Hello everyone,
It’s been a
very exciting week in Year 1!
English
At the start
of the week, the children were surprised by the unexpected arrival of Evil Pea!
He created lots of mischief in the classroom, and the children enjoyed
investigating what he had done before writing reports about the mess he had
made. They were delighted when Supertato arrived the following day to make sure
Evil Pea behaved himself!
The children
came up with some wonderful adjectives to describe Supertato and used these to
write sentences about him. They also let their creativity and imagination shine
by designing their own superhero fruit or vegetable. We were so impressed with
their fantastic ideas!
Maths
In Maths,
the children explored the vocabulary more, fewer and the same.
They built towers using cubes to investigate these concepts and practised using
the correct mathematical vocabulary to compare their towers. They also compared
and ordered numbers and quantities using digit cards, counters and tens frames.
Science
In Science,
the children have enjoyed exploring the season of Autumn. They created
autumnal-coloured handprints, which they cut out and added to our seasonal tree
classroom display. They also used PVA glue and orange tissue paper to decorate
pumpkins, creating some lovely autumnal artwork.
Next week,
weather permitting, we will head outside to observe and sketch the trees in our
playground, looking carefully at the changes we can see during Autumn. We will
also be painting our own autumn trees, using the colours of the season for
inspiration.
PSHE
In PSHE, the
children continued to explore emotions. They discussed when and why people
experience different emotions and thought about how our feelings can change
throughout the day. The children identified times when they had experienced
particular emotions and wrote about their own experiences. This encouraged them
to reflect on their feelings and consider what might make them feel happy, sad,
worried, excited or cross.
Art
In Art, the
children enjoyed exploring Castle Garden by Paul Klee. They looked
carefully at the different shapes within the artwork and searched for objects
and images they could recognise. They then used shapes to create their own
faces. Next week, the children will be building on these skills by using their
drawing skills to create their own self-portraits.
Well done,
Year 1! You have all worked so hard this week.
I hope you
all have a lovely, restful weekend!
Mrs Flatley
