Month: January 2018

This week we continued our story ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne. When we read the book we noticed that as the the main character walked through the forest he met Jack from ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.

We read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and after we had finished we were surprised to receive a letter from the King asking for our help.

We had a class discussion debating whether Jack should or should not allowed to keep the money or if he should be made to pay it back.

Reasons why Jack should be allowed to keep the money:

“The giant didn’t share with Jack. ” (Finn)

“Jack was poor.” (Shinjiro)

“The hen belonged to Jack’s father. ” (Lucas)

“The giant was greedy.” (Harrison)

“The hen belonged to his father.” (Miti)

“The giant was very greedy.” (Nelson)

“The giant was rude.” (Levi)

“The giant was mean to his wife.” (Kallum)

“He was poor and it was his dad’s in the first place.” (Harry)

“The giant was mean.” (Lily V)

“The giant was greedy.” (Leon)

 

Reasons why Jack should not be allowed to keep the money:

“He stole the magic harp when it did not belong to him. ” (Megan)

“Jack didn’t share the money.” (Chris)

“Jack stole the big, shimmering golden coins.” (Cruz)

“It is unfair because he didn’t share the money with the village.” (Isabella)

“Jack needs to say sorry to the giant’s wife.” (Matilda)

“He kept climbing up the beanstalk and that makes him greedy.” (Benedict)

“He stole the harp from the giant.” (Erin)

“The giant’s wife was being kind to Jack but he stole all of their things.” (Bella)

“He stole the harp.” (Lily D-P)

“How would you feel if someone took all of your special things?” (Sofia)

“Jack was greedy.” (Aaron)

“He stole the money.” (Edward)

“It is unfair because when he got all of the money he didn’t share it with the rest of the town.” (Ella)

After our class debate we planned and then wrote a letter back to the King explaining what we thought he should do.

In science we enjoyed learning about the parts of a plant you can eat, although not everyone was a fan of the radish!

 

In maths we have been learning about addition and subtraction fact families. We have learnt that if 3 + 7 = 10 then 7 + 3 = 10, 10 – 3 = 7 and 10- 7 = 3.

In phonics we have been learning the sounds:

au (launch, haul, vraug, paum)

or (corn, torn, shorv, prort)

aw (yawn, dawn, chawp, kawv)

ew (few, chew, prewt, mewz)

u-e (huge, brute, chupe, lume)

ue (blue, true, laxue, whue)

While practising our throwing and catching skills in P.E we spotted a lovely rainbow which was the perfect way to end the week.

Have a great weekend,

The Year 1 Team

 

This week we have continued reading our core text ‘Into the Forest’. We noticed that a wolf was hiding behind one of the trees and this got us to thinking about what other fairy tale villains could be lurking in the woods. To help people catch the villains we wrote a wanted poster describing a fairy tale villain. We worked hard to include adjectives to describe their appearance and characteristics.

 

In maths this week we have been learning how to use a number line to solve a subtraction problem. We counted backwards and used empty number lines to solve a range of subtraction equations. We then applied our understanding to write our own fairy tale subtraction word problem.

“Shrek had 19 mushrooms. He ate 12, how many mushrooms does he have left?” (Edward)

“Sleeping Beauty had 19 tiaras. She cracked 9, how many tiaras does she have left?” (Erin)

In the week beginning  Monday 5^th February we will be making plant pots from recycled yogurt pots.  These will be sold to help raise money for the Lunch Bowl Network Charity.

Please could you help us by bringing in any used pots that we can turn into beautiful plant pots; the more the better. Please ensure the pots are cleaned thoroughly before bringing them into school.

Next week it is the turn of the Little Red Riding Hood table for Show and Tell (Edward, Ella, Sophia and Lily V)

Have a great weekend,

The Year 1 Team

Welcome back to the Spring Term. We hope you had a great Christmas break and would like to say thank you for your kind presents and cards.

This week we have started our new topic ‘Into the Woods’. We looked at the key features of fairy tales and started our new core text ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne.

When reading this book we noticed that the main character walks through a mysterious forest full of fairy tale objects and characters. We thought of words to describe the forest and wrote a description of the setting.

In science we have started learning about plants and enjoyed using magnifying glasses to examine plants closely. We looked at the shape of the leaves, the colour of the petals, the texture of the plant and wrote about our findings.

 

 

In maths this week we have been learning how to use a number line to help us solve an addition equation.

Congratulations to Sofia who was awarded the Good Manners Cup in assembly.  Sofia always goes that extra mile to be kind and courteous to everyone in school.

Next week it is the turn of the Billy Goats Gruff table (Finn, Harrison, Chris, Levi and Leon) for Show and Tell.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend,

The Year 1 Team.