Welcome Back, Year 1!
We have had a very busy and fantastic first week back after the half-term holiday. The children have settled back into school brilliantly, diving straight into their learning and showing great enthusiasm across all subjects.
The children were very excited to see how much their sunflowers had grown over the holiday. They have continued caring for them this week and have enjoyed making observations about their growth and the changes they have noticed. It has been wonderful to see their curiosity and responsibility as they nurture their plants.
In Maths, the children completed their unit on place value to 100. They worked hard finding 1 more and 1 less and comparing numbers using the vocabulary greater than, less than and equal to. We also continued practising counting in 10s, which supported the children when using and counting with Base 10 equipment.
Our English lessons have been equally engaging as the children began a new unit based on the book Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey. They have enjoyed describing the characters using a range of adjectives and have shown great creativity when planning their own versions of the story featuring different pets. The children came up with some imaginative character names and have made a fantastic start to writing the opening part of their stories.
In Geography, we began our new topic, What is it like in Shanghai? We started by exploring the human and physical features of our local area, laying the foundations for comparing and learning about Shanghai in the coming weeks.
Next Week's Learning
English – The children will continue writing their Pig the Pug-inspired stories. They will also be learning about expanded noun phrases and how they can be used to add detail to their writing.
Maths – We will begin an exciting new topic on money. The children will learn to recognise and identify different coins and notes and start to explore their values.
Geography – The children will be developing their map skills by creating maps of the local area and identifying key human and physical features.
Science – We will be exploring the season of Summer. The children will go into the playground to observe and sketch the tree that we have previously drawn in Autumn, Winter and Spring. They will also add to the Summer section of our seasonal tree display in the classroom.
Design and Technology – Our new topic is Stable Structures. The children will begin by exploring the features of a toy garage and investigating how structures are designed and built.
Spellings for Friday's Test
Group 1
when, which, wheel, white, have, give, live, leave, solve
Tricky words: call, your
Group 2
when, which, wheel, white
Tricky word: the
Reminders
Phonics Screening Test- this will take place throughout the week
Knebworth House
We are very excited about our school trip to Knebworth House on Monday 6th July.
If you are available to help on the day, we would be very grateful for your support. Please email me if you are able to volunteer and assist with the trip.
Thank you so much for your continued support. We look forward to a wonderful day.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend!
The Year 1 team
