Good Evening,

 

What a fun week we have had! It all started on Tuesday with 'Odd Socks Day’. We discussed the reason we were all wearing odd socks and explored this year’s Anti-Bullying Week theme: Choose Respect. The children looked amazing in their spotty clothes today. Thank you for your kind donations towards Children in Need.

 

In English, the children predicted what would happen next in the story of ‘I want my hat back’. They also explored the prefix ‘un’ and how it changes the meaning of the word. Later in the week they used the joining words ‘and’, ‘so’, ‘but’, and ‘because’ to write more interesting sentences.

 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will continue to learn about subtraction and the associated vocabulary.

 

English- The children will plan and write a letter to the character of Rabbit

 

Art- We will create a picture in the style of L.S. Lowry.

 

PSHE-  For ‘Parliament Week’ the children will discuss ‘What is Democracy?’

 

Science-  The children identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: open, post, most, no, so, me, she, we, be, being

Tricky words: the, was

 

Group 2: me, she, we, be

Tricky words: the, was

 

Group 3: rain, tail, sail, pain

Tricky word: the

 

Notes

Spelling test

I have written your child’s spelling group in their reading record; please come and see me if you are unsure which group they are in.

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team

Good afternoon,

 

Welcome to the second half of the Autumn term! It was lovely to see the children back on Monday and to hear all about their half term break.

 

In English, the children have been working from the book ‘I Want My Hat Back’ by Jon Klassen. They have worked in pairs to ask and answer questions, they have written questions and they have described the character of the Bear. In Phonics, this week the children learnt the ‘ir,’ ‘ie,’ ‘ue’ and ‘u’ graphemes. They also learnt the tricky words ‘their,’ ‘people,’ ‘oh’ and ‘your’.

 

In Maths, they have continued to learn about addition, the vocabulary associated with addition and solved problems.

 

In Geography, 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.

 

In RE, the children learnt about Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light. Today, they created beautiful and colourful Rangoli patterns using crayons.

 

Next week

English- The children will be making predictions on what will happen next in the story. They will also be learning about the prefix ‘un,’ using ‘and’ to extend their sentences and using capital letters for the names of people.

 

Maths- The children will be introduced to subtracting.

 

PSHE- Anti-bully week activities.

 

Geography- The children will work in groups to create ‘messy maps’ of the classroom.

Science- Exploring materials around the classroom.

 

Art- We will begin to explore the artist L.S. Lowry.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

Group 1 – girl, bird, dirt, shirt, first, lie, pie, tie, fried, cried

Tricky words- by, my

 

Group 2- girl, bird, dirt, shirt, first

Tricky word- my

 

Group 3 – car, bar, dark, star

Tricky word- my

 

I have written the children’s spelling group in their reading record.

 

Notes

Remembrance Day

Monday 11^th November- The children will be taking part in a one-minute silence at 11am.

 

Odd Socks Day

Tuesday 12^th November

 

Children in Need

Friday 17th November- wear something spotty

 

Collins hub

Reading books are available to read on the Collins hub. I have uploaded the books that the children have read previously.

PE

Monday-30 minutes

Tuesday- 1 hour

Friday- 1 hour

Please ensure that your child has a PE kit in school for these days. The PE kit should consist of:

·       Navy shorts or tracksuit bottoms

·       White t-shirt with or without school crest

·       Black plimsolls for indoors,

·       Training shoes for outdoors

·       Socks

We hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

From the Year 1 team.

 

Hello Everyone,

The children in Year 1 had yet another busy week. In English, the children wrote down some questions they would like to ask ‘Traction Man’. They also made Thank-you cards for the Granny in the story.

 

In Maths, the children continued to learn about part whole models. They were also introduced to the symbols ‘+’ and ‘=’ and used them in number sentences.

 

In Science, the children learnt about mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and amphibians.

 

The children have been very creative this week; they made Autumn trees by finger painting for our ‘Seasons’ display. They really enjoyed having their hands painted! They also used chalk to make beautiful firework pictures.

 

Next Week

 

English

The children will be working from the book ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Donaldson to write a Witches shopping list of items needed to make a special magic potion They will also think about the different characters in the book and draw and label their own character to go on the broom. We will be exploring the rhyming couplets used in the narrative, and asking the children to come up with their own rhyming words.

 

Maths

The children will continue to write number sentences and recall the number bonds to 10.

 

Science

The children will be focusing on the changes to the weather, the environment and wildlife in the season of Autumn. We will also be planting daffodil bulbs.

 

 

RE

The children will think about what they and their family are thankful for and how they can show thankfulness.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend

 

Mrs Flatley & Mrs Blatch & Ms Spencer

 Hello everyone,

We have had a very busy but fun-filled week in Year One.

 

In English, the children have really enjoyed reading the book ‘Traction Man’ by Mini Grey. They have written lovely sentences containing exciting adjectives to describe the character and used ‘because’ and ‘and’ to extend their sentences. They have also learnt about proper nouns. In phonics this week the children reviewed the Phase 5 graphemes ‘ay’, ‘ou’, ‘oy’ and ‘ea’. They also revised the tricky words ‘all’, ‘are’, ‘I’, ‘of’, ‘one’, ‘here’ and ‘today’.

In Science, the children have been learning about the season of ‘Autumn.’ In the afternoon, we went outside in the beautiful sunshine to sketch what the trees in the playground look like in this season. We will sketch the same trees again in Winter, Spring and Summer to observe the changes from Season to Season  

 

Next Week

 

English

The children will continue to work from the book ‘Traction Man’ to make Thank You cards to Granny and write questions to ask Traction Man.

 

Maths

The children will learn about part whole models, write number sentences and learn the number bonds to 10.

 

Science

The children will be focusing on the changes to the weather, the environment and wildlife in the season of Autumn.

 

 Art

The children will be creating a firework picture using chalk.

 

History

The children will describe how toys are different and the same.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend

 

Mrs Flatley & Mrs Blatch

 Hello,

 

It was lovely to see so many of you this morning at the Harvest Festival coffee morning. The children have loved learning their songs and I’m sure you will agree that they sang beautifully.

 

On Thursday we were invited to Christ Church to experience Harvest through a variety of activities. The children were given the opportunity to look at harvest from the sea, the earth, the grain and the flock. We had an amazing morning and the children were so well behaved. Well done Year 1!

Next week

 

English

The children will be working from the book ‘Traction Man’ by Mini Grey to make predictions, write sentences that include capital letters, full stops and finger spaces and learn about proper nouns.

 

Maths

The children will begin a new topic based on ‘addition and subtraction within 10.’

 

Science

The children will explore the season of ‘Autumn.’ They will have a nature walk around the school looking at the signs of Autumn.

 

History

The children will explore the similarities and differences between old and new toys.

 

PSHE

The children will draw and write about an achievement they are proud of.

We wish you all a restful weekend.

 

Mrs Flatley & Mrs Blatch