St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 1: Blog items
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
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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!
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
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 5:34pm
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.
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.
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 !
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!
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.
Date: 27th Apr 2023 @ 10:11am
Welcome to your first Summer Term blog!
English
This week, we have been reading the story 'I want my hat back' by Jon Klassen. We met a bear who had lost his hat who then used his detective skills to realise that actually, he had seen his hat! We predicted what was going to happen in the story, we drew our own hats, we made missing posters for the hat and used speech bubbles to write what was being said by each character.
Then, we read 'We found a hat' and compared it to the first story.
Phonics
We have been learning about oar and our is roar and pour.
Click here to sing some phonics songs.
Maths
We focused on parts and wholes in number sentences. We learnt that the parts add together to make a whole. Then we looked at the inverse, making the subtraction number sentences using same numbers. We had to remember that the whole comes first!
Click here to play a fact families game.
R.E.
We recapped the Easter story and talked about how Easter Sunday, and Jesus' ascension, is not the end. We read about Peter telling everyone to spread the Good News and wrote about how we can continue to change for the better.
P.S.H.E.
We recapped different forms of money before learning about distinguishing between needs and wants. We defined both of them and sorted objects into each category.
P.E.
We started practising for our sports day, which is on the 11th of May at 2:15.
We practised the relay race and the egg and spoon race together.
Computing
We had an online safety session regarding the internet. We looked at some rules to follow and practised being safe on the internet. We used the NatGeo website to learn about a country of our choice.
Science
We went outside for a lovely nature walk! We spotted lots of different plants and flowers and sketched them in our science books. We learnt a lot of new plant names!
History
We started to learn about seaside holidays, both in the past and the present. We compared the two and stuck pictures into our books under each column.
Art
We had two separate art lessons this week. Our first was a lovely lesson drawing Earth pictures for World Earth Day. Then in our second lesson, we started our Digital Media topic. This is where you create art online. We Googled images of the seaside and sketched what we could see in our sketchbooks.
French
We recapped animals words and began to learn some phrases for the weather through games and a story.
Outdoor Learning
This week four of the groups leant about fire safety. We watched a fire being started by Mrs Corbett using a flint and steel. We toasted marshmallows-they were yummy!
The last group will do this session next week.
We also checked how our plants are growing and put some of them in bigger pots.
Our summer term class and subject overviews are live on the school website. Please look on the year 1 page and the separate curriculum pages to see what we are learning about.
Don't forget that it is Bank Holiday on Monday. We will see you on Tuesday.
Home Practice
Phonics - au and aw words
Maths - counting practise
KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!
Year 1 Blog-Thursday 6th April
Date: 6th Apr 2023 @ 5:29pm
Welcome to your final Friday blog of the Spring term. We had a great Easter assembly with some lucky children winning an Easter egg in the raffle.
English
This week we read our Scaredy Squirrel books to the children in Year 3 and Reception. Everyone loved our stories and we got some really good feedback.
We had a few days learning from a story called The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. The seed has a journey starting in Autumn and ending up in Summer as an enormous flower.
We learnt about life cycles. We also wrote instructions to tell someone how to plant a seed.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning about al as in walk, talk, chalk and some of us have been learning more tricky words.
Maths
We have been doing lots of assessments this week.
R.E.
We learned more about the Easter story. We went to church on Tuesday to watch Year 6 perform their Easter presentation. We loved joining in with the singing and the prayers.
P.E.
We practised our fundamental skills outside.
Art
We all made an Easter card by collaging an egg shape.
French
We listened to La legende des Cloches de Paques - the story of the Easter Bells. In France, they say that the bells fall silent at Easter because they have gone to Rome to be blessed. They return on Easter Sunday, dropping chocolate eggs in gardens for children to find. We practised some vocabulary related to Easter with a hunt the word game.
Outdoor Learning
We have all made our hedgehog now using hammers and screwdrivers.
We did some more planting- carrots and foxgloves.
We went in the nature area and found new types of flowers growing, snails,woodlice, spiders ,ants and worms.
We wish you all a happy, holy and peaceful Easter.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 31st March
Date: 29th Mar 2023 @ 5:44pm
Welcome to your final Friday blog of March.
This week we have also attached a new online safety guide 'What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Age-Inappropriate Content'. Please Read.
English
This we we started to write our own version of the story, Scaredy Squirrel Has A Birthday Party. We had so many decisions to make...where to hold the party, things which might spoil the party, ideas for small talk, extra items which might be needed in an emergency! Scaredy Squirrel thinks of everything!
