St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 1: Blog items
Year 1 Blog - Friday 7th March 2025
Date: 7th Mar 2025 @ 12:41pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Place value - tens and ones
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Count in tens from different numbers e.g. 19, 29, 39, 49
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read our next Traditional Tale - The Princess and the Pea. We have produced some amazing writing this week. We focused on using 'I' and past tense verbs to write our own diary, pretending to be the princess.
We then learnt how to edit our writing using purple pens, dictionaries and thesauruses!
Phonics
Some of us have been learning different ai spellings and different ee spellings.
Some of us have also been exploring the different ai spellings: ay in play, ey in grey, a_e in shape and eigh in neigh.
Maths
We have been adding and taking away ten from numbers. We had the discussion about how the ones number does not change, only tens.
We used base ten to make numbers, making sure that we check each time.
R.E.
We read the story of Jesus arriving in Jerusalem. We made welcome posters for Jesus.
History
We learnt all about Florence Nightingale and why she was so important. We learnt that she strived to make hospitals a safer place to be, by cleaning and providing medicine.
Science
The chicks were delivered to the classroom on Monday! We were so excited to see them hatch out of their shells. On Thursday, we were able to hold them!
P.E.
We recapped how to throw a beanbag underarm, focusing on our aim and power. We tried throwing to a partner and into a hoop.
Please remember to have trainers in your PE kit. We are outside this half term!
World Book Day
We had a lot of fun going on an orienteering scavenger hunt outside to find questions about different books. We worked brilliantly together!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 28th February 2025
Date: 28th Feb 2025 @ 3:32pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Place value - tens and ones
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Sumdog update: Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs. We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus.
Counting - We have continued to count in ones this week, especially when crossing boundaries (e.g. 19 to 20). Practise counting on from different numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We have started learning about fairy tales, focusing on the story of The Three Little Pigs. We read this story in Reception so we were really good at repeating the words together.
We made a change to the story. We changed the wolf to our own bad character and re-wrote the story.
Phonics
Some of us have been recapping the phase 5 sounds.
Some of us have started to compare the different oo spellings. We have recapped oo in moon, ew in chew, u_e in flute and ue in glue.
Maths
We have continued to learn about place value and how numbers are made of tens and ones. We have been counting in ones to check that we know which numbers come next. We have also used the base ten to make different numbers.
R.E.
We learnt about Jesus being tempted in the desert. We talked about the word 'temptation' and how it can be tricky to do the right thing. We linked the story to Lent and we wrote a Lenten promise each.
History
We started our new History topic all about hospitals. We looked at pictures of hospitals from the past and compared them to present-day hospitals. We learnt that hospitals in the past were very dirty and dangerous!
Science
We started to learn about the weather, which will lead onto seasonal change later in the half term. We observed the weather and talked about different weather patterns.
P.E.
We started our underarm throwing unit. We learnt how to set our bodies up correctly, focusing on aiming our throw with our spare hand.
Art
We explored watercolour paints, creating our own design.
Music
We had a lot of fun experimenting with Chrome Lab (a free website that can be accessed at home) to create our own sounds. We will be using this website to make some high and low pitched sounds over the coming weeks.
Golden Assembly
Star - Buzz for always trying his best in his learning.
Bookworm - Arianna for excellent reading all week.
Super Learner - Harry for working extremely hard on his listening skills.
Writer - Huxley for an amazing description of his new character in The Three Little Pigs.
Mathematician - Kamali for making numbers using base ten.
Special Mentions - Reuben and Rudy for their kindness. Izzy and Hannah for their amazing French!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 14th February 2025
Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 3:50pm
Welcome to your final Friday blog of this half term!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Counting within 20
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - We have been working hard on counting in ones this week, especially when crossing boundaries (e.g. 19 to 20). Practise counting on from different numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read our last dragon book called 'The Boy Who Dreamed Dragons'. We met a little boy called Albie who had a great imagination. He dreamed dragons!
