Month: December 2019

This week we read the poem ‘The Sound Collector’ by Roger McGough . 

We looked carefully at the poem and identified the ‘secret strings’ that held the poem together:

• Includes sound words
• The sound describes the object
• Each new description is written on a new line
• Each stanza is four lines long
• The second and fourth line rhyme

We then wrote our own version of the poem where we described the sounds that The Grinch might steal at Christmas time.

Here are some of our amazing descriptions:

The Grinch came this morning

With a sack on top if his sleigh

Put every sound into his bag

And carried them away

“The ticking of the clock” (Grover)

“The popping of the cracker” (Oliver)

“The banging of the door” (Theo)

“The ringing of the bells” (Jamie)

“The crackling of the fire” (Sophia)

“The roaring of Santa’s sleigh” (Nina)

“The singing of the carols” (Lily)

“The chatting of the children” (John)

“The laughing of Santa” (Charlie)

“The whooshing of the sleigh” (Kieran)

“The laughing of Aunt Mildred” (Michael)

“The crackling of the fire ” (Emily)

“The crunching of the candy cane” (Arto)

“The banging of the drum” (Emi)

“The creaking of the stairs” (Lizzie)

“The whooshing of the sleigh” (Georgia)

“The giggling of the girls” (Ana)

“The rumbling of Santa’s tummy” (James)

“The giggling of the children” (Ire)

“The whooshing of the sleigh” (Magnus)

“The cackling of The Grinch” (Mariam)

“The ringing of the phone” (Chloe)

“The popping of the cracker” (Freya)

“The ding dong of the bells” (Rodrigo)

“The crunching of the snowflakes” (Daisy)

In maths we have been reviewing our learning and completing our termly assessments.

In science we have learnt about camouflage and how this helps animals to hide from predators or help them to catch their prey.

Next Wednesday afternoon we will be having our KS1 Christmas party. The children are invited to bring party clothes in a named bag that they can change into for the afternoon.  Outside the classroom is a sign-up sheet to donate any food or party drinks, which will be greatly appreciated. Please ensure that all food is nut free. 

Please note that next week there is no Show and Tell.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

We hope you all enjoyed our F.S.U and KS1 production of ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’. The children have worked very hard to learn all of the songs and it was wonderful to see them perform their lines with such clarity and confidence.

In English this week we have read the story ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers.

The children wrote shape poems describing the rocket used in the story. They also generated adjectives to describe the setting and how the boy was feeling when he crashed after his rocket failed him. Next week, we will be using these descriptions to write a list poem.

In maths we have been learning to identify how many tens and ones are in a 2-digit number. The children used base 10 materials to represent a chosen number.

Next week it is the turn of the ‘But Martin!’ table for Show and Tell (Charlie, Lizzie, Theo and Michael).

We look forward to seeing you all the Christmas Fair,

The Year One Team