Category: Year One

This week it was National Storytelling week and in Willow Class we have been busy retelling our own version of a modern fairy tale ‘Into the Forest’. Last week the children planned the story on a story map and then wrote their version on Tuesday. We were all blown away by the descriptive detail the children included in their writing. They used included lots of descriptive details to make their stories interesting and should feel extremely proud of all of their hard work. We can’t wait for you to read them at parents’ evening next week.

In maths we have been learning how to partition numbers into tens and ones. Next week we will be reviewing the key skills taught this term by consolidating our reasoning and problem solving skills.

Next Thursday (13th February) we will be making a fairy tale story box. The children will need to bring in a shoe box (or a small box) that can be used to create the fairy tale setting. A few examples are below:

  

This week’s book recommendation is written by Chloe:

“I am recommending the book ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’.

I like this book because although it can be a bit scary there are some exciting parts like when Hermoine travels back in time and the Professor turns into a werewolf. I really like the characters in the story and Harry Potter is my favourite. I think it is little bit sad but it is still funny. ”

This week the children have participated in a phonics quiz to review their sound knowledge. At parents evening we will share with you the sounds to practise with your children over half term.

Next week it is the turn of Nina, Oliver, Arto and Ana for Show and Tell.

We hope you have a restful weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have been comparing traditional and modern fairy tales. Using our core text ‘Into the Forest’ and ‘Shrek’ we have looked at the similarities and differences between traditional stories such as ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and fairy tales that are written today.

Next week we will be writing our own version of a modern fairy tale by retelling the story of ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne. This week the children have planned their story using a story map to sequence the events.

In science we enjoyed learning about the parts of a plant you can eat, although not everyone was a fan of the radish!

In maths we have been comparing number sentences using the mathematical symbols < > =.

E.g.

13 + 5 > 16 – 4

12 + 3 = 20- 5

On Thursday 13th February we will be making a fairy tale story box. The week commencing Monday 10th February the children will need to bring in a shoe box (or a small box) that can be used to create the fairy tale setting. A few examples are below:

  

This week’s book recommendation is written by Daisy.

“I am recommending the book ‘Sharing a Shell’ by Julia Donalson. This story is about  a shell. A crab wants it, then an anemone comes and stings a big fish on the nose. I like this book because it’s about sharing, if people want the same thing they can share it like if they had a skipping rope then two people can swing the skipping rope and one person can skip over it.  That’s sharing.”

Next week it is the turn of Emi, Lily, Kieran and Lizzie for Show and Tell.

We hope you have a restful weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we read the traditional tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.

After we had finished the story we were surprised to receive a letter from the King asking for our help.  The letter read:

Dear Willow Class,

I am writing to you to ask for your help. As you are aware, Jack has recently found a golden harp and hen which allows him to make golden eggs. This means that Jack has become one of the richest boys in the kingdom. Some people feel that Jack shouldn’t be allowed to keep the golden harp because it is stolen property and now the whole kingdom can’t agree. Please can you help me decide what to do? I look forward to hearing your arguments for and against Jack’s actions and your help in sorting this matter is greatly appreciated.

Yours Faithfully,

King Charles

We had a class discussion debating whether Jack should be allowed to keep the money or if he should be made to pay it back.  We then wrote letters to the King explaining our thinking.

In maths we have been using numicon to calculate related addition and subtraction facts.

E.g. If 7+3=10, then 3+7=10, 10-3 =7, and 10-7=3

In science we have been learning about the different parts of a plant. We dissected a plant carefully and looked at the different parts such as root, leaf, petal, pollen and stem.

This week’s book recommendation is written by Lily.

“I am recommending the book ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl. I am reading it at home and have enjoyed it so far. In the story George feeds Grandma the medicine and she gets taller and taller and taller and smashes through the house. It is a funny story and will cheer you up when you are feeling sad. ”

We hope you have a restful weekend

The Year One Team

This week we have continued reading our core text ‘Into the Forest’. We noticed that a wolf was hiding behind one of the trees and this got us to thinking about what other fairy tale villains could be lurking in the woods.To help people catch the villains we wrote a wanted poster describing a fairy tale villain. We worked hard to include adjectives to describe their appearance and characteristics.

