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Year 1 Blog - Friday 1st December 2023

Date: 28th Nov 2023 @ 6:19pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

English

We started learning through a new book, TRACTION MAN IS HERE by Mini Grey. Traction Man goes on all kinds of adventures around the house.

Will he escape the clutches of Evil Professor Spade?

Will his trusty friend Scrubbing Brush come to the rescue?

What happens when the Scissor Shark reaches them?

We discussed all the very detailed pictures in the book and drew the characters-even the most ordinary scrap of bacon in the sink is a character in this story! Traction Man wrote us a letter and asked us about our favourite parts of the story. 

We made puppets and used different voices. We told part of the story to our class using the puppets.

We wrote sentences describing what was happening in the pictures. We read our sentences out to the class. We are trying so hard to include finger spaces, capital letters and full stops in our writing. 

Listen to and watch the story here.

Tricky word song. Click here. Practise writing these words.

Phonics

Some of us have been revising oo as in zoo and learning ue as in glue.

Some of us have been learning ow in snow, and ie in chief.

Maths

We started the week by investigating how we could sort objects by different criteria. We learnt the phrase 'in common' to see what was the same about each group.

Then we started our fractions topic. We learnt the words 'part' and 'whole' in the context of fractions, rather than number. We made a house, which was our whole, then identified the windows, doors and roof as being parts of the whole house. We even learnt the word 'denominator' which was quite hard to say! We focused on sharing equally between two people, which meant that we were finding a half.

R.E.

We had a final baptism respond session to celebrate all of the learning that we have done this half term. We recapped why baptisms are important, the symbols used in a baptism and listened to the Bible passage about Jesus' baptism again. We coloured in a picture of a baptism and took them home.

History

This week, we explored the toys that our caregivers (parents and who looks after us) used to play with when they were younger. We looked at Polly Pockets, Tamagotchi, Trolls and Hungry Hippos to name just a few. We thought about whether we would want to play with them now or not. Then we got the chance to play with some toys from the museum. We recognised that these toys were older than our parents' toys because they were made out of wood.

If your child was in the history lesson this week, they will have come home with a sheet to fill out with your help. This is all about their older relatives' (Grandmas/Grandads) favourite toy when they were little. We will be exploring even older toys next week.

Please only fill this out if you can. Do not worry if you will not be seeing grandparents before next Thursday.

Science

Year 1 were so lucky to have Mrs Robinson teach our science lesson this week! She was so impressed with how much everyone has grown up.

We learnt about lifecycles and how animals change and grow over time. We focused on the lifecycle of a butterfly and drew pictures of the changes.

D.T.

We made our own simple slider using the story of The Gingerbread Man. The characters from the story could chase the gingerbread man!

Art

We used pencils to draw flowers onto the foreground of our handprint pictures. Then to make them stand out, we went over our lines with sharpies and whiteboard pens.

Computing

We had a technology safety lesson all about how to behave when using the laptops and iPads in school. We made our own posters to teach others about what to do and what not to do.

French

This week in French, we recapped the colours we learned in last lesson.The children remembered these very well and some children remembered that the t in vert and violet, the c in blanc and the s in gris are not pronounced. After watching and saying which colour parrot flew past, we coloured in the pictures of the parrots and feathers on the pirate hats to show the right colour. We finished the lesson with a game of Splat! Fastest person to point to the colour we heard.

Music

We continued to learn the songs for our Christmas Nativity. We played the rhythms on the claves and wood blocks.

Forest School

We made clay faces. First, we collected natural items in the nature area. We found berries, twigs, leaves, stones and moss. We worked the clay into a circle shape and found a tree with rough bark as we discovered the clay stuck better to these trunks. We designed our own clay face. There was great imagination and creativity shown. 

In our second session we chose our own learning. We built shelters and hammocks, designed and made booby traps, cooked some delicious muddy food and tied knots. we didn't mind the very cold weather. We showed amazing imagination, teamwork, perseverance, resilience and determination. 

Thank you for all the items which you have sent in for the orange Christmas hamper-it's looking like a great prize already!

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - ue words OR ow (oa sound) words OR ow words

Maths - halves

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers. For example, start at 20 and count in 5s to 50: 20, 25, 30...

Reading - Please try to read each night, even for just five minutes, it makes a big difference!

Year 1 Blog - Friday 24th November 2023

Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 12:16pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

English

We continued to write our own story about Bob, the astronaut. We used our story plan to write a book. Every author needs an audience so we read our books to the children in Reception and Year 3. They gave us some great feedback which we can put into practise to improve our writing even more. We really tried hard with our handwriting and to write in complete sentences.

Please practise writing your tricky words correctly.

Phonics

Some of us were learning oy as in toy and oi as in coin, igh as in night and ie as in tie, ou as in sound and ow as in cow.

Some of us have been learning g in giant, u in human and some more high frequency words such as mouse, many and because.

Sing the oi song.

Sing the oy song.

Maths

This week we have been counting groups of objects in 2s and 5s. Practise counting in 2s and 5s forwards and backwards from different starting points.

Count in 2s song.

We have also been learning about repeating patterns and making our own.

We have revised some of our previous learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We named the shapes and recalled their properties.

Play Level 1 of the shape reveal game.

R.E.

We have had our RSHE week. We talked about how our families and God love us and what they do to show their love. We wrote thank you sentences to the special people in our lives.

Science

We learnt all about the different diets that animals can have. We recapped the words carnivore, herbivore and omnivore from reception, then sorted different animals into each group.

D.T.

We started our Autumn term DT topic of mechanisms - how parts move and work together. We explored different books to see how they move. We read pop-up books, books with sliders and books with levers.

P.E.

All of year one were absolutely amazing in PE this week. Each group created half of their robot dance, which had to include robot movements that we could all do at the same time. We had some great ideas!

Computing

We continued practising our typing skills, both on laptops and iPads. We wrote simple sentences that had to include a finger space, this was so we could practise using the spacebar key on the keyboard.

History

After playing with our present-day toys last week, this week we talked about the toys that we had as a baby. We identified our favourite toy and stated whether this had changed since then, or remained the same. We also learnt that our baby toys are usually made of safer materials, such as wood, compared to our present-day toys which tend to be made of plastic.

If your child was in the history lesson this week, they will have come home with a sheet to fill out with your help. This is all about your favourite toy when you were little. We will be exploring toys from before they were born next week.

Art

We started to produce our final printing piece of work. We printed our handprints onto cardboard ready to be decorated next week. We learnt about the difference between background and foreground of a picture and how they need to compliment each other.

Forest School

This week we cooked bread on a stick. We remembered our rules about how to keep safe around the fire. Mrs Corbett had already made the dough out of flour, sugar and water. We had to find a suitable stick that was long enough and strong enough to hold the dough. We rolled our ball of dough into a long sausage shape and wrapped it securly around our stick. We cooked the bread in the embers of the fire. We noticed it changed colour as it was cooking. We had to be patient.When it was cooked we put jam, chocolate spread or butter on it. It was delicious!

All of us had a go at the cooking and some of us had an extra session. We chose our own learning in the nature area.

Thank you to everyone who has already donated items for our Christmas hamper. Our class colour is orange so if you can, please donate any items that are orange (chocolate orange, orange shower gel etc). Thank you!

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - igh words OR oy words OR g (j sound) words

Maths - counting in fives

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers. For example, start at 20 and count in 5s to 50: 20, 25, 30...

Year 1 Blog - Friday 17th November 2023

Date: 15th Nov 2023 @ 3:55pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

English

This week we have been learning through another story about Bob and how he finds himself a best ever pet. We designed and described alien pets. We labelled a space theme menu- our ideas were great. We wrote sentences about what Bob likes to do with his pet. Then, we planned a story about Bob and today we started to write our books- we are authors! We will read our books to the children in Year 3.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning ou as in shout and revising ow as in cow.

Some of us have started to explore the alternative pronunciations that letters can make. We have been learning i in wild, o in both and in won, and c in face.

Sing the ou song.

Sing the ow song.

Maths

We've had a very busy week and we have done a lot of maths learning. First we completed four different learning checks to see how much we have learnt, we found these quite tricky but we persevered. 

Then, we did some arithmetic questions together. We will be doing these once a week from now on so that we become more confident mathematicians.

P.E.

We all had a great time with Freddy Fit. We practised our throwing and did many different exercises to music. Freddy was very impressed with our listening and our participation.

P.S.H.E.

We read a lovely story about how we have different special people in our lives. We talked about how everyone is different and then drew pictures of what we do with our families, such as going to the park and eating out together.

R.E.

We learnt all about Jesus' baptism in the River Jordan. We read a story and wrote simple sentences about what happened.

Science

We learnt how to sort animals into groups using different criteria. For example, animals that can fly and animals that cannot. Miss Fisher even allowed us to write on the tables to sort them!

See our pictures here.

History

We had so much fun exploring our own modern day toys. We sorted them into groups and had a great time playing with them together.

See our pictures here.

Art

This week, we printed with different fruit and vegetables. We found that apples made a brilliant print and that broccoli was the trickiest to use.

French

We learned how to say some colours in French. Rouge = red, bleu = blue, jaune = yellow, orange = orange, vert = green, rose = pink, violet = purple, marron = brown, blanc = white, gris = grey, and noir = black. We then pointed to different things in the classroom when we heard the French colour being said and then listened to the Mr French ‘Les Couleurs’ song to help us.

Music

We started to learn the fourth and fifth songs for our Nativity. We revised the first three songs from last lesson, then clapped, tapped and played the rhythms on our instruments. We enjoyed singing our song Rhythm in the way we walk and discussing what a rhythm is.

Forest School

In our first session Storm Debbie was about so we stayed in the lodge. We practiced fastening sticks together by a technique called lashing. Some of us made the initial letter of our name. We also made forest eyes and other objects. We discovered that we had to keep the wool tight to securely fasten the sticks together. Super perseverance was shown.

We went into the nature area for our other session. We played a few games of "Hide the Hedgehog", then we chose our own learning. There was very busy learning including tree wrapping, tree climbing, cooking, restaurants, den building and games. 

Help the homeless – Foxton Centre Big PNE Sleepout Friday 17^th November 

Miss Smith and Mrs Dexter are sleeping by the football pitch at PNE’s Deepdale Stadium this Friday 17^th November. This is to raise money for a day centre called The Foxton Centre who provide food and warmth to the homeless people of Preston. Miss Smith and Mrs Dexter will sleep on cardboard and will only have with them what they can carry. This will give them an insight into how difficult it is for people sleeping on the streets, particularly as the nights are getting colder. We are all fortunate that we have food and somewhere warm to go to sleep every night, this is not the case for some people in Preston. Miss Smith and Mrs Dexter are asking for sponsorship, any donation would go a long way to help Preston’s vulnerable homeless community.  

You can read more and donate here: 

https://www.justgiving.com/team/deepdaledreamers?utm_medium=proxy_team&utm_content=team%2Fdeepdaledreamers&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=pfp-email

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - ou words OR or words OR split digraph o_e words

Maths - counting within 20

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers. For example, start at 20 and count in 5s to 50: 20, 25, 30...

Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th November 2023

Date: 8th Nov 2023 @ 5:26pm

Welcome to your Friday blog. Thank you for supporting the Poppy appeal.

English

This week we have been learning through the story of Bob. Bob is an astronaut who works on the moon. We discussed all the jobs Bob has to do in his day. We wrote sentences describing Bob . We also designed and labelled a rocket. We made a poster asking for any information about aliens (Bob doesn't believe aliens exist!) Bob visited us and we asked him questions about his day.

On Thursday morning all the infants had a special treat. We were visited by an author called Rachel Walmsley. She read her book to us and some of us even went out to the front of the hall to wear a pair of animal ears.

We had a great time and she was very impressed with all our listening ears!

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about syllables in words. We clapped them, for example, garden has 2 syllables, gar and den, so we clapped twice. We clapped out the syllables in our names and other words such as paintbrush, lunchbox.

Some of us have continued to learn the split digraphs - split digraph u_e making an oo sound in rule and yoo sound in cute.

We have also been practising reading our tricky words. Please practise reading these at home. These words need to be recognised on sight.

If your child can read them, practise writing them. When your child has mastered their words, ask us for some more.

Maths

This week we have been learning how to measure mass by weighing using a pan balance. We compared the mass of two objects.

We have been learning about 2-D and some 3-D shapes and their properties. 

R.E. 

We first learnt about two Jewish leaders - Abraham and Moses. We learnt about the promises that they made to God and how they are important to Jewish people.

Then, we learnt all about the symbols seen at a baptism. We identified the symbols and tried to explain what they represent.

On Monday, we were visited by Bishop Tom Neylon. He came to see us in our classrooms and was impressed with our learning.

P.E.

We recapped how to move like a robot and then played robot relays. We had to move across the room like a robot in a certain environment, such as a robot in space or a robot going through a narrow tunnel! We then took it in turns to travel like a robot and we had to copy the leader of the line.

P.S.H.E.

We identified the special people in our lives and drew a picture of them. We explained why they are special and what they do for us.

Computing

We used the laptops and iPads to drag and drop items. This was quite easy for us so then we tried to complete simple coding exercises.

History

We started our toys topic by investigating some toys from the past. Miss Fisher brought in some of her favourite toys from her childhood and we became history detectives, deciding what materials they were made from and whether the toys could move or not.

Next week we will be investigating present day toys, so please remember to bring one of your toys into school on Thursday 16th November.

Art

We explored the art technique of printing using paint. Half of us had a go at sponge printing using pre-cut sponges. The rest of the class will have a go next week.

Forest School

In our first session we made popcorn. We made sure that we could remember Firey Fox's fire safety rules.

We watched as the adult made the fire and lit it using a flint and steel. We cooked the popcorn in a special pan and described the changes we could see. It was delicious!

In our second session we listened to a story called "Robin's Winter Song". It was about the changing seasons. We discussed how we can look after the birds in Winter. In our nature area we made bird feeders on skewers by threading fruit and cheerios. This activity developed our fine motor skills and our concentration. We hung them in the trees as high up as we could. 

We also had time for our own play.

French

We recapped how to respond to ‘Comment ҫa va?’. We listened to and joined in with the Lingobox Learning ‘French ҫa va song’. We learned how to say ‘ҫa va très bien’, ‘ҫa va bien’, ‘comme ci, comme ҫa’ and ‘ҫa va mal’. We also decided which phrase we would use for different scenarios.

Music

We started to learn the first three songs for our Nativity. We clapped, tapped and played the rhythms on our instruments.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - qu words OR compound words OR split i_e words

Maths - 2D and 3D shapes

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers. For example, start at 20 and count in 5s to 50: 20, 25, 30...

Year 1 Blog - Friday 3rd November 2023

Date: 2nd Nov 2023 @ 8:25am

Welcome to your first blog of the Autumn 2 half term.

English

This week we have been learning through the story of Aliens Love Underpants. We designed and described a pair of pants. We drew our own alien and described it in simple sentences. We wrote lists, found out some facts about space in non-fiction books and drew our own alien story plan.

Solar System facts song. Click here.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about words such as scruff and string. 

Some of us have been learning about the split digraphs - e_e in Steve, i_e in slime and o_e in stone.

Sing a split e-e song.Split i-e song.Split o-e song.

Maths

We started our measurement topic and learnt about different ways that we can measure length and height. We learnt that we can even measure objects using our body! 

We then learnt how to measure mass using the balance scales. We used the words heavier and lighter to compare the mass.

Science

This week, we went searching for animals around the school grounds. We quickly found that the rain was forcing the animals to hide, so we didn't see a lot!

P.E.

We started our new dance unit this week. We are going to be learning how to dance like a robot! We copied some videos and practised moving around the room like a robot.

R.E.

We continued to learn about a baptism. We watched a video of a real baptism and drew our own pictures of one. We then talked about how a baptism is important in Christian life.

Computing

We learnt about a new word - technology. We learnt what that meant and went on a technology hunt around the classroom.

History

We learnt all about Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes. We then made our own firework pictures using either pastels or chalk on black card. They looked so good!

Art

We went outside to collect different leaves and made our own leaf rubbings. We made sure that we chose different leaves, that were flat and dry.

French

This week in French, it was Halloween! We discussed whether some facts about Halloween in France were vrai o faux, we learned some vocabulary for typical Halloween things and were able to match the French words to the correct English meaning. We then had a chance to choose a Halloween character and complete a ‘colour by number’ in French.

Music

We started to learn a new song, Rhythm in the way we walk. Looked at what is a rhythm, clapped and copied rhythms with hands, then with tambourines and tambours.

We then listened to The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky.

Forest School

This week we did some whittling with vegetable peelers. We used balsa wook as it is very soft. We made sure we used the peelers safely and we made some interesting shapes. We had to persevere as it took a few tries to get the hang of it.  In the future, we will use these new skills to make objects out of sticks.

In our other session we played a hiding game in the nature area then made some yarn dolls. We needed to use our knot tying skills and we came up with some very imaginative creations. We helped each other and showed perseverance and concentration.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - ear words OR igh words OR split e_e words

Maths - Measurement

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers,

Year 1 Blog - Thursday 19th October

Date: 18th Oct 2023 @ 3:43pm

Welcome to your last blog of this half term.

English

This week we have been learning through the story of Winnie the Witch. We learnt about her house, her family and her pet cat, Wilbur. Our ingredients for our magic potions were very imaginative. We also learnt about rhyming words and we drew a story map.  We worked together in small groups to design a new house for Winnie.

As part of our poetry day celebrations we learnt a poem called The Grass House by Shirley Hughes. We devised all the actions ourselves and performed it as a class in Golden Assembly. Ask your child if they could perform it for you.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about words such as string, spring and splat where we have to say each sound.

Some of us have learnt au in launch and a_e in cake.

We have been learning to write tricky words.

Click here for a spooky tricky word song.

Maths

We have been using practical equipment to learn about subtraction. The whole is 12, we subtract 5, how many are left? 7 and 5 are the parts and 12 is the whole. We recorded this in a number sentence.

Please practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s.

We have also been learning about the number bonds which make 10.

Sing the number bond song. Click here.

Science

This week, we learnt how to keep our bodies healthy. We watched a cool video about how washing our hands keeps us clean and free from germs. We then did a 'germs' experiement to show that germs do not like clean hands, they run away from them! We also did a Joe Wicks video to raise our heart rates.

R.E.

We continued to learn about belonging and learnt that we all belong to our school church. We started to learn about a baptism and who is present. We labelled a picture of a baptism and talked about what happens.

Art

On Monday, we painted a physical version of our digital sunflower (from Computing last week). We hung these around the classroom as they were great!

Then on Thursday, we sketched different objects from around the classroom. We started by sketched toy animals and then we chose our own object to sketch.

French

 We recapped the numbers 1-10 again. We then counted our Pirate friends’ treasure and matched some counting cards with their coins or parrots to the correct digit. We could all do this in French with each other! We have worked really hard this half term, recapping and learning French Greetings and numbers 1-10. Next half term, we will be ready to have some new sessions about classroom labels, family, fruits, colours and farm animals (after we’ve learned about French Halloween!).

Music

We did some warm up games, clapping rhythms of our favourite foods. We sang Hey You, learning all the actions and choosing which instruments to play. We played the boom whackers to Incy Wincy spider. 

Forest School

This week we used a new piece of equipment,our Kelly Kettle. We talked about being safe around the fire. We went into the nature area to collect sticks and twigs to fuel our fire. We made sure the twigs were dry and not too big. The water didn't take long to get warm and we all enjoyed some delicious hot chocolate.

In our other session we had a go at building shelters. We used ropes, traps, tent pegs, mats and clasps. We showed amazing teamwork and resilience as well as great communication.

Click here for photos.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - Split a_e words OR ee words OR tricky words

Maths - Problem questions

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers,

Thank you to everyone who came to Parents' Evening. We enjoyed talking to you about your child. Thanks also for all your brilliant support.

Have a lovely half term and we'll see you on Monday 30th October.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 13th October 2023

Date: 10th Oct 2023 @ 5:43pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

English

We have been learning through the stories of Percy The Park Keeper. We built new houses for the animals out of Lego and described them. We wrote about how Percy helps the animals in his park. There are many stories about Percy and we had a good look at all of them. We also wrote descriptions about what kind of person Percy is.

Phonics

We have all been revising all our Phase 3 sounds.

Some of us have been learning about words that have separate sounds, such as plants and frost.

Some of us have been learning about ph as in elephant and ew as in screw.

Maths

We have been using part whole models to solve addition and subtraction number sentences. We used our maths manipulatives (such as cubes and counters) in the part whole models and then wrote the corresponding number next to them. 

We also started to learn about fact families and how the same three numbers can be swapped around to form another number sentence.

P.E.

As it was raining, we went inside and learnt how to play benchball. Everyone used their listening ears brilliantly and joined in with the throwing and catching.

R.E.

We started our new RE topic about belonging. We wrote sentences about what it means to belong to a group and then drew pictures of how Jesus helped others to belong by showing them love.

Art

We focused on the spiral shape within shells this week. We sketched a picture of a shell from the board and then used a real shell to see the difference. It was great to see such amazing focusing!

Computing

We made our own sunflower digital art using on dots. We used the paintbrush tool for the dots instead of simply using the fill tool.

Geography

We learnt about ordnance survey symbols and how they are important on maps. We found out that maps need pictures because words would take up too much space! We drew our own maps on big sheets and stuck on some symbols with glue.

Science

We conducted our own investigation to answer the question: do people with bigger feet have bigger hands? We found out that sometimes they do, but not all of the time, as one of us had the biggest feet and someone else had the biggest hands.

Forest School

In our first session we practised tying a simple overhand knot. We used strawberry laces. We tied them to a paper straw and then ate the lace!

In the nature area we found interesting natural objects and tied these to a stick using the knot we had practised. Our own Autumn mobile was created!

Great perseverance was shown.

For our second session we made our own choices. On one day we went into the nature area and explored, made dens, found mini beasts and played games. On the other day we went around the log circle for our child- initiated learning.

Parents' Evening

It was lovely to speak to you if you had an appointment on Thursday this week

We are looking forward to our appointments next Tuesday.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - ow words OR wh words OR th words

Maths - subtraction

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers,

Year 1 Blog - Friday 6th October 2023

Date: 5th Oct 2023 @ 5:09pm

Welcome to your first Friday blog of October.

English

We continued our learning through the story of Dogger. We read to the end of the story and were relieved it had a happy ending. We wrote instructions about how to look after our toys, we wrote shopping lists and set up our own toy stall. We also wrote sentences about our favourite part of the story and wrote in role as Dave saying thanks to Bella for rescuing Dogger. This story really helped us to think about how we treat each other and our belongings.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning words in Phase 4 such as slap and swim - we need to say each sound individually before blending them together.

Some of us have been learning wh in whizz, ph in phonics and ew in chew.

Maths

We have been learning about addition. We have been using part whole models to support our learning. Looking at the above model, one part is 5, the whole is 12, the other part is 7.

In our counting we have practised counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s. 

We have also been learning all the number bonds which make 10, 0+10, 1+9, 2+8 and so on. We investigated the patterns in these number bonds and sang some songs which help us to remember them.

Friends of 10 song. Click here.

R.E.

We finished our families topic by writing our own prayers to God and Jesus. We also thought about the people in our families that are special to us. We drew pictures of them and labelled them.

Science

We had so much fun in science this week! We used our sense of smell to guess what was in the cups. We pulled some funny faces when we smelt the cup with vinegar in!

P.S.H.E.

We learnt about the word 'privacy' in our online safety lesson this week and how it is not always safe to share our private information. We talked about being safe on the internet and what to do if we are unsure how to act online.

Computing

We used Paintz.app to create our own Kandinsky circles. We learnt how to use the shape tool to form the circles and then we filled them in.

Have a go at making a picture on Paintz here.

Geography

We learnt a new word this week - route. We talked about how we all take different routes to school, some of us live far away and some live close to school. We also found that a car is the most popular form of transport when getting to school. We then drew our own map routes in our books.

P.E.

We put our hopping and jumping skills into practise and played hopscotch on the playground. We also practised running fast and underarm throwing.

See our pictures here.

Music

We practised the Harvest songs ready for Church. We love joining in with the actions!

French

This week we reviewed the greetings we have learned so far. We did this with our favourite game with the pirates, with the song ‘Deux Petite Oiseaux’ and with the song ‘Comment tu t’appelles?’ from Basho and Friends. These helped us practise how to say ‘bonjour, au revoir and je m’appelle’. We then learned to say how we are feeling using ‘ҫa va bien’ for I am well, ‘comme ci, comme ҫa’ for I am ok and ‘ҫa va mal’ for I am not well.

Forest School

In our first session we made roll up pizzas. We talked about how to be safe around the fire. In the nature area we made our own pizzas using a wrap, tomato sauce, ham, garlic, onions, basil and cheese. We rolled our pizza up and wrapped it in foil.  The first groups pizzas got a bit well done as they were cooked on the grill. We cooked all the other pizzas in the Dutch oven so that we could move the pizzas away from the direct flames.

The pizzas were delicious! We also had plenty of time for child-initiated learning in the nature area.

In our second session some of us were outside making dens, climbing trees, cooking with mud and finding all kinds of creatures. Our sessions on Thursday were in the lodge where great imagination and creativity were shown.

Click here for photos.

Harvest

Thank you so much for all your kind donations for the harvest. We had a lovely celebration in church and enjoyed singing all the songs.

Harvest Samba song. Click here.

Don't forget to book your Parents' Evening appointment (in the folder outside of the office) if you haven't already.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Maths - Number bonds to 20

Phonics - ew words OR er words OR sh words

Counting - Count in 1s and 10s forwards and backwards from different starting numbers. 

The log in for Sumdog is on a white laminated card in the reading book bag.

Please try to read every night, even just for five minutes!

Year 1 Blog - Friday 29th September 2023

Date: 26th Sep 2023 @ 11:10am

Welcome to your Friday blog.

English

We started to read the story Dogger, up until the point where Dave has realised that his toy dog Dogger is missing! We are so excited to finish the story next week. I wonder what will happen?

We predicted what was going to happen to Dogger, we wrote about how the characters were feeling, we made lost posters of Dogger and drew amazing pictures of the story so far.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning the trigraphs ure as in cure and air as in chair. Some of us have been learning the phase 5 digraph ue in both blue and argue, ir in girl and aw in claw.

Maths

This week we have been learning about representing numbers using tens and ones. We used practical equipment to make the numbers. We also learnt about one more .We have been singing many counting songs and practised starting at a number and counting forwards and backwards in 1s,2s,5s and 10s. We use the displays around our classroom to check our learning.

R.E.

We have focused on God in our RE lessons. We watched some lovely videos showing the beautiful world that God created and wrote sentences about how we can look after God's world.

P.E.

This week, we focused on bouncing a ball. We learnt how to hold the ball correctly and how to bounce a ball with two hands. We then practised bouncing whilst moving in a straight line and bouncing to each other.

Science

This week, we learnt all about the five senses that humans have - sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. We matched up the senses to the body part that we use for it. We then took it in turns to put our hand in Miss Fisher's feely bag. We weren't allowed to look but we used our touch to describe what we felt. Everyone else was able to guess what they were.

Geography

We used our knowledge of senses to go on a fieldwork walk around school. We went in the outdoor area, on the playground and in the nature area to see what we could hear, smell, touch and see.

Art

Since the weather was great on Friday, we went outside and drew spirals with chalk. We made a tripod out of sticks to see if we could make an even better circle!

French

 We celebrated ‘European Day of Languages’. We discussed what the day was about, who can participate, why we have the celebration and what ways we can celebrate other languages and why this is important. The class shared any languages which they know, any which they have been learning or any which they would like to learn. We then learned how to say hello and goodbye in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

P.S.H.E.

We started our online safety learning by learning about the word 'permission'. We talked about what it meant to give permission and how we need to ask to access online content when at home.

Computing

We learnt about the artist Henri Matisse and how he used shapes in his artwork. We used Paintz.app to recreate his artwork.

Forest School

In our first session we went into the nature area to find animals which have been woven out of willow. These animals were kindly bought by the parents of the Year 6 leavers. We looked carefully to see how the willow had been woven to make different patterns and shapes.

We then had a go at making our own. The first thing to master was how to twist the willow to make a circle as they can be joined together to make the body and head of different animals. We talked about how the younger, green willow is easier to work with as it contains more water than the brown willow.

Some of us made crowns, necklaces, fish and glasses. We really persevered.

For our second session we investigated spinning jennies, also known as helicopter seeds. We talked about how the seeds are dispersed by the wind. We went out to look for them and found plenty on our field. We then made dragonflies with the spinning jennies, pipe cleaners and beads. We made lots of other things as well-bracelets, worry dolls, forest eyes and butterflies.

Thank you for all of your Harvest donations, our box will be in class until Friday the 6th of October.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

We have only set a maths sumdog challenge this week. Please watch the phonics to practise your sounds.

Maths - One more and one less

Counting - Count in 1s and 10s forwards and backwards from different starting numbers. 

The log in for Sumdog is on a white laminated card in the reading book bag.

Please try to read every night, even just for five minutes!

Year 1 Blog Friday 22nd September 2023

Date: 21st Sep 2023 @ 3:35pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

English

We continued to learn about the Large Family through the story 'A Piece of Cake'.

The Large Family were struggling to stay healthy as they were tempted by a cake given to them by Granny! We drew our own cakes, sorted healthy and unhealthy food, wrote about what the characters were saying, read the Large Family books and wrote sentences about how they were being healthy.

Click here to watch some Large Family videos.

Phonics

Some of us have been recapping phase 3 oi in coin and ear in dear and some of us have learnt phase 5 ea in leaf and oy in toy.

Click here to sing the oi song.

Click here to sing the oy song.

Maths

We learnt about how numbers are made up of tens and ones. We made numbers using bundles of straws, base ten and ten frames. we had a go at marking our own work as this helps us to understand the learning.

We practised counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s.

R.E.

We learnt all about being a part of God's family. We wrote about how God takes care of us and drew some lovely pictures of Him watching over us.

P.E.

We practised running fast and skipping. This was quite tricky but we persevered. We learnt that it isn't always the girls who are better at skipping, the boys are too.

Science

We learnt all about the human body and our different body parts, such as leg, arm, foot, knee and elbow. We drew around our bodies and labelled each body part. We even played a game of 'Miss Fisher says' (SImon says!) and sang head, shoulders, knees and toes.

Art

We continued learning about the spiral pattern and focused on snails. We drew our own snail shell and used oil pastels to emphasise the colour. They looked great!

P.S.H.E.

We have been celebrating our similarities and differences this week! We read a lovely story together called 'The same but different too'. Listen to the story here.

We played a game, similar to 'Guess Who' where we had to describe someone in our class using 'This person has...' sentences. It was a lot of fun!

Geography

We learnt all about school's address this week and what an address tells us. We found school on Google Maps and answered some questions such as 'how do you get to school?'

Computing

We used the iPads to practise digital painting on Paintz. This time, we made our own version of Piet Mondrian's abstract art. We used the straight line and fill tools to do this.

Forest School

In our first session we read a story about Firey Fox which explained how we need to behave around a fire.  We watched the fire being lit then collected apples which had fallen off the trees in the nature area. We cored them and cut them into segments. We dipped them in sugar and cinnamon and then toasted them of the fire. Yummy! We were sheltered from the rain in our new fire pit area.

Some of us had a go at starting a fire using a flint and steel.

The weather was beautiful for our second session. We went on a leaf hunt and found as many different leaves as we could. We used shape cutters to make holes in the leaves. We had many ideas about how to develop our learning by glueing, colouring, sewing and investigating pattern.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - ff, ll, ss, zz sounds OR oi words OR oy words

Maths - Count blocks and objects (within 10)

Counting - Count in 1s forwards and backwards from different starting numbers. Try to go beyond 20.

The log in for Sumdog is on a white laminated card in the reading book bag.

Please try to read every night, even just for five minutes!

Thank you to everyone who came to the meet the teacher. Our PowerPoint presentation is below.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 15th September 2023

Date: 13th Sep 2023 @ 5:15pm

Welcome to your Friday blog. We were all more comfortable in the cooler weather.

English

This week, we have been reading '5 Minutes Peace' by Jill Murphy. We learnt all about a mum who just wants some peace and quiet from her children! We learnt the names of the characters and labelled pictures of them, we have ordered the story, made puppets, wrote our own independent sentences about the story and wrote about how the characters are feeling. (Furious was one word that was mentioned!)

If you have any of the Large Family books at home, please read them together!

Phonics

Some of us have been recapping phase 3 igh in sigh and ear and dear and some of us have started phase 5 and learnt ay in day and ou in shout.

Click here to sing the igh song.

Click here to sing the ay song.

Maths

We learnt about making numbers from 10 to 20 using a 10 and some 1s, "one 10 and 6 ones is 16'. We used ten frames and counters, straws and blocks to represent the numbers. 

In our counting we sang songs which practised counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. 

R.E.

We started our 'families' topic this week and learnt all about different families. We found that lots of people can be in a family! We drew a picture of our family and labelled them.

P.E.

We focused on our hopping and jumping skills this week. We are so good at this already!

Art

We had an amazing art lesson! We started our 'spirals' topic. We watched a video on how to draw a spiral and then made two of our own - one on a big piece of paper and one in our sketchbook.

P.S.H.E.

This week, we talked about likes, dislikes and how we are all unique. We learnt what unique means and put our finger print into our class PSHE because, we have unique finger prints!

Geography

We continued to learn about Longton, focusing on our school and our classroom. We learnt about aerial plans and photographs, and drew our own birds eye view map of our classroom.

Science

We started our animals including humans learning this week. We compared different animals by how they look. We learnt that humans are mammals and how we are similar/different to other animals.

Forest School

In our first session we played a game around the log circle and talked about we are looking foward to.

We went for a walk to see what is growing. We also heard bird song. We sat around our new fire pit - we can't wait to use it!

It was all about team-work in our second session. We worked together to build an obstacle course using logs and branches.We tested the courses to make sure they were safe and we had a go on each others. Some of them had quite challenging balancing and jumping elements.

Thanks for sending in wellies.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - ay (day) OR ear (dear) OR revision words

Maths - Numbers to 20

Counting- Count in 1s forwards and backwards from different starting numbers. Try to go beyond 20.

The log in for Sumdog is on a white laminated card in the reading book bag.

Please try to read every night, even just for five minutes!

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

Back to School Online Safety Tips for Children

Date: 30th Aug 2023 @ 11:55am

With your children returning to 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 a guide on some back to school online safety tips for children.

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 Thursday 20th July 2023

Date: 18th Jul 2023 @ 11:43am

Welcome to your final blog of the school year!

Thank you so much for all of your hard work.

We wish you all a happy and safe holiday. We have loved teaching you this year.

Mrs Gravili and Mrs Sheen have given you all a summer pack to complete, have fun doing it!

Keep reading as much as you can, especially at the library, and we will see you in September. 

Best wishes

Mrs Corbett, Miss Fisher & Mrs Anderson.

Year 1 Blog- Friday 14th July 2023

Date: 12th Jul 2023 @ 8:56pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

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

English

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

Phonics

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

Maths

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

P.E.

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

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

R.E.

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

Science

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

Geography

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

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

Computing

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

French

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

Outdoor Learning and Forest School

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

Super Learning Day

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

Summer Fair

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

Home Practice

Phonics - common exception words

Maths - halves

Year 1 Blog - Friday 7th July 2023

Date: 7th Jul 2023 @ 11:07am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

We really enjoyed visiting out new classroom and meeting our new teachers. We shared our favourite books with Miss Gravili.

We are looking forward to Year 6 performing Oliver! for us next week and also Super Learning Day on Friday.

English

We have been learning through a new book this week. It's about a girl called Matilda and her dad as they go on a journey and discover all kinds of treasure. We drew and labelled what they found and we then wrote descriptions of the treasure. We took great care with our letter formation, spelling and punctuation.

Phonics

We have been revising some of the sounds we have learnt this year.

Maths

We have been learning about addition and subtraction strategies. We have been using the number facts we already know to partition number.We have been trying really hard to explain our thinking using correct mathematical vocabulary.

RE

We read a story that was all about a man called Levi. We found out that he was a tax collector who made some wrong choices. We talked about how he changed and wrote a postcard to Jesus, pretending to be Levi, saying sorry for his actions.

PSHE

Since we have spent some time in year 2, we talked about change and the transition into a new classroom. We discussed our worries and set ourselves targets for the new year.

D.T.

We used the plans we made to finish making clothes for a teddy. First, we cut the fabric. Then, we carefully sewed the pieces of fabric together. We learnt how to fasten off the sewing so it didn't come undone. We evaluated how well we achieved our plan. We showed great perseverance.

Art Week

It's Art Week for everyone in our school this week. We have produced different pieces through the week and these have culminated in a final piece which will be displayed in a gallery at the summer fair on Saturday 15th July.

Yoga

We had our final Yoga session with Katie. We have really enjoyed these sessions and learnt a lot.

Forest School and Outdoor Learning

We had another go at nail art using the hammers safely. We used what we have already learned and made more complicated designs.

Some of us made hammocks which we loved swinging in! We will make them again next week and try to improve the design.

Home Practice

Phonics - kn words OR ai/ay

Maths - addition and subtraction

Year 1 Blog - Friday 30th June 2023

Date: 29th Jun 2023 @ 10:16am

Welcome to your Friday blog, the final one for June!

We are looking forward to visiting Year 2 next week.

 English

We started our week in a very special way. We had a visitor in school all day. He is called Ian Bland and he's a poet. He performed some of his poems for us all in a whole school assembly. We then had a workshop with him and we all came back together at the end of the day to perform the poems we had written. Mr Bland had such amazing energy and we all laughed so much. We learnt a lot too!

