Month: February 2018

This week we have started our new core text ‘Where the Wild Things Are’.

We generated adjectives to describe the appearance and characteristics of the wild things and used plasticine to create our own character for the story. Here are our terrifying wild things:

 By Nelson

  By Chris

 By Isabella

 By Edward

 By Levi

 By Lily D

 By Benedict

 By Harry

 By Shinjiro

 By Ella

 By Sofia

 By Erin

 By Bella

 By Cruz

 By Kallum

 By Lucas

 By Aaron

 By Harrison

 By Finn

 By Matilda

 By Miti

 By Lily V

By Megan

 By Leon

In phonics we have been reviewing the following sounds:

ee (teeth, feet, meet, queet, zeep)

ea (tea, sea, leap, cheap, queax, beath)

e-e (eve, steve, meve, peme)

On the website below there are a range of games to play with the children to help practise their sounds.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

In maths we have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. We have also begun measuring the length of different objects which we will continue next week.

Next Thursday we will be celebrating World Book Day. The children are invited to come to school dressed as a character from their favourite book. They can also bring in a copy of the book to share with the class. We look forward to seeing all of the different story characters.

Next week it is the turn of the Goldilocks’ table for Show and Tell (Harry, Benedict, Lily D, Bella and Erin).

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have been reading the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’.

We described the villainous witch and thought about what potions she could be concocting in her cottage.  We thought of our own recipe for a potion and then wrote these recipes as a set of instructions. Here are our ideas:

“A potion to turn you into a rat’s tail” (Ella)

“A potion to turn you into a cobweb” (Sofia)

“A potion to turn you into sticky slime” (Bella)

“A potion to turn you into an invisible frog” (Matilda)

“A potion to turn you into slimy ear” (Kallum)

“A potion to turn you into a spider” (Benedict)

“A potion to turn you into a  princess” (Isabella)

“A potion to turn you into a lion” (Lucas)

“A potion to make you small” (Megan)

“A potion to turn you into a mouse” (Miti)

“A potion to turn you into a rat” (Nelson)

“A potion to turn you into a snake” (Leon)

“A potion to turn you into a wheel” (Finn)

“A potion to turn you invisible” (Lily D)

“A potion to turn you into a slimy, eerie, mysterious monster” (Cruz)

“A potion to turn you into an apple” (Shinjiro)

“A potion to turn you into a frog” (Lily V)

“A potion to turn you into concrete” (Edward)

“A potion to turn you into a frog” (Aaron)

“A potion to make you fade away” (Harry)

“A potion to turn you into a snake” (Erin)

“A potion to turn you into a black mamba” (Levi)

“A potion to turn you into a poisonous spider” (Chris)

“A potion to make you fade away for a year” (Harrison)

This week we have completed our D.T project to design and make a fairy tale puppet. The children all designed their puppet and wrote a list of what materials and equipment they would need to complete their project. Here are our amazing products!

In maths we have been reviewing the key skills taught this term by consolidating our reasoning and problem skills.

This week the children designed and made a beautiful plant pot from recycled yogurt pots. They then sold their product to help raise money for the Lunchbowl Network. Thank you to our school councillors Ella and Harrison who managed our plant stall.

After half term, we will be sending out information regarding our trip to Fishpond’s Wood.

We wish you all a lovely break,

The Year 1 Team

This week we have been comparing traditional and modern fairy tales. Using our core text ‘Into the Forest’ and ‘Shrek’ we have looked at the similarities and differences between stories such as ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and fairy tales that are written today.

We wrote our own version of a modern fairy tale by retelling the story of ‘Into the Forest’. The children planned the story on a story map and then wrote their version on Thursday. We were all blown away by the descriptive detail the children included in their writing. They used included lots of interesting descriptive details to make their stories interesting and should feel extremely proud of all of their hard work. Here are a few of their exciting descriptions:

“I pulled the duvet over my head.” (Edward)

“I began to feel anxious. It was getting colder and darker.” (Bella)

“The trees looked like a witch’s hand.” (Leon)

“That night I was woken by a terrifying sound.” (Kallum)

” I remember she told me a story of sly wolf.” (Isabella)

“Feeling nervous, for the first time ever I decided to go to through the forest.” (Benedict)

“Tentatively I opened the door.” (Ella)

In music we have been reading the story of Peter and the Wolf. We chose instruments to reflect each character’s movements and personalities.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team