We described dragons using adjectives, compared different dragons, ordered the story and chose an animal that we would dream about.
Phonics
Some of us have comparing the igh and i spellings, also the oa and o spellings.
Some of us have been focusing on high frequency words and tricky words. We are becoming super tricky word spotters, recognising them more in our reading books.
Maths
We have been recapping how to distinguish between tens and ones in numbers. We have compared numbers using 'more than' and 'less than' but also giving our reason why. For example: 20 is more than 10 because it has two tens and 10 only has one ten.
R.E.
We read about a man called Zacchaeus who was a tax collector. He was not a nice man but he changed when he met Jesus. We wrote some super sentences describing how Zacchaeus changed.
Geography
We compared physical and human geographical features.
Science
We conducted another experiment to see if materials were absorbent. We quickly realised that we were looking for the opposite results to last week as we now wanted the water to soak into the materials. We chose the best absorbent material out of paper, blue paper towel, cling film and a cotton cloth.
Art
We made Valentine's Day cards for someone special at home. Do not worry if you left your card at school, we will keep it safe!
Forest School
We were in our nature area this week. There was a lot of mud inspired learning! Great imagination and teamwork was shown.
Thank you for all of your hard work. We're looking forward to seeing you at Parents' Evening after half term.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 7th February 2025
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 3:29pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Hours, minutes and seconds
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Count in twos from 0 to 20.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We have been exploring different dragon poems this week. We used similes to describe a dragon, wrote our own dragon poems and then read them to years 3 and 5.
Phonics
Some of us have comparing the aw and au sounds.
Some of us have had one final recap week comparing the different 'ee' spellings. We've been spotting them in our books and reading longer passages of text with them in.
Maths
We have been continuing to learn about measuring time. We used the iPads again to count in seconds.
We have also been doing a lot of arithmetic practise!
R.E.
We read about Jesus performing one of his miracles by helping His disciples catch fish. We decorated our own fish for the RE display.
Then we read about Jesus teaching little children. We made our own banners to welcome Jesus, writing the word 'hello' in different languages.
Geography
We found the oceans and seas that surround the UK in the atlases. We sang the oceans song to help us remember their names.
Science
We conducted an experiment to see whether objects were waterproof or not waterproof. We had lots of fun using pipettes to squirt water onto different materials!
Art
We made our medals! It was great to see so many different ideas and designs, showing each child's individual personalities.
Forest School
We were in our nature area this week. There was a lot of mud inspired learning! Great imagination and teamwork was shown.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 31st January 2025
Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 12:41pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Months of the year
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Choose a number to start on. Count 10 more and 10 less in ones. For example: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62. Then 52, 51, 50 etc.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to learn about Edgar the dragon this week.
We wrote a feelings timeline for Edgar, a list of reasons for how Edgar could be helpful and we re-wrote the story in our own words.
Phonics
Some of us have finished learning the split digraphs and learnt the 'wh' and 'ph' sounds.
Some of us have finished learning the different ways to spell the 'ee' sound, focusing on e in medium and y in penny.
Maths
We have been learning how to measure time. We learnt that we measure time in lots of different ways: using seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years. We had lots of fun using the timer on the iPads to measure how quick or slow we can do an action.
We have also continued our learning for the months of the year, focusing on the order and special events that happen within them.
R.E.
We learnt about Jesus preaching and teaching in the Temple. We described how we could help others, like He taught us, and painted how the light guides us.
Geography
We labelled the countries that make up the United Kingdom. Then we identified their capital cities, major cities and flags.
Science
We conducted an experiment to see whether objects were transparent or opaque. Some of us even identified translucent objects! We used torches to see if the light passed through and our eyes to see if we could see through them.
P.E.
We learnt how to travel in different ways, including bear and crab walk. We also practised egg, tuck and pencil rolls.
Art
We planned our medal, identifying which materials we wanted to use and how we wanted it to look. We will start making them next week!
