Week ending 24th June 2022

 Hello All,

A great week! We loved sports day and had so much fun!

We have been writing an adventure story and this week the endings came together. They were dramatic and exciting. When you attend parent's evening you will get a chance to read them!

The children wrote the story of 'Jonah and the Big Fish ' this week and they are remembering the morals to these faith stories.

We learned a lot about Australia and had so many items come in from home! We even had a didgeridoo!

The children learned the primary and secondary colours this week in their art lesson and were able to mix the colours themselves.

As the weather was sunny the children were also able to play outside and use the water tray!

The boys are making lots of models and asked me to share this with you.

The children are enjoying our PSHE lessons about growth and change and were so happy to share their baby photos and write about how much they have changed.

NEXT WEEK

English

Next week we will be working on suffixes and prefixes. The children will carry out a comprehension activity and we will begin our project on poetry as we listen to 'The Owl and the Pussy Cat.'

They will use role play to demonstrate their understanding of the poem and develop their creativity.

Maths

We start a topic on multiplication next week. You could work on this at home or when you are shopping.

Geography

We will be travelling to Africa next week and our focus country will be Kenya. If you have anything at home you feel may be useful please bring it in to school.

Science

The children will sort animals into categories. These will be mammals, insects, birds, fish and amphibians.

PHSE

We will continue to learn about growth and change.

I am looking forward to meeting with you all next week.

Until then have a great weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 17th June 2022

 Hi Year One,

It has been a hot week, so we made good use of the water tray to cool down in the afternoons. 

We had a great English project this week. We read the story called 'Not a Stick' again and began by role playing using our changing stick in different situations. We followed this by going and searching for special sticks and using our imaginations to change our sticks into wonderful, useful objects!

We took the sticks to the outdoor learning area and used role play to show how we would use our changed sticks. We had drummers, sword fighters, magicians, artists and baton twirlers!

We went back to class and wrote about our changing sticks. 

Next week we will be writing an imaginative story about being lost, finding a stick and explaining how the stick changes into something useful that will help us.

We learned about Asia in our geography lesson. Our focus was China and the children were able to give clear explanations about what they would do and see if they went there for a trip.

In maths we have been making equal groups and sharing within groups. 

The children learned about animal diets and were able to sort into three categories using a venn diagram. They learned the difference between herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.

For RE we read the story of 'The Good Samaritan' and learned the moral behind this story. The children we able to write excellent recounts of this and all remembered the moral to the story.

NEXT WEEK

English

The children will continue to write and improve upon their stories. They will use adjectives and have a clear beginning, middle and ending.

Maths

We will be sharing in unequal groups and recognising remainders next week.

RE

The children will hear, role play and write the Christian story of Jonah and the Whale.

ART

The primary and secondary colours will be our art focus next week.

Geography

We will be travelling to Australia next week, so if any of you have anything from home that the children could bring into school that would be great.

Science

Animals will be grouped and their habitats will be recognised.

PSHE

The children will be learning about their changing bodies this term. Next week it would be great if they could bring in a photo of when they were babies as they will be recognising and drawing the changes that have occurred.

I wish you all a restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 10th June 2022

 Hello Year One,

We have had a very busy week! The children have been revising their phonics this week.

We have begun our new Geography topic called 'Around The World' and they are really enjoying this.

We learn about a different country each week. Last week was France and many children said they had been to France or their parents had visited the country. If there is anything that is related to the country we are studying please send it in to school. The children learn so much when they share with their peers.

Next week we will be going to Asia and China will be our focus.

We have been counting in 2s and 5s and next week we will start counting in tens and looking for patterns. We will also look at counting with the 2p, 5p and 10p coins.

The next maths project will be multiplication and division as we begin by sorting items into equal and unequal groups.

The children will be reading a book called 'Not a Stick,' by Antoinette Portis. This will create imaginative story writing.

For science we will be learning about animals and we start next week by sorting animals into groups according to their diets.

For RE next week the children will hear and recount the story of 'The Good Samaritan.' They will learn about the moral of the story.

Our PSHE lessons will focus on 'changing me,' as the children recognise changes in their feelings, physical bodies and emotions.

We will begin our new art project the following week.

I hope you all have a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis