Good Evening,

 

In phonics this week the children learnt the graphemes ‘le’, ‘al’, ‘c’ and ‘ve’. They also learnt the tricky words ‘school’, ‘call’, ‘different’ and ‘ask’. The children have really enjoyed our new Maths topic which focuses on shapes. They have done so well recognising, naming and sorting various 3D shapes. In Art the children looked at the work of Claude Monet and explored mixing primary colours to make secondary colours. In Geography the children worked in groups to make messy maps of the classroom using objects they could find around the room.

 

Next Week:

Maths- They will be sorting 2D and 3D shapes and making patterns with 2D and 3D shapes.

 

English- The children will be recounting the story of ‘The Last Noo Noo’ by Jill Murphy and they will begin planning their own magic tree story.

 

Geography- The children will be carrying out field work in the school finding the key features of the playground.

 

RE- We will continue to look at Baptism.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: touch, won, cheese, noise, dance, horse, monkey, key

Tricky words: thought, through, friend, work

 

Group 2: touch, cheese, horse, monkey

Tricky words: friend, work

 

Group 3: light, sight, right, night, fight

Tricky words: some, said

 

Group 4: fur, curl, burn, surf, burst

Tricky word: you

 

Group 5: van, vet, yet, yes

Tricky word: we

 

Notes

Numbots

The children have been given their log in details for ‘Numbots’. Please can you help your child log in and familiarise them with this educational resource.

Water bottles

Please ensure that they children are only bringing water to school each day. No juice or dilute drinks please.

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend

 

The Year 1 team

 

Good Evening,

 

The children have worked so hard this week, well done everyone!

 

In phonics the children have learnt the alternative pronunciations for the graphemes y, ow, g and ph. They have also learnt the tricky words who, whole, where and two. 

On Wednesday the children used Google Earth to locate the UK, England, Potters Bar and our school. They were so excited to find familiar places on the map and loved seeing our school from an aerial view. 

Today, the children enjoyed mixing the colours to create new colours and shades.

 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will start a new unit which focuses on shapes. They will be recognising, naming and sorting 3D shapes.

 

English- The children will continue to work from the book ‘The Last Noo Noo’, exploring sentence structure. They will also focus on recalling parts of the story and compiling a list of adjectives to use in their writing.

 

Science- Sorting and grouping materials

 

Art- Learning about the artist Monet 

 

Geography- Creating a map of the classroom

 

RE- The children will be finding out about Baptism

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: bubble, gentle, total, petal, face, mice, give, leave

Tricky words: school, call, different, ask

 

Group 2: bubble, petal, face, give

Tricky words: school, call

 

Group 3: owl, gown, howl, clown, crown

Tricky word: sure, all

 

Group 4: hair, fair, pair, lair, chair

Tricky word: was

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team

 

Happy New Year Everyone,

 

Firstly, we’d like to say a huge thank you for all the very generous gifts and cards we received for Christmas. It was extremely kind of you all.

 

Please find below a selection of photos from our Christmas Production.

 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will continue to learn about subtracting, writing number sentences and exploring the vocabulary associated with subtracting.

 

English- Our focus will be on sequencing events in a story, recounting and learning about suffixes as we continue to work from the book 'The Last Noo Noo' by Jill Murphy.

 

Science- Describing and grouping materials.

 

PSHE- The children will write about their dreams and goals.

 

Art- Creating a sculpture.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

Group 1: fry, dry, grow, snow, huge, magic, phone, photo

Tricky words: who, where, whole, two

 

Group 2: fry, grow, magic, phone

Tricky words: who, where

 

Group 3: hair, fair, pair, lair, chair

Tricky words: be, my

 

Group 4: goat, coat, boat, soap, goal

Tricky word: by

 

Notes

Spellings groups

Please check the children’s reading records for which spelling group they are in as some children have changed group.

                                                    

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team