Click here to go to his website.

We read some more stories about Mr and Mrs Grinling and Hamish, their cat. As we were so inspired by Mr Bland we wrote our own call and response poem called, "Hamish is a Cat". We performed them to each other.

We also planned and wrote our own story-we had really imaginative ideas about what might happen!

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about split sounds, o-e as in stone, a-e in cake, e-e in concrete, u-e as in cube and rude, i-e as in pike.  Some of us have been learning about s in treasure and si in vision.

Maths

We have been learning about partitioning numbers in order to solve addition number sentence questions. We know that the number 12 is made up of one ten and two ones and used this knowledge to solve problems, for example 12 + 5 = ?

R.E.

We started a new topic - 'being sorry'. We talked about what it means to be sorry and why we should be sorry if we made a wrong choice. We then drew a picture of a time that we have been sorry.

Computing

We learnt how to use two new blocks - draw and jump. We had a lot of freeplay levels this week, which allowed us to draw whatever we liked using coded instructions. It was so much fun!

Science

We started learning about the weather. We focused on the UK and how we have different types of weather depending on the season we are in. We also touched upon climate change and how our weather is drastically changing! We then drew pictures of the typical weather that we see in each season, for example we associate winter with snow.

Geography

We read the story 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers and talked about how the penguin lives in a cold climate. We discussed the term 'climate' and how we have hot, cold and warm climates in the world. We then coloured these in on a world map.

We also discussed the difference between 'weather' and 'climate' as our learning linked perfectly to our science lesson!

P.S.H.E.

This week, we learnt about the word 'responsibility'. We watched a clip from Rugrats where Angelica mentions that she has more "sponsibilities" now that she is older. We talked about our responsibilities in school and at home and how they change as we grow up.

French

We practised saying ice cream flavours and played a game to reinforce the vocabulary. Then we talked about the Tour de France which starts this Saturday.

Outdoor Learning and Forest School

This week we used hammered nails into tree stumps to make a shape. We then wrapped wool around the nails to make a piece of art. We had to persevere as the wool came undone if we didn't secure it well enough. We all had our own ideas about what to make. We know how to use a hammer safely.

In our other session we made friendship bracelets.  We used our knot-tying skills and made some colourful bracelets.

Home Practice

Phonics - s and si words OR u_e

Maths - Number bonds

Year 1 Blog - Friday 23rd June 2023

Date: 21st Jun 2023 @ 5:11pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

We have really enjoyed having two Year 10 sudents from All Hallows in our class this week, Miss Lee and Mr Rickson.They have been really enthusiastic helpers and they have enjoyed visiting their primary school again afer 4 years away!

 English

We read two of the stories about the lighthouse keeper, Mr Grinling. We learnt about his job and his family. We designed our own contraption for getting his lunch from his cottage to the lighthouse - it kept being eaten by seagulls on the way! We then designed our own menu for the Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning alternative spellings of the same sound as in these words, toad, stone, toe. Some of us have been learning le in apple and al in metal.

Maths

We have been learning about ten more and ten fewer. We used 100 squares and learnt that we only need to look at the number above or below. Then we learnt how to decode tricky problem questions and write either addition or subtraction number sentences about them.

R.E.

This week was other faiths week and we focused on Islam. We learnt all about the Prophet Muhammad and used adjectives to describe him.

P.E.

This week, we focused on our rolling skills. We started with big balls, then tennis balls and even rolled quoits! We also continued to underarm throw throw hoops and at targets.

Computing

We found the learning to be quite tricky this week! We had to use loops (repeats) to finish the code. We also had to collect gems along the way. We persevered and worked hard!

Science

We continued to learn about seasons and focused on the changes that we see as we go from spring to summer. We talked about the June Soltice and identified the signs of summer that we could see, hear, smell and feel.

Geography

We learnt all about the continents and oceans of the world. We listens to the continents song and used atlases to find the continents of different countries.

P.S.H.E.

This week, we talked about kindess and how we have different choices to make in scenarios. We watched a video about a young boy who had two choices - be kind or unkind. We then identified kind choices.

French

We recapped the summer vocabulary that we learnt last week and then learnt how to say some ice cream flavours. We played a game to reinforce this new vocabulary. Then the children were able to say whether they liked or didn't like various ice cream flavours. We finished with some summer stories and songs. 

Outdoor Learning and Forest School

For our first session we used lots of techniques, skills and knowledge which we have learned over the year to make a butterfly. We joined sticks or lolly sticks together using pipe cleaners, wire or tape. We then attached pipe cleaners and beads to create the antenna and body of the butterfly. Then we chose our wool to make the wings. Great perseverance was shown. Some of us also made different animals, forest eyes and bracelets-lovely creativity and imagination.

For our second session we went into the nature area. We built dens, always trying hard to improve on our previous attempts. There was more equipment in the mud kitchen so some of us used that. We also played on the rope swings from last week.

Thanks for the questionairres which have been returned this week.

Tough Kidder

We had a really fun time doing tough kidder!

Home Practice

Phonics - oa words OR homophones

Maths - problem questions

Year 1 Blog - Friday 16th June 2023

Date: 14th Jun 2023 @ 5:46pm

Welcome to your Friday blog. We are loving the sunny weather.

English

This week we listened to another story about Katie Morag. She loves it when her cousins visit but they cause a bit of trouble! We compared pictures of the houses on the island, before and after the cousins had visited. We planned our own story and wrote our own books. We read these to the children in Reception. 

Phonics

This week we have completed the phonic screen assessment.

Maths

We have been learning about the place value of numbers. We have been working out the missing numbers on a number line and explaining how we know. We have also been looking at the value of the 2 and the 4 in 24,the 3 and the 7 in 37 and so on.

Keep practising your counting. Can you count forwards in 2s from 23 to 47 ? Can you count backwards in 10s from 77 to 27?

Science

We have been learning about the seasons and how they change. We talked about  how we are into the summer months and related this to our learning from last week, we can see lots of green leaves on the deciduous trees. We then chose our favourite and least favourite season, drew a picture of a deciduous tree from that season and wrote a sentence explaining why we chose it as our favourite/least favourite.

Art

We made our next whole class handprint tree for the season on spring. We had lots of light green and pink colours to represent the blossoms. We will make a summer version before we finish!

We also made Miss Forshaw a thank you card using our fingerprint and picture so that she will always remember us!

D.T.

This week, we thought about the material that we would like to use for our clothes for Patch the teddy. We evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of different types of materials and chose the most suitable one.

We then had another running stitch practise.

Computing

We helped Scrat with some trickier code! We learnt to use loops to simplify our code and make it easier to read.

P.S.H.E.

We have been learning about hazards and emergencies. We talked about what a hazard is and spotted any potential hazards in the classroom. We made sure that we quickly fixed them!

We then talked about how to deal with an emergency and how to ring 999 when needed.

P.E.

On Monday morning we had our second yoga session with Katie. We loved it - especially the banana song! Great fun and we learned a lot.

We then practised some more of our fundamental skills in PE. We jumped for distance, balanced bean bags and practised underarm throwing in a game of beanbag noughts and crosses.

French

We learnt some words for summer things and then made sentences using the new words. Next, we listened out for the new vocabulary in a summer song. We practised the words with a game and listened to a new story, Le Petit Poisson, about a fish who had no one to play with. 

Forest School and Outdoor Learning

In our Forest School session we did some hapa-zome printing which means ‘leaf dye’.Hapa-zome is the Japanese technique of smashing flowers and leaves into fabric. We found that fresh, juicy plants leave the best imprint.

Hapa-zome printing is one of the easiest and quickest natural dyeing techniques. We collected leaves and flowers then we used hammers safely to smash them through calico fabric.

 It was like magic when the colours came through!

Click here for photos

In our other session we assembled polystyrene birds which became gliders. We investigated putting the weight in different places on the beak to see how this affected the flight. 

We also explored and played on a brand new delivery of logs, kindly supplied by a parent. If you have access to any free materials or resources which you think would be useful for our sessions please get in touch via the school office.

Thank you to everyone who has completed the questionnaire. It came home on Thursday 8th June and it's on a green sheet. Please fill it in and send it into school if you haven't already done so. They will help us to evaluate our offering and help us to plan for next year.

Dance From the Heart

We had a super time on Thursday performing the dance. Thank you to everyone who came to watch.

Miss Forshaw

On Friday, we said goodbye to Miss Forshaw, our teaching student who has been working with us for the last 7 weeks. We have loved all her lessons and we know she's enjoyed being at St Oswald's.

Home Practice

Phonics - ear (air sound) OR common exception words

Maths -  Representing numbers

Year 1 Blog-Friday 9th June 2023

Date: 7th Jun 2023 @ 6:11pm

Welcome to your Friday blog!

It has been lovely welcoming the children back from their half term break and finding out what they've been up to.

English

We started learning through the stories of Katie Morag who lives on the Isle of Strury. She sent us a postcard and some clues about the adventures she gets up to in her stories. We looked at her books to find out facts about her. We also did some role playing. We pretended to be different characters and acted out something that happened in the story. We will continue with Katie Morag next week.

Phonics

We have also been practising reading nonsense words ready for our phonics screen. 

Maths

We continued to learn about o'clock and half past times. We know now that if the minute hand is pointing to the 12, it is an o'clock and if it is pointing to the 6, it is a half past.

We also completed some arithmetic and reasoning questions.

R.E.

We focused on how the disciples started to speak in different languages after encountering the Holy Spirit. We wrote the word 'hello' in as many languages as we could around a picture of the disciples.

P.S.H.E.

We focused on strangers and who can be identified as a 'safe stranger'. We wrote what we should do if we come across a stranger and what we should not do.

Science

This week, we focused on trees and how we have evergreen trees and deciduous trees. We went on a tree hunt around the KS1 building and ticked off any that we could see.

Geography

We started to learn about the world. We recapped our UK learning from last term and then we used the atlases to find different geographical features (such as land, oceans and the poles).

P.E.

This week Miss Forshaw taught our P.E. lesson. We focused on running and changing direction. We did a beanbag shuttle run, played domes and dishes and improved our throwing and catching.

We also had a Yoga session with Katie, one of the South Ribble sports coaches. We learnt some positions and put them together in a sequence. We will be having 5 more sessions over the coming weeks.

We are looking forward to performing the Dance From the Heart next week. Please join us next Thursday 10.30 to 11.00 on the playground if you can.

Computing

We had a new character to help this week - BB8! We used sequenced code to help BB8 pick up the scrap metal. The code instructions are beginning to get trickier and longer now!

French

We learnt some words for means of transport.  We repeated a sentence about how we come to school eg Je vais a l'ecole en voiture. Then we tried to join in with the wheels on the bus in French and a song about a boat. 

Forest School and Outdoor Learning

We learnt how to safely use a new tool to make a hole in a wood disc. We also did some threading and tied knots to make a decoration. Mrs Corbett showed us how she had made a mobile but we had our own great ideas as well. The wood was quite hard so we had to really persevere to make the hole.

In our other session we used the logs and branches to make dens,obstacle courses, ladders and even some rope swings! Some of us climbed trees. Our teamwork is really good and our imaginations know no bounds!We found spiders and slugs too.

Home Practice

Phonics - Split digraph i_e

Maths -  Addition

Year 1 Blog - Friday 26th May

Date: 24th May 2023 @ 5:34pm

Welcome to your final Friday blog of this half term. We have really enjoyed the lovely weather this week. We also enjoyed having our class photo taken - we showed great listening.

English

We continued our learning through the story of The Enormous Crocodile. We discussed the story and expressed our opinions about the story. We wrote a book review, taking care with our spelling, handwriting, full stops and capital letters.

We made a card to say thank you to all the staff at Martin Mere for our fabulous trip last week. We wrote some lovely messages and produced some beautiful pictures.

We planned and wrote our own version of The Enormous Crocodile using some of our own very imaginative ideas.

Phonics

Some of us learned ere as in hemisphere. Some of us continued to learn about split digraphs, such as a-e in cake.

Split a-e song Split e-e song More phonics songs

Maths

This week Miss Forshaw taught us our last lesson learning about positional language. Then we started some new learning about telling the time, starting with o'clock . Practise telling the time with your child.

We also practised counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.  Ask your child questions such as, what's 5 more/less than 45?, 10 more/less than 40?, 2 more/less than 48? to see if they can apply what they have been learning. If your child seems confident ask 10 more/less than 47?and so on. Keep to numbers less than 100.

P.E.

We practised our throwing, hopping, running and rolling of a ball. 

R.E.

We had a fun lesson learning about how the Disciples felt when Jesus ascended and the Holy Spirit came to them. We decorated paper plates with different emotions,

Science

We learnt about the different parts of a leaf and went on a hunt to find our own in the nature area. Then, we sketched our favourite leaf and identified the different parts that we could see.

P.S.H.E.

We talked about people that we trust and how certain people have special jobs. This could mean that we are supposed to trust them more than others (for example a policeman). Then we identified the people that we trust in our lives, such as our parents and teachers.

Computing

We continued helping Scrat get to his acorn on the code.org website. We learnt about 'debugging' and how to fix our mistakes when coding.

Art

We painted our final seaside picture in our sketchbooks. We copied pictures from the iPad and really took our time!

French

We we continued to try and memorise clothes vocabulary with a song, story and games.

Forest School and Outdoor Learning

This week some groups made pancakes. Some groups used a new method of cooking, a Dutch Oven, to make soup. Some of us tried to use a flint and steel to start a fire. This was 1 to 1 with Mrs Corbett. The children found out it was more difficult than it looked! Some children succeeded in starting a fire but all the children who tried showed great determination and perseverance. They will keep on trying hard!

Home Practice

Phonics - split a_e OR suffixes

Maths - time

Please wash your child's P.E. kit over half term and return it to school on the first day back.

Keep reading every day - we are seeing how much of a difference it makes.

Have a great week off and we will see you all on Monday 5th June.

Online Safety Update - Roblox

Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 12:10pm

We have noticed a growing number of children from all classes accessing this platform and so here is a guide on how to use the platform, including what potential risks come with allowing your children on Roblox.

Below you will find a link to join the National Online Safety platform and gain free access to a huge range of videos, resources and support, incuding filtering and the best ways to monitor your child's online activity.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primar-school-pr45eb

Year 1 Blog-Friday 19th May 2023

Date: 18th May 2023 @ 10:10am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

We are enjoying Miss Forshaw being in our class. She is learning how to become a teacher and we are all helping her.

English

This week, we have been reading the story of 'The Enormous Crocodile' by Roald Dahl. We have absolutely loved learning about the crocodile's clever tricks (that did not work) and how the jungle animals saved the children each time. We read most of the book and predicted how it might end. We focused on adjectives this week. We highlighted the many adjectives in the story, wrote a beware poster to warn children and identified the crocodile's clever tricks.

We then wrote a recount of our school trip to Martin Mere, describing what we did during the day.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about the spilt digraph e-e as in Steve and complete.Some of us have been learning about ear in earth and or in work.

Click here to sing some phonics songs.

Maths 

We have been learning about positional language. The learning included the words above, below, between, on top of,in front of.

We have also been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Try counting from different starting numbers. Count in 5s starting at 2. Count in 10s starting at 12.

R.E.

We focused on the words that Jesus spoke to His disciples as He ascended up to Heaven. We spoke about His promise to send the Holy Spirit and we wrote what was said in speech bubbles.

History

We learnt about the various forms of entertainment that were seen at the seaside in the past and in the present day. We examined some real life photographs of the seaside in the past and identified any entertainment that we could see. We spotted Punch and Judy shows, people seabathing, swimming and making sandcastles on the beach. We drew and described two examples of past activities in our books.

Science

We have learnt about the different parts of the plant and the very important jobs that they have. We made our own collage pictures identifying each part and then pretended to be a plant with our bodies - we stretched out tall like the stem and opened our hands wide like the leaves!

Art

We made our final digital seaside picture using Paintz.app. They were absolutely amazing! So much so, that Mrs Robinson came in to see them.

Computing

We had our next lesson using code.org. We learnt to drag and drop instructions so that Scrat could eat the acorn. We did some amazing learning and sharing!

French

We began to learn the vocabulary for clothes with the story Je m'habille et je te croque followed by some games to reinforce the new words. 

Outdoor Learning

This week our fire session was making pancakes. We made the batter and watched as it changed from a liquid into a solid. We noticed the change in the colour of the pancakes as they cooked. We ate them with lemon,sugar, cinnamon or apple sauce.

Our other session was making obstacle courses. We used logs and came up with really imaginative ways to use them.

Martin Mere

We had an amazing trip to Martin Mere. There was so much learning! We saw so many different plants and creatures. Have a look at the photos in the gallery section.

Home Practice

Phonics - split digraph o_e OR ear in dear

Maths - turns

KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!

Even more children are changing their reading books more often and it's having a great impact on their progress.

Don't forget to keep reading the Tricky words and if your child recognises them on sight they could learn how to write them.

Year 1 Blog 12th May 2023

Date: 11th May 2023 @ 10:29am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

We are enjoying Miss Forshaw being in our class. She is learning how to become a teacher and we are all helping her.

English

This week, we have been reading the story ' There's a tiger in the garden'. We had some great discussions about whether the tiger was real and also about what we could infer from the story. We created our own story map of the main events in the story.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about ir in girl and er in her. Some of us have been learning to read words such as shrink, plank, frost.

Click here to sing some phonics songs.

Maths 

We have been learning about finding halves and quarters of shapes and amounts.

We have been counting in 2s,5s,and 10s. Start on different numbers and count forwards as well as backwards.

R.E.

We focused on the term 'Holy Day' and how they are special days that are celebrated. We recapped all the days that we have learnt about, focusing on the Easter story, and then chose one to draw and write about in our books.

P.E.

We had our final sports day practise on Wednesday. 

Thank you to everyone who came to watch us take part in our sports day. The children we absolutely amazing, showing great determination, resilience and physical skills.

P.S.H.E.

We started to think about safety and who keeps us safe. We explored different job roles involving safety (police, fire fighters) and other people like parents and teachers who want to keep us safe. We then drew pictures of them and talked about what they do to help us.

History

We had such a fun lesson learning about past and present seaside clothing. We looked at what is the same and what is different and then we got to try some clothes on from the museum loan box!

Art

We made a great tiger craft each in choosing time using lolly sticks.

Then in our learning, we planned our perfect seaside picture in our sketchbooks ready to paint our final digital seaside picture next week.

French

We practised numbers to 15 and adding two numbers with a game. We recapped weather phrases, then moved on to begin to learn some clothes vocabulary with a story - Je m'habille et je te croque. 

Music

We played the boomwhackers. We really had to concentrate so that we played our note at the right time.

Outdoor Learning

This week four groups cooked on a fire. We used wood and charcoal this time and cooked in the embers of the fire . We rolled bread dough into balls and cooked it in the fire-it was delicious!

We also cut a slit in the skin of bananas and put chocolate buttons in the slits. We then wrapped the bananas in foil and baked them in the embers of the fire. They were so yummy, the chocolate melted and the bananas went soft.

The last group will do this on Monday.

We also chose to build shelters and our own play fires which we could pretend to cook on. Some of us were still very interested in making mouse traps !

Cooking on a Fire

Home Practice

Phonics - ear words OR split e_e

Maths -  quarters

KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!

Even more children are changing their reading books more often and it's having a great impact on their progress.

Don't forget to keep reading the Tricky words and if your child recognises them on sight they could learn how to write them.

Please return your trip slip on Monday if you haven't already!

Year 1 Blog 5th May 2023

Date: 4th May 2023 @ 10:25am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

We are enjoying Miss Forshaw being in our class. She is learning how to become a teacher and we are all helping her.

English

This week, we have been reading the story "We are Going on a Lion Hunt". The story follows the pattern of the Bear Hunt story which we learnt about in Reception. We went on our own animal hunt in our school grounds. Some of use role played being the lion and answered questions.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about words where we have to be really careful to sound out all the vowels and consonants, for example smell,grass,smug. We also learnt to read words such as print

Some of us have been learning about ough in bought and augh in taught. We couldn't believe how many 'or' spellings there were!

Click here to sing some phonics songs.

Maths 

We have been learning about finding halves of shapes and amounts. We used practical equipment to work out and check our answers.

We have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards. Practise counting in odd numbers, 1,3,5... Practise counting in 5s from different numbers, 2,7,12,17,22,.......what's the pattern?

Practise counting in 10s from different numbers, 3,13,23,33,.....what do you notice ?

Click here to play a fact families game.

R.E.

We started to learn about our new topic of 'Holidays and Holydays'. We first discussed the meaning of each and then we focused on our holidays. This tied in well with our history learning! We drew what we need to take on a holiday with us and then we watched a video of Barnaby Bear going on holiday.

Click here to watch more Barnaby videos.

P.E.

We started practising for our sports day, which is on Thursday 11th of May at 2:15pm

We practised all of our races and talked about competing in a fair way and celebrating everyone's achievements.

Computing

We have used a brand new website this week called code.org. By the end of the summer term, we are all going to be amazing coders! This week, we learnt to drag and drop objects. We challenged ourselves by using the trackpads to drag each time.

If you would like to access www.code.org at home, our class code is ZQTKZD. Each person has their own password icon to click to access the learning.

Science

We went in our outdoor area to see our bean plants that have been planted by the gardening club. We compared them from when they were in the bags in the classroom to now. Some had grown, some unfortunetly hadn't! We then wrote about how they had changed.

History

We learnt about King Charles' upcoming coronation. We read 'The King's Pants' together and drew our own pants. We hope that he comes to school one day so we can question him!

Art

We have been doing lots of art work this week! We have been sketching the King in our sketchbooks and then we continued with our digital media lesson. We used Paintz.app to digitally draw a seaside picture. It was fun to see how much we could remember from our computing lessons.

French

We recapped the weather phrases and practised them with some games. Then we read a story from the Berthe series about a witch who always has the wrong clothes on for the weather. This introduced the vocabulary for clothes which we will work on next week. Well done everyone. 

Outdoor Learning

This week the last group learnt about fire safety and toasted marshmallows.

In our other session we got out all the shetler building equipment and worked together to make shelters. It was quite windy on some of the days which provided extra challenge! It's great to see such resilience, imagination, teamwork and resilience.

Coronation of King Charles 

We all enjoyed our celebration school lunch on Thursday.

Everyone looked fabulous in their red,white and blue outfits.

Our Golden Assembly on Friday was a lovely celebration - we loved singing our special song. The picnic was great and we are all excited to watch the event tomorrow.

To The Sound Of Trumpets. Click here to sing the song.

Don't forget that it is Bank Holiday on Monday. We will see you on Tuesday.

Home Practice

Phonics - common exception words/compound words

Maths -  halving

KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!

Even more children are changing their reading books more often and it's having a great impact on their progress.