Week ending 25th November 2022

 Hello Year One,

We have had a busy week! We have been learning the vowels and split vowel digraphs in phonics and have written instructions and a letter as part of our English lessons.

In our maths lessons we have been learning about more and less. We Have been finding as many ways as possible to make a given number and learning our number bonds to ten.

We made a slider mechanism for our D and T project. The children learned the story 'The Gingerbread Man' and created a moving story board.

The children completed their divas by varnishing them and were very excited to take them home today.

We have begun rehearsals for our Christmas Production. Thank you all so much for organising costumes. 

The children have mastered the art of tidying the classroom this week, so we had time for parachute games outside which they really enjoyed!

NEXT WEEK

Maths

We will continue to look at 'less than' and 'more than' as we begin to recognise the difference between two numbers. We will also be exploring the language of 'fewer than' and 'greater than.'

English

We will continue to work on split vowel digraphs next week. The children are learning the vowels at the moment and we will also explore nouns.

Towards the end of the week we will be working on story sequencing. They children will finally re-write the story of 'Farmer Duck.'

Science

The children will continue to explore the senses and complete this part of our topic on The human Body.

RE

We will begin to learn about another festival of light as we listen to the story behind the celebration of Hannukah.

Spellings

The children were so pleased today as they were able to complete the spelling task successfully. It is clear that you have been working on this at home, thank you.

Spellings for next week

Group One

in

on

my

tree

see

for

Group Two

mine

time

cake

bake

cube

tube

woke

spoke

Group Three

amaze

praise

playing

explode

soap

excite

tonight

school

church

Christmas

Christmas Performance

Next week we will begin rehearsing for our production of 'Prickly Heat.' The songs are great and the children are enjoying the process.

I wish you all a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 18th November 2022

 Hello Year One,

What a fun week we have had! It all started on Monday with 'Odd Socks Day.' We discussed the reason we were all wearing odd socks and took some fabulous photos.

As it was 'Anti-Bullying' week we did a lot of work around what the difference is between being unkind now and again and actual bullying. We carried out role play scenarios and the children completed a task at the end of the week to show how they would react if they heard or saw someone hurting another child's feelings.

The children have been learning to recognise and use verbs and adjectives this week.

 

They have completed their history project on 'Toys.' The final task was to draw, label and describe one of the old toys at the museum.

For maths we have been working on finding parts and the whole of numbers by using cherry models.

The clay divas have been painted and varnished and look very colourful and bright. The children will be able to take them home next week.

Spellings were good this week. It really helps when the children practise them at home and they are so proud when they are able to spell the words at the end of the week.

Next Week

Spellings

Group One

big

cat

dog

mat

sat

Group Two

take

like

made

have

your

Group Three

take

same

could

would

should

like

time

home

woke

cute

English

We will continue to work from the book 'Farmer Duck,' as we work on sentence structure, writing a letter and writing instructions/commands in speech bubbles.

Maths

Next week we will be looking at finding all possibilities of making numbers and exploring number sentences.

Science

We will continue exploring our senses and will play lots of games around guessing what you small, touch and hear.

Art

The children will use water-colour paints to create paintings in the style that Monet used. They will be given a print of half of a painting and will complete the other half.

D and T

The Story sliders will be completed next week as the children make the characters and tell the story of 'The Gingerbread Man' using the action of the slider!

I wish you all a very restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 11th November 2022

 Hello Year One,

We have had a great week1

Our trip was fantastic. we saw so much , learned so much and enjoyed every moment of the day! The focus was on old toys and there was a floor dedicated to toys from the past, many of which I remember having as a child!

Most of the toys were hands on, so the children were able to enjoy the games and interaction.

The Whitewebbs Museum is actually a museum of transport, so the children experienced old cars, using a bus from the 1960's, old fire engines and ambulances and extensive train sets!

here are a few pictures of our amazing day!

We also had a wonderful RE lesson this week as a member of our class dressed in her sari and did an Indian dance in front of the divas and candles. It was a magical moment! We have been learning about Diwali The Hindu festival of light.

Request

I would like to create a Christmas grotto for the children in Year One and Two this year.

If you have an old Christmas tree that you no longer use or Christmas lights and baubles, it would great if you could bring them in.

Book Bags and Reading Records

To make life a little easier I thought I would remind you that the children only need their reading books in school on Thursdays and Fridays. The bags must contain their reading records and any book borrowed from school.

