Month: March 2018

This week we explored the pond wildlife at Fishpond’s Wood. We observed the different plants that grew there as well as the animals that live both in and along the water’s edge. We got very excited when we spotted a family of ducks hiding in the bushes.

After exploring the pond we then took part in our class Easter egg hunt and happily chomped on our chocolate treats.

After Easter we will be starting our new topic ‘By the Sea’ where we will be learning all about the seaside.

We all hope you have a lovely break,

The Year One Team

 

This week in science we have been learning how bees carry pollen from one plant to another. We have learnt how plants are attracted to the bright petals and scent of a plant when they land on a flower to drink the nectar. We made our own flowers, and used sugar to represent the pollen of the plant. When our bees flew onto our flower we noticed how some of the ‘pollen’ had stuck to the bees.

In English this week we have been writing our own version of Where the Wild Things Are. We drew story maps to help us sequence the events and verbally told the story to our partner. As a class we then created a word bank of effective vocabulary we wanted to include in our retells. Please come and read our stories as we’re really proud of them!

In maths this week we have been completing our termly assessments to consolidate all of our learning.

Next week it will be our last session at Fishpond’s Wood. For part of the session we will be exploring the pond, please ensure the children bring their wellies to school.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have been continuing to learn lots of fascinating facts about rain-forests. Did you know that algae grows on a sloth’s back? This helps them camouflage in trees to help hide from predators such as snakes and jaguars.  wrote our own information pages about rain-forests. To show our learning we write information pages all about rain-forests. We organised and grouped our information into paragraphs and worked hard to include clear and concise facts. Below are a few examples of our amazing work:

In maths we have been continuing to learn about measurements. We have estimate and weighed the mass of different objects in both cubes and g and KG. We then used the mathematical symbols < > and = to compare their weight.

On Tuesday we visited Fishpond’s Wood to continue learning about our local area. We used IPads to take photographs of the key features of the woods. While exploring we rather enjoyed pretending to be sloths in trees!

Once back in class we then used these photographs to make a map  of the woods complete with a key to help people find their way when exploring.

In class we have been reading Where the Wild Things Are. We made our own crown like Max by using natural items to create a pattern.

On our trip next week we are planning to explore the pond area of the woods so please ensure that the children bring a pair of wellies to school.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend,

The Year 1 Team

 

 

This week we have been focusing on the setting of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and have been learning all about rainforests.  We have begun to organise our information ready to write an information page next week. We now know lots of facts about rainforests, for example did you know that rainforests are called the ‘Earth’s lungs’? This is because they give us so much oxygen.  Try quizzing us on our rainforest facts!

On Tuesday we had our first trip to Fishpond’s Wood. We explored the physical features of our local environment and used crayons to make rubbings of the different trees. This helped us learn about the various patterns and textures. We also made careful sketches of various plants focusing carefully on their shape and colours.  After that, we used nature to make our own artistic creation. Like the artist Andy Goldworthy, we collected various twigs, leaves and flowers to make something artistic from nature.

In maths we have been continuing to explore measurements. We have learnt how to measure in cm, remembering that we need to start at 0 cm to make an accurate measurement. We have begun to explore the mass of different objects. We used cubes to measure the weight of different items in the classroom.

Below is a link to a website that provides some great reasoning and problem solving challenges for the children.

https://nrich.maths.org/primary-lower

In science we have been continuing to learn about plants. We grew our own cress to observe how a seed changes and grows into a plant.

In phonics this week we have been revising the sounds:

ue (blue, chuev)

aw (yawn, dawn quawp)

ew (chew, few, pewt)

Below are the links to the websites that were mentioned during parent’s evening. These provide some great games for the children to help practise sounding out and blending.

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

http://www.ictgames.com/hybrid.html

http://www.ictgames.com/djCow/index.html

Next week it is the turn of the Gingerbread Man table (Kallum, Isabella, Matilda and Cruz) for Show and Tell.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year 1 Team

 

 

 

 

What a week it’s been! We started the week with a whole school play on the field which was ‘snow much fun’.

 

This week we have continued our core text ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. We wrote information pages telling readers how to spot a wild thing. We described their appearance, habitat, characteristics and diet.

In maths this week we have continued measuring the length and height of different objects using our hands and cubes. We have started using standard units of measurement by using meter sticks and rulers to explore cm and M. We will continue this next week.

On Thursday we celebrated ‘World Book Day’ and dressed up as our favourite characters from different stories. To celebrate the day we participated in a whole school parade to showcase our amazing outfits and joined Year 2 for a KS1 Where’s Wally hunt. Thank you for your donations towards the Book Aid Trust. In the assembly the children learnt about how their donations help bring books to children around the world.

Weather permitting, we are hoping to start out Forest School activities at Fishpond’s Woods next week.

Next week it is the turn of the Jack and the Beanstalk table for Show and Tell (Miti, Lucas, Shinjiro, Megan and Nelson).

We hope you have lovely weekend,

The Year One Team