Friday, 17 May 2024

 

Good evening all,

 

The children were absolutely amazing today for their class assembly and we were so proud of them all. They spoke so well and sang beautifully; well done everyone!

 

Next week:

 

Maths- The children will begin their new Maths topic based on ‘multiplication and division’. They will be counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

 

English- We will continue to use the story ‘Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion’ by Alex T Smith, to write instructions, questions and recount part of the story.

 

History- The children will compare and contrast three famous queens.

 

Science- Identifying and naming parts of a flower

 

RE- The children will learn about the creation story

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: phone, dolphin, when, white, field, shriek, gem, magic

Tricky words: friend, once, our, because

 

 

Group 2: phone, when, field, magic

Tricky words: friend, because

 

Group 3 and 4: proud, found, toy, annoy, spray, say

Tricky words: all, one

 

Group 5: zoo, zoom, moon, soon

Tricky word: me

 

Notes

Sharing Assembly- Monday 20th May at 9.00am

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team


Friday, 10 May 2024

 

We’ve had a very busy and very enjoyable week in Year 1!

 

This week the children had another fantastic afternoon planting spring onions, radishes, potatoes, beetroot, lettuce and sunflowers. The children have thoroughly enjoyed planting and watering the variety of plants and vegetables and I’m sure they will be excited to see them grow over the coming weeks. We continued with our History topic ‘Famous Queens’ and we learnt all about Queen Victoria and the Victorian period. In Maths the children have been extending their understanding of place value to 50. We have been counting in 10’s and grouping objects into 10’s to help with counting larger quantities of objects. Next week we will continue to count in 10’s and I have encouraged the children to practise this at home. In English, the children have worked very hard on their non-chronological report about Bats which they completed this week  

 

Next week:

 

Maths- Using a number line up to 50, estimating on a number line up to 50 and finding 1 more and 1 less up to 50.

 

English- Using the story ‘Little Red and the very hungry Lion’ by Alex T Smith, the children will be writing character descriptions, making notes and creating a story map.

 

History- The children will be learning about Queen Elizabeth II and her reign.

 

Science- Identifying and naming a variety of trees.

 

D&T- The children will be designing their own salad.

 

PSHE- The children will be recognising their own qualities as a person and friend.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: mind, child, later, baking, show, grow, music, unit

Tricky words: two, eye, thought, through

 

 

Group 2: child, later, show, music

Tricky words: two, eye

 

Group 3 and 4: day, play, boy, joy, read, treat

Tricky words: said, you

 

Group 5: shop, ship, shin, fish

Tricky word: be

 

Notes

 

Phonics booster lessons

If your child has been invited to the phonics booster sessions, you will have received a letter today. Each child will be attending Monday-Thursday and the sessions will begin at 8.25am. Please ensure your child attends on time. These sessions will continue until mid-June after the phonics screening for Year One.

 

Class Assembly

The children are very excited to share their work with you on Friday 18th May. I will send home speaking parts on Monday. If your child has a speaking part, please practise with them as it will boost their confidence.

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.


The Year 1 team

Friday, 3 May 2024

 Good Evening to you all,

 

This week the children had a great afternoon planting broad beans and potatoes. They also learnt how to look after them over the coming weeks. Next week the children will be planting carrots and beetroot. We continued with our History topic ‘Famous Queens’ and we learnt about Elizabeth I and the Tudors. It was Maths day on Wednesday and the children created block graphs and pictograms based on Year 1’s favourite fruit and books. They also really enjoyed learning about what the buttons did on a Beebot.

 

Next week:

 Maths- The children will continue to learn about place value to 50.

 

English- The children will finish writing their non-chronological report about bats. Towards the end of the week they will begin their new English topic based on ‘traditional tales.’

 

History- The children will be learning about Queen Victoria and her reign.

 

RE- The children will be learning about the ‘Qur’an’ which is the central religious text of Islam.

 

Science- The children will be planting various vegetables.

 

ICT- The children will learn about directional vocabulary in order to describe the movements of a Beebot

 

PSHE- Identifying the people that help us at school.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: bread, thread, bird, girl, sound, out, joy, annoy

Tricky words: any, many, who, whole

 

Group 2: bread, girl, sound, joy

Tricky words: any, many

 

Group 3 and 4: green, drum, brown, train, paint, frog

Tricky words: they, some

 

Group 5: chip, chin, chat, chop

Tricky word: we

 

We hope you have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend.

 

The Year 1 Team