Good Morning everyone,

 

I apologise for the delay in posting this blog. We had a very busy and productive week in Year 1. In Maths the children finished their topic based on 2D and 3D shapes. We also finished our English unit which was based on the story of ‘The Last Noo Noo.’ On Wednesday the children really enjoyed using the ipads. We talked about the importance of ICT safety and we read the story of ‘Clicking Chicken’ by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross to reinforce this.  They practised switching the ipads on and logging in and out. In Science the children have been looking at materials and their properties. We talked about various objects and the materials they are made from.

 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will be starting a new topic which focus' on place value within 20.

 

English- The children will be starting a new topic focusing on instructions. The story ‘How To Wash A Woolly Mammoth’ by Michael Robinson will be our class text.

 

Science- Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock. They will also be describing the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.

 

Big Garden Birdwatch- The children will be taking part in the RSPB’s national birdwatch. The Nursery and Reception children made bird feeders last week which attracted a variety of birds so we should spot a lot of different species.

 

Art- The children will be making sculptures

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: fruit, group, happy, secret, fizzy, visit, follow, groan

Tricky words: water, want, could, people

 

Group 2: fruit, happy, secret, visit

Tricky words: want, people

 

Group 3: boil, soil, coin, join, spoil, joint

Tricky word: do, there

 

Group 4: light, sight, right, night, fight

Tricky words: some

 

Group 5: van, vet, yet, yes

Tricky word: we

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 team

Good Evening,

 

In phonics this week the children learnt the graphemes ‘le’, ‘al’, ‘c’ and ‘ve’. They also learnt the tricky words ‘school’, ‘call’, ‘different’ and ‘ask’. The children have really enjoyed our new Maths topic which focuses on shapes. They have done so well recognising, naming and sorting various 3D shapes. In Art the children looked at the work of Claude Monet and explored mixing primary colours to make secondary colours. In Geography the children worked in groups to make messy maps of the classroom using objects they could find around the room.

 

Next Week:

Maths- They will be sorting 2D and 3D shapes and making patterns with 2D and 3D shapes.

 

English- The children will be recounting the story of ‘The Last Noo Noo’ by Jill Murphy and they will begin planning their own magic tree story.

 

Geography- The children will be carrying out field work in the school finding the key features of the playground.

 

RE- We will continue to look at Baptism.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: touch, won, cheese, noise, dance, horse, monkey, key

Tricky words: thought, through, friend, work

 

Group 2: touch, cheese, horse, monkey

Tricky words: friend, work

 

Group 3: light, sight, right, night, fight

Tricky words: some, said

 

Group 4: fur, curl, burn, surf, burst

Tricky word: you

 

Group 5: van, vet, yet, yes

Tricky word: we

 

Notes

Numbots

The children have been given their log in details for ‘Numbots’. Please can you help your child log in and familiarise them with this educational resource.

Water bottles

Please ensure that they children are only bringing water to school each day. No juice or dilute drinks please.

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend

 

The Year 1 team

 

Good Evening,

 

The children have worked so hard this week, well done everyone!

 

In phonics the children have learnt the alternative pronunciations for the graphemes y, ow, g and ph. They have also learnt the tricky words who, whole, where and two. 

On Wednesday 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. 

Today, the children enjoyed mixing the colours to create new colours and shades.

 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will start a new unit which focuses on shapes. They will be recognising, naming and sorting 3D shapes.

 

English- The children will continue to work from the book ‘The Last Noo Noo’, exploring sentence structure. They will also focus on recalling parts of the story and compiling a list of adjectives to use in their writing.

 

Science- Sorting and grouping materials

 

Art- Learning about the artist Monet 

 

Geography- Creating a map of the classroom

 

RE- The children will be finding out about Baptism

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: bubble, gentle, total, petal, face, mice, give, leave

Tricky words: school, call, different, ask

 

Group 2: bubble, petal, face, give

Tricky words: school, call

 

Group 3: owl, gown, howl, clown, crown

Tricky word: sure, all

 

Group 4: hair, fair, pair, lair, chair

Tricky word: was

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team

 

Happy New Year Everyone,

 

Firstly, we’d like to say a huge thank you for all the very generous gifts and cards we received for Christmas. It was extremely kind of you all.

 

Please find below a selection of photos from our Christmas Production.

 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will continue to learn about subtracting, writing number sentences and exploring the vocabulary associated with subtracting.