We role played being Scaredy Squirrel talking about his party.
We will read our books to other classes when we have finished them.
Phonics
Some of us were learning about or as in fork and oi as in coin. Some of us were learning or as in door, walk, roar and core.
Click here to sing some phonics songs.
Maths
We started looking at division problem questions that required us to share objects equally. We started with halving numbers and then built up to sharing into more groups (e.g. share 10 apples between 5 children). We quickly realised that we can easily halve even numbers but it isn't easy to halve odd numbers.
We made sure that we did lots of counting together to check our answers!
Click here to play Hit the Button - click halves to 10.
R.E.
We focused on Palm Sunday and learnt about Jesus being welcomed by people with palm leaves. We made our own welcome banner for Jesus and role played welcoming Him. Then, we learnt the Easter story, focusing on the lead up to Jesus' crucifixion.
P.S.H.E.
After recapping how we can earn money, we learnt about how we can save money. We thought about where our money can be kept safely - a piggy bank, a purse, with adults, and then we learnt about bank accounts and how we can keep large amounts of money safe. We then made a poster about how, and where, we can save our money.
P.E.
This week, we tried throwing and catching with larger, lighter balls. This was quite tricky outside but we quickly learnt to come closer to our partners to stop the ball from being dropped. We then played a game of throwing and catching rounders to improve our teamwork skills.
Computing
We did some tricky learning this week on the laptops! We learnt how to drag and drop objects into sorting groups using the trackpad. We learnt that we had to click with one finger and move another finger - at the same time.
History
We learnt about two very significant inventors - The Wright Brothers. We learnt that they invented the first aeroplane and made the first flight possible. We compared past aeroplanes to present day planes and then wrote about why the brothers are significant. We even tried to make our own paper aeroplanes!
Art
We sketched a story map of our favourite stories on World Book Day.
French
We listened to La legende des Cloches de Paques - the story of the Easter Bells. In France, they say that the bells fall silent at Easter because they have gone to Rome to be blessed. They return on Easter Sunday, dropping chocolate eggs in gardens for children to find. We practised some vocabulary related to Easter with a hunt the word game.
Outdoor Learning
Some of us used our skills of using tools safely to make a hedgehog using a wood slice, nails and screws.
We chose some of own learning in the lodge and the nature area. Some of us planted seeds including dill, coriander and basil. We hope that we are going to have plenty of plants growing when we return after the Easter holiday.
World Book Day
All of your outfits were absolutely amazing! The children looked incredible. Thank you also to the two mums who came in to read to the children, the children loved it!
Home Practice
Phonics - or words/ore words
Maths - Addition and subtraction
KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!
EVEN MORE CHILDREN THAN LAST WEEK CHANGED THEIR READING BOOKS SEVERAL TIMES! THIS IS BRILLIANT AND IT IS REALLY HAVING A GREAT IMPACT ON THEIR PROGRESS.
READING BOOKS WILL BE CHANGED ON THURSDAY NEXT WEEK.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 24th March 2023
Date: 23rd Mar 2023 @ 8:13pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
This week we have been learning through the stories of Scaredy Squirrel. He is scared of everything! He rarely leaves his house in the nut tree.
We discussed and wrote about our fears. We made a list of disdvantages of never leaving our house. We wrote a fact file about Scaredy Squirrel and we also planned a timetable of our perfect day-Scaredy Squirrel likes to know exactly what's going to happen.
We are going to write our own Scaredy Squirrel books next week.
Phonics
Some of us have been revisiting or as in horn and ai as in rain. Some of us have been learning ar in rather and half, plus u in wood and could.
Maths
We have been answering even trickier problem questions about multiplication. This required us to count in 2s, 5s and 10s whilst also reading the writing!
We also practised our times tables on Topmarks.
R.E.
We continued to learn about how we can change. We focused on Ash Wednesday and how it is the beginning of Lent. We revisted our Lenten promises to check that we are keeping them and then wrote about how we can make good changes to our lives.
P.E.
We practised throwing at targets this week. It was very tricky due to the wind knocking our targets over. We also practised throwing and catching in bigger groups, which meant that we had to concentrate more.
Science
We conducted a transparency experiment to see how many household objects were transparent. We used the torches to test this and we found that actually, many objects are either opaque or translucent.
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History
After recapping our learning about Florence Nightingale, we learnt about another significant nurse - Edith Cavell. We quickly realised that she was very similar to Florence as she also helped soldiers during the war (WW1) and trained other women to be nurses. We then wrote our own ideas as to why Edith is a significant person.