Forest School
This week we were in our log circle area. We noticed some damage to the trees that last week's storm had caused. We looked for mini beasts, played our own games, made some concoctions in the mud and made dens.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 24th January 2025
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 10:21am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Money and Time
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Count in fives up to the biggest number that you can. See if you can use 5p coins to help you!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We watched the Edgar the dragon advert and read the story that comes with it. We learnt that Edgar was just a dragon who wanted to join in with everyone but he kept melting all of the snow!
We described Edgar, wrote a speech bubble for him, wrote a diary entry and a response.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the different split digraph sounds: a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e and u_e.
Some of us have been recapping ways to make the 'ee' sound. We have focused on ea in team, e_e in Pete, ie in chief and ey in key.
Maths
This week we have been using the prepositions before and after. For example, I get dressed before I go to school. Then we started to learn the days of the week and the months of the year.
R.E.
We read Luke (2:41-52) which describes Jesus' time in the Temple when He was a 12 year old boy. We talked about the word 'obedience' and how Jesus promised to be obedient. We also recognised how Mary and Joseph might have felt when Jesus was lost.
Science
We described the properties of different materials using adjectives such as bendy, stiff, soft, hard, rough and smooth.
P.E.
We learnt how to travel around the room using the caterpillar walk, frog jump and bunny hop.
We also learnt how to do a star, pencil and tuck jump.
Art
We were able to be creative and make different sculptures in our Art lesson. We used the materials available to make houses, people, rockets and practise medals.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 12:58pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Recognising coins
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Count in twos up to the biggest number that you can.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to read 'Dragon Post'. We designed our own dragons and wrote letters explaining what they got up to!
Phonics
Some of us have been comparing the or and aw sounds and the ue and ew sounds.
Some of us have been learning that a 'y' can make the igh sound in cry and an ee sound teddy. Also, that 'ou' can make an u sound in touch and an oo sound in soup.
Maths
This week we have been using various coins to make amounts. We focused on using the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p coins and how we can add them together to make amounts. For example to make 4p, we could use two 2ps.
The children enjoyed playing the 'Toy Shop Money Game' on Topmarks. If you would like to play it at home, here is the link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
R.E.
We sang two songs this week: Shine Jesus Shine and This Little Light of Mine. We talked about how both of these songs are showing that Jesus is the light of the world.
We then designed our own candles in preparation for Candlemas.
Art
We explored different materials and identified their pros and cons. We decided that felt would be a perfect material to use when making our medal.
Geography
We started to learn about the four countries that make up the United Kingdom.
Forest School
Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 4:04pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Capacity and Place Value
Phonics - Tricky words
Phonics 2 - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Count forwards and backwards to the biggest number you can!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read the beginning of the story 'Dragon Post' which is all about a little boy who writes letters to his friends asking for their advice about his dragon.
We wrote a character description of the dragon and wrote about what we would do if we had our own dragon.
Phonics
Some of us have been comparing the oi and oy sounds and the oo and ue sounds.
Some of us have been learning that the 'a' can make both an o sound and an ai sound. Also, that the 'e' can make an ee sound.
Maths
This week in our learning we looked at capacity and volume. We focused on the labels of full, half full and empty.
Then, we started our money unit. We identified different coins and made each value using 1p coins.
R.E.
We read about the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple when He was a baby. We identified Simeon, Anna, Mary and Joseph in the story and then wrote a speech bubble recognising what Simeon and Anna said when they saw Jesus.
Science
We identified different materials and went on a material hunt around the classroom.
P.E.
We started our gymnastic unit. We focused on straight shapes and caterpillar travelling.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 20th December 2024
Date: 20th Dec 2024 @ 1:01pm
Welcome to your final blog of 2024!
Reading - Please keep reading over the Christmas holidays!
English
We continued to read the story 'The Robin Who Stole Christmas'. We asked the robin some questions, we wrote a list of the bad things that the robin did and we wrote an apology letter to Santa from the robin.
