Good Evening,

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

 

In English, the children used adjectives to label a picture of a Superhero. They wrote letters to a Superhero asking for help to defeat the baddies ‘Filth’ and ‘Vacuum’ from the story ‘Send for a Superhero.’ They also learnt about plurals and when a ‘s’ or ‘es’ should be used. 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’.

 

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

 

In today’s Computing lesson, the children used the Chrome Books for the first time. They learnt about the different parts of a computer and practised their mouse skills by dragging and dropping.

 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will continue to explore and use a number line to 20, estimate, compare and order numbers.

 

English- The children will learn about verbs, the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ and they will use conjunctions to extend sentences

 

Art- Observational drawings 

 

History- The children will find out about the structure of medieval castles.

 

PSHE- The children will consider how they can work well with a partner. In pairs, the children will have to design a pair of wellies.

 

RE- The children will think about the special ways people welcome a new baby. This will lead onto them finding out about Baptism.

 

Commuting- The children will continue to develop their mouse skills by opening a program, clicking and dragging, and creating a picture.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: apple, little, puddle, beetle, handle, give, live, have, solve, leave

Tricky words: said, has

 

Group 2: apple, little, puddle, beetle, handle

Tricky words: said

 

Group 3: hair, fair, lair, chair

Tricky word: said

 

Note:

Phonics home learning

I have given the children a Phonics home learning sheet that contains all the new sounds and tricky words that they have learnt over the last 2 weeks. It contains the new phoneme, plus words and sentences containing that phoneme that the children have read during the week. Please practise reading these at home. Thank you!

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend

 

Mrs Flatley

 Welcome back, 

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful and restful Christmas break; it has been lovely to see the children after the Christmas holidays full of excitement and wonderful stories.

In English, the children started a new unit of work based on the book ‘Send for a Superhero’ by Michael Rosen. They were introduced to the two ‘baddies’ in the story called Filth and Vacuum. They used the conjunctions ‘and,’ ‘because,’ ‘or’ and ‘but’ to write about these characters. They also used adjectives to create wanted posters for the character of ‘Vacuum’. 

In Phonics, the children have learnt the Phase 5 graphemes ‘y’ as in happy, ‘ea’ as in head, ‘wh’ as in wheel, ‘oe’ as in toe and ‘ou’ as in shoulder. They also learnt the tricky words ‘any,’ ‘many’ and ‘again.’ 

In Maths, the children started a new topic on place value to 20. They have explored the numbers 10, 11, 12 and 13. They have made and explored these numbers using counters, dice and multi-link cubes.

In History, the children started their new topic based on ‘Castles.’ They looked at a variety of castles in the UK and found out who built the first castles and why.

In Science, the children continued to explore the season of Winter by observing and drawing a tree in the playground that they previously drew in Autumn. We also tracked the weather, focusing on weather symbols and temperature.

Next week

English- The children will use adjectives to describe superheroes, they will think of and write questions to ask a character from the book ‘Send for a Superhero.’ They will make a list of accessories a Superhero might need and explore plurals.

Maths- The children will explore the numbers 14-20, find 1 more and 1 less and use a number line to 20. 

History- The children will find out about UK castles that were built by the Normans.

PSHE – The children will identify their successes and describe how this makes them feel proud.

RE – The children will explore how they belong to a family and community. They will draw and write about something that is important to their family 

ICT- The children will be switching on and logging onto a computer and use a mouse to drag and drop.

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

Group 1: carry, happy, funny, silly, ready, head, tread, bread, spread,  

Tricky words: some, come

Group 2: happy, silly, carry, funny

Tricky words: some, come

Group 3: fur, curl, hurt, turn

Tricky word: some

Have a fantastic weekend

Mrs Flatley

Merry Christmas to you all,

 

What an exciting end to the first term in Year 1! The children were absolutely amazing in their Christmas production of 'Angel Express.' They all thoroughly enjoyed dancing to and singing the songs and I’m sure you’ll agree they were all fantastic. Well done everyone!

 

The children had a wonderful time at their Christmas party on Tuesday. They were very excited to receive a special visit from Father Christmas.

Notes

Collins Hub

On the last day, I handed out the children’s log-in details for the Collins Hub where you can find their previous reading books. I have also uploaded some new reading books if you wish to read over the Christmas holidays.

 

Thank you also for the very generous gifts, cards and words that we have received- they are truly appreciated! 

 

Wishing you all a joyful and peaceful Christmas with your families. 

 

See you next term,

 

The Year 1 team 

 

Hello,

 

We have had a very busy and enjoyable week in Year 1! The children enjoyed their Christmas dinner followed by a movie with the whole school. They all looked amazing in their Christmas jumpers and festive wear. 

Next Week

Sharing Assembly

Monday 16^th December @ 9.00am (for those children who received a text/letter)

Christmas performances

Tuesday 17th December- 9.35 (doors open) & 9.45 (show starts)

Wednesday 18th December- 1.50 (doors open) & 2pm (show starts)

 

KS1 Christmas Party

Tuesday 17^th December-  In the afternoon it is our KS1 Christmas party. Children can bring in party clothes to change into after lunch.

 

 Open afternoon

Wednesday 18th December - after the Christmas Performance of ‘Angel Express’.

 

Last day of term

Friday 20^th December @ 1:15pm 

 

Notes

Collins Hub

Reading books are now available to read on the Collins Hub. I have stuck in the children’s new log-in details into the front of their reading logs. All the books that the children have previously read this term have been uploaded.

 

Reading books

Please ensure that all outstanding reading and library books are returned to school this week.

We hope you all have an amazing weekend

The Year 1 team