D.T.
We made our healthy smoothies. We had so much fun. We learnt to cut safely and use the blender. Some of us liked our smoothies, some did not!
Outdoor Learning
This week we did a variety of learning. One of our sessions was learning how to use the hammers and screwdrivers safely. We are then applying these new skills to make a hedgehog.
We also made Spring wreaths out of willow. This week was the Spring or Vernal Equinox when there is about the same amount of hours of light and dark.
We took advantage of the sunnier weather on Friday to make shadow faces.
If we didn't do one of the sessions we will catch up next week.
Computing
We practised our Sumdog learning on the laptops and iPads.
French
We checked up on our French beans to see how they are growing - some are almost ready for giants at the top! We listened to a poem about the life cycle of plants and added actions to show our understanding. We finished with a song and a story.
Home Practice
Phonics - or and ai words
Maths - days of the week and months of the year
KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!
SOME CHILDREN ARE CHANGING THEIR READING BOOKS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK! THIS IS BRILLIANT AND IT IS REALLY HAVING A GREAT IMPACT ON THEIR PROGRESS.
Year 1 Blog Friday 17th March 2023
Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 10:24am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
We practised our readings for the special assembly. We tried very hard to lift the writing off the page by speaking slowly, clearly and so that our voice could be heard by our audience.
We read a new story called Farmer Duck which featured a very lazy farmer. We pretended to be the farmer and wrote a letter of apology to the animals.
Phonics
We have been learning the oi sound as in coin and and as in toy.
Maths
We have started to learn about multiplication. We've been focusing on doubles to 10 and some of us to 20! We then moved onto solving word problems. It was a lot of reading but we loved it!
R.E.
We started to learn about our new topic of Change. We looked at how seasons change and then how much we have changed since September. We had a giggle at the blog pictures from September and wrote about a skill that we have learnt since being in year 1.
P.S.H.E.
We learnt about where money can come from, focusing on the most common source - a job! We looked at different jobs and talked about what those people might spend their money on.
We even role played pretending to be a baker, a teacher, a dentist and even a builder!
Computing
We focused on grouping objects by their properties (for example - by size, shape and colour). We then went on a colour hunt and found 3 objects that were the same colour.
We also enjoyed practising our learning on Sumdog.
D.T.
We started to think about the smoothies that we would like to make. We chose the fruit that we wanted and then planned how we were going to make the smoothie.
We then tasted lots of different fruits that we wouldn't normally eat, such as grapefruit and tomatoes.
Outdoor Learning
This week we either made a worry doll, a forest eye or had some free choice in the nature area.
French
We we learnt the vocabulary for family members then we made a card for Mother's Day. We also enjoyed the story of Jacques et les haricots magiques (Jack and the Beanstalk) in French, joining in with the repetitive parts. We checked up on how our French beans are growing. No giants to see yet!
Home Practice
Phonics - oi and oy words
Maths - one step problems
KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!
Thank you to everyone who came to our Mother's Day assembly. We hope you have a lovely Mother's Day!
Year 1 Blog-Friday 10th March 2023
Date: 10th Mar 2023 @ 12:46pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
We don't want to give away any spoilers but this week we have been learning through the book, My Mum. We have been trying super hard to make our writing look beautiful on the page. We have made a picture of our mums and written prayers-all will be revealed at the assembly next week!
Phonics
We have been learning the ow sound as in drought and and as in underground.
Maths
We have continued to learn about money. We can now recognise all the coins and the notes. We used the coins to make different amounts by having a cafe set up in the classroom.
R.E.
We had a lovely final lesson all about special meals. We had a pretend Holy Communion with juice and bread and spoke about how Holy Communion and The Last Supper relate to each other.
P.S.H.E.
We started to learn about money - what it is, what it is used for and how we can pay for items. This linked perfectly to our maths lessons! We talked about deciding how to pay - whether to pay for items using coins, notes, a contactless card or a chip and pin card.
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Art
We sketched roses and the copied our sketch onto card. We then coloured in the sketch by painting really carefully.
D.T.
We learnt about flow diagrams and how food gets to our plate. We learnt that some food is hardly changed (e.g. fruit) and how some are changed a lot! (e.g. cereal and crisps).
Science
We were so excited on Monday when the eggs were delivered to our classroom. They were in an incubator and we waited very patiently until Thursday when the chicks started hatching out! By the time we arrived in school on Friday morning we had nine chicks hatched out of nine eggs!
