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Welcome back, we hope you had a restful half term.

This week we have started our new core text ‘Beegu’.

In the story Beegu is a kind and curious alien who crashes on a strange and mysterious planet (Earth). We learnt about Beegu’s experiences on our planet  and thought of adjectives to describe her appearance such as ‘bright yellow’. We also thought about how Beegu might have felt and generated adjectives to describe her emotions such as ‘anxious’. On Thursday we will be writing posters describing her characteristics and appearance, to help her family find her.

In maths we have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes using the language of: sides, corners, quadrilateral and faces. We also sorted the shapes based on their various properties.

Next week we will be learning to continue a  repeating pattern that uses 2D and 3D shapes. We will also be writing shape riddles to consolidate our learning.

To help Beegu learn about our planet Earth we also made an animal fact file for her, starting by identifying if an animal is a mammal, bird, fish, reptile or amphibian. We have learnt that not all birds can fly but they do have feathers, fish breathe using their gills and that we are a type of animal called a mammal.

Below are links with videos and a quiz that the children can complete at home about each type of animal to consolidate their learning:

Mammals- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zp92xnb

Birds- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zyd6hyc

Reptiles- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zyd6hyc

Amphibians – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zc6br82

Fish – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zxgq2hv

Attached is the link to the Spelling Shed for the children to be able to revise their sounds and complete three quizzes linked to their shape learning: https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

Once the children have logged in, the screen should look like this:

The children then need to click on the assignments tab:

It will then take them to their three spelling lists and three shape quizzes:

 

In these ever changing times, we hope you all have a restful weekend.

Many thanks,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

This week we have been writing fact files about astronauts. We made sure we included a title that was big and bold, an introduction and grouped our information into: amazing astronauts, jobs and famous astronauts. Here are a few examples of our fantastic fact files:

After half term we will be starting our new class text ‘Beegu’ for our new geography topic ‘Welcome to Earth’.

This week in maths we have been completing our half termly assessments. The children completed some arithmetic questions as well as reasoning and problem solving. Below are some examples of the questions the children answered.

 

 

 

 

Thank you to all of the parents who were able to attend our virtual Parents Evening this week. During the meeting I discussed some websites that will be useful for any half term activities.

Whiterose maths- On the home learning link they have some useful teaching videos that show all of the learning the children have completed this half term. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Phonics Play- This website has some phonic games to help the children practise decoding real and ‘alien’ words. https://legacy.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase5Menu.htm

Class sound mats- During Parens Evening I discussed sound mats and how they are used in class. Below are the sound mats for you to access at home.

To help the children access books over half term, I have created a class account on Oxford Owl where the children will have access to an e-library. The username and password will be sent out via an email.

We hope you have a restful half term,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

This week we have been writing fact books all about the Moon Landing. In our books we have made sure to include all of our history learning about this historic event and have written about:

• Explorers
• The Space Race
• The Moon Landing
• Missions after the moon landing (Apollo 13, Mae C. Jemison)

Next week we will finish our work on space by writing a fact file describing life as an astronaut.

In maths we have been revising addition. We have learnt how to write ‘addition stories’ and used part whole models and pictures in our calculations.

Next week we will be learning about subtraction using the vocabulary ‘less’ and ‘take away’.

Below is a link to White Rose maths resources which have useful videos that show what we have learnt this week.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/week-6-number-addition-subtraction/

In D.T we made our own alien puppets. We learnt how to sew the two pieces of material together and then glued the features onto the puppet.

This week there are review sounds for the children to practise available on the Spelling Shed website: https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

There are also some maths games and quizzes linked to our learning this half term for the children to complete.

We hope you have a restful weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

This week we started our new book ‘Sidney, Stella and the Moon’.

This a story about twins Sidney and Stella  who love doing everything together – everything except sharing. In the story a quarrel over a bouncy ball creates a moon-sized problem when they accidentally smash the moon into pieces!  The siblings have to work together to solve the problem and find a new moon.

When we finished this story, it got us thinking about fiction and non-fiction. We knew this story must be fiction because the moon wouldn’t be broken by a bouncy ball. This got us thinking about everything else we knew about the moon and we wrote information pages to share are fascinating facts.

