Phase One

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

In English we have been learning how to write a set of instructions. On Monday 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’.

Next week we are going to write a set of instructions for Mr Grinling to teach him how to make a tzatziki dip for his lunch.

In maths we have continued 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. We have also been reviewing our learning by completing our termly maths assessments. These are a way to review our learning and help us get ready for Year Two.

Congratulations to Caitie and Nicole S who have been chosen to represent our class in the School Council poetry competition on Tuesday. They will be performing the poem ‘PLEAS-E’ by June Crebin which is all about a pesky bumble bee. Our School Councillors Eliza and Lenny will help host the competition.

This week we have enjoyed learning about Albie’s pokemon cards, coin and Chewbacca, Grace’s soft toy, Coco’s soft toy, Ranga’s Lego book and Nicky’s tooth. Next week it is the turn of the shark table for Show and Tell (Ben, Caroline, Eliza, Theo, Lenny and Marcus).

We hope you have a restful (and sunny) weekend,

The Year One Team