We then transferred the chicks into a large container with a heater and we will have them in our class until next Thursday.
We wrote about what the chicks need so they can grow well.
Japanese Lesson
Yuitchi and his students taught a really exciting lesson about ogres. We made masks like the ones used in the story.
We have loved having Akane in our classroom for the last 2 weeks, she will be missed!
Outdoor Learning
This week we have done a variety of learning, some outside and some in the lodge . All of us planted a range of seeds which we are going to look after. We practised tying knots in strawberry laces which we could then eat!
Some of us did some den building and some of us listened to the legend of Guatemalen worry dolls and had a go at making our own using sticks, wool and fabric.
French
We learnt how to name the parts of a plant in French and checked to see if our French beans had begun to germinate. We also began to learn the vocabulary for family members through songs and a story.
Stuart Rowson
We were extremely lucky to hear from Stuart Rowson who worked for the BBC, particularly Cbeebies. He told us all about his new book, that we can borrow from the school library!
Home Practice
Phonics - ow and ou words
Maths - sequencing events
KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!
We look forward to seeing you all at our Mother's Day assembly on Thursday 16th March at 2.40 pm.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 3rd March 2023
Date: 2nd Mar 2023 @ 10:10am
Welcome to your Friday blog.
English
We have been very busy this week! We have planned and written our own stories based on Where the Wild Things Are. Some of us have written up to 7 pages! We are becoming such good authors and illustrators. We then read our stories to years 3 and 4.
Phonics
We have been learning about all the igh sounds, focusing on split digraph o_e in stone and o in go.
Maths
This week we have been learning how to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. We searched for the patterns on a hundred square and counted groups of objects. Then, we used this knowledge to recap all the coins that we use. We realised that we do a lot of counting when paying with money.
R.E.
We have been learning to write The Our Father prayer this week. We know this off by heart now so found it really easy to write it down. We then wrote our Lenten Promises down and took them into Golden Assembly.
P.E.
We recapped the underarm throwing technique and practised aiming at a hoop. This was quite tricky! Then we practised throwing and catching a beanbag in the air. Some of us needed a challenge and tried throwing and catching with one hand!
History
We started our new topic this week - Significant People. We talked about what it means to be significant and how we remember people who have made a difference to our world. This week, we focused on Florence Nightingale and how she changed the world of medicine and nursing.
Computing
We went on Sumdog to practise our phonics and maths.
Art
We each made a month of February piece of art surrounding love. We used different object to print with - cotton buds, paint brushes, even our fingers!
Outdoor Learning
In one of our sessions this week we talked about Japanese folklore. We have a professor from Japan and four of his students visiting us for two weeks.There are stories about tree spirits which protect the trees. We made our own creations out of clay, leaves, sticks, moss and stones. We could use our imagination as no-one has ever seen them!
Two more groups learnt how to use the screwdrivers and hammers safely. There is just one more group to learn how to do this. Then we will be making something by using our new skills!
French
We listened to the story of Jaques et le haricot magique (Jack and the Beanstalk) and joined in with the repetitive parts. Then we set up some French beans to germinate to grow our own beanstalks. We chose where to put them to grow - I wonder whose will germinate first!
Music
We continued to learn The Little Red Riding Hood song with Mrs Wood.
Home Practice
Phonics - oe (toe) and ow (grow)
Maths - coin recognition
Please continue to read for at least 10 minutes every night with your child, it really will make all the difference to your child's progress.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 24th February 2023
Date: 22nd Feb 2023 @ 4:34pm
Welcome to your first blog of this half term.
English
We have started reading a new book - Where the Wild Things Are. We have listened to the story and watched animations of the story- we love the wild rumpus part! We described the settings in the story and listened for the language which is repeated. We looked closely at the wild things and discussed what human and animal parts they had. The puppets we made to re-tell the story were amazing-some of us also came up with our own characters. We are going to plan and write our own version of the story next week.
Phonics
We have been learning about all the igh sounds, focusing on split digraph i_e in slime and i in wild (just like our new story!)
Click here for a phonics song.
Maths
This week we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes in more detail. We have compared the shapes and sorted them into groups.
We have continued to practise counting forwards and backwards in 2s, 5s and 10s from different starting numbers.
R.E.
We have started our new topic - Special Meals. We talked about a special meal that we have had, ordered the events of Mass and then focused on The Last Supper. We used speech bubbles to learn what Jesus said to his disciples.
