Phase One

This week we written diary entries as Max from our core text’ Where the Wild Things Are’. We looked at different diaries and as a class identified the key features. We wrote our diary entries on special paper to make a class book for our reading area.

In maths we have been learning how to measure length and height. We measured different items in the classroom using cubes and then learnt how to measure in cm.

This week in Fishpond’s Wood we made tree rubbings and discussed the different patterns on the bark. After that we gathered samples of evergreen leaves and leaves that had fallen from a deciduous tree. We carefully sketched the different leaves and then discussed their similarities and differences. Using the artist Andy Goldsworthy as inspiration, we collected various items to make a picture in nature.

 

This week we have completed our D.T project to design and make a fairy tale puppet. The children all designed their puppet and wrote a list of what materials and equipment they would need to complete their project. Here are our amazing products!

 

This week we have enjoyed learning about Marcus’s special toy, George’s toy lizard, Issa’s Rubix Cube and Gabriel’s fidget spinner. Next week it is the turn of the Gingerbread Man table (Nicky, Toby, Elizabeth, Guy, Theo and Eddie) for Show and Tell.

In phonics we have been reviewing the sounds we have learnt so far. Below is a link to a Powerpoint which contains words from a previous phonics quiz for the children to practise at home. Please note that at the moment I am currently unable to log into the Spelling Shed. I’m hoping to have to have this technical glitch sorted next week!

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We hope you have a restful weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have been continuing to learn lots of fascinating facts about rain-forests. Did you know that algae grows on a sloth’s back? This helps them camouflage in trees to help hide from predators such as snakes and jaguars.  We wrote our own information pages about rain-forests. To show our learning we write information pages all about rain-forests. We organised and grouped our information into paragraphs and worked hard to include clear and concise facts.

In maths we have been learning how to represent numbers using tens and ones and order numbers according to their value.

Due to the wet and windy weather this week we were unable to visit Fishpond’s Wood. Next week we will be participating in our school Science Week focusing on ‘Journeys’. The whole school will be participating in a range of ‘mix up activities’ on the Wednesday afternoon. This means that we will visit Fishpond’s Wood on the Tuesday instead of the Wednesday.

In indoor P.E we have been developing our balancing skills by moving across the larger apparatus.

In phonics we have been reviewing the sounds we have learnt so far. The children each completed a phonics quiz to see which sounds we need to continue to revise. Below is a link to a Powerpoint which contains words from a previous phonics quiz for the children to practise at home.

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Attached is the link to the Spelling Shed for the children to be able to revise  some of the sounds we have been revising in class: https://play.edshed.co/login

This week we have enjoyed learning about Albie’s disposable camera, Caroline’s penguin book, Eliza’s flower bunny and Ranga’s periodic table. Next week it is the turn of the ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ table for Show and Tell (Lewis, Gabriel, Sean, George, Marcus and Issa).

We hope you have a restful weekend,

The Year One Team

 

This week we have been focusing on the setting of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and have been learning all about rainforests.   Next week we will be writing an information page to teach people all of the facts that we have learnt.

On Wednesday we had our first trip to Fishpond’s Wood. We explored the physical features of our local environment and found lots of exciting mini-beasts until the rain poured down!

  

In maths we have been developing our reasoning skills.

Below is a link to a website that provides some great reasoning and problem solving challenges for the children.

https://nrich.maths.org/primary-lower

On Thursday we celebrated ‘World Book Day’ and dressed up as our favourite characters from different stories. To celebrate the day we participated in a whole school parade to showcase our amazing outfits. Thank you for your donations towards the Book Aid Trust. In the assembly the children learnt about how their donations help bring books to children around the world.

This week we have enjoyed learning about Valeri’s toy dinosaur, Lenny’s battleship, Lucy’s Minnie Mouse, Levi’s necklace and  Matilda’s toy elephant. Next week it is the turn of the ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ table for Show and Tell (Albie, Grace, Ranga, Eliza, Caroline and Jiyong).

