A busy week!

I imagine your children have had a week they won’t forget in a hurry. Some of you have kindly expressed your thanks for the trip down to New Barn. Can I say how much I enjoyed taking the class down there – we had a blast! Have a great weekend.

To bring you up to speed on what we have been doing recently in year 3, we have been measuring in mm, cm and m. If you suddenly find your little ones taking a keen interest in the square footage of your house, this may be why.

We also did a little bit of Roman soldier training: marching, standing in formations (spot the tortoise) and close combat! What a talented lot they are!

Year One Blog: Fascinating Facts

This week we have been continuing to learn lots of fascinating facts about rainforests. 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. Next week we will be writing information pages all about rainforests.

In maths we have been measuring capacity using liquid and rice. We measured water using the language of ‘full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty and empty’.

When measuring we noticed that different jugs could hold different amounts and decided that this wasn’t an accurate measurement.  We then measured rice using the standard unit of measurement- ml and L- to ensure it was fair.

Due to the wet and windy weather this week we were unable to visit Fishpond’s Wood.  Now that the sun finally seems to be out, we are hoping to be in the woods next week.

This week’s book recommendation is by Rodrigo:

“I am recommending the book ‘Mr Happy’ by Roger Hargreaves.

In the story Mr Happy is always happy and he lives in a cottage. I think it is a funny story because when he meets someone who is sad he has to make them feel better by bouncing around. The setting of the story is a forest and it takes place on a sunny day.”

Next week it is the turn of Micheal, Charlie, Magnus and Daisy for Show and Tell.

We hope you have a restful weekend,

The Year One Team

Year One Blog: How To Spot A Wild Thing

This week we wrote our guides informing readers on how to spot a Wild Thing.  We included lots of adjectives to describe their appearance and explained where they lived and what they like to eat.

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. 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.

In maths we have been learning how to measure length and height. We measured different items in the classroom using cubes and then learnt how to measure in cm.

In R.E we have started our new unit of learning called ‘Why is Easter the most important festival for Christians?’ This week we learnt about the importance of Palm Sunday which is the beginning of Holy Week. We made our own palms to reenact the story.

This week we have completed our D.T project to design and make a story 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 phonics we have been reviewing the sounds we have learnt so far. Below is a link to a PowerPoint which contains words from a previous phonics quiz for the children to practise at home.

http://T-L-5489-Year-1-Phonics-Screening-Check-2015-Childrens-Materials-PowerPoint

Next week it is the turn of Grover, Sophia, Rodrigo and John for Show and Tell.

It looks like the sun has finally come out so we hope you have a restful and sun-filled weekend,

The Year One Team