Hello Year One,
Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you for the gifts and the beautiful hamper! What a wonderful Christmas treat and my family approved! Lots of lovely goodies for me to share at Christmas - thank you.
It was great to see you all after the Christmas break. The children have been telling us about their Christmas experiences.
This week we have begun a couple of new projects.
English
Our class reading book is 'The Last Noo-Noo' by Jill Murphy. The children are loving this story and have already begun to re-tell it themselves. they have used speech bubbles and written questions to the characters in the story.
Next week they will be planning their own stories with the same theme. They will create a list of adjectives, plan a clear beginning, middle and ending and by the end of the week they will write their stories about planting something magical in the garden.
Maths
This week we have been focusing on place value (Tens and Ones)
The children will go on to doubling and halving next week.
Design and Technology
You will now be aware that this term's home project is to design, build and evaluate a home. A letter was sent home today explaining this. If you need further information please pop in and see me.
Next week the children will design their homes. They will need to decide what materials they will need and how they will make them. This will be carried out at school and a copy will be sent home for your child to use when gathering materials and constructing the homes.
The completed projects need to be in school by the end of the Spring term.
History
Our history project ties in with D and T well, as we will be looking at homes from the past. We have a main focus on Victorian housing and interior design.
RE
Our focus will be the community we live in, the groups we belong to, the people who help us and why we enjoy being a part of Potters Bar.
We will also be exploring Baptism and on 23rd February we will be visiting Christ Church who will demonstrate a Baptism and discuss the meaning with the children.
Science
We will be investigating materials. We will sort materials according to their properties, group materials and discuss why they are used for different purposes. We will experiment with materials and water.
We were exploring shoes this week and I was explaining why shoes are made from flexible material. I asked the children whether it would be easy to walk in wooden shoes and they laughed! I remembered I have a pair of clogs in the cupboard which I put on and the children were fascinated. They each had a turn trying to walk in clogs. Here are some pictures!
