Year 1 Blog- Friday 14th July 2023

Date: 12th Jul 2023 @ 8:56pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

We loved watching Year 6 perform Oliver! - so much talent!

English

This week we learnt to how to make a mini book out of a sheet of A4 paper. We then wrote all kinds of things in our books - we have great imaginations!

Phonics

We have been revisiting all the sounds we have learnt this year.

Maths

We have recapped halves and quarters - what they mean and how to find a half/quarter of shapes and an amount. We have used the maths resources to physically see the process.

P.E.

We endured the rain and practised throwing and catching to each other. We used tactics to pretend to throw one way and then throw another.

We also had a very quick game of benchball to practise our throwing and catching.

R.E.

We learnt about another man who needed to say sorry for his actions - Zacchaeus. We found that that he was also a tax collector, just like Levi. We compared the two stories, focusing on the similarities between them both.

Science

We observed the weather and spoke about how we expect certain weather with each season. For example, we expect to see more sun in summer but this is not always the case! 

Geography

We learnt some new information about differing climates in the world. We read a lovely story about a girl called Ella who dreams about being nearer to the ocean as she does not like her hot climate.

We then chose a picture and answered questions regarding it, such as 'would you want to live here?' and 'what animals could live here?'

Computing

We made the most of the brief warm weather and went outside for our computing lesson! We put all of our skills together and attempted the final coding activity. This lesson allowed us to have some free play, creating conversations and stories using the coded instructions. It was tricky but fun!

French

We played some typical French playground games. It was lovely to watch the children engage in these new games - they particularly enjoyed 1,2,3 soleil which is a version of Grandma's footsteps. 
Mrs Quilliam would like to thank the children for being such brilliant language learners. It has been a pleasure to introduce them to French. Just think how good they will be if they keep it up! 

Outdoor Learning and Forest School

We have been making hammocks. We have also been using fixed frames to learn about weaving. We used elastic bands and then weaved in leaves, flowers and grasses.

Super Learning Day

We had a great day on Friday and took part in lots of different activities.

Summer Fair

We hope to see you all at the Summer Fair on Saturday 15th July from 12 Noon.

Home Practice

Phonics - common exception words

Maths - halves