In maths this week we have been learning how to use a number line to solve a subtraction problem. We counted backwards and used empty number lines to solve a range of subtraction equations. We have also been revising our number bonds to and 20.

In art we have been learning about the artist William Morris.

We will be making our own William Morris inspired painting. This week we focused on sketching leaves and flowers from observation.

In class we have been looking at our favourite stories to read. The children have been invited to share their favourite books with the class by writing down the name of a book that they would recommend to their peers. Each week we will share one of the recommendations with you on our class blog.

This week’s recommendation is written by Miss Luetchford:

I am recommending the book ‘The Dark’ by Lemony Snicket.

This is a story about a young boy called Laszlo who is afraid of the dark.  In the story the dark lives in the same house as Laszlo but spends most of his time in the basement. One night, the dark comes upstairs to Laszlo’s room, and Laszlo goes down to the basement.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The story involves overcoming our worries, which we all  need to be reminded to do from time to time. The illustrations help bring the story to life. I hope you enjoy reading it too!

In phonics we have been learning the following sounds:

ir (girl, twirl)

oo (zoo, too)

u-e (huge, brute)

Attached is the link to the Spelling Shed for the children to be able to revise these sounds: https://play.edshed.co/login

We hope you have a restful weekend,

The Year One Team.

Welcome back to the Spring Term, we hope you all had a restful Christmas break. Thank you so much for your kind words in our cards and generous gifts, it was very thoughtful of you all.

This week we have started our new topic ‘Into The Woods’. We read the story ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne. The story is about a young boy who needs to deliver cakes to his grandma. To get to his grandmother’s house he needs to walk through a strange and mysterious forest. Along the way he encounters various fairy tale characters. When we read the story we noticed that there were also fairy tale items hidden throughout the forest. Tomorrow we will be writing a description of this forest in our English books.

In maths we have been learning how to solve an addition equation by counting on. We used number lines to help us in our calculations.

In science we have begun our new topic ‘Plants’. Mrs Warner took us on a plant hunt to observe the different plants we have growing at our school.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

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

This week we’ve been busy in year one preparing to write our own version of the story ‘Beegu’. We have used story maps to help sequence the events and will be writing the story on Thursday, making sure we include lots of descriptive language.

In science we sorted animals into a Venn diagram.

Next week it will be the performance of our Christmas show ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’. The children have been very busy practising their lines and songs and we hope you enjoy their performance.

Next week it is the turn of the Beegu table for Show and Tell (Oliver, John, Emi, Georgia, Grover and Magnus).

We hope you had a great weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have been learning how to write a diary entry. We looked at different diaries and as a class labelled each of the key features. We learnt that diaries have a date at the top of the page, begin with ‘Dear Diary’, are written in the first person past tense, include some descriptive vocabulary and end with ‘Love from’. Next week we will be writing a diary as Beegu where will be describing her adventures on this strange and mysterious planet.

In maths we have been learning about subtraction. We have learnt how to count backwards and draw pictures to calculate how many are ‘left’.

In science we have been learning about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Next week we will continue this learning by drawing a simple food chain to show predators and prey.

This week we have been revising the following sounds:

o-e (phone, home)

ow (blow, snow)

oa (goat, boat)

ou (shout, out)

er (better, letter)

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

Next week it is the turn of the Dr Xargle table for Show and Tell (Kieran, Ana, Emily, Jamie, Sophia and Shiven).

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have been teaching Beegu about our planet Earth. We have learnt lots of facts about Earth. Did you know that Earth is called the Goldilocks planet? This is because it’s not too hot, not too cold, not too dry and not too wet which allows life to grow. We grouped the facts we had learnt and wrote information pages about Earth.

In maths we have continued learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We have used the shapes to create a repeating pattern.

In R.E we have been learning about the Saint of our school ‘St Matthew’. We have thought about the values of different Saints and looked at how they are represented in different art works. We then created our own stained glass windows to represent these values.

 

In phonics we have been revising the following sounds:

ar (car, star)

o-e (phone, home)

Attached is the link to the Spelling Shed for the children to be able to revise these sounds as well as a selection of year one common exception words :https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

 

We have started rehearsing for our Christmas performance of ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’ This week the children have taken home a letter describing what clothing is required for their costume, along with a copy of their line to practise at home. If you have any questions  please come and speak to a member of the Year One Team.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team