Good afternoon,
Welcome to the second half
of the Autumn term! It was lovely to see the children back on Monday and to
hear all about their half term break.
In English, the children
have been working from the book ‘I Want My Hat Back’ by Jon Klassen. They have
worked in pairs to ask and answer questions, they have written questions and
they have described the character of the Bear. In Phonics, this week the
children learnt the ‘ir,’ ‘ie,’ ‘ue’ and ‘u’ graphemes. They also learnt the
tricky words ‘their,’ ‘people,’ ‘oh’ and ‘your’.
In Maths, they have
continued to learn about addition, the vocabulary associated with addition and
solved problems.
In Geography, 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.
In RE, the children learnt about Diwali, the Hindu
Festival of Light. Today, they created beautiful and colourful Rangoli patterns
using crayons.
Next week
English- The children will be making predictions on what
will happen next in the story. They will also be learning about the prefix ‘un,’
using ‘and’ to extend their sentences and using capital letters for the names
of people.
Maths- The children will be introduced to subtracting.
PSHE- Anti-bully week activities.
Geography- The children will work in groups to create ‘messy
maps’ of the classroom.
Science- Exploring materials around the classroom.
Art- We will begin to explore the artist L.S. Lowry.
Spellings for next Friday’s test are:
Group 1 – girl, bird, dirt, shirt, first, lie, pie, tie, fried, cried
Tricky words- by, my
Group 2- girl, bird, dirt, shirt, first
Tricky word- my
Group 3 – car, bar, dark, star
Tricky word- my
I have written the children’s spelling group in their reading record.
Notes
Remembrance Day
Monday 11th November- The children will be taking part in a
one-minute silence at 11am.
Odd Socks Day
Tuesday 12th November
Children in Need
Friday 17th November- wear something spotty
Collins hub
Reading books are available to read on the Collins hub. I have uploaded
the books that the children have read previously.
PE
Monday-30 minutes
Tuesday- 1 hour
Friday- 1 hour
Please ensure that your child has a PE kit in school for these days. The
PE kit should consist of:
·
Navy shorts or tracksuit bottoms
·
White t-shirt with or without school crest
·
Black plimsolls for indoors,
·
Training shoes for outdoors
·
Socks
We hope you have a wonderful weekend!
From the Year 1 team.