We hope you all have a restful  weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we have started our new core text ‘Where the Wild Things Are’.

We generated adjectives to describe the appearance and characteristics of the Wild Things and used plasticine to create our own character for the story. Here are our terrifying Wild Things:

In maths we have been learning to use a number line to count forwards and backwards from a given number.

In phonics we have been revising the following sounds:

a-e (shape, game)

ai (snail, rain)

ay (day, may)

ou (out, cloud)

ow (brown, cow)

On the website below there are a range of games to play with the children to help practise their sounds.

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

Next Thursday we will be celebrating World Book Day. The children are invited to come to school dressed as a character from their favourite book. They can also bring in a copy of the book to share with the class. We look forward to seeing all of the different story characters.

Next week it is the turn of the Goldilocks’s table for Show and Tell (Valeri, Levi, Matilda, Lucy, Lenny and Lilly).

We hope you all have a restful weekend,

The Year One Team

This week we enjoyed making our fairy tale story boxes. We used a variety of materials when making our beautiful creations.

Here are our fantastic story boxes. Can you guess the fairy tale?

In maths this week we have been completing our termly assessments to consolidate all of our learning.

This week we have enjoyed learning about Jan’s sock balls, Nicole’s cuddly called Leia, Finn’s space explorer, Ben’s toy car called Lightning McQueen and Caitie’s game called Sleeping Queens.  The new rota will start after the half term holiday.

We hope you all have a restful break,

The Year One Team

This week we have read the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’.

We learnt about the villainous witch and thought about what potions she could be concocting in her cottage.  We thought of our own recipe for a potion and then wrote these recipes as a set of instructions. Here are our ideas:

” A potion to make you fall in love.” Caitie

“A potion to turn you into a lizard.” Finn

“A potion to make you be forgotten.” Ben

“A potion to make you explode in colours.” Jan

“A potion to  turn you into a unicorn mermaid.” Nicole

“A potion to turn you into a basket.” Toby

“A potion to turn you into a frog.” Guy

“A poisonous potion.” Eddie

“A potion that makes you explode.” (Nicky)

“A potion to turn you into a pikachu.” Theo

“A potion that if you drink it will attack you.” Elizabeth

“A potion to turn you into a spider.” Gabriel

“A potion that makes you poisonous.” Marcus

“A potion to turn you into a fang.” Sean

“A potion to turn you into a newt.” George

“A potion that makes you bubbly.” Lewis

“A potion to turn you into a shower.” Issa

“A potion to turn you invisible.” Eliza

“A potion to make you blast off into space.” Ranga

“A potion to make you explode.” Albie

“A potion to make you fall in love.” Grace

“A potion to make you turn red.” Caroline

“A potion to turn you into a fighting robot.” Jiyong

“A potion to make you fall in love.” Lilly

“A potion to turn you into an exploding monster.” Matilda

“A potion to turn you into a fairy.” Lucy

“A potion to you into Ben 10.” Levi

“A potion to shrink people.” Lenny

“A potion to turn into a giant, ugly monster.” Valeri

In our reading sessions we have been comparing traditional and modern fairy tales. Using our core text ‘Into the Forest’ and ‘Shrek’ we have looked at the similarities and differences between stories such as ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and fairy tales that are written today.

In maths we have been using numicon to calculate related addition and subtraction facts.

E.g. If 7+3=10, then 3+7=10, 10-3 =7, and 10-7=3

We call these number facts ‘fact families’.

In science we enjoyed learning about the parts of a plant you can eat, although not everyone was a fan of the radish!

In phonics we have been learning the sounds:

 

sh (shop, wish)

ch (church, chip)

ea (tea, sea)

ar (star, car)

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

On Wednesday 13th February we will be making a fairy tale story box. The week commencing Monday 11th February 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:

This week we have enjoyed learning about Sean’s monkey ‘Fluffy’, Lewis’s bat light, George’s book ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ and squirrel ‘Fluffy’, Gabriel’s ‘Switch-Go Dino’ called ‘Akuna’, Issa’s train set and Marcus’s Lego car.  Next week it is the turn of the Gingerbread Man table (Guy, Toby, Nicky, Elizabeth, Theo and Eddie) for Show and Tell.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

Last week week we continued reading our core text ‘Into the Forest’.

