Year One Spellings for week beginning 5th July 2021

 Spellings for next week

Elelphants

this

that

mum

dad

good

Tigers

number

poem

garden

cook

reading

speaking

listening

Zebras

completed

seated

excited

fabulous

wonderful

special

million

mistake

match

activity

Week ending 2nd July 2021

 Hello Year One,

I have missed you all this week. It has been a strange week without seeing you, but I have been teaching in Reception which is great because I know them all well now and they know me so it will be an easier transition for them in September.

I hope you have made the most of your time at home. I have been looking at your learning and it seems that you have worked hard.

Next Week

We have so many exciting things planned for next week, but still have lots of learning to do. 

For maths we will be working with number, counting in tens, fives and twos. You will continue your poetry project for English and I have some fun ideas for writing poems.

We will be travelling to Africa to learn about their climate and culture. 

We will be thinking about what God is like in our RE lesson.

For science you will continue with the project about animals as we sort them into different categories.

Sports Day

As you all know Monday will be Year One's turn for Sports Day! Make sure you have a full PE kit and trainers in school. Remember your water bottles too. 

The Apprentice

Next Thursday, 8^th July, Year 6 will be carrying out a treats and drinks sale. This is usually done as a whole school event in the hall but due to Covid, this year it will be classroom delivery only.

 

The items for sale all range between 50p - £1.50 each and the Year 6 children will be competing against each other to raise the most money. All profits made from the event will go to the charity chosen by the winning team. Cash payments will be taken on the day by the Year 6 children who will ensure they follow Covid secure guidelines.

 

The children in the class watched adverts made by the Year 6 children today, so they will probably have a good idea about what they would like to buy. Please support this event next week to raise much needed money for a very worthwhile cause.

 

Andrew Gradwell

Deputy Head teacher and Year 6 teacher

I wish you all a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 18th June 2021

 Hello Year One, 

We have had a very busy week. As it has been sunny the children have been able to work outside with water, measuring and estimating capacities.

We have been working on fractions in relation to capacity and length. They have really enjoyed this as it was mainly practical maths. For English we have been writing a recount of a story, working on our handwriting, spellings and phonics. We have carried out a task whereby the children had to recognise different phonemes that make the same sound and a comprehension activity. 

We travelled to Asia for our geography project and the children were able to locate China on a map of the world, colour the Chinese flag and make a Chinese dragon, which they thoroughly enjoyed.

NEXT WEEK

English

We will be creating our own stories about finding a stick that can become many things. It will be an adventure story and I am sure the children will enjoy this.

Maths

Next week we will be learning how numbers can be different but equal in total. We will be using benchmarking to place numbers on number lines. The children will experiment with pan balances showing inequality and finally we will use known addition facts to choose efficient calculation strategies.

Science

We  are starting a new project 'Animals Including Humans.' The children will love this as they have a real passion and interest in animals. For the first session we will be identifying and naming a variety of animals.

Geography 

We will travel to Australia next week to investigate the culture, the animals that live there and where it is located on a world map. 

Art

Monet is the artist we will be learning about this half term. we will explore his work and plan the painting we will create next week.

I wish you all a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 11th June 2021

 Hello Year One,

I hope you all had a great half term holiday. 

The children came back full of enthusiasm and have worked hard on all their tasks and activities.

This week we began to look at fractions of shapes for maths. We began our 'Around The World' topic, which means we learn about one country in every continent. The children have been looking at world maps. It would be great if you could continue this at home and ask them to locate the seven continents.

We began a new book for English, called 'Not A Stick.' This week the children had to predict what the story may be about, by looking at the front cover.

We are revising our Phase Five phonics and working on handwriting and letter formation three times a week. I have started 'group reading' so that the children have a shared reading experience and they read at least three or four times a week in school. They are great when practising spellings at school but still need to work on them at home each week, at least three times.

