Year 1 Blog - Friday 8th December 2023

Date: 6th Dec 2023 @ 11:11am

Home Practice

Phonics -  wh words OR ea (e sound) words OR oi words

Maths - counting in tens

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...

Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!

English

We read the story of Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog. We have written sentences about the story.

Phonics

Some of us have been revising w as in win and learning wh as in whizz. Some of us have been learning ea in bread and the short uh in after.

Maths

We have been learning about fractions of a whole.

We have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s from different starting numbers.

R.E.

We have recognised the importance of the advent wreath and the liturgical calendar.

Science

We have identified what animals need to survive.

Forest School

We made a Christmas decoration using a piece of willow. We made it into a triangle shape and fastened it together with wire. We persevered as sometimes tying the knots was tricky. While we were making our decorations, we made hot chocolate with marshmallows in the Kelly Kettle.

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