Week ending 21st October 2022

 Hello Year One,

We had a wonderful week and managed to complete all our projects!

It was great to see so many of you at 'Parent Consultations.' The children were so excited for you to see their work! They have put so much effort into their learning this half term and have enjoyed the activities they have carried out.

PE

PE kits will go home today. Some children have lost items of clothing from their kits. Despite ensuring that all clothes go back into PE bags there are still children with missing kit. Please check that your child has:

plimsoles (indoor PE)

trainers (outdoor PE)

shorts and a t-shirt (indoor PE)

track suit or jogging bottoms and sweatshirt(outdoor PE)

The children only need a drawstring PE bag to hang on their peg. This needs to stay in school all week. There is no need to wash the kit unless you would prefer to do so. PE kits are sent home on the last day of each half term.

Bags

The only other bag your child should bring to school is a book bag which should contain any school reading books and a reading record. 

There are still some children bringing large backpacks and bags into school which they hang on their pegs. This causes coats, cardigans and jumpers to fall on the ground as there is little space in the cloakroom. Please refrain from sending these large bags into school.

Autumn Two

English

Phonics lessons will take place every day. Group reading will be carried out three times a week and handwriting lessons will take place three times a week.

We will begin our lessons with the story 'Farmer Duck' by Martin Waddle and Helen Oxenbury. The children will be making predictions, understanding what nouns and verbs are and learning how to construct a sentence. They will be writing a letter, creating instructions and explaining the events that occurred in the story.

We will follow this with poetry lessons. I will give you the details nearer the time.

Maths

We will begin by exploring the language of addition and subtraction. The children will revise identifying the whole and parts of a model. We will be using 1:1 correspondence to find fewer and more than a given number. The children will understand  difference as the distance between two numbers.

I will update you as these lessons progress.

Science

The children will continue to explore seasonal change, particularly as Winter approaches. We will be creating a tally chart for the weather and will estimate rainfall. They will make a rain gauge and label it to show daily differences. There will be a focus on the symbols we use for weather and the children will record using these to show the changes on a daily basis.

As we explore the impact of the Winter weather we will research how animals and birds cope with extremes in temperature.

We will be learning about the human body will name and label the different parts. 

Finally we will be learning about the senses. I will send further information nearer the time.

RE

The focus will be festivals and celebrations as we explore three festivals of light. As we learn the story of Diwali we will create rangoli patterns and make clay divas.

For Hannukah we will read the story which explains the reason for this festival. we will play the traditional bingo game that is enjoyed by many at this time.

We will listen to 'The Christmas Story' and I am sure the children will be busy rehearsing for our Christmas production nearer the time.

Art

We will be learning about the artist Claude Monet and will look at a selection of his work. The children will discuss the colours, style, atmosphere and techniques he used. they will learn the effect of thick and fine paintbrushes as they paint their own Monet style pictures!

We will be making, painting and varnishing clay divas.

D and T

We will be learning the story of 'The Gingerbread Man' and the children will make sliders to create a moving picture.

The children will be making Christmas cards with a lever mechanism.

PHSE

We will be celebrating differences and sharing how in ways we are the same. We will discuss how we feel now that we have settled into Year One. 

The children will learn the song 'The Colours of friendship,' as we explore how it feels to make new friends.

Spellings

The children will be given a set of spellings every Friday. They can take them home and learn them by using look, cover, spell and check. There will be a revision of their learning every Friday as they spell the words without support.

I wish you all a happy and healthy break and look forward to seeing you all Monday 31st October!

Ms Davis 

 

Week ending 14th October 2022

 Hello Year One,

We have had a lovely week! Our walk to the woods was great! We learned so much about the changes to our environment that occur in Autumn. The children produced some detailed drawings, captions and sentences about Autumn.

We have been learning to order numbers, recognise consecutive numbers and link, sequence and count numbers. We have been using number lines and noticing when a number is not in the correct position.

We have written about our harvest experience at the church. The children recognise that we have harvest from the sea, from animals, from the ground and from grain. 

I am in the process of booking our museum trip to explore toys from the past. This will take place on 8th November. We expect to have enough staff to accompany us on the trip, therefore we won't need parental support. Further details will be sent to you nearer to the date of the trip.

Next Week

English

The children will be learning to form capital letters correctly. We will be completing our character descriptions. We will complete the tricky words for this half term;

says

what

pure

when

full

said

sure

today

After half term I will be sending spellings home on a weekly basis.

Maths

The children will be representing and using number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20. They will count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals. They will solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction.

Science

As we continue to explore animals the children will be learning about the food they eat. They will learn the terms herbivore, carnivore and omnivore.

Art

As we continue to learn about Autumn the children will be carrying out an observational drawing of a leaf.