P.E.
We have finished gymnastics and started throwing and catching. This week, we recapped how to underarm throw to a partner safely and then played a game to see which group could throw and catch the quickest!
Geography
We recapped the UK capital cities and sorted pictures of landmarks into each one. We found that London was the easiest as it is our capital city and some of us have been there!
Listen to the Big Ben song here.
Computing
We used our maths knowledge to start our new topic of grouping data. We are so good at sorting and grouping objects now! We were given lots of different objects and asked to sort them in different ways. Then, we went on Sumdog on the laptops.
P.S.H.E.
We learnt about personal hygiene and all the different ways that we can remain healthy. We listened to a very funny story called 'Dirty Bertie' and talked about making the opposite choices that Bertie does!
D.T.
We began our food topic this week. We learnt about the differences between fruit and vegetables and wrote down as many as we could think of.
Outdoor Learning
In one of our sessions this week we found a letter in our lodge from the forest fairy. She told us she had left some magic stones in our nature area and we could find them, decorate them and keep them. We had a great time helping each other to find the stones, then we decorated them with acrylic pens.
In another session we chose our own learning, we built dens, played in the mud kitchen, made up games, looked for mini-beasts or climbed trees. We showed great teamwork, imagination and perseverance.
Two groups learnt how to use hammers and screwdrivers safely. We have a volunteer helping in our sessions on a Monday so two more groups will use the tools next Monday.
We wore safety goggles and a glove on our helping hand. We learnt the difference between screws and nails.
French
We recapped the words for some farm animals and added some new vocabulary through a song, game and story. It's lovely to watch the children joining in with enthusiasm - excellent Y1!
Music
We continued to learn The Little Red Riding Hood song wiht Mrs Wood.
Home Practice
Phonics - ie and i_e words
Maths - 10 more and 10 less
Please continue to read for at least 10 minutes every night with your child, it really will make all the difference to your child's progress.
Thank you for coming in to the parents' evenings -we value all your support.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 20th January
Date: 18th Jan 2023 @ 5:42pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
We have continued to learn through the story of Hansel and Gretel. We wrote some sentences about how the characters might be thinking and feeling. We described the setting of the story in terms of our senses... I can see, I can hear... We listened to a different version of the story - 'Trust Me, Hansel and Gretel Are Sweet' and compared the two.
Phonics
We have been learning about all the ee sounds again.We also revised oo as in zoo and moon and learnt ew as in screw.
Maths
This week we have been learning about measuring time. We have learnt about seconds, minutes and hours, days of the week and months of the year.The vocabulary we have also been using is before and after.
We have continued to practise counting forwards and backwards in 2s, 5s and 10s from different starting numbers.
R.E.
We learnt about the special people that work and volunteer in Church. We identified them in pictures and built our own Churches our of lego!
P.E.
We learnt two new gymnastic movements (crab walk and bear walk) and learnt to star jump effectively. Our confidence is growing each week!
Girls - please try to wear long socks on Wednesdays so that they can be taken off for gymnastics.
Geography
We learnt about the four countries that make up the UK in more detail. We labelled each country on a map and added on their capital cities. This was quite tricky for us, especially the spelling!
Computing
We are becoming whizzes on the laptops! We remembered how to open up a Word document and we typed our own lost poster for the teddy. We've learnt how to use the space bar, enter key, backspace, caps lock and even the arrows to navigate around the document.
P.S.H.E.
We learnt about medicines and how they help our bodies. We talked about moderation, different types of medicine and who can give us medicine.
Science
We continued to learn about materials. This week, we described their properties - are the materials opaque? Transparent? Strong? Light?
Each night, Patch the class teddy will be sent home as a part of our Science lessons. This is to test seasonal change. If you are chosen to take the teddy, please write the time that the sun goes down (Patch needs to go to bed then!). Hopefully we will see a pattern and a change in the times.
Outdoor Learning
One of our sessions this week was to make a spotter. These help us to really focus on what we are looking at. We looked at the buds on the trees and we used the picture on our spotter to identify the trees. We realised that we have a great number of different trees in our grounds.
Our other session was to investigate bubbles. We made a bubble mixture and tried to blow bubbles through a shape made from string. The first group realised this wasn't working and started using willow.... this worked brilliantly! We also tried blowing bubbles by making shapes with our hands.We showed great perseverance!
Click here to see some photos.
We also had some free play in the Nature Area. We noticed there is a lot of new growth and we found ice!
