Good morning,

 

In English, the children have been writing free-verse poems. They used amazing vocabulary and phrases to describe an animal and a colour of their choice.

 

In Maths, the children finished their topic based on Money. They learnt about coins, notes and their value. They all counted different amounts of money.

 

In Geography, the children finished their topic called ‘What is Shanghai like?’

 

In RE, the children thought and wrote about the special ‘gifts’ in their lives. They were so thoughtful and came up with some lovely ideas that included their family, friends and home.

 

The children didn’t receive any physical reading books to take home this week as we are collecting them all in preparation for the summer holidays. I have uploaded the books onto the e-library and I will upload another book next week.

 

Next week:

 Maths- The children will be learning about time.

 

English- The children will continue to explore free-verse poetry and vocabulary building.

 

D&T- The children will be making a fruit salad. Please let me know if there are any allergies or dietary requirements.

 

Notes

Wednesday 17^th- We will be watching the Year 6 production

 Thursday 18^th- Mrs Custis’ leaving assembly

 Friday 19^th- Year 6 leaving assembly

 

Please bring a strong plastic bag to school for books as we are sending them home throughout next week and remember that school finishes at 2pm on Friday.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

 

The Year 1 Team.

 Good morning,

 

I apologise for the delay in posting the Year 1 blog.

This week the children finished their explanation topic based on bugs. They described the appearance and movement of their own imaginary bug, explained its life cycle and wrote about what it likes to eat.

 

In Maths, the children finished their topic based on position and direction.

 

In Geography, they looked at the physical and human features that they could see in a range of images from China.

 

PSHE – We spoke about what the children are looking forward to in Year 2.

 

Science- the children explored the Seasons and discussed signs of Summer.

 

Yesterday afternoon, the children really enjoyed using clay to make their imaginary bug. Please see the photos below.

 

Next week:

 

Maths- The children will begin their new topic based on money.

 

English- The children will be starting a new topic based on poetry and building vocabulary. They will read and respond to free verse poetry, they will generate vocabulary from picture prompts, identify words and phrases to describe and at the end of the week they will perform their poem.

 

D&T- The children will paint the bug they made with clay.

 

Transition day- On Thursday the children will visit their new teacher in Year 2.

 

 

Notes

There will be no new spellings set for the rest of the school term. In class, we will be practising the common exception words for Year 1. I will send home at sheet of these words on Monday.

 

Sharing assembly- Monday 8^th July @ 9:00am

 

Transition day- Thursday 11^th July

 

PTA Friday Fun Day - Friday 12^th July 3:10pm-5:30pm

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

 

The Year 1 Team.

Good evening all,

 

It was lovely to see so many of you for Parent Consultations on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss how amazing your children have done this year. I am so proud of all their hard work and achievements!

This afternoon the children had lots of fun at the Year 6 ‘Apprentice’ event; please see photos below.

 

Next week:

 

Maths- The children will be using the vocabulary ‘left, right, forward, backwards, above’ and ‘below’ to describe position. They will also learn about ordinal numbers.

 

English- The children will use their individual ideas and vocabulary to plan and sequence their own bug’s life cycle at each stage of growth. They will also describe the appearance and movement of their newly invented bug.

 

Geography – The children will find continue to learn about Shanghai.

 

PSHE – We will talk about what the children are looking forward to in Year 2.

 

D&T- The children will use clay to make the bug that they invented in English. Towards the end of the week they will paint them.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: station, action, mission, mansion, special, social, precious

Tricky words: friend, hour, many, through

 

 Group 2: station, action, mission, mansion, special, social, precious

Tricky words: hour, many

 

Group 3 and 4: take, same, time, like, home, woke

Tricky words: could, would

 

Group 5: book, hook, foot, wood

Tricky word: she

 

Notes

Break the Rules Day - Friday 5^th July

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 Team.