Phonics
Some of us have been comparing the ee and ea sounds.
Some of us have been learning some new high frequency words.
Maths
We played lots of different maths games including a Christmas crack the code.
R.E.
We finished reading the Nativity story. We wrote in a speech bubble, identifying what the angel said to the shepherds in the fields.
Forest School
We used the sticks to make different objects. Some of us made wands and walking sticks.
Thank you for everything this term! We will see you back in school on Monday 6th January 2025.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 13th December 2024
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 9:34am
Welcome to your weekly blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Addition problems
Counting - Count forwards and backwards to the biggest number you can!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read the story 'The Robin Who Stole Christmas'. We have absolutely loved this story up to now!
We looked at the front cover and wrote predictions, we made a warning poster about the robin and wrote a description of Santa HQ.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the ee and ea sounds and the igh and ie sounds.
Some of us have been learning the alternative pronunications. We have learnt ea in bread and the short er sound in bigger.
Maths
We completed some of our learning checks for previously taught topics. We used lots of equipment to help work out the answers.
R.E.
We continued to read about the birth of Jesus. We read about the shepherds and kings arriving at the stable, just like in our Nativity! We then wrote the story in our books.
Art
We painted the background of our Christmas card. We used the printing technique with lots of different objects from around the classroom.
We also printed with different fruit and vegetables.
D.T.
We made the mechanism for our Christmas card. We could choose between a slider or a lever card.
Forest School
Year 1 Blog - Friday 6th December 2024
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 3:29pm
Welcome to your weekly blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Quarters
Counting - Count forwards and backwards to the biggest number you can!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read the story 'The First Hippo on the Moon' which is all about a hippo called Sheila. She really wanted to build a rocket and fly to the moon!
We described Sheila, sequenced the story and wrote speech bubbles for the different characters.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the ou and ie sounds.
Some of us have been learning the alternative pronunications. We have learnt u in human, ow in elbow and ie in chief.
Maths
We finished learning about halves and moved onto quarters. We learnt that we need 4 equal pieces for quarters. We found a quarter of shapes and even used a slice of bread to visually make quarters.
R.E.
We started to read about the birth of Jesus. We talked about how Mary had waited for the birth of Jesus and how it is important to wait and be patient. We made an Advent promise each for our prayer table.
Science
We sorted animals into different groups: herbivore, carnivore and omnivore.
Art
We have been very busy this week!
We drew flowers onto our handprints to add more detail (see our pictures here). Then we painted our Christmas card for Booths and some of us started to make our calendar.
My Happy Mind
We recapped the term 'neuroplasticity' and talked about how we need to practise skills to learn them. We had a go at writing a sentence with our non-dominant hand to see how hard it is to do something that we haven't practised!
We are looking forward to seeing you all at our Nativity on Tuesday. The show times are 2pm and 6:30.
Please drop your child off at the hall by 6:10 for the evening show.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 29th November 2024
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 10:22am
Welcome to your weekly blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - writing number sentences
Counting - count forwards and backwards to the biggest number you can!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read the story 'Astro Girl' and learnt about a little girl called Astrid who wanted to be an astronaut when she grew up, just like her mummy. We wrote some super sentences about what we would like to be when we are older.
We also learnt about Neil Armstrong and made a non-chronological report about his life.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the air, ure and ay sounds.
Some of us have been learning the alternative pronunications. We have learnt o in other, c in cell and g in ginger.
Maths
We continued to learn about fractions, focusing on halves. We found halves of objects and shapes.
R.E.
We have had our RSHE week this week. We have learnt about how our families love us and how we show love to one another. Then we wrote sentences to God, thanking Him for loving us too.
Computing
We finished our digital painting unit and make our own Georges Seurat artwork using dots.
D.T.
We created our own practise lever before planning our moving Christmas card.
Forest School
We watched Mr Corbett light a fire. We talked about how to keep safe. Some of us had a go at lighting a fire with the flint and steel.
My Happy Mind
We talked about how our brain changes when we tackle tricky tasks. We drew a time when we felt stressed or worried and talked about how happy breathing can help us overcome it.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 22nd November 2024
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 3:31pm
Welcome to your weekly blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - sorting 3D shapes
Counting - Count in tens up to 100.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read the story 'How to Catch a Star'.
We ordered the story, used the connective 'but' in our writing and then re-wrote the story in our own words.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the air, ear and oi/oy sounds.
Some of us have been learning the alternative pronunications. We have learnt i in find and o in both.
Maths
We have been sorting objects into groups and explaining why we have put them there.
Then we introduced fractions to the class. We talked about the words 'part' and 'whole' and how each part has to be equal.
R.E.
We read the Visitation story where Mary and her cousin Elizabeth both found out that they were expecting babies. Elizabeth's baby jumped for joy when he heard Mary! We made speech bubbles showing what Elizabeth said to Mary and then focused on the Hail Mary prayer.
History
We had so much fun playing with our present-day toys! We sorted them into groups and shared them nicely with our friends.
Forest School
We made some soup and sat around the fire to drink it.
Please ensure that your child has a warm coat, hat, scarf and gloves in school as the weather gets colder. Girls could wear tights too.
My Happy Mind
We focused on our Happy Breathing and described how it made us feel.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 15th November 2024
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 10:55am
Welcome to your weekly blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Repeating patterns
Counting - Count to 30 and time yourself. See if you can get quicker each time!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We started to read our new story - Man on the Moon (a day in the life of Bob).
We wrote questions to Bob, made a list of jobs for him to do on the moon and then sequenced his day. We found that he had a very busy day cleaning the moon!
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the ar and or sounds.
Some of us have continued to learn the split digraph sounds, focusing on how u_e can make an oo and you sound.
Maths
We explored different patterns. First we learnt the pattern of fives and of twos, then we looked at repeated patterns with different shapes and objects. Some of us even made our own patterns up.
R.E.
We re-read the Annunciation story and talked about how God loves us so much, that He gave us His only son - Jesus. We listened to songs about Mary and wrote a short poem about God's love.
D.T.
We started to look at different mechanisms and how parts of books can move. We learnt the words 'slider' and 'lever'.
Science
We sorted animals into groups of fish, mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians.
Forest School
We listened to a story called Bear's Winter Home. We discussed the structure of the bear's house and how he used sticks first, then leaves on top. We had a great go at making our own homes for our woodland soft toys.
My Happy Mind
We learnt that when we practise skills, our brain remembers more and more each time. We drew pictures of a time that we found something tricky, but kept practising so that our brain could remember how to do it.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 8th November 2024
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:40pm
Welcome to your weekly blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Recognising 3D Shape
Counting - Count to 20 and time yourself. See if you can get quicker each time!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We made our own firework poems using the sounds that fireworks make. We even learnt about alliteration and wrote words such as BOOM, BANG and BASH!
Levi Tafari came into school to teach us how to make fun poems. We learnt how to use rhyming words to make our poems more exciting.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the short oo and long oo sounds.
Some of us have been learning the split digraph sounds a_e, e_e and i_e.
Maths
We identified different 2D and 3D shapes. We talked about how the shapes were different and the same.
R.E.
We learnt about The Annunciation where Angel Gabriel told Mary that she was going to have a baby - baby Jesus. We acted out the story and recorded it on Seesaw.
P.E.
We started out new dance unit. This half term, we are going to be dancing like a robot. We copied different robot dances and danced to our robot music.
Art
We used our hands and fingers to paint a winter tree.
Forest School
We had a go at using vegetable peelers to whittle wood. We talked about how to use the peelers safely. We used balsa wood as it's really soft. By whittling the wood we can change it's shape. We had a hot juice to warm us up, we boiled water in the Kelly Kettle.
