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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!

See our pictures here.

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!

See our pictures here.

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!

See our pictures here.

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!

See our pictures 

 

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.

See our pictures here.

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.

See our pictures here.

Art

We explored watercolour paints, creating our own design.

See our pictures here.

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.

See our pictures here.

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.

See our pictures here.

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.

See our pictures here.

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.

See our pictures here.

 

 

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

We had a discussion about being safe around the fire. We watched Mr Corbett light a fire and remembered what is needed to get a fire started. We each toasted a marshmallow, taking care to watch it at all times so that it didn't burn!
We also had time for our own play and made potions, invented games, found mini-beasts and dug.
We took great care around the daffodils and crocuses which we noticed are starting to grow.

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.

See our pictures here.

Forest School

We listened to a story called "Sun Bread". It's about a baker who gets so fed up with the lack of sunlight in the winter that he decides to make his own bread. We also talked about the winter solstice, which is in a few weeks and how this day will be the shortest day.
The first group baked their bread on a stick and the second group added chocolate chips to create a tear and share bread.
 
 
Thank you to everyone who came to our Nativity shows. We are so proud of the children!

 

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.

See our pictures here.

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.

See our pictures here.

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.

See our pictures here.

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

We practised tying a simple knot in a strawberry lace.
We then went out into our nature area for some fabulous learning. We were cooking, fishing, making bug hotels, climbing, hiding, making jewellery and many other things.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 4th October 2024

Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 7:40pm

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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!

See our pictures here.

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

This week for our French lesson, we learned about European Day of Languages which is celebrated on 26th September. In the lesson, we shared what other languages we have learned or know about. We then identified ways which we can celebrate other languages and cultures, including learning new words, tasting their food, practising languages we know. We also discussed reasons why it is important to learn other languages. To finish the lesson, we learned ways to say hello and goodbye in other European languages. 

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

 

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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 

 

Back to School Online Safety

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

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Year 1 Blog - 13th September 2024

Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 1:04pm

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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.

See our pictures here.

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!

See our pictures here.

Art

We created our own minibeast using pieces of painted card. Each piece of artwork was completely different and well thought through.

See our pictures here.

 

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

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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!

See our pictures here.

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!

See our pictures here.

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.

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