PHSE

We will be looking at our families and where we live. We will describe them and draw them. We will write about the qualities of members of our family.

Notes

Please can I ask again that the children only bring their book bag into school each day. They do not need other bags. When they bring other bags into school and put them on their pegs there is little room for coats and cardigans. This causes clothes to fall off the pegs. 

Please can you make sure that your child brings his/her reading record into school on Thursdays. This is the day we write comments about your child's progress. The reading record should be in a reading bag which is placed in the box by the classroom door.

Harvest Celebration

It was wonderful to see the children enjoy singing the songs at the Harvest Celebration. I thought you might like to see a couple of photos I managed to take.

I wish you a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 7th October 2022

 Hello Year One,

This week the children have written stories about losing a toy. They wrote about their feelings when this happened and how they felt when the toy was found!

We have been working on the vocabulary and understanding of fewer, more than, least, the smallest, the largest in maths. The children have been recognising pictorial representations of number.

Following our visit to the church, the children wrote about the different harvests and drew pictures to represent the celebration. 

Harvest Celebration

It was great to see so many of you this morning for the Harvest Celebration. The children have loved learning the songs and they sang their hearts out today!

Reading

Reading groups are progressing well and the children enjoy the shared experience. There are still a number of children without the reading records. Next week I will issue new records to any children who still do not have one in school. These records must remain in their book bags and come into school every day. The adults who hear them read write comments for you in these books and we would also like to know how you find the reading experience with your child.

Handwriting

As you are aware we follow 'The Little Wandle' programme for reading and writing. I am sending the letter formation sheets home for you to use with your child. 

Maths

I am sending you login details for the online maths programme that you can access for your child. If you have any queries about this please let me know.

Next Week

I am planning on taking the children for a walk in the local woods next Wednesday 12th October. We will be focusing on the changes to the environment in Autumn. I will need at least four parent/carer helpers. If you would like to come please let me know. We aim to leave school at 9am and are usually back just after 10am. 

The children will need to wear wellington boots and coats. 

The trip will be postponed if it is raining! 

 

English

Our focus will be identifying and describing characters and feelings. We will be reading the book 'Voices in the Park' by Anthony Browne.

The children will be writing about characters. They will be forming sentences and concentrating on the correct punctuation. We will be identifying the key events in the story.

Science

We will be focusing on the changes to the weather, the environment and wildlife in the season of Autumn.

Maths

We will focus on ordering values, ordering consecutive numbers, linking counting and sequencing.

I hope you all have a relaxing and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 30th October 2022

 Hello Year One,

We have had a wonderful week. Our trip to the church was great. The staff had created activities around harvests. The children looked at the harvest from the sea, the earth, the grain and from animals.

Reading 

The children are enjoying the reading sessions. On Thursdays I allocate the books to you so that you can read at home with your child and add a comment in their Reading Record.

The adults who hear the children read write their comments on a Thursday ready for you to read. There were several children without a Reading Record in school, therefore the adult who heard your child read was unable to write comments.

Please ensure that your child has a book bag or a named plastic bag which comes to school every day with their Reading Record and class book inside. 

This bag must be placed in the book bag boxes by the door, not in a bag on a peg.

NEXT WEEK

English

The children will be writing a story about losing a toy. We have been working from the book 'Where's My Teddy?' about a little boy who loses his teddy in the woods and several children were keen to explain about toys they had lost so this will be a great writing opportunity.

Maths

We will be counting varied representations of number and matching values to mathematical models and numerals. The children will be learning the vocabulary of 'more' and 'fewer,' 'more and 'less' and 'least.'

RE

The children will draw and write about harvest.

Science

We will be exploring the foods that animals eat and the children will learn the terms herbivore, carnivore and omnivore.

Art

The children will draw  self portraits.

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 23rd September 2022

 Hello Year One,

We are getting used to many routines and changes at the moment and the children are managing this well.

Reading

The children need a book bag which they use for carrying their Reading Record and any books they may bring home. 

If you do not have a book bag yet please use a named plastic bag. These bags go in the boxes and need to be in school every day because we need access to the Reading Records, children put letters or notes for home in them and it is needed for books.

 The Little Wandle reading sessions are progressing well, but we are changing the process as of Monday 26th September. From then onwards all the groups will read at the same time, with different members of staff each week. The groups will rotate so that I can hear each child read regularly. 

The children have reading sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Thursdays the book they have been reading at school will be allocated to you electronically. The Reading Records will also be updated on Thursdays as each child will have read three times. The adult hearing them read will be working on decoding, prosidy and comprehension and will write a comment in your child's Reading Record. You are then able to hear your child read this book as many times as you like before writing your comment in the Reading Record.

