, plimsols, warm joggers, sweat top and trainers. 

I wish you all a very happy, long, holiday weekend!

See you all Tuesday.

Ms Davis

 Hello and Welcome Back,

It was great to see you all again on Wednesday. The children certainly seemed to have made the most of the Easter holidays and the wonderful weather!

The children have had a fun week back, using the new outdoor area (beach shack) and enjoying being back with their friends.

Today they had 'dress up' afternoon and I took a few pictures! The children are allowed to choose a dressing up costume on a Friday afternoon and it is a very popular choice. They often get into 'character' and have some fun playing make believe games.

You have probably noticed that some mornings I play music from different cultures as the children come into school. This is very popular and it has become a mini dance lesson as the children love to try the variety of dance styles from around the world. This morning we had music from India.

English

We will be continuing with daily phonics and spellings. Our topic is 'Traditional Tales.' We will begin with Jack and the Beanstalk. The children will be learning to sequence the story, answer comprehension questions, role play the characters, write character descriptions and interview characters from the story. We will follow this by reading a contemporary tale from a different culture and the children will be making lists and creating their own versions of the story.

Maths

This half term we will be working on problem solving, money (coins up to £1) and using standard and non-standard measures. We will be comparing values, finding the difference between values and counting in twos, fives and tens.

Science

We have already started some of our new topics. For science we will be exploring growth. This includes plants and animals. This week the children planted their own beans and will monitor and record their growth on a weekly basis. They will be finding out what living things need in order to survive.

We will be using our trip to Willows Farm to highlight certain areas of this topic as we visit animals of different ages and look at the vegetable garden to find out what we could grow in the Spring and Summer.

DT

Design and technology links with our science project as we will be designing and making a vegetable salad. This has to be attractive and appetizing!

ART

Our art lessons will focus on printing. We will be using a variety of materials to print with and hope to get some exciting designs!

PSHE

We will be looking at friendships this half term and thinking about how we can be a good friend to others.

History

This half-term we will be looking at famous queens. This will tie in well with the Queen's jubilee!

We begin with Queen Elizabeth 1, the Queen Victoria and we complete the topic by looking at the reign of Queen Elizabeth 11.

RE

We begin by exploring three holy books, The Quran, The Torah and The Bible. We will move on to learning faith stories.

Next week I will be discussing this term's home project with the children and I will post the information on my blog.

I have some volunteer helpers for the Willows Farm Trip. If you would be interested in coming with us please let me know. 

Have a great weekend. 

Ms Davis

Week ending 1st April 2022

 Hello Year One,

Happy Easter holidays to all of you. You have all worked really hard this term and deserve a good rest!

The home project was a huge hit! The children were so proud  of their achievements and enjoyed addressing the whole class to discuss how they were made. They love it when they are allowed to ask if their audience has questions and have become good at responding appropriately. One of the great outcomes of this project was how different each and every home was. This is what they have been learning in our history topic so it worked well. They were also proud to explain how their parents, siblings, grandparents and friends had worked with them. 

We were sad to say goodbye to Mrs Reusch today but we had a fabulous party to wish her well. 

There was a lot of dancing, pass the parcel, musical games, miming games and word puzzles. Everyone had a great time!

Have a well-deserved rest and enjoy plenty of Easter treats and I will look forward to seeing you all soon.

Ms Davis