This week we wrote our own version of a modern fairy tale by retelling the story of ‘Into the Forest’.
The children planned the story on a story map and then wrote their version on Thursday. 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.
In music we have been reading the story of ‘Peter and the Wolf’.
We chose instruments to reflect each character’s movements and personalities.
Here’s a video of us experimenting with the different instruments:
In maths we have been reviewing the key skills taught this term by consolidating our reasoning and problem solving skills.
Next Wednesday (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:
In phonics we have been learning the sounds:
air (chair, fair)
are (care, stare)
ear (tear, fear)
There are words containing these sounds for the children to practise available on the Spelling Shed website:https://play.edshed.co/login
This week we have enjoyed learning about Nicky’s trophy, Elizabeth’s monkey called ‘Blue’, Eddie’s bouncy ball, Toby’s penguin, Theo’s remote controlled dinosaur and Guy’s medal. Next week it is the turn of the Billy Goats Gruff table (Ben, Nicole, Caitie, Jan and Finn) for Show and Tell.
Congratulations to Lewis who was named this week’s Star Writer and to Caitie who was appointed the role of Year 1 Faith Champion. Lewis has worked incredibly hard on the presentation of his work and includes exciting and varied adjectives in his descriptions. It was very hard to choose one Faith Champion so Caitie should feel very proud.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
The Year One Team