Please quiz us at home about our knowledge of the moon, as we are now ‘Moon Experts’. We can tell you all about what it’s like on the moon, missions to the moon (including Apollo 11 and Apollo 13) and we have learnt some great ‘Did you know?’ facts.

In maths we have been learning how to add two numbers together and then calculate related addition facts. For example, if 12 + 8 = 20 then 8 + 12 = 20. We used part, part whole models to help us in our calculations.

In science we have been learning about man-made and natural materials.

In phonics we have been reviewing the sounds we have learnt this half term:

ee (see)

oo (zoo)

igh (high)

ay (play)

air (fair)

or (for)

ir (girl)

There are words containing these sounds for the children to practise available on the Spelling Shed website: https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

Next week we will be making fact books about the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and finishing our work on addition before moving onto subtraction.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

At St Matthew’s each class has a ‘Faith Champion’. This is an important role within our school where the children have the opportunity to share and uphold our school values through a variety of responsibilities. Some of the things a Faith Champion might do are:

• Be on the lookout for children following our school values (award certificates)
• Have meetings to share their ideas
• Sell angels/items to raise money for Kibera
• Be a part of an assembly
• Be a faith ambassador for St. Matthews
• Take photos, be on the lookout for examples of Friendship, Discovery and Prayer
• Be a prayer warrior for their class

Today your child took home a letter explaining what they need to do if they would like to apply to become the Faith Champion for our class. I have also attached the letter below:

Faith Champion

All applicants must be in by Friday 16th October. Please note that this is optional, your child took home a letter because they showed interest.

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

This week we have written a set of instructions to teach people how to make Bob’s favourite cucumber sandwich.

      

During this half term we have been learning about a Christian baptism.

On Friday we went to St Matthew’s Church where Mother Helen reenacted a baptism to show the children what happens during the service. Thank you to Mother Helen for inviting us and to Father Alastair and Janice Price for helping us walk the children to the church.

This week we have been reviewing the following sounds:

ou (shout, out)

and reading CCVC words (consonant, consonant, vowel consonant ‘stop’).

Attached is the link to the Spelling Shed for the children to be able to revise these sounds and words: https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

Next week we will be starting our new core text ‘Sidney, Stella and the Moon’

We will then be writing an information page about the moon.

We hope you have a restful weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon  🙂

This week we have been learning how to write a description of a setting. Bob had landed on a strange and mysterious planet and needed our help in describing what he could see. We thought of adjectives to describe this unknown setting. We then wrote these descriptions as sentences in our books.

In maths we have been  learning how to compare numbers and amounts using the mathematical symbols < > =

In science we learnt about see through and not see through materials.

We then used this knowledge to  select the best material to create a shadow puppet.

 

This week the children took home their weekly reading books. The books will need to be returned on a Wednesday so that the children can take home a new set on Thursday. Please see the attached letter explaining how books are distributed in KS1.

Book letter to parents

In phonics we have been learning the following sounds:

air (fair, stair)

ir (bird, girl)

or (for)

 

There are words containing these sounds for the children to practise available on the Spelling Shed website: https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

There is also a maths challenge for the children to play where they revise their number bonds to 10.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

This week we have been making information pages writing about Bob and his job as ‘Man on the Moon’. We described his uniform and the important tasks he has to complete.

In maths we have been learning how to count forwards and backwards. We have completed number sequences as numerals and pictures.

In science we have continued learning about different materials and their properties. We helped Bob who needed some new items for his rocket. We told him which material would be best for a: chair, waterbottle, bookshelf and window by describing their properties.

In phonics we have been revising the following sounds:

oo (zoo)

igh (high)

ow (snow)

 

There are words containing these sounds for the children to practise available on the Spelling Shed website: https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

Next Wednesday the children will take home their weekly reading books and reading log. The books will need to be returned on Wednesday so that the children can take home a new set on Thursday. The children will be given a ‘learning to read book’ for them to read to you. This book will have a sticker in the corner. They will also receive a ‘reading for pleasure’ book.  This book is to be read to or with the child and will not contain a sticker on the cover.  The reading log is an opportunity to encourage the child and ensure that they are reading on a daily basis. Any comments regarding the child’s reading will be looked at as we change the books.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