NEXT WEEK

Maths

We will continue to work on fractions of shapes and move on to fractions in the context of capacity and length.

English

We will practise handwriting and spellings three times next week and phonics on a daily basis. We will hear readers in groups three times and at least once individually. The children will write a recount of our story, carry out a comprehension task for our science project and complete a grapheme/phoneme recognition activity.

Spellings

Elephants

are

you

go

so

by

my

Tigers

full

pull

play

playing

staying

making

trying

Zebras

should

would

could

brought

bought

caught

stayed

played

frightened

excited

Geography

We will be going to China next week and our focus will be on locating Asia on a world map, finding China within Asia and looking at 'Chinese New Year.' The children will make dragon puppets.

Science

Our focus will be on Summer and we will be walking round the school grounds using our sense to 'feel' Summer. The children will write about the season change.

Art

We are starting a project on the work of Claude Monet. I will introduce the children to his work and we will discuss his style, the colours he uses and any patterns and textures that can be found.

I hope you have a restful weekend and look forward to seeing the children on Monday.

Ms Davis

Week ending 28th May 2021

 Hello Year One,

What a wonderful week we have had! The sun has been shining and we were able to release the butterflies. One flew up to the treetops and the children were so happy to see it fly to freedom!

We have completed our maths project on 'Time' and it would be great to continue this at home. The children can now read o'clock and half past the hour so you can ask them to check the time at home.

Today we finished our history topic 'Famous Queens.' The children really enjoyed learning about the queens of the past and our present queen. They particularly enjoyed watching the three jubilee celebrations.

           The children have learned so much about growth and plants. They can now label the parts of a                 tree and a plant. They can describe the life cycle of a caterpillar and explain what conditions                   plants need to be healthy and grow.

            The children wrote about their feelings on returning to school after lockdown and were able to                explain what made them feel safe, comfortable, happy and therefore able to settle and enjoy                    school life again. They wrote about their favourite activities and special moments.

            I wish you all a safe and happy half term holiday and will see you on Tuesday 8th June.

            Ms Davis

            

        

           

Week ending 21st May 2021

 Hello Year One,

What an exciting week! The butterflies emerged and there are four! We will be setting them free this week. It has been wonderful for the children to see the whole process first hand. Thank you Poppy for giving us this experience!

We have been exploring 'time' in our maths lessons and the children learned about direction. This week we will be telling the time as in o'clock and half past the hour. 

We completed our English from the story 'Anancy and Mr Dry Bone.' This week we will be writing about the last few weeks at school, what we have enjoyed and special moments. We will also be concentrating on phonics and handwriting.

We went for a walk around the school grounds and identified several Summer flowers. We looked at trees and were able to draw and label the different parts of a tree. This week we will be doing the same with plants. 

The children watched videos of the Queen's three jubilees and imagined they were at The Diamond Jubilee. they wrote cards describing the scenes. This week we will be sorting cards into the three periods of time as we complete our work on Famous Queens.

The children created beautiful butterflies for their art lesson and enjoyed using the bright colours and glitter to decorate them.

Spellings will be coming home today.

Ms Davis

Week ending 7th May 2021

 Hello Year One,

We have had a busy week. We completed our Jack and the Beanstalk topic as the children wrote their final copies of their magic bean stories. Next week's English lessons will be based around the story Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone, a West African traditional tale.

We have been learning about 'twice as long' and 'twice as many' in maths lessons and next week the children will begin division in the sense of sharing amongst groups.

Each week the children complete their bean diaries as they observe the growth of their beans. Next week we will be focusing on the caterpillars as they form their chrysalis' and finally butterflies emerge which we will set free. 

Next week we will be learning another faith story. The children thoroughly enjoyed Jonah and the Whale and can recount the story verbally. 

The history topic is engaging the children as we made Tudor masks and re-enacted a Tudor banquet.

 Next week we will be exploring the Victorian period and learning about the huge changes that took place at that time.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Ms Davis