Hello everyone,
It’s been a fantastic week of learning in Year 1!
In English, the children finished writing their own stories based on our class book The Comet. They worked hard to include a clear beginning, middle and end, and to use their phonics knowledge to help with spelling. We then began a new unit of work based on Leo and the Octopus. The children thoroughly enjoyed listening to this story and discussing the friendship between the characters. They started by creating a piece of work called ‘This Is Me’, where they shared information about themselves, which will make a beautiful classroom display. The children also practised writing command sentences to give advice to the character, Leo, thinking carefully about how to help him.
In Maths, we started a new topic on addition and subtraction within 20. The children practised adding by counting on from the larger number and used number lines to help them solve number sentences. They also used practical resources to support their understanding and explained their thinking clearly.
In Computing, the children practised important mouse skills such as clicking, dragging and dropping. They then applied these skills to create their own pictures using the Paint program, showing great control and creativity.
In Science, we visited the Key Stage 2 playground to observe and draw a tree that the children had previously drawn in Autumn. They carefully looked for changes and were fantastic at spotting differences, such as the lack of leaves and changes in colour. The children were very excited to think about how the tree might look when we observe it again in Spring.
In RE, we discussed the different ways people celebrate the birth of a new baby. The children were excited when sharing their own experiences
Next Week
Maths – The children will be doubling and subtracting by counting back and finding the difference.
English – The children will be using adjectives to describe Maya the octopus, they will write some questions that they would like to find out the answer to about octopuses and they will use conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’ to compare characters.
Art – The children will recreate the painting Numbers in Color 1958–59 by Jasper Johns.
History – The children will be learning about The Tower of London and how its use has changed over time
Science – The children will track to weather and explore weather symbols.
Computing – The children will be using a computer keyboard.
RE- The children will be learning about Baptism.
Spellings for next Friday’s test are:
Group 1: have, give, live, leave, cheese, choose, noise, tease
Tricky words: you, your
Group 2: fair, hair, pair, chair,
Tricky words: go
We hope you have a wonderful weekend
The Year 1 team
