Category: Year One

Welcome back, we hope you all 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 wrote lost posters describing her characteristics and appearance, to help her family find her. We learnt the word ‘anxious’ to describe how Beegu was feeling.

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.

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.

This week in phonics we have been revising the following sounds:

air (fair, stair)

ew (chew, stew)

oo (poo, zoo)

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 But Martin table for Show and Tell (Charlie, Theo, Lizzie and Michael).

We hope you have a lovely weekend watching the ruby final,

The Year One Team

This week we have been very busy editing and publishing our information pages all about Bob. We have labelled an information page using the vocabulary: title, introduction, sub-headings, picture and caption. We then edited our work from last week and published them on special paper.

After half term we will start our new core text ‘Beegu’.

In maths we have been learning about addition. We have learnt how to add two numbers together using pictures and a part, part whole model.

We hope you will enjoy our fantastic Harvest Service. A big thank you to Mr Peck who taught the children all of the songs during their singing assemblies this half term.

We hope you have a lovely half term,

The Year One Team

This week we have been making information pages writing about Bob and his job as ‘Man on the Moon’. We have learnt that an information page needs a title that is big and bold, a clear introduction and the information needs to be grouped.

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.

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

This week we enjoyed visiting the Royal Albert Hall to watch the Primary Proms. The children enjoyed listening to the different performances and learning about the various instruments.

During this half term we have been learning about a Christian baptism and wedding. 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 to the church and to Mrs Warner for kindly lending us her very special Christening gown that has been passed down  generations in her family.

This week we have revised the following sounds:

au (caught, haunt)

or (fork)

aw (yawn, dawn)

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

Next week it is the turn of the’ But Martin!’ table for Show and tell (Magnus, Freya, Theo and Grover).

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have written a set of instructions to teach people how to make Bob’s favourite cucumber sandwiches. We followed a set of instructions to make an alien spaceship and used this to identify the key features.

We have learnt that a good set of instructions will include:

• Numbered steps
• Bossy verbs
• Pictures
• Each step will be written on a new line

We then followed our instructions to make Bob’s yummy sandwich.

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

In science we have learnt about waterproof and absorbent materials. Bob needed our help designing a new suit. We tested a variety of materials to see if they if were absorbent or waterproof. In our conclusion, we decided that plastic or rubber would be the most appropriate material for Bob because these materials were waterproof and stronger than tinfoil.

In P.E we have been encouraging the children to get changed before the end of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peTnXmZxuZQ

Please could you help your child practise fastening their buttons and tying their tie in a smart knot.

This week we have been reviewing the following sounds:

ie (tie, lie)

ay (may, play)

ai (snail, rain)

a-e (make, cake)

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 Beegu table for Show and Tell (Aaron, Lizzie, Chloe, Rodrigo and Michael).

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

In Year One this week, we have continued to describe different settings. We read the story ‘A Dark, Dark, Tale’ and selected adjectives to describe this eerie and tatty castle.

We have learnt how to start our sentences in different ways and include interesting adjectives to paint a picture in the reader’s mind.

In maths this week we have been learning how to count forwards and backwards and have started to compare amounts and numbers.

In science we have learnt about transparent and opaque materials. We then used this knowledge to create an alien shadow puppet.

This week we have been revising the following sounds:

aw (yawn, dawn)

ar (star, car)

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

Congratulations to Lizzie and Aaron who have been appointed as our School Councillors and to Micheal who is our class Faith Champion.

Next week it is the turn of the Q Pootle table for Show and Tell (Charlie, Jamie, Oliver, Emily, James and John).

We hope you all have a relaxing weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have been learning how to write a description of a setting. We looked at a strange planet called Pandora and thought of adjectives to describe what we could see. We then wrote these descriptions as sentences in our books.

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:

ai (rain, snail)

ay (may, play)

a-e (snake, shape)

igh (high, might)

i-e (kite, bride)

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

This week the children took home their weekly reading books. The books will need to be returned on Tuesday so that the children can take home a new set on Wednesday.

To celebrate our love of reading we would like the children to bring in a photograph of them reading in an unusual place. These photographs will be used as part of our Reading Area display.

Next week it is the turn of the Dr Xargle table for Show and Tell (Nina, Daisy, Maryiam, Kieron, Sophia and Georgia).