On Thursdays we write our notes in the reading records and on Fridays the children change their library books.

Spellings

Please  make a note of your child's reading group, either 1,2 or 3. This is written on top of the spelling lists they take home. From now on I will be sending the spellings out on a Friday and I will post them on my bog the same day. This means you have the weekend and all week to practise.

Group 1

sat

nap

pin

this

that

Group 2

look

book

here

open

girl

bird

Group 3

Winter

music

unit

melt

find

wild

child

kind

tiger

Next Week

Maths

We will be re-grouping and finding the parts of a calculation and the whole. We are currently working on secure knowledge of our number bonds to ten. The children will be using tens frames to find hidden amounts as part of calculations.

English

Our focus will be on recognising and using verbs and adjectives as we continue to work from the book 'Farmer Duck.'

Science

The children will be given the opportunity to explore their senses. I will be bringing a variety of items into school for a guessing game. The children will reflect on how our senses help us understand and experience the world around us.

D and T

The children will be making their own story slider mechanism. They will hear the story of 'The Gingerbread man' and create a moving picture to tell the story.

Art/RE

As we have been learning about Diwali we will be creating rangoli patterns with chalk pastel crayons. The children made their own divas out of clay this week, so next week they will paint and varnish them.

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 4th November 2022

 Hello Year One,

It has been a fabulous week as we have Miss Cooke here to work with us. She will be with us until the end of term.

This week we have been working on addition and subtraction in our maths lessons. The main focus is on the vocabulary used. Please see the list below which you can use to practise with your child:

The language of Addition

 What is the sum of  _ and _

_ and _ is  - altogether

_ more than _ is _

The total of _ and _ is _

The language of Subtraction

I started with _ then took away _ and there were _ left

_ taken away from _ is equal to _

_ less than _ is equal to _

_ minus _ is equal to _

_ minus _ equals _

I subtract _ from _ leaving _

I hope this helps and you are able to use this mathematical language at home.

We have started a new book 'Farmer Duck' by Martin Wadell and Helen Oxenbury. The children have predicted the possible endings for the story, carried out 'hotseating' activities, found all the verbs in the text and were able to recall the repetitive phrases.

The children have explored the Hindu festival of Diwali. They listened to the story of Rama and Sita and understood the significance of light. They wrote recounts of the story.

In our science lesson we learned the names for different parts of the body. The children were able to label the body parts and they enjoyed a body part bingo game!

Monday was the first day of spellings. The words relate to the learning in our phonics lessons. The children will be practising them at school each week, but we also expect them to do the same at home. They are familiar with 'look, cover, spell and check, therefore they should use this method at home. Every Friday the will be writing their spellings without seeing the words. Every Monday they will bring home a new set of spellings to learn for the Friday.

PE Kits

Please check your child's PE bag as some of the children were without kit for the lesson today. They should have clothes suitable for indoor and outside lessons. 

Reading bags

Please ensure that the orange reading record is in your child's bag every Thursday. This is the day that we write our comments following three reading sessions.

The ebooks are allocated on Thursdays and we love to hear your comments following reading the book with your child.

Reading

Please avoid reading the school books on the phone as it is not a big enough device. If you have any queries or concerns about this please let me know.

Next Week

The children are very excited as we will be going on our trip to Whitewebbs Museum on Tuesday. It is officially a museum of transport but has a whole floor devoted to old toys. This has been our history topic and the children will find it interesting, interactive and fun. We will be leaving school at 9.30am and will return before 3.10pm.

Don't forget that the children will need a packed lunch.

English

We will be learning about sentence structure and using adjectives as we describe a duck. We will continue to look at verbs and the children will make a list of plural nouns.

Maths

The children will be learning how to 'count on' and exploring ways to make five and ten. We will continue to write number sentences for addition and subtraction as we also carry on learning the vocabulary for these mathematical concepts.

History

We are going to spend a day at a museum exploring old toys. The children will choose one toy in particular and find out certain information about it. They will draw and write about this toy.

RE

We will continue to learn about Diwali as we discover the different festivals of light. We are lucky to have a member of the class who will dress in their costume for this festival. We will be making clay divas, which we will light up to experience the real flavour of  this festival.

Science

We will be learning about the five senses. The children will be given the opportunity to smell a variety of ingredients and suggest what they are. They will use a feely bag and describe what they are touching They will hear a variety of noises and describe them. 

I hope to see you at our bonfire night on Saturday. Stay safe and have a relaxing weekend.

Ms Davis