Good Evening,

The children have worked incredibly hard this week. Well done, everyone!

In English, the children continued working with the book The Comet by Joe Todd-Stanton. They used command sentences to write advice to help the character Nyla. They also wrote thought bubbles, making sure to use the pronoun “I”. In addition, the children learned about the suffix -ing and used it to write sentences.

In Phonics, the children learned alternative pronunciations for the graphemes ‘y’, ‘ow’, ‘g’ and ‘ph’. They also learned the tricky words ‘who’, ‘whole’, ‘where’ and ‘two’.

In Maths, the children have been learning about place value to 20. They explored the numbers 14–20 using counters, dice, Numicon, bead strings and multi-link cubes. They also practised finding one more and one less.

In Computing, the children used the Chromebooks for the first time. They learned what technology is and practised logging in and logging out independently.

In Art, the children really enjoyed mixing red, yellow and blue paint to create secondary colours.

Next Week

Maths – The children will continue learning about place value to 20. They will use a number line to 20, estimate, compare and order numbers.

English – The children will use a range of adjectives to write a recipe for a home, recount the story using a story map and begin planning their own version of the story.

Art – The children will recreate the painting Numbers in Color 1958–59 by Jasper Johns.

History – The children will learn about the structure of medieval castles.

Science – The children will observe and draw the tree in the playground that they previously drew in Autumn (weather permitting).

Computing – The children will develop their mouse skills by opening a program, clicking and dragging, and creating a picture.

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

Group 1: flow, grow, show, snow, fly, cry, dry, try 

Tricky words: is, his

Group 2: food, moon, room, zoom

Tricky words: I

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend

The Year 1 team