My Happy Mind
We explored what our brain looks like and drew a picture of one.
If you would like to learn more about our My Happy Mind learning, please go onto our website, click 'parents' and 'My Happy Mind'.
Year 1 Blog - Thursday 24th October 2024
Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 12:39pm
Welcome to your weekly blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Mass - heavier and lighter
Counting - Count in twos from 0 to 20. This can be tricky so adult help might be needed!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to learn through the Winnie the Witch story. At the beginning of the week, we focused on Wilbur and how he was feeling. Then we sequenced the story and wrote our own versions in our books.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the igh and oa sounds.
Some of us have been learning the oe and au sounds.
Maths
We used balance scales to compare mass using the words 'heavier', 'lighter' and 'equal'.
We also solved subtraction word problems using our maths resources.
Geography
We sequenced pictures from our trip to the library and created a timeline.
Forest School
We got the tarps, ropes and mats out to build some shelters.
Have a lovely half term!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 18th October 2024
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 12:39pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Part whole models
Counting - Count in ones, forwards and back from 0 to 20.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We have been learning through the story of ‘Winnie the Witch’. We produced some amazing writing this week, focusing on Winnie’s thoughts and feelings. We acted in role as Winnie and wrote sentences explaining how Winnie was feeling and why.
Phonics
Some of us have been recapping the ai and ee sounds.
Some of us have been learning the ew sound (oo and you) and recapping the wh and ph sounds.
Maths
We continued to use part-whole models in our learning. This week, we focused on using them to complete subtraction number sentences within 10. We learnt that the largest number must be the whole and one part is taken away from it.
R.E.
We shared some Bible stories together and spoke about how wonderful God is.
Geography
We drew a map of our route to the library. Some of us had a go at labelling the places that we walked past.
Forest School
We stayed in the lodge this week as it was so rainy! We decorated sticks with pipe cleaners and string. This is very good for developing our fine motor skills and builds on the knot tying from last week.
Library
We had a fantastic trip to the library. We listened to stories about giants and made our own plate peaches.
We will be changing reading books on Thursday next week so please have your book bag in school!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 11th October 2024
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 3:28pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Place Value - Counting on from a number
Sumdog log ins are in the front of your brown reading book.
Counting - Count in ones, forwards and backwards from 0 to 20.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to learn through the story 'How to Grow a Dragon'.
We have focused on using imperative (bossy) verbs in our writing this week, leading up to writing our own instructions about how to grow a dragon.
Phonics
Some of us learnt sh, ch, th and ng.
Some of us learnt aw, wh and ph.
Maths
This week in Maths, we learnt the words 'part' and 'whole'. We used part-whole models to represent different addition number sentences within 20.
We used the 'counting on' method to work out the answers.
R.E.
We continued to explore what ‘prayer’ means to Christians.
We read and explored the letter from Pope Francis about how to look after our world.
Art
We used water soluble pens to sketch objects from the classroom. We then added water to see how it mixes with the ink. Finally we added watercolour paint.
Computing
We recapped the different parts of a computer and laptop. We then used Paintz app and practised typing for the first time! We were amazed that iPads have a keyboard that we can type on.
If you would like to access Paintz from home, the website is www.paintz.app
Forest School
Year 1 Blog - Friday 4th October 2024
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 7:40pm
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Place Value - Representing objects
Sumdog log ins are in the front of your brown reading book.
Counting - Count in tens, forwards and back from 0 to 100.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
Our story this week was How to Grow a Dragon by Rachel Morrisroe. We’ve had lots of fun exploring the book, creating our own dragons and writing some amazing sentences describing them. The children couldn’t believe that Miss Fisher’s own dragon came to visit school!
Phonics
We have focused on our phase 3 and phase 4 tricky words. We practised writing them and wrote them in some super sentences.
Maths
This week in Maths, we started to learn about measurement and the different ways in which we can measure objects. We measured objects practically using cubes, and compared them using the words taller, shorter and longer.