We hope you all have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have started reading our core text ‘Bob Man on the Moon’.

We learnt about Bob’s day on the moon and all of the jobs he has to complete inside his rocket. Unfortunately, Bob’s favourite sandwich was stolen by a very sneaky alien.

To help Bob, we wrote wanted posters describing the alien’s appearance and personality. Our amazing posters helped Bob capture the alien and reclaim his lunch.

In maths we have been learning how to use different resources to represent numbers. We wrote the number as a numeral, word and picture and used our Base 10 Diene sticks to represent a 2 digit number.

In phonics we have been revising the following sounds:

ow- blow, snow

oa- goat, boat, float

oi- spoil, toil, coil

oy- boy, toy

We have also been reviewing our phonics knowledge by playing the game ‘Obb and Bob’.

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

As a school we have joined ‘The Spelling Shed’ to help children practise and learn their spellings. This week the children have all been given a username and password to help them access their spellings at home (please come and speak to one of the team if you cannot find your child’s username and password). The link to the Spelling Shed is below:

https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

The children enter their username and password to access their account.

Once signed into their account, the children can then access the various spellings that we are practising in class. The children can  work through the different levels to help them practise their spellings.

In science we have started our topic ‘Materials’. We looked at different materials and began to describe their properties. We then sorted the materials using the vocabulary we had generated.

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our ‘Meet the Teacher’ session on Wednesday. Below is an attachment of the PowerPoint used to help explain routines in Year One.

Welcome to Year 1

Please could we use any spare yogurt pots and empty toilet rolls that you might have, for a very exciting R.E lesson next week.

Next week it is the turn of the ‘But Martin!’ table for Show and Tell (Magnus, Theo, Grover and Freya).

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year 1 Team

What an exciting first week we’ve had in Year 1!

This week we have started our topic ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ where we will be learning about explorers focusing on Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong.

Below is a copy of Autumn curriculum map that outlines our learning for the Autumn Term:

Curriculum Map Autumn final

We read the story ‘Alien’s Love Underpants’ and thought of adjectives to describe the cheeky aliens. We then wrote these adjectives as sentences in our brand new Year 1 Topic Books.

Next week we will creating space rockets using junk modelling materials. Please can you donate and spare boxes or items that could be used for this.

In maths we have been practising writing our numbers in our new Year 1 Maths Books, remembering to write the numbers inside the squares.

In art we learnt about the artist Wassily Kandinsky and recreated his ‘concentric circles’ painting for our Year 1 Art Gallery.

Next week we will be starting Show and Tell. In Year 1 each group will be given a turn for Show and Tell. They have the whole week to bring in an item that they would like to share with the class.  Next week it will be the turn of the Roaring Rockets table: Emima, Ire, Lily, Ana, Arto and Shiven.

We look forward to seeing you next week on Wednesday 11th September for ‘Meet the Teacher’.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year 1 Team

On Friday we enjoyed our visit to the London Wetland Centre. We saw the otters splashing around and enjoyed our pond dipping workshop where we learnt how to identify different pond creatures.

                         

We hope you all enjoyed the weekend (especially the tennis and cricket),

The Year One Team

This week we have written our set of instructions to teach Mr Grinling how to make the dip tzatziki. We then followed our set of instructions and made the dip in class. We enjoyed eating it!

In maths we have been learning about money. We have learnt to identify and explain the value of each coin. We have also investigated the different ways you can make a total. Below is a link to a game the children can play to help consolidate their learning.

http://www.ictgames.com/payForIt/index.html

Next week we will be learning how to read and record time on an analogue clock.

On Tuesday we watched the School Council’s ‘Off By Heart’ poetry competition. Caitie represented our class and read her poem beautifully for the audience. Well done to the Year Two children who were the overall winners.

This week we have enjoyed learning about Ben’s Rubik’s cube and joke book, Eliza’s monkey called Yankee, Caroline’s bird nest, Lenny’s dinosaur puppet and colouring book, Theo’s paper frog and Marcus’s tooth and colouring pencils. Next week it is the turn of the jellyfish table (Lucy, Jan, Lily, Matilda, Elizabeth and Eddie) for Show and Tell.

Next Friday we will be visiting the Wetland’s Centre. The children will wear their school uniforms as usual, but will need to wear comfortable shoes.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team