Year 1 Blog-Friday 8th September 2023

Date: 6th Sep 2023 @ 5:26pm

Welcome to your first blog of the new school year.

All the children have come in so smart and ready to learn - one child was overheard saying, "I can't believe we've turned into Year 1s".

We had a lovely whole school assembly on Tuesday to celebrate the new school year.

Phonics

We got straight into the learning with our morning task as soon as we arrived in class. This week we have been looking at ch as in chip and sh as in ship.We use our phonic knowledge and skills to have a go at writing the words. We might say the words in a sentence. We do this every morning.

Click here to sing the sh song. Click here to sing the ch song.

English

We have read two books this week - 'A Letter from Your Teacher On the First Day of School' and 'Our Class is a Family'. These stories helped us settle into our new classroom and get to know our new teachers. We drew our class family, wrote about what we are looking forward to doing and set ourselves goals to achieve!

Maths

We learnt how to recognise numbers up to 20, both in pictures and words. We practised counting in 2s, 5s and 10s using our counting songs. We also checked that we are writing our numbers correctly.

Computing

We are so proud of the class this week. In Computing, we learnt how to turn the laptops on and log in. This was quite tricky but we tried our best! We also went on Paint and practised drawing digital pictures.

P.S.H.E.

We worked together to create our classroom promises. We made a lovely sun with all of our names, which shows that we will keep the promises.

Geography

We talked about where our school is (and where some of us live) - Longton. We looked at some past pictures of Longton and spotted anything that has changed or is still here today.

We have loved looking at all the summer holiday books, those puppets have had a very exciting time! The children have shared them with each other as well as the teachers.

We will post photographs of the children on Seesaw. This is for you to see the children engaged in their learning and we don't require you to comment. If you need a new log-in for Seesaw just let us know via the reading diary.

Reading

Your child has brought home their reading books today. Please read for at least 10 minutes every night- it really is the key to success. Sign the diary so that we know your child has read and then we can change the books, usually on a Friday. 

Forest School

Your child will be starting Forest School sessions next week with Mrs Corbett, who is a Level 3 qualified Forest School leader. The groups will be made up of around 17 Year 1 and 2 children.

We are blessed with amazing outside spaces and facilities and it is a privilege to be able to use them in this way.

Your child will develop many skills such as communication, team-building, problem-solving and risk-taking.

They will also learn about nature in a holistic way and the approach encourages child-initiated learning. There will be opportunities to experience fires and to learn how to use tools in a safe way.

They will have 2 sessions per week lasting an hour each, for the whole year. Please ensure your child has a pair of named wellies in school at all times.

Thank you all for your amazing support already. We are looking forward to a great year of learning with your children.

The Year 1 team-Mrs Corbett, Miss Fisher, Mrs Anderson & Mrs Tiley