 

English- Our focus will be on sequencing events in a story, recounting and learning about suffixes as we continue to work from the book 'The Last Noo Noo' by Jill Murphy.

 

Science- Describing and grouping materials.

 

PSHE- The children will write about their dreams and goals.

 

Art- Creating a sculpture.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

Group 1: fry, dry, grow, snow, huge, magic, phone, photo

Tricky words: who, where, whole, two

 

Group 2: fry, grow, magic, phone

Tricky words: who, where

 

Group 3: hair, fair, pair, lair, chair

Tricky words: be, my

 

Group 4: goat, coat, boat, soap, goal

Tricky word: by

 

Notes

Spellings groups

Please check the children’s reading records for which spelling group they are in as some children have changed group.

                                                    

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team

 

Good evening everyone,

 

What a busy week we have had in Year 1! The children were absolutely amazing in their Christmas production of 'Lights, Camel, Action!' They all thoroughly enjoyed dancing to and singing the songs, well done everyone! They will be performing it one last time to the whole school on Monday.

 

Today we had our Christmas Jumper Day and lunch. The children really enjoyed the yummy Christmas food, crackers and fun. In the afternoon we watched ‘The Grinch’ together.

 

Next Week

 

Sharing assembly

Monday 20^th December at 9am

 

Christmas Party

On Monday we will be having a Christmas party. The children can bring party clothes to school that day. They need to come to school in uniform and will change for the party after lunch.

 

Panto Bus

On Wednesday the Panto Bus will be visiting the school and the children will be watching a pantomime performance of ‘Dick Wittington.’

 

End of term

 Wednesday 20^th at 2pm

 

Start of term

 Monday 8th January

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend. We look forward to seeing you all on Monday for our last few days of school before the Christmas holidays.

 

The Year 1 team

 

Good evening,

 

We have had such a lovely week as we have continued to rehearse for our Christmas performance, 'Lights, Camel, Action!’ We are really looking forward to presenting it to you all next Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

The children have really enjoyed reading the book ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. They wrote a Christmas wish and made a Christmas card for Baby Bear. We will continue to use this book next week in our learning. 

 

NEXT WEEK

 

Christmas performances

Monday 11^th December- Performing to the whole school

Tuesday 12th December- 9:45am

Wednesday 13th December- 2:00pm

 

Open afternoon

Wednesday 13th December- 3pm

 

Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Dinner

Friday 15^th December

 

Spellings

There will be no spelling test next week. We will resume with spellings in January.

 

Reading books

Please ensure that all reading books and library books are returned by Friday 15^th December.

 

 

We wish you all a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team

 

Good evening,

 

The children have had a fun week practising their dances and songs for the Christmas performance. They are very excited to perform to an audience!

 

In English, the children finished their non-fiction unit based on the book ‘Plenty of love to go around’. They wrote labels, lists, captions and explored the features of non-fiction books. In Phonics, the children have been reviewing the Phase 5 graphemes and tricky words they have learnt so far during this half term.

 

NEXT WEEK

English: The children will begin their new unit based on the book ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg.

 

Maths: The children will continue to focus on addition and number bonds to 10.

 

RE: The children will be writing about Hannukah.

 

Science- naming and sorting common animals

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

Group 1:

first, shirt, tie, cried, clue, glue, music, tuna

Tricky words: their, people, oh, your

 

Group 2: first, tie, clue, music

Tricky words: people, your

 

Group 3: zoom, moon, food, room

Tricky word: no

 

Group 4: in, sat, pin, tin, tap,

Tricky word: he

 

Notes

Rehearsals

We will continue rehearsing for The Christmas Production ‘Lights, Camel, Action!’ next week and the children will be making brochures for the audience.

 

Costumes

If your child is a shepherd in the Christmas Production, we would be grateful if you could provide:

•          White trousers or leggings

•          A white top

If your child is a Backing Singer in the Christmas Production, we would be grateful if you could provide:

•          A party outfit (it can be Christmas themed, glittery or colourful)

 

If your child is a Nazareth Townsperson in the Christmas Production, we would be grateful if you could provide:

•          School trousers or skirt

•          A checked shirt or top

Please send all costume items in a named bag no later than Wednesday 6th December.

 

Christmas performances

Tuesday 12th December- 9:30

Wednesday 13th December- 1:30

 

Open afternoon

Wednesday 13^th December

 

We wish you all a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team