To summarise;

Monday - A new book begins as reading sessions take place in school. The adult working with your child will be teaching and encouraging decoding

Tuesday - The book will be read again. This time the adult will be teaching and encouraging prosidy (expression)

Thursday - The book will be read again. This time the adult will be checking for understanding (comprehension) 

The book will be allocated to you

The adult who has worked with your child all week will write comments in your child's Reading Record

You can hear your child read the book as many times as you like.

You can write comments in your child's Reading Record.

Friday -  The children can choose a book from the classroom or the library. This is their choice and they can read it to you, with you or listen to you read it to them. This is separate from Little Wandle. Your child is not expected to be able to read this book. It is there for you to share with them.

Milk

Milk is available on a daily basis. the children have milk at around 10.30 am while they eat their fruit and watch their special programme 'Come Outside.' If you want your child to have milk please ask at the school office. Many children ask me why they don't have milk so I thought I would remind you and whatever you decide you could have a conversation with your child to avoid future confusion.

This Week

This week we have been watching and trying dances from across the globe as the children come into school. They watched Spanish and Russian dances and many joined in!

We read the story 'Each Peach Pear Plum' and worked on rhyme. We sang nursery rhymes and the children recognised the rhyming couplets. We talked about the sequences of a story and the children wrote the story, using a beginning, middle and ending.

We have continued our work on position for maths and the children are now recognising ordinal numbers and describing the position of things. 

We had a great art lesson as we created bonfire pictures using powder paints, tissue paper and glitter! 

The daily phonics sessions are progressing well.

Next Week

English 

We will be working from the story 'Where's My Teddy' by Jez Alborough. The children will be relating to this text and writing their own story about losing a toy.

I will be teaching them how to incorporate the feelings of the character into sentences.

The children will create 'wanted' posters for the lost teddy, using descriptive language.

daily phonics sessions and group reading sessions three times.

Maths

We will be focussing on numbers to ten, conservation of number, subitising familiar patterns and numbers to ten.

Science

The children will start to explore characteristics of animals. They will sort animals accordingly.

Art

We will be looking at the work of Lowry. Initially the children will be describing his style, the colours he used and how the art makes us feel.

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 16th September 2022

 Hello Year One,

We have had a busy week as the children have been visiting other classrooms for friendship groups and to vote for their house team captain.

The children are beginning to have handwriting lessons. They have been forming the letters l, i and t in glitter and then writing it. If you have any sand or glitter at home this is an ideal way to help them learn letter formation. 

The reading days will change from next week. The new days will be Mondays, (but not next week as it is a bank holiday, so it will be Tuesday) Thursdays and Fridays. The books will be allocated on Fridays from now on.

As the weather was better this week we were able to play outside.

I will be offering you the phoneme terminology sheets today as promised. The children are learning this new vocabulary quickly!

We hunted for sticks again this week and the children made some fabulous creations of 'Not Sticks!'

'It's not a stick, it's a magic wand!'

'It's not a stick, it's a fishing rod!'

'It's not a stick, it's a paintbrush!'

Next week we will be continuing with the topics we started this week.

Phonics

New Digraphs

igh

ai

 

er

New words

the

into

we

was

push

some

are

of

I wish you all a relaxing and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

 

Week ending 9th September 2022

 Welcome All,

The new 'Year One' have settled so well! They are picking up routines quickly. The children have had great fun and were keen to bring their 'Not A Sticks' home to share with you. 

This week we spent a fair amount of time talking about their feelings around school and the changes that they are becoming familiar with. I also introduces our topics for this half term, please see below;

Science - Animals (Including humans) and Autumn

History - Toys (past and present)

NEXT WEEK

English

We will be revising the phonemes we have learned and adding ow, ur and oi.

Next weeks tricky words will be I, no, she, he and go.

The children will be listening to the rhyming story Each, Peach, Pear, Plum.

We will be listening to and singing songs with rhyming couplets. The children will work towards sequencing the story at the end of the week.

Maths

The children will be learning about position. They will hear and use positional language. They will describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three quarter turns. They will order first, second third etc. They will use the language of direction and motion, including left and right, top, middle and bottom, on top of, in front of, above, behind, between, around, near, close, far, up and down, forwards and backwards, inside and outside.

 There is a huge emphasis here on vocabulary, therefore if you can use positional language at home this will be a great support for next week's learning.

History

We will be looking at old and new toys and learning the vocabulary needed to describe them.

The children will sort toys into old and new categories.

Science

Animals will be our focus next week, as we sort them into the categories listed below:

mammals

birds

fish

reptiles

amphibians

insects

ART

Our art lesson will focus on portrait drawing and the children will draw self-portraits.

Thank you for coming to 'Meet The Teacher' on Thursday. It was great to meet so many of you.

I wish you all a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis