Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th November 2023

Date: 8th Nov 2023 @ 5:26pm

Welcome to your Friday blog. Thank you for supporting the Poppy appeal.

English

This week we have been learning through the story of Bob. Bob is an astronaut who works on the moon. We discussed all the jobs Bob has to do in his day. We wrote sentences describing Bob . We also designed and labelled a rocket. We made a poster asking for any information about aliens (Bob doesn't believe aliens exist!) Bob visited us and we asked him questions about his day.

On Thursday morning all the infants had a special treat. We were visited by an author called Rachel Walmsley. She read her book to us and some of us even went out to the front of the hall to wear a pair of animal ears.

We had a great time and she was very impressed with all our listening ears!

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about syllables in words. We clapped them, for example, garden has 2 syllables, gar and den, so we clapped twice. We clapped out the syllables in our names and other words such as paintbrush, lunchbox.

Some of us have continued to learn the split digraphs - split digraph u_e making an oo sound in rule and yoo sound in cute.

We have also been practising reading our tricky words. Please practise reading these at home. These words need to be recognised on sight.

If your child can read them, practise writing them. When your child has mastered their words, ask us for some more.

Maths

This week we have been learning how to measure mass by weighing using a pan balance. We compared the mass of two objects.

We have been learning about 2-D and some 3-D shapes and their properties. 

R.E. 

We first learnt about two Jewish leaders - Abraham and Moses. We learnt about the promises that they made to God and how they are important to Jewish people.

Then, we learnt all about the symbols seen at a baptism. We identified the symbols and tried to explain what they represent.

On Monday, we were visited by Bishop Tom Neylon. He came to see us in our classrooms and was impressed with our learning.

P.E.

We recapped how to move like a robot and then played robot relays. We had to move across the room like a robot in a certain environment, such as a robot in space or a robot going through a narrow tunnel! We then took it in turns to travel like a robot and we had to copy the leader of the line.

P.S.H.E.

We identified the special people in our lives and drew a picture of them. We explained why they are special and what they do for us.

Computing

We used the laptops and iPads to drag and drop items. This was quite easy for us so then we tried to complete simple coding exercises.

History

We started our toys topic by investigating some toys from the past. Miss Fisher brought in some of her favourite toys from her childhood and we became history detectives, deciding what materials they were made from and whether the toys could move or not.

Next week we will be investigating present day toys, so please remember to bring one of your toys into school on Thursday 16th November.

Art

We explored the art technique of printing using paint. Half of us had a go at sponge printing using pre-cut sponges. The rest of the class will have a go next week.

Forest School

In our first session we made popcorn. We made sure that we could remember Firey Fox's fire safety rules.

We watched as the adult made the fire and lit it using a flint and steel. We cooked the popcorn in a special pan and described the changes we could see. It was delicious!

In our second session we listened to a story called "Robin's Winter Song". It was about the changing seasons. We discussed how we can look after the birds in Winter. In our nature area we made bird feeders on skewers by threading fruit and cheerios. This activity developed our fine motor skills and our concentration. We hung them in the trees as high up as we could. 

We also had time for our own play.

French

We recapped how to respond to ‘Comment ҫa va?’. We listened to and joined in with the Lingobox Learning ‘French ҫa va song’. We learned how to say ‘ҫa va très bien’, ‘ҫa va bien’, ‘comme ci, comme ҫa’ and ‘ҫa va mal’. We also decided which phrase we would use for different scenarios.

Music

We started to learn the first three songs for our Nativity. We clapped, tapped and played the rhythms on our instruments.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - qu words OR compound words OR split i_e words

Maths - 2D and 3D shapes

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers. For example, start at 20 and count in 5s to 50: 20, 25, 30...