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Welcome back to our final half term in Year 1. We hope you all had a restful and sunny break.

This week we have continued learning about the seaside and have started our new core text ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. This is a story about a hardworking lighthouse keeper called Mr Grinling and the adventures he has at work.

In English we have been learning how to write a set of instructions. On Tuesday we each followed a set of instructions to make a ‘rainbow fish’. We then used this experience to help us decide ‘what makes a good set of instructions’.

   

We are going to write a set of instructions for Mr Grinling to teach him how to make a ‘seaside salsa’. On Friday we helped Miss Luetchford make the salsa to learn each of the steps required to make the dish.

In maths we have been learning about position and direction. We have used the language of ‘left, right, quarter turn and half turn’ when describing the direction of an object. We then created a class map and used co-ordinates to locate the position of an object.

In phonics we have been revising the sounds we have learnt this year. Below is a website which has a selection of phonic games that the children can play at home ready for our phonics quiz next week.

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

Next week we will be performing our class assembly all about the seaside. The children have been given a letter describing their costume for the assembly. Please could the children arrive at school wearing their costume the day of the assembly with their school clothes packed in a carrier bag. If you have any questions about the costume, please come and ask a member of our team.

Next week it is the turn of the shark table for Show and Tell (Edward, Aaron, Lily D, Bella and Sofia).

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

What an exciting week we’ve had in Year 1. This week we have been participating in our school’s Book Week with the theme of ‘magic’. On Tuesday we met Pippa Goodhart  who has written the ‘Just Imagine’ series and some of the Winne the Witch books. She told us about her life as an author and shared some of her stories with us.

On Wednesday we participated in a ‘Shakespeare’ workshop where we learnt the story of ‘The Tempest’. We then performed the story as a school in the hall.

On Wednesday we also had a special visitor in the form of a baby condor! It was really exciting to learn lots of facts about condors and to see one up close. A huge thank you to Leon’s dad Mr Bloch for organising.

In class we have read the book ‘Flotsam’ by David Wiesner. In the story a young boy finds an old camera discarded on the beach. He decides to develop the photographs and when he looks at them he realises that the camera has taken photographs of magical underwater worlds.

We used various materials to make our own magical underwater setting. We then used Miss Luetchford’s old polaroid camera to take a photograph of our setting.

   

   

Using the poem ‘The Sound Collector’ we imagined what sounds we would hear in these magical settings. We then wrote our own version of the poem.

In the story ‘Flotsam’ the boy finds various items left on the beach. We investigated which items would float and which items would sink.  We then conducted an experiment to learn about density. We poured washing up liquid, honey, oil and water into glass and observed carefully what happened to the liquids.

In maths we have been learning about how to divide a shape into a fraction. We have learnt that fractions is the same as ‘equal pieces’.

Tomorrow we will be participating in a whole school activity day to close our exciting Book Week. The children need to arrive at school wearing their P.E kit.

We hope you have a lovely half term,

The Year One Team.

This week we have written letters to Sir David Attenborough and Prince Charles to tell them our ideas on how to reduce our plastic waste. We learnt the key features of a formal letter and are hoping to receive a reply soon!

In maths we have been learning how to halve and divide amounts. We have learnt that divide means sharing equally and have drawn pictures to help us solve a division equation.

In art we have been learning about the artist Lowry and his seascape paintings. We used pastels to create our own Lowry inspired sea side picture.

This week the children earned their class treat for all of their hard work and enjoyed a tasty ice-cream in the classroom. Well done Willow Class.

Next week is our ‘Book Week’ where we will participating in various exciting activities.

Next week it is the turn of the merpeople table for Show and Tell (Harry, Harrison, Miti, Chris and Levi).

We hope you all enjoy watching the Royal Wedding at the weekend. Today we enjoyed learning about the Royal Family tree.

Have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team.

This week we have been learning about plastic pollution in our oceans.

Did you know that scientists predict there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050 if we don’t do something soon? In Willow Class we felt that this is something we need to change.

We designed persuasive posters to explain to people what is happening and how people can help. Next week we will be writing a formal letter to tell people how to reduce our plastic waste.

In maths we have been learning how to double numbers. We have learnt that double 6 is the same as 6 + 6 or 6 x 2. We drew pictures to help us solve the equation and some of us began to use our knowledge of partitioning to help us double two-digit numbers.

E.g. Double 24:

Double 20 = 40

Double 4 = 8

40 + 8 = 48

Last week we were able to visit the Year 4 and 5 Science Fair. We enjoyed participating in lots of experiments and learning about gravity, friction and magnetism. Thank you to Mr Peck for organising such a fun afternoon.

Next week it is the turn of the killer whale table for Show and Tell (Nelson, Matilda, Lucas, Shinjiro and Finn).

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year 1 Team

This week we enjoyed our trip to the Natural History Museum. The rainy weather cleared away which allowed us to explore the garden in the bright sunshine. We used our special explorer packs to help us search for mini-beasts and different plant life. After learning about the various animals and their habitats, we then explored the museum.

In English we wrote our newspaper reports describing the day the whale got stuck on the beach. We are going to edit these reports and publish them for our topic books.

In maths we have been learning how to sort amounts into equal groups. Next week we will continue this, as we learn how to divide numbers.

Next week it is the turn of the crab table for Show and Tell (Ella, Kallum, Leon, Cruz and Isabella).

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year 1 Team

This week we have been learning about newspaper reports. On Monday we looked at various newspaper articles and identified the key features.

We then started to plan our newspaper report to explain what happened to the whale in our book ‘The Snail and the Whale’ .

Next week we will be writing these reports ensuring to include a snappy headline and key vocabulary.

In maths we have been continuing to learn about multiplication. We drew arrays to solve an equation and developed our problem and reasoning skills by solving worded problems.

This week the children completed their Lenten Project by participating in a set of skills based circuits. Well done Willow Class!

Next week we will be visiting the Natural History Museum as part of our science learning about animals including humans.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team.

 

Welcome back to a very sunny Summer Term.

We have started our new topic ‘By The Sea’ and our core text this half term is ‘The Snail and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson. This week we learnt lots of facts about humpback whales and made an information poster. Did you know that humpback whales can grow up to 16 metres long? We then organised our facts by generating ideas for different sub-headings to use in our information pages.

In grammar we have learnt about the spelling rule for adding s or es to make a plural. We learnt that if the word ends in ch, sh, x or z we add ‘es’, if it doesn’t end in ch, sh, x or z we add ‘s’.

In maths we have been learning how to multiply two numbers together. First we used the language of ‘lots of’ For example: 3 X 5 is the same as 3 lots of 5.

We then begun to explore using arrays to represent a multiplication equation.

In history we have started to learn about seasides in the past by looking at photographs of beaches during the Victorian era. We studied the photographs carefully and wrote sentences to explain what we have found out and what we would like to find out.

This week we thought of  new group names for our tables. After voting, the winning five tables were:

• Jellyfishes
• Sharks
• Killer Whales
• Merpeople
• Crabs

Next week it is the turn of the shark table for Show and Tell (Aaron, Edward, Sofia, Bella and Lily D).

We hope you all had a lovely break,

The Year One Team

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