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