We noticed that a wolf was hiding behind one of the trees and this got us to thinking about what other fairy tale villains could be lurking in the woods. To help people catch the villains we wrote a wanted poster describing a fairy tale villain. We worked hard to include adjectives to describe their appearance and characteristics.

This week we read the story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.

After we had finished the story we were surprised to receive a letter from the King asking for our help.  The letter read:

Dear Willow Class,

I am writing to you to ask for your help. As you are aware, Jack has recently found a golden harp and hen which allows him to make golden eggs. This means that Jack has become one of the richest boys in the kingdom. Some people feel that Jack shouldn’t be allowed to keep the golden eggs because they are stolen property and now the whole kingdom can’t agree. Please can you help me decide what to do? I look forward to hearing your arguments for and against Jack’s actions and your help in sorting this matter is greatly appreciated.

Yours Faithfully,

King Charles

We had a class discussion debating whether Jack should be allowed to keep the money or if he should be made to pay it back. On Monday we will reply to the King’s letter, telling him what we think he needs to do.

In maths we have been learning how to add numbers within 20 using our knowledge of
number bonds. We worked practically using ten frames to help us see how number bonds to
10 can help us answer an addition problem.

In science we have been learning about the different parts of a plant. We dissected a plant carefully and looked at the different parts such as root, leaf, petal, pollen and stem.

This week we have enjoyed learning about Eliza’s special bear called ‘Bear Bear’ and hatchimal, Albie’s dragon and pterodactyl, Caroline’s dinosaur excavation kit, Ranga’s transformer , Grace’s teddy bear and Jiyong’s mini car that he made at home. Next week it is the turn of the ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ table (Lewis, George, Marcus, Gabriel, Issa and Sean) for Show and Tell.

Congratulations to Issa who was awarded the Very Good Manners Cup in Monday’s assembly.  Issa always make an effort to be kind and polite to all of the teachers at school. He is the first to say please and thank you in the lunch hall. Well done Issa!

Next week we will be making some exciting fairy tale potions. Please can the children bring in a named empty plastic water bottle (by Friday) to use in their potion making. 

The children are very excited about tonight’s disco!

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

Welcome back to the Spring Term, we hope you all had a restful Christmas break. Thank you so much for your kind words in our cards and generous gifts. It was very thoughtful of you all.

This week we have started our new topic ‘Into The Woods’. We read the story ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne.

The story is about a young boy who needs to deliver cakes to his grandma. To get to his grandmother’s house he needs to walk through a strange and mysterious forest. Along the way he encounters various fairy tale characters. When we read the story we noticed that there were also fairy tale items hidden throughout the forest. We then wrote a description of the setting in our English Books.

In maths we have been learning how to solve an addition equation by counting on. We used empty number lines to help us in our calculations.

In science we have started our new topic ‘Plants’. We wrote what we already know about plants on a class mind map and then used magnifying glasses to observe plants around the school closely.

In phonics we have been learning the following sounds:

o-e (bone, phone)

a-e (shape, snake)

i-e (kite, white)

u-e (cube, tube)

Attached is the link to the Spelling Shed for the children to be able to revise these sounds: https://play.edshed.co/login

Next week it is the turn of the ‘Goldilocks’ table (Lenny, Levi, Lilly, Lucy, Matilda and Valeri) for Show and Tell.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend,

The Year One Team

This week the children have been busy making Christmas decorations to decorate their Christmas tree. They carefully sewed their pieces of material together to make a Christmas stocking which they then decorated with sequins. We hope you like the finished product.

We hope you all have a very merry Christmas,

The Year One Team.