R.E.
We continued to explore what ‘prayer’ means to Christians.
We wrote our own personalised prayer to God, which acknowledged His actions and purpose.
Science
This week, we focused on our sense of smell. We conducted a smelling experiment, guessing what was in the jars by using our sense of smell alone. The children pulled some funny faces as some of the smells were not very nice!
Computing
We continued to learn about different forms of technology. We identified the parts of a computer and compared them to a laptop. Then we had a go at dragging and dropping objects on the iPads and experimenting on the Paintz website.
French
This week in French, we recapped some greetings: bonjour, salut, au revoir, mademoiselle, madame and monseiur. Then we learnt bonsoir and à bientôt.
Forest School
What beautiful Autumn weather for our session. We harvested the seeds from the sunflower heads. We were amazed that one sunflower produces hundreds of seeds which we can plant next year.
Mr Corbett lit a fire for the Kelly Kettle, and we knew the water was boiling when we heard the whistle. We followed all the instructions to keep safe around the fire.
We had a lovely hot chocolate with marshmallows.
We also had time for our own learning - balancing, building, climbing, jumping, bug hunting and running were just some of the things we got up to.
Super teamwork, communication and resilience was shown.
Year 1 Blog Friday 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 3:50pm
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths – Place Value - counting larger groups
Counting - Count in 2s from 0 to 20.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
Our story this week is Dogger by Shirley Hughes. The children have written a character description of ‘Dogger’ using adjectives.
Phonics
Sounds this week are: y, x, z, zz, oy, ir, ue, aw
Maths
This week in Maths, we have continued our understanding about place value. The children have practically made numbers using base ten, tens frames and cubes.
R.E.
The children have explored what ‘prayer’ means to Christians.
Children have highlighted words they like from the creed and created beautiful art work to go with the prayer.
Science
This week in science, the children learnt about senses.
The children explored what senses are and which body parts we use for each one.
French
Forest School
We used the leaf cutters to make leaf confetti and used wool to wrap sticks. These activities develop our fine motor skills. We also used the digging tools safely and lots of apples were found which became some interesting dishes in the mud kitchen. Great teamwork was shown by all. We passed the hedgehog around at the end and made a comment about the session, if we wanted to.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 20th September 2024
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 1:07pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice this week
Counting - Count in 10s from 0 to 100.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
Sumdog challenges
Maths – Place Value - counting objects
Our learning this week
English
Our story this week is another book from the series of The Large Family. We read the story ‘Mr Large In Charge'. The children have written sentences about the jobs the whole family do to help Mr Large.
Phonics
Sounds this week are: j, v, w, ay, ea, ou, ie
Maths
This week in Maths, the children have explored numbers up to 20.
The children have been learning about how many tens and ones in a number.
R.E.
The children have written a creation poem.
The children talked about all the wonderful things God created.
Science
We learnt about our body parts. We drew around each other and labelled each part together.
PE
In PE this week, the children have been learning kicking fundamental skills.
We learnt how to control the ball close to our body and kick at a target.
Forest School
We had a discussion about the seasons and how we are moving into Autumn. We hunted for leaves in our log circle area. We found leaves of many shapes, sizes and colours. We stuck them onto paper and made a crown. We then played some games which showed fabulous imagination and creativity, 'I am the king of nature', I am Lady Leaf, were just some of the things we said! At the end of the session we played a game called Swap the Log.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 team
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 9:26am
With your children now back in school, it is a great time to review online safety in your homes and make sure we are all up to date with developments in the online world. At St Oswald's, all classes will be beginning their Online Saftety learning where they will learn all about safe practices online in the following areas.
Self image and identitiy
Online relationships
Online bulllying
Health, Well-being and lifestyle
Online reputation
Managing online information
Copyright and ownership
We will blog regularly to keep you updated with developments in the online space, sharing platform guides and links to expert training for you to keep your children safe when exploring the internet. Below you will find guides on new devices and WhatsApp.
To access a huge range of information on the National Online Safety website click the link below and join our school online safety hub.You will get access to videos, training and guides to keep you informed of the best practices in keeping your children safe online.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
Year 1 Blog - 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 1:04pm
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges will start next week once we have taught your child how to access Sumdog.
Counting - Count in ones forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
All teachers, including Mrs Anderson, will be reading with the children so please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
Our story this week is all about a family of elephants called The Large Family. We read the story 'Five Minutes Peace' and wrote some super sentences identifying the different characters.
Phonics
We have been assessing the children's phonic knowledge ready for our phonics groups next week.
Maths
This week our learning has been about place value. The children have explored adding ones to groups of ten to make teen numbers.
R.E.
We have been learning about The Creation Story. We read the Bible and explored God creating our beautiful Earth.
Art
Our learning in Art this week has been investigating and drawing spirals, both in the classroom and outside on the playground.
Forest School
This week we explored our nature area and spotted all the changes since we were last in there. We picked some apples off the trees and baked them with cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and butter. We watched Mr Corbett start the fire and we remembered how to be safe around it. We also had time for our own play and we showed great imagination, teamwork and resilience.
Meet the teacher
Thank you to everyone who came to our meet the teacher.
Please find our meet the teacher slides attached below.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 12th July 2024
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 5:13pm
Home Practice
Phonics - High frequency words OR o_e words OR y (ee sound) words
Maths - Counting in tens practise
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
Our new book is about Matilda and her dad who visit an island full of treasure!
We wrote our own version of the story. Our writing looked beautiful on the page and we are trying so hard to learn to spell words correctly.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising ow as in snow, o-e as in stone, oa as in road and o as in motorway.
Some of us have been learning some different sh spellings: ti in section, ssi in mission and si in mansion.
Maths
This week we have been learning how to find a half of odd and even numbers.
R.E.
We have been learning about Fairtrade and how we can help our neighbours that are in need.
D.T.
We used all of our sewing skills to make our own felt/foam creation. We had some amazing love hearts, footballs and even dogs! All of the adults are so impressed!
Art
We created our own minibeast using pieces of painted card. Each piece of artwork was completely different and well thought through.
We loved watching the Year 6 children perform Bugsy. The energy was amazing!
We all had a great time participating in Tough Kidder. See our pictures here.
READING BOOKS
We have changed the reading books for the final time. Next week we will collect them in.
Year 1 Blog- Friday 5th July 2024
Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 5:12pm
Home Practice
Phonics - Compound words OR High frequency words.
Maths - Addition and subtraction problem questions.
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We have enjoyed learning through another story about the lighthouse keeper Mr Grinling, his wife and their cat, Hamish. We designed a new menu for Mr Grinling's lunch and labelled it.
Some of us wrote some detailed instructions on how to make a mustard sandwich as Mrs Grinling tried to scare off the seagulls with mustard sandwiches. We then made our own sandwiches and put them outside for any sneaky seagulls on the school grounds!
Phonics
We have been revising the phase 5 sounds.
Maths
This week we have been using part whole models to demonstrate our understanding of addition and subtraction. We have solved some tricky missing number problem questions and have written fact family number sentences.
R.E.
We continued to learn about being a good neighbour. We read about Raphael, a boy who lives in Uganda. We explained how he was being a good neighbour to the people in his community and then wrote about someone who is a good neighbour to us.
D.T.
We have started to learn how to sew. We explored different joining techniques (using glue, staples, sewing and split pins) before having a go at producing our own running stitch. This was quite tricky but we were very resilient!
Draw Along
We had a very exciting drawing lesson via Zoom. We all investigated different marks we could make with our sketching pencil. We looked very closely at a piece of art by Vinvent Van Gogh and tried to make marks like him.
Forest School
This week we chose our own learning. We demonstrated all the skills we have learnt this year.
Moving up mornings
We had a great time in our new Year 2 classroom.