French
We played games and sang songs to reinforce the vocabulary of fruit.
Music
We have been learning about another traditiional tale called Little Red Riding Hood.
Click here to listen to the story and sing the songs.
Home Practice
Phonics - oo words and ew words
Maths - Sequencing events
Please continue to read for at least 10 minutes every night with your child, it really will make all the difference to your child's progress.
Year 1 Blog- Friday 13th January 2023
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 10:12am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Englsh
This week we stared learning all about traditional tales. We talked about the features of these stores - there might be magic, talking animals, good characters, bad characters.
We listened to the story of Hansel and Gretel. We used great vocabulary to describe the witch. We illustrated and wrote a description of the witch on a poster.
Phonics
We have been learning about all the different sounds which make ee as in tree, y as in Bobby, ey as in turkey, ie as in field, e as in behave, e-e as in Steve.
Maths
We have been learning about coins and their value. We have been finding out how many 1ps are the same value as each coin up to 20p. We have been finding out the total when we buy two or more items. We have been explaining how we found the totals.Let your child have a look at any coins you have at home.
We have also been counting forwards and backwards in2s, 5s and 10s. This knowledge has helped us when working out the values of a group of coins, how many 2ps are the same value as 10p? how many 5ps are the same value as 20p?
R.E.
We have started our new topic of 'Special People'. We explored what makes someone special and we identified our special people. We learnt that it doesn't have to be someone in our family.
P.E.
We had our second gymnastics lesson and we built upon the learning from last week. We learnt how to do a tuck jump, egg roll, frog jump and bunny hop.
P.S.H.E.
We started to learn about how we can stay healthy. We looked at food, medicines and exercise and how we need to choose to live healthily. We identified things that are good for our bodies and things that are not so good for our bodies.
Computing
We focused on typing this week and the term 'digital writing' - how we can write digitally. We learnt about Word and how to type our names in a Word document.
Art
We learnt about mixing primary colours together. We experimented as a table and found out which secondary colours can be made.
Geography
We loved learning about the U.K. this week! We starting learning about the 4 countries that make up the UK and then we drew pictures of different places that we have been to. We had examples such as The Lake District and Blackpool.
We also used the atlases to find China ready for Chinese New Year! See our pictures here.
Science
We started our topic of materials. We learnt what a material was and how to identify them. We focused on 6 main materials - wood, water, plastic, rock, metal and glass.
French
We began to learn the words for some fruit. We enjoyed doing the conga to a fruity song - J'aime les fruits!
Outdoor Learning
One of our sessions this week was making forest faces with clay and natural materials. We worked in the nature area and we were careful to avoid standing on the new plants which are starting to grow. We found stones, tiny twigs, moss, spinning jennies and different types of leaves to make the features on our faces. We gave them a name as well. We also had some free play and decided what we wanted to do.
Our other session was making a magic wand. We used wire for the first time-we threaded it though the bells, as wool or ribbon would not go through the tiny hole. We then practised tying knots in ribbon and wool- we showed great perseverance until we were successful!
Click here to see some of our Outdoor Learning
Fairtrade
We had a visit from Mrs Greenlees. She came to talk to us about what Fairtrade is and how we can help the farmers by supporting Fairtrade.
Home Practice
Phonics - common exception words
Maths - money challenges
Please continue to read for at least 10 minutes every night with your child, it really will make all the difference to your child's progress.
Year 1 Blog- Friday 6th January 2023
Date: 5th Jan 2023 @ 9:56am
Happy New Year to everyone!
We hope you all had a lovely Christmas. We would like to thank you for your thoughtful cards and presents- we really appreciate all your support.
In English we will be learning through traditional tales- our stories will include Hansel and Gretel and The Elves and the Shoemaker.
We will continue our Red Rose Mastery Maths learning, starting with money.
In Science we will be learning about everyday materials and their properties.
Our first topic in R.E. is Special People.
We are looking forward to all our learning in all our subjects.
This week we learnt about Braille. We are going to look out for Braille when we are out and about.
Please continue to read with your child every night for at least 10 minutes.
Year 1 Blog Friday 16th December 2022
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 2:17pm
What an amazing term we've had together. We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the children grow and achieve their goals!
We've been very busy this week - Christmas jumper day fun, singing carols, finishing our Harvey Slumfenburger story, making a Christmas snowflake and making our DT Christmas cards. We're ready for a rest!
Thank you for all of your hard work and we will see you in 2023.
We hope you have a lovely Christmas and a very happy new year.
The Year One team.