Friday, 22 March 2024

 

Good Evening Everyone,

 

We’ve had a very busy week and the children have worked so hard. In English, they are really enjoying their learning based on the book ‘Hello Mr Postmouse.’ In Maths they have been doubling and subtracting on a number line and by counting backwards. In RE, they learnt all about Ramadan and in Geography they have been exploring compass directions. I shared the mnemonics ‘Naughty Elephants Squirt Water’ to help the children remember the compass points. I was so impressed that some children were able to come up with their own mnemonics. Also, well done to all the children who presented their learning in the sharing assembly on Monday.

  

Next Week:

Maths- The children will be finding the difference, exploring number facts and solving missing number problems.

 

English- The children will continue to work from the book ‘Hello Mr Postmouse.’ They will be planning and writing a letter to a chosen character from the book.

 

RE- The children will be learning about and recounting the Easter story

 

Geography-  The children will be exploring the weather and finding out if the weather is the same everywhere in the UK.

 

On Monday morning, we will be watching the KS2 performance of ‘Rock Bottom’.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: school, echo, chef, freeze, squeeze, sneeze, ball, salt

Tricky words: laugh, eye, once, because

 

Group 2: school, echo, freeze, ball

Tricky words: eye, because

 

Group 3 & 4: groan, groaning, sleep, sleeping, paint, painting,

Tricky words: you, said

 

Group 4: cat, hat, sat, mat, bat

Tricky word: me

 

Notes

 

Open Afternoon- Wednesday 27th March

 

End of term- Thursday 28th March @ 2pm

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 Team


Friday, 15 March 2024

 

Good Evening Everyone,

This week was Science week and the children carried out a range of exciting activities. They tracked the weather and measured the rain using rain gauges. They completed a challenge on Wednesday where they worked in pairs to make a tree by using only 4 pieces of paper and a pair of scissors. We were so impressed with the children’s amazing creations. Today, they took part in a Science workshop which they thoroughly enjoyed!

   

















































Next Week:

Maths- The children will be finding doubles, near doubles, subtracting using number bonds and counting backwards.

 

English- The children will continue to work from the book ‘Hello Mr Postmouse.’ They will be extending sentences by using ‘and’ and ‘but,’ writing noun phrases and writing labels.

 

RE- The children will be learning about Ramadan

 

Geography-  The children will be identifying the four compass directions.

 

PSHE- The children will learn about cleanliness to keep healthy

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: learn, early, write, wrong, scent, listen, colour, actor

Tricky words: any, many, two, friend

 

Group 2: learn, wrong, listen, colour

 Tricky words: two, friend

 

Group 3 & 4: float, boast, train, paint, street, speech

Tricky words: love, like

 

Group 5: mop, mat, man, mug

Tricky word: we

 

Notes

Monday 18th March- Sharing Assembly

 

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 Team

Friday, 8 March 2024

 

Good Evening Everyone,

It has been another very busy week in Year 1. The children all looked amazing in their World Book Day costumes yesterday. In the afternoon, the children had the opportunity to visit Year 3 to share their favourite books with an older child. They read a book together and also wrote about their favourite book character. It was so lovely to see the Year 1’s and 3’s celebrating books together. The children also enjoyed their visit to Christ Church, where they learnt more about ‘Baptism.’ The church’s Vicar used a doll to show the children what happens during a baptism. Then they carried out 3 activities which supported their learning on this topic. The children were so well behaved and they made us really proud. Well done Year 1! 























































Next Week:

Maths- The children will be adding by counting on, finding and making number bonds to 20 and finding doubles.

 

English- The children will begin a new unit of work based on the story ‘Here Comes Mr Postmouse’ by Marianne Dubuc. They will be sequencing the story, making Thank-You cards for Mr Postmouse, writing invitations and writing in speech bubbles.

 

Science- Next week is Science Week and the children will complete various activities and take park in a workshop.

 

PSHE- Medicine safety


Geography-  The children will go into the school grounds to investigate the season of Spring.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: wall, small, difficult, animal, swap, watch, bear, tear

Tricky words: who, whole, people, thought

 

Group 2: small, animal, watch, bear

 Tricky words: who, people

 

Group 3 & 4: sweet, sleep, clown, crown, spear, smear

Tricky words: little, here

 

Group 4: mop, mat, man, mug

Tricky word: we

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 Team