Good Evening Everyone,

It has been another very busy week in Year 1. The children all looked amazing in their World Book Day costumes yesterday. In the afternoon, the children had the opportunity to visit Year 3 to share their favourite books with an older child. They read a book together and also wrote about their favourite book character. It was so lovely to see the Year 1’s and 3’s celebrating books together. The children also enjoyed their visit to Christ Church, where they learnt more about ‘Baptism.’ The church’s Vicar used a doll to show the children what happens during a baptism. Then they carried out 3 activities which supported their learning on this topic. The children were so well behaved and they made us really proud. Well done Year 1! 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will be adding by counting on, finding and making number bonds to 20 and finding doubles.

 

English- The children will begin a new unit of work based on the story ‘Here Comes Mr Postmouse’ by Marianne Dubuc. They will be sequencing the story, making Thank-You cards for Mr Postmouse, writing invitations and writing in speech bubbles.

 

Science- Next week is Science Week and the children will complete various activities and take park in a workshop.

 

PSHE- Medicine safety

Geography-  The children will go into the school grounds to investigate the season of Spring.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: wall, small, difficult, animal, swap, watch, bear, tear

Tricky words: who, whole, people, thought

 

Group 2: small, animal, watch, bear

 Tricky words: who, people

 

Group 3 & 4: sweet, sleep, clown, crown, spear, smear

Tricky words: little, here

 

Group 4: mop, mat, man, mug

Tricky word: we

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 Team

 

Good Evening Everyone,

Year 1 have had a very busy first week back to school. In maths the children have been finding 1 more and 1 less with 20 and they have also been exploring and using number lines to 20. In English the children have worked extremely hard, recounting the instructions for ‘How To Wash A Woolly Mammoth.’ They also began planning their own set of instructions for how to wash an animal of their choice. I was very impressed with the children’s imaginative animal suggestions.  Also, I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the wonderful writing the children completed in their learning journals over the half term holiday. I was so proud of the children’s amazing efforts and I can’t wait to read about their fantastic ideas and experiences next week.  

 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will be estimating on a number line to 20, comparing and ordering numbers to 20.

 

English- The children will continue with their non-fiction topic which focuses on Instructions. They will be planning and writing a set of instructions for washing an animal of their choice.

 

Science- The children will be observing and describing weather associated with the different seasons.

 

PSHE- The children will be learning about being healthy.

 

Art- The children will be drawing a city skyline.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: catch, itchy, picture, nature, calf, half, father, nasty

Tricky words: because, eye, once, our

 

Group 2: catch, picture, half, father

 Tricky words: because, once

 

Group 3: ship, shop, fish, dish, sheep,  

Tricky words: said, have

 

Group 4: fork, born, corn, torch

Tricky words: were

 

Group 5: cat, hat, sat, mat,

Tricky word: we

 

Notes

World Book Day

Thursday 7^th March

 

Christ Church

The children will be visiting the church on Thursday 7^th March to extend their learning about ‘Baptism’.

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 Team

 Good Evening Everyone,

In English the children have worked extremely hard, describing what they enjoyed about our new class story ‘How To Wash A Woolly Mammoth.’ They also wrote their own instructions and worked in pairs to listen and follow instructions carefully. This week was ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’ and the children’s learning focused on the core strengths of ‘Resilience, Self-Esteem and Growth Mind-Set’.

 

Next Week:

Maths- Understanding the numbers 11-20 and finding 1 more and 1 less.

 

English- The children will continue with their non-fiction topic which focuses on Instructions. They will be using sequencing language to order events, and they will learn about imperative verbs and consider the features of a good set of instructions.

 

Science- The children will be grouping materials.

 

Geography- Exploring the different places around the school.

 

Art- The children will be making sculptures using air-dry clay.

 

Big Garden Birdwatch - Unfortunately, we were unable to carry out this activity this week. I will be keeping a close watch on the weather next week to ensure we can get out and complete the birdwatch.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: silly, funny, bread, head, wheel, white, toe, shoulder

Tricky words: school, any, many, again,

 

Group 2: silly, bread, wheel, toe

 Tricky words: any, many

 

Group 3: fork, born, corn, torch, short

Tricky words: like, were

 

Group 4: boil, soil, coil, coin, join 

Tricky word: do

 

Group 5: cat, hat, sat, mat,

Tricky word: we

 

Notes

 

Snow Centre

Tuesday 13^th February

 

Open afternoon

Wednesday 14^th February @ 3pm

 

Foundation & KS1 disco

Thursday 15^th February @ 5:30pm

 

Crazy Hair Day

 Friday 16^th February

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 team

  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