Phase One

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

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