Hello Everyone,
We have had a busy and exciting week!
We have been learning division in our maths lessons and we have been finding links between division and multiplication.
For English we have been preparing to write an explanation text. We read a text explaining how to make ice-cream and have been planning a text explaining how to bake a cake. We will finish this next week and also begin a new book. The new story is called 'The Highway Rat' by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler.
For our science lesson we studied the parts of a tree. We went and explored the oak tree in the school grounds and we were able to locate all the parts.
The children were able to record their learning when they returned to the classroom.
Year One are very keen on geography and are enjoying our new topic 'Around The World.' This week they located the continents on a world map. They were able to find The UK and France on a map of Europe. They had great fun exploring the features and culture of France.
The children have waited a long time for the weather to be warm enough for outdoor water play, so were thrilled when we were able to set that up for this afternoon!
NEXT WEEK
Maths
We will be learning about direction and time next week. The children will learn clockwise and anti-clockwise. They will be spending a lot of time exploring clocks and how the hands move. They will learn o'clock and half past the hour. Finally they will explore earlier and later in time.
English
The explanation text will be completed. They should all be able to give you cake making instructions following this!
A lesson will be spent on sentence structure as they write about an event of their choice.
As the week progresses we will begin our new story 'The Highway Rat.' Much of our English work will come from this story. The first piece will be a character description.
Art
The children will be learning about the primary and secondary colours this week. They will explore colour mixing with the primary colours to create the secondary colours.
PHSE
This half-term we will be working on 'changing me.' This is a great topic to end with as the children prepare for the change of class in September.
Our first lesson will be on the changes that occur in living things.
Geography
Next week we will be looking at Asia and will focus on China. The children will locate China on a map of Asia. They will explore the features and culture of China.
RE
The children will hear the story of 'The Good Samaritan.' We will discuss the moral of the story and share experiences of helping others.
I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.
Ms Davis
