Week ending 28th April 2023

 Hello Year One,

We have had a wonderful week. The trip to Willows Farm was a huge success as I am sure you heard from your children! They had so much fun and really did not want to leave!

 They were taught how to milk a cow and they watched Daisy being milked using the machine. They were able to feed the animals which caused lots of laughs. 

They loved watching the Peter Rabbit show and discovering Mr Todd's house. 

Soft play, trampolining, bouncy castles, rope swings and sand activities were just a few of the activities covered in the afternoon!

The children have been learning how to measure volume and length this week. they used standard and non-standard measures to do so.

We have been planning for story writing this week and writing character descriptions.

The children planted beans on Wednesday and recorded the process. They had to explain how they will help their beans to grow. They will be recording the bean growth as a diary.

We have been looking at Holy Scriptures with a focus on The Holy Bible. The children were able to record the many purposes of The Bible.

In our PHSE lesson we spent some time exploring friendship and what it ,eans to be a good friend.

Next Week

Maths

 We will continue with measurement, but next week our focus will be on mass, using standard and non-standard measures.

English

The children will be writing their own stories about magic beans. The focus will be on sentence structure. 

We will be role playing the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and writing character descriptions from the story.

D and T

The children will be planning and designing a vegetable salad, which they will be making the following week.

PHSE

We will be looking at friendship difficulties and working on strategies to manage these successfully.

History

The focus will be on The Tudor Period and Queen Elizabeth1.

I wish you all a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 21st April 2023

 Hello Year One,

It has been a great first week back. 

The children have been learning to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. They have done really well, but some would like to practise at home.

We have begun a new story focus 'Jack and the Beanstalk.' As you are probably aware this story will feature in our class assembly on May 25th. The children are becoming familiar with the sequence of the story and have been writing a recount.

Our history topic this half-term is 'Famous Queens.' This week we learned about  three queens, Queen Elizabeth 1st, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth 2nd. We discovered that monarchs live in palaces and we looked at pictures of some of their homes.

The children evaluated their design projects this week. They were able to reflect on their original designs and explain why certain aspects had to be changed or altered. Some designs were exactly like the finished products!

Next Week

English

The children will write character descriptions as we continue to focus on 'Jack and the Beanstalk.' They will begin to draft a story. They will be using their imaginations as they climb a beanstalk and find something magical at the top!

Maths

We will be measuring next week. We will begin by exploring volume and the children will work practically and follow up by recording their findings. We will be measuring lengths and learn to measure with a ruler in centimetres. 

Science

Next week the children will be planting beans as they learn about growth. They will create  bean diaries and record the growth of their beans. They will record the steps they took to plant the beans and will investigate what they will need to keep their beans alive.

RE

We will be looking at holy scriptures and will begin with The Bible. The children will be exploring some of the stories from The Bible at a later date.

PHSE

As we begin to focus on relationships the children will be thinking about friendship and how to be a 'good' friend.

Trip to Willows Farm - Thursday

The children are very excited for this trip. I will post photos next week. Please remember they will need to be in school uniform and must have appropriate footwear and coats. They must bring a packed lunch and plenty to drink. 

Reading Books and Bags

Please could the children bring their reading bags with all the books and the reading records in to school on a daily basis. 

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis