St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 1: Blog items
Year 1 Blog-Friday 18th November 2022
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 9:55am
Welcome to your Friday blog. Everyone looked brilliant dressed in their spots- thanks for supporting this cause.
English
We listened and discussed a new Traction Man story. In this story he got a new pet but it wasn't as good as Scrubbing Brush! We planned our own story and wrote a book! We are authors and illustrators! We will read the books to children in other classes when they are finished.
Traction Man meets Turbo Dog. Click here.
Phonics
This week we continued to learn about alternative pronunciations, ea as in head and ie as in cookie.
Maths
We have been counting in 2s and 5s. We have been counting groups of objects in 2s and 5s. Please practise this at home, start at different numbers and go forwards as well as backwards.
We have also been checking that we are forming our numbers correctly.
R.E.
We learnt about the symbols used in a baptism. We learnt about the Holy water, oil, white gown, candle and the cross.
P.S.H.E.
We read the story - Giraffes can't dance. We learnt that the giraffe wanted to dance, even though his friends told him that he couldn't. He was special and chose to dance anyway! The moral of the story is - be you!
Art
We made our own world cup flags using collage and cutting skills. We concentrated so well!
Science
We sorted animals into different groups using the toy animals that we have in the classroom. Some of our ideas were - fur/no fur, tail/no tail and legs/no legs.
P.E.
We were amazing in PE! We started to plan our robot dance. We worked so well in our groups that we managed to create half of the dance. We will continue to practise next week.
If you want to listen to the music at home, click here.
D.T.
We made our own prototype of either a slider or lever. The Gingerbread Man was being chased by the character!
I.C.T.
We learnt about another artist this week - Henri Matisse. We focused on his 'The Snail' artwork and recreated it on the laptops. There were some great pictures.
History
We learnt about 'new' toys this week and compared them to the old toys from last week. We wrote about our favourite toy and shared them with each other.
Yellow table did not have chance to play with their toy, so please bring it back in on Monday!
Outdoor Learning
The first session this week was about making shelters for small woodland creatures. Each team had a soft toy animal which we made a cosy and safe shelter for. We used all the available natural materials and found a way of getting moss of the paths to create a soft surface. We described our shelters to the rest of the group. Excellent team work, communication, imagination, resilience and creativity was shown.
Our second session was all about mini beasts and worms. We had a go at worm charming to see if we could get worms to come to the surface by vibrating the ground. We also looked under the logs to see what other creatures we could find. We talked about how we find different creatures at different times of the year.
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French
We recapped numbers to 12 with a game then we recapped parts of the body by singing tete, epaules, genoux, pieds (head, shoulders, knees and toes) and a game. We finished with the story of Grand Monstre Vert - Big Green Monster.
Music
We have been practising the songs for our Nativity!
We also got out the boomwhackers and played them. We are getting really good at playing when it's our turn.
Freddy Fit
We had a brilliant session with Freddy. He put us all through our paces and we all had great fun! We all showed him our fabulous golden listening.
Freddy also talked to us about the importance of eating healthily, drinking enough water and getting plenty of sleep.
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - split digraph o_e OR oo words
Maths - doubling
Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start at different numbers. Count forwards and backwards.
Please read every night for at least 10 minutes- it really makes all the difference!
Year 1 Blog- Friday 11th November
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 9:58am
Welcome to your Friday blog. This morning we had a minute silence for Remembrance Day.
English
This week we have been learning through the story of Traction Man. He changes his outfits depending on his mission! Some of us even became Traction Man.....or Traction Girl! The pictures in the story are very detailed and we described the one where Traction man is diving in the sink.
Phonics
We have been learning about alternative pronunciations, o as in mother,
Maths
We have been doing some checks to show our skills and knowlege about all the learning we have been doing.
R.E.
We continued to learn about the sacrament of baptism. We watched a video of a baptism and drew our own version in our books.
P.E.
We learnt about mirroring in PE. This is where you copy a partner. We made up our own robot dance moves and copied each other.
French
We looked at French customs for Remembrance Day. French people add cornflowers to their wreaths as well as poppies because the blue reminds them of the soldier's uniforms. We made a wreath with red poppies and blue cornflowers to remember.
I.C.T.
We learnt about the artist Pier Mondrain and copied his artwork on the laptops. We learnt to use the line tool on paintz.app and made our own versions.
History
We began our toys topic in history this week. We focused on old-fashioned toys, such as yo-yos, dominoes, tiddlywinks and kaleidoscopes. We had the chance to play with them and choose our favourite.
Next Friday, the children will be allowed to bring one of their toys into school to represent 'new' toys. A letter will come home on Monday regarding this.
Science
We continued to look at animals and how to group them. We learnt about mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians. We then compared the animals with questions such as: can all birds fly? Do all mammals have 4 legs?
P.S.H.E.
We read the story - All about families. We compared families and spotted the differences.
Outdoor Learning
This week we have been building shelters. We used ropes, tarps, pegs and clips. We showed great determination, resilience and team work. We used our knowledge of knots to secure the ropes. We built shelters in both our sessions this week to see if we could improve on our first attempt. The shelters kept us dry when there was a bit of rain!
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - split digraph i_e OR oa words
Maths - one-step word problems
Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start at different numbers. Count forwards and backwards.
Please read every night for at least 10 minutes- it really makes all the difference!
Year 1 Blog- Friday 4th November 2022
Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 10:01am
Welcome to your Friday blog.
It has been lovely to see the children back in school this week after half term.
English
We have been learning through the story of Aliens Love Underpants. It is a rhyming story and we enjoyed spotting all the rhyming words. We designed our own pants and read some fiction and non-fiction books about Space. We drew our own alien and wrote about it. We tried really hard to make our writing look beautiful on the page.
Phonics
We have been learning about split digraphs, o-e as in mole and u-e as in cube.
Maths
We have been learning about 2D and 3 D shapes. we have been using vocabulary such as vertices, sides and faces to describe them.
R.E.
We have been focusing on our 'Journey in Love' topic. We talked about how our families love us and how it is important to say 'please' and 'thank you' to them for looking after us. We wrote a lovely thank you prayer to a special person in our lives.
P.E.
We started our dance P.E. lessons this week! We are going to be performing a dance in small groups, pretending to be a robot. We did some robot dances together and heard the music that we are going to use for our final dance.
I.C.T.
We started learning about digital painting in computing - how we can paint, on a laptop. We used the paintz.app website again to paint portraits of ourselves.
Science
We started learning about animals and went outside to see if we could find any around school. We managed to find lots of worms, woodlice and birds. Some of us even used our imagination and found our plastic animals and identified them!
History
We learnt all about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. We talked about his reason why he made the plot and started learning the 'Remember, Remember the fifth of November' song.
Art
We made some amazing fireworks based on the Gunpowder Plot. We chose the medium that we wanted to use, either paint, pastels, pencil crayons or tissue paper.
Outdoor Learning
We go outside whatever the weather and we had to dodge a bit of rain this week! We don't mind though- it just makes us more resilient!
We went for a walk to look at the changes,much of the fungi we have spotted previously has gone. We collected leaves, berries and sticks on our walk. We used these to make a picture. Our pictures showed great imagination-there were flowers ,trees, faces, even a football shirt!
We also had a competition to see who could make the biggest leaf pile.
We went in the nature area. We chose to do different things. There was tree wrapping, bridge building, leaf threading and even zip wire making. We are showing that we can apply skills which we have learned in previous sessions.
French
We listened to a Halloween song. Then we did head, shoulders, knees and toes in French to revise words for parts of the body. We played some games involving skeletons to help us remember the words!
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - split digraph a_e OR th words
Maths - 2D and 3D shape
Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start at different numbers. Count forwards and backwards.
Please read every night for at least 10 minutes- it really makes all the difference!
Year 1 Blog - Thursday 20th October
Date: 20th Oct 2022 @ 10:03am
Welcome to the final blog of this half term. All the children have settled in so well and have definitely earned a rest!
English
This week our learning has been through a story about a witch called Winnie and her cat Wilbur. Winnie puts a few spells on Wilbur - some are more successful than others!
We wrote potion recipes, drew our own haunted houses, matched rhyming words together, wrote Halloween stories and read the other Winnie stories.
We will have one more day on this learning when we come back to school on Monday 31st October!
Phonics
This week we have been learning about oe as in toe,au as in launch and the split digraph a-e as in cake.
Sing Jake the Snake. Click here.
Maths
We have been learning about how to solve problem questions using addition and subtraction. There has been a lot of reading to do but we worked really hard!
We have also been singing lots of maths songs.
R.E.
We started to learn about the sacrament of baptism. We looked at who is present at a baptism and labelled them in a picture.
P.E.
We went outside for PE this week! We had 3 different activities - dribbling a football, throwing beanbags into hoops and jumping over hurdles. We ended the lesson with a relay race around the daily mile track!
Outdoor Learning
We have enjoyed the beautiful Autumn weather this week when we've been outside. We did some stick wrapping. We practised tying knots and carefully wrapping our wool around a stick. We are still finding different fungi and noticing changes every time we go for a walk.
All the children get involved so well. They show great team working skills as well as great communication and resilience.
Music
We were practising for our Harvest festival in music. We practised the songs ready for church and then played the glocks altogether.
Science
We learnt about a scientist called Linda Brown Buck who taught others about how we smell. We did our own smell tests and guessed what was in the pots. We had a lot of correct answers!
Computing
We learnt about being safe when using the laptops and iPads. We talked about how we look after them and then made our own 'how to be safe' posters.
PSHE
We had a lovely circle time talking about two separate topics - personal space and positive affirmations. We talked about when to give each other space and when we need to be close together (e.g. carpet time). We ended the lesson go round saying a positive 'I am...' sentence about ourselves. We had 'I am a good friend', 'I am a good listener' and 'I am a great tidier'. It was lovely!
We all sat really golden in church for our harvest celebration. We listened to the prayers which the Year 6 children read and joined in with all the singing. Thank you for all your kind donations.
Home Practice
We would like you to read, read and then read a bit more !
Have a great half term break! Thank you for all your brilliant support.
Date: 19th Oct 2022 @ 1:52pm
Welcome to your latest Online Safety Update
At St Oswald's, we regularly discuss online safety with the children to find out what they are experiencing in their online spaces. We find out what new games and platforms are trending and if any of our children have worries or concerns about what they experience online. A lot of children continue to access YouTube so we have added a refresher guide on the platform.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as connecting with strangers, inappropriate content and high visibility.
We have also spotted that some children have the new FIFA 23 football game for the PlayStation and XBox. Gaming has changed massively in the past few years with social connection now becoming an integral part of the gaming experience. We have added the latest guide for this game also.
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.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primar-school-pr45eb
Year 1 Blog- Friday 14th October 2022
Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 9:56am
Welcome to your Friday blog.
It was lovely to see all of you at parents' evening. Thank you for coming.
English
This week we have been learning through the story of Percy the Park Keeper. He had a big job to do when all the animals lost their homes after the storm.
We designed parks, wrote about what jobs we'd like to do when we grow up and imagined what we'd be able to see, smell, touch and feel during a storm. We are getting really good at sharing our learning and talking about it.
Phonics
We have been learning ph as in phew, wh as in whistle and ew as in stew.
Maths
We have been learning about subtraction using the part whole model. We have been writing the number sentences in different ways. We have also been singing some number songs. We have also looked at all the ways to make 10.
Play a subtraction game. Click here.
R.E.
We talked about Jesus and how he shows love to other people.
Geography
We looked at pictures of Longton in the past and we wrote about how it has changed.
P.S.H.E.
We compared ourselves to our friends in terms of what we look like, what we like to do and what we like to eat.
French
Everyone made either a green leaf or an orange leaf and used it to join in with a leaf poem.
Music
We practised our songs for our Harvest celebration. We played some of the instruments.
Art
We sketched half a leaf and then did a handprint which formed the leaves on a tree.
P.E.
We were running fast between cones.
We did some rolling in gymnastics
Outdoor Learning
This week we have been building obstacle courses. Our ideas were really imaginative and our team work was superb. We had to test our course to make sure it was safe and we demonstrated our couse to everyone-then we all had a go! There was balancing, jumping, and even some limbo! Some of the courses even had a name!
Our other session was about making a stick person. We talked about finding forked sticks and we went into our nature area to see what we could find. We used elastic bands, string and pipe cleaners to attach the sticks together. Some of us leart a technique called lashing to securely fasten the sticks.
Home Practice
Sumdog Challenges
Phonics-ph words
Maths- Number bonds to 20
Please read for at least 10 minutes every night.
Next week we will change the reading books on Thursday so please make sure they are in school.
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Year 1 Blog - Friday 7th October 2022
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 10:05am
Welcome to your first October blog!
We have had a super week of learning with all the children putting in so much effort to produce their best work!
English
We continued with the story of Dogger - fortunately it had a happy ending and Dogger was found!
Ask your child to talk about what's happening in each of these pictures from the story.
Phonics
We have been learning ue as in glue, ir as in girl and oy as in boy.
Maths
This week we have been learning about addition using a part whole model. We have also used 10 frames and been counting on from 10 to find a teen number.
We have also been learning all the pairs of numbers which make 10. We need to be able to recall these quickly.
Friends of 10 song. Click here.
R.E.
We wrote some super sentences about people who care and love for us. It was lovely to see how lucky we are to have so many people in our lives.
Science
We did an investigation to find out if children who have bigger hands have bigger feet. We drew some interesting conclusions!
Geography
We used our Computing skills to research facts about our school on the laptops and iPads. We answered some very tricky what, when, how and where questions.
P.E.
We focused on hitting targets this week. We practised rolling a ball through a target and kicking a ball to knock a target over.
Art
We looked at leaves this week ready to learn about our new artist - Miranda Lloyd. We felt the texture of the leaves and created leaf rubbings. They turned out really well!
PSHE
We focused on sorting ourselves into groups. We looked at how we might have a different hair colour, eye colour, gender and even interests to other people in our class. We then put our name in the group that applied to us.
Outdoor Learning
We have now joined with Year 2 to do our outdoor learning in small groups. We always start our sessions with a game- one of our favourites is called IF......If you have a pet hamster swap places now........the children now come up with their own statements!
We have been looking for fungi in our meadow, making log paths and mazes and also making fairy /elf houses using natural materials.Some of us harvested beans which we will save to plant next year. We showed great resilience, teamwork, problem solving and communication skills as well as super imaginations! We persevered when it was raining and just carried on!
Please make sure your child has a pair of named wellies in school.
We had a very special visitor! Mrs Stone came to see us with baby Matilda-she's so lovely and we asked some great questions.
We are looking forward to meeting you all next week on either Wednesday or Thursday.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - oi and oy words
Maths - add within 20
We will soon be introducing counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. This week, please focus on counting in 10s from 0 to 100. If this is too easy, start at a different number, such as 22, and count in 10s - 22, 32, 42, 52...
Please read every night for at least 10 minutes- it really makes all the difference!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 30th September
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 10:07am
Welcome to your Friday blog! We have had a great week of learning with many children on triple gold!
English
We read the first part of the story, up to where Dave realises that Dogger is lost! We talked about what might happen next in the story. We did some great independent writing and we made some posters.
Phonics
We have been learning ea as in meat, ay as in tray and ou as in shout.
Click here for a phonics song.
Maths
We have been measuring objects using non standard measures such as cubes and paper clips. We have been comparing objects. We have also being using balances to measure weight. We have used the vocabulary heavier, lighter and equal.
We have been counting in 1s forwards and backwards when looking at a 100 square. We know to look at the next line when we get to 10, 20 30 and so on. We start and finish on different numbers
R.E.
We wrote a thank you prayer to God for making our wonderful world and families. Then, we compared our family to Jesus'. We made a zig-zag book to show all of our learning.
P.E.
This week, we continued to develop our throwing and catching skills within a team. So many of us were put on gold for listening carfeully and working together!
P.S.H.E.
We recapped the word 'unique' and talked about how it is okay to be different to our friends. We wrote facts about ourselves and shared them with each other.
Computing
We continued to practise typing on the laptops this week. We typed our names and drew a picture of ourselves on the app. We are now becoming more familiar with the keyboard and trackpad!
Outdoor Learning
This week it's all been about mud-we are awaiting a delivery of all in one suits so thanks for bearing with us!
We did some mud cooking-we added lots of natural ingredients. We made mud paint and painted the nature area! Great imagination, discussion and teamwork.
On Friday afternoon we went into out lodge and practised tying simple knots. We then found a stick in our nature area and decorated it-some of the sticks had magical powers!
Languages Day
Thank you to Mrs Nowak who came in to share a story in Polish with us.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - igh (phase 3) and ie (phase 5)
Maths - measurement questions
Continue to count on and back from 0 to 20. Start at different numbers, for example 4, 5, 6, 7. Then 11, 12, 13, 14.
If you have any weighing scales, please have a go at weighing different objects around your house. Use the language used in our maths lessons of heavier, lighter and equal.
Year 1 Blog- Friday 23rd September
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 9:56am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Thank you to everyone who came to our Meet the Teacher meeting. Please find the PowerPoint attached at the bottom of this blog.
English
This week our story was all about the Large family trying to be a bit more healthy. We had discussions about healthy food and exercise. We wrote our own recipe for a cake and did some lovely independent writing about how the family tried to get fit. We tried really hard to write on the lines and put finger spaces inbetween our words.
Phonics
We have been revising our Phase 3 sounds, sh,ch,th,ee,or. Next week we are starting our Red Rose Phonics sessions.
Maths
This week we have been comparing amounts and using our Maths vocabulary of equal, fewer and more. We have been using the practical equipment again to make numbers up to 29 with 10s and 1s. We have also been looking at one more and less then counting in 1s forwards and backwards from different starting numbers.
Play Place Value basketball. Click here. Choose numbers up to 29.
Science
We talked our senses and how they help us to make sense of the world around us. We also learnt about which part of our body is associated with each sense.
We went outside on a senses walk then recorded what we had found by drawing and writing.
R.E.
We have been learning about the wonderful world that God created and how we can do our part to look after it. We learnt that we could recycle, plants trees or even just put our rubbish in the bin when we've finished!
P.E.
This week, we focused on our bouncing and catching skills. We loved seeing which team could pass to each other the fastest!
P.S.H.E.
We learnt about the word 'unique' in PSHE and how every single one of us is different in our own way. We played a game to see what we like and dislike and then sorted pictures into 'I like' and 'I don't like'.
Art
We continued to practise using the sketching pencils. We focused on pattern making and copying patterns. It look a lot of resilience and patience!
Geography
We have been looking at the different parts of our school and grounds. We remembered our learning from a couple of weeks ago when we talked about human and physical features. We took photos and used these to make a plan of our school and grounds.
Outdoor Learning
This week we have had some fantastic sessions. We have been building dens, finding slugs, snails, worms, beetles, caterpillars and even a frog!
Our teamwork and communication was amazing!
Thanks if you have sent in a pair of named wellies for your child.
French
We practised asking and answering questions in French then played some games to practise numbers and colours. We learnt a French nursery rhyme and joined in with the actions.
Music
We did some singing and then we got out the Boomwhackers to play "You Are My Sunshine ".
We couldn't finish the week without imagining we were in the Large family. We had a lovely time sharing a story and of course...........a piece of cake!
We remembered The Queen and her family in our prayers this week.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - phase 3 ee and or
Maths - one more and one less
Continue to count on and back from 0 to 20. Start at different numbers, for example 4, 5, 6, 7. Then 11, 12, 13, 14.
Please practise number formation too. We are working hard to make sure all of of our numbers to 20 are correct!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 16th September 2022
Date: 15th Sep 2022 @ 10:35am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
All the children have settled in so brilliantly - we can't believe it's only been 2 weeks!
We have been extremely busy this week!
English
We have been learning through the stories of The Large Family. We have described the characters, made puppets, talked about the stories and written some sentences.
We will continue these stories next week. We are really enjoying the books - they are very funny!
Phonics
We have been looking at where all the children are up to with their phonics . They have all been trying really hard with their morning jobs as as soon as they enter the classroom. We have been looking at sh, ch, ee and ea, ay and ai.
Maths
We have started our Red Rose Mastery lessons and the children have been so engaged with their learning. They have been using practical equipment to make numbers up to 29 using 10s and 1s. they have used 10 frames with counters, bundles of straws and Base 10. We have also been counting in 1s up to 100 - making sure we pronounce the teen numbers correctly and 20, 30 and so on, twenty not twenny!
R.E.
This week we have learnt about our families and how each family is different. We listened to some music about being a part of God's family and drew a picture describing how God looks after us.
P.S.H.E.
We made our class rules together this week. We talked about how we should be looking after our classroom, and each other! Finally, we talked about how to be good listeners on the carpet.
P.E.
We continued to improve our fundamental skills. We focused on running fast, skipping and underarm throwing into hoops. We all worked very hard!
Geography
We talked about our journey from home to school. We drew our own map of our route.
Art
Last week, we learnt about the different sketching pencils that we can use. So this week, we practised using them to shade on a piece of paper. We saw the differences between the pencils and how some are darker than others.
Science
We talked about what is the same and what is different about humans and animals. There were some great contributions to the discussion.
Computing
We had so much fun in Computing! We learnt how to turn a laptop on and how to type using the keyboard. This was the first time that some of us had used a laptop too, so it was great to see the high levels of enthusiasm! See the pictures here.
French
In French, we recapped numbers and colours and how to say our name and how old we are. We listened to a story in French about a birthday party and sang some familiar songs.
Outdoor Learning
We have loved our learning outside. We collected leaves and other natural materials to make pictures. We also went on a walk to collect leaves and we matched them to colour cards. Finally this week we collected leaves and looked at a simple identification sheet to see if we could name the trees the leaves were from.
Music
We did some singing outside and played some games together.
PLEASE SEND IN A NAMED PAIR OF WELLIES WHICH WILL BE KEPT IN SCHOOL
TRIPLE GOLD
Your child may come home and say they have been on 'Triple Gold'. This means they have been spotted 3 times in the same day following our golden rules. They then go to sign their name on Mrs Wood's door !
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - ch and sh words
Maths - Read and write numbers to 20
Count on and back from 0 to 20. Start at different numbers, for example 4, 5, 6, 7. Then 11, 12, 13, 14.
Practise quickly recalling number facts, for example 6 is 0+6, 1+5, 2+4, 3+3 ,4+2, 5+1, 0+6. practise for other numbers.
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 5:42pm
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
Year 1 Blog- 9th September 2022
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 3:35pm
Welcome to your first blog of Year 1.
All the children came in looking so smart and ready to learn.
We have all been really golden !
Our learning has been great in English, R.E.,Phonics, Maths, Geography, History, French, Music, P.S.H.E., P.E. , Art, Outdoor Learning and Computing! Phew- what a lot of learning! From next week we will give you more detail about what we have been learning in each subject area. We will also set some Maths and Phonics challenges on Sumdog.
Today we had a very special Golden Assembly as we took some time to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We had a minute silence and said some prayers for the Royal Family at this difficult time.
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Please try to read every night- we change the reading books every Friday so please make sure the reading books and signed diary are in school on that day.
Please remember your Meet the Teacher meeting in the Hall on Tuesday 20th September at 6.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there !
Year 1 Final Blog-Friday 22nd July 2022
Date: 20th Jul 2022 @ 2:07pm
We wish you all a happy and safe holiday. We have loved teaching you this year. Keep reading as much as you can and we will see you in September.
Best wishes
Mrs Corbett, Miss Fisher & Mrs Anderson.
Year 1 blog-Friday 15th July 2022
Date: 14th Jul 2022 @ 4:05pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
This week we read a story about Matilda and her dad who went on a great adventure and found some treasure. The treasure was unexpected!
We have been writing about the story and trying to remember all the things which make our writing beautiful.
Maths
This week we have been learning about halves and quarters. We have been finding halves and quarters of shapes and amounts. We have used cubes and Base 10 to help us.
R.E.
We continued to learn about our neighbours. We drew a picture of a good neighbour and wrote about how God loves our neighbour, just like we should.
P.S.H.E.
We talked about what these words mean and how we can help to look after our planet by doing them. We made posters about saving water, turning off electricity and using less packaging.
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Art
We made a whole class collage ready to be displayed in Year 2!
Geography
Miss Fisher took half of the class on an observation walk around school. They then drew a bird's eye view map of the infant building and surrounding outdoor areas. The second half of the class will be completing their map next week!
Tough Kidder
We all had a great afternoon doing Tough Kidder. We all got stuck in and very wet! Thank you to everyone who supported the event.
PLEASE SEND A CARRIER BAG WITH YOUR CHILD'S NAME ON IT NEXT MONDAY FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY WILL BE BRINGING HOME.
DON'T FORGET SCHOOL CLOSES AT 1.30PM ON FRIDAY 22ND JULY.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - tricky words 7
Maths - finding a quarter
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
Practise quickly recalling number facts, for example 6 is 0+6,1+5,2+4,3+3,4+2,5+1,0+6. practise for other numbers.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 8th July 2022
Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 9:52am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
This week we continued to write our own versions of The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch. We focused on making our writing look beautiful on the page and making sure that we can read every word and sentence. We are nearly ready to read them to Year 2!
In phonics, we have continued to look at alternative spellings. We focused on the graphemes for ow (ow, ou and ough).
Maths
We have been learning how to partition 2-digit numbers to subtract through the ten (e.g. 12 - 8 = 12 - 2 then - 6). This was very tricky learning but we worked very hard! We also began recapping fractions. Have a go at the topmarks subtraction to continue practising taking away.
Topmarks subtraction number sentences
RE
We began our Neighbours topic this week. We learnt that everyone can be classed as our neighbour, even if they live far away. We read about a little girl called Marie-Doraine who lives in Africa. She taught us about her family, school, the food she eats and home life. We then drew pictures of our own family, food and favourite game.
PE
Miss Fisher was so amazed by our behaviour and skills in PE this week. We learnt how to play benchball for the first time! We used our throwing and catching skills in the hall to play a friendly game of benchball. It was so fun! We will play it again next week.
Geography
We used our fieldwork skills to observe the school this week. We used 4 of our 5 senses to observe what we could see, hear, smell and touch in different areas of the school.
French
We played traditional playground games. It was so much fun! We even practised counting to 10 to play the game.
Music
We played the glocks again this week in the green room. We are becoming much more confident!
We absolutely loved our morning in Year 2 this week! Mrs Sheen was so impressed by everyone! Please remember to bring your favourite book into school next Wednesday for the next transition morning.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - ow and ou words
Maths - finding a half
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
Practise quickly recalling number facts, for example 6 is 0+6,1+5,2+4,3+3,4+2,5+1,0+6. practise for other numbers
See if your child can tell the time on an analogue clock. Look at o'clock and half past.
Year 1 Blog-Friday 1st July 2022
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 9:47am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
This week we read some more books in The Lighthouse Keeper series. We started to write our own version of the story about the lunch. We changed some parts of the story. We are going to read our books to the children in Year 2 when we have finished them.
Practice your trigraphs. Click here for songs.
Maths
We have been learning how to bridge through 10 when adding. For example when adding 8+8 we can show this as 8+2+6 as this uses our knowledge of number bonds of 10.
Place Value Basketball. Click here.
PSHE
We have been learning about how we change as we grow. We talked about what babies can do and what we can now do. We talked about what babies need to grow and how our families help us. We also talked about how families are different and the things they have in common.
PE
We continued to develop our throwing and catching skills. We had a go at applying these skills in some small team games.
French
We learned some words to do with the beach. We practised them with a game, song and a story.
Music
This week, we began to learn how to play the glocks. We used a beater for the first time and played a song together. Mrs Winter was so proud of how sensible we all were!
Geography
We looked at the animals which live in hot and cold countries. We matched the animals to their climate and answered questions about their habitat.
RE
We explored how to be kind to each other and how to love one another. We are very good at this! We also looked at saying sorry to others if we do not make a good choice. We related this learning back to last week and the stories of Levi and Zacchaeus.
Outdoor Learning
With our volunteer helper we did some gardening. We weeded the big planters and talked about the types of plants which were growing in them.
Thank you to everyone who visited us on the open morning. The children loved you looking at their classroom and seeing them in action inside and outside!
The children are looking forward to spending time in their new classrooms with their new teachers next week.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - tricky words 6
Maths - trickier addition and subtraction questions.
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
Practise quickly recalling number facts, for example 6 is 0+6,1+5,2+4,3+3,4+2,5+1,0+6. practise for other numbers
See if your child can tell the time on an analogue clock. Look at o'clock and half past.
Year 1 Blog- Friday 24th June 2022
Date: 23rd Jun 2022 @ 9:58am
Welcome to your Friday blog- the last one of June!
English
We started a new series of books about the lighthouse keeper, Mr Grinling, his wife Mrs Grinling and their cat, Hamish. They have all sorts of adventures when looking after the lighthouse. Mr Grinling likes to eat and one day they had a problem with the seagulls eating Mr Grinling's lunch. We invented different ways that Mr Grinling could send the lunch without the seagulls eating it! We had really imaginative ideas! We did some writing about our invention.
Maths
We have been doing lots of challenges this week and trying really hard to apply our knowledge and skills. We have been learning about empty box number sentences and thinking carefully about what we are being asked.
Outdoor Learning
We worked in small groups in our nature area to do some wild weaving. We chose our tree and got busy weaving with wool and natural materials that we found. We were toally engaged with the task and produced some beautiful pieces. Have a look at the photos in the gallery.
Geoography
We learned about the different climates in the world. We identified the hot and cold countries on a map.
R.E.
We listened to and discussed the story of Zacchaeus the Tax Collector and compared it to the story of Levi from last week. We wrote some super sentences describing the similarities and differences!
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French
We answered a question in French about our favourite animal then we revised ice cream flavours with a game. We also listened for certain phrases whilst listening to a song about summer.
Music
Tis week we learned about pitch. We sang some songs and played the Boomwhackers.
P.E
We practised our ball skills. We did our Dance From The Heart. We loved having an audience to perform for-thank you if you managed to come along.
We really enjoyed watching the Year 5 children doing their Sports day-we were very encouraging spectators.
P.S.H.E.
We learned about how to take care of other living things. We discussed how to take care of other humans, animals and plants.
Online Saftey Update - Live Streaming
Many of our children access YouTube and TikTok as their primary source of online content. Live streamers are becoming ever more popular with children and young people.
Live streaming is the term used to describe the broadcast of a real time video from a mobile device, tablet or games console. Many live streaming apps have functionality for interactions from viewers, such as commenting, live chats and sending reactions during the broadcast.
In this guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as online grooming, privacy & security and online reputation. Also, be aware of age ratings on any platforms you allow your children to use.
Home Practice
Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. We are encouraging the children to organise their own reading books and to make sure they are in their green school bag every day.Please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight. Please just write a note in the diary if you need the next set.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - split digraph e_e
Maths - compare and order numbers
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
Practise quickly recalling number facts, for example 6 is 0+6,1+5,2+4,3+3,4+2,5+1,0+6. practise for other numbers
See if your child can tell the time on an analogue clock. Look at o'clock and hald past.
Year 1 Blog- Friday 17th June 2022
Date: 16th Jun 2022 @ 9:46am
Welcome to your Friday blog - we have really enjoyed the sunshine this week!
English
We continued to learn through the stories of Katie Morag this week. On Monday we wrote questions to ask Katie Morag and some of us pretended to be her. We read the story of when her big boy cousins came to visit and what happened when they played "Chickenelly". We then wrote a letter to Grannie Island to aplogise for all the mess the cousins made!
In Phonics we continued to practise all the sounds we have learnt this year.
Maths
This week we have been learning about where numbers are placed on a number line. We used the vocabulary most and fewest.
Science
We went outside to look at all the changes. We spotted that lots of the plants have grown really tall.
P.E.
We have been improving our throwing and catching skills again, focusing on catching bouncing balls.
We also enjoyed watching the Year 3 and Year 4 Sports Days. We were all excellent spectators. If you want to watch the videos of the Sports Days they are on the website.
P.S.H.E
We talked about being responsible and making good choices. We discussed how accidents can happen. We looked at photos of different scenarios and talked about what might happen and how we could make a situation safer.
Art
We used paper with different patterns on to collage a face for Father's Day-the finished pieces are brilliant!
R.E.
We explored good and not good choices, both in and out of the classroom. We sorted the choices and wrote our own in our books.
Geography
We have been learning about the continents and oceans of the world. We used atlases to independently find out information.
French
This week we took a trip to Carcassonne market and looked at all the lovely food stalls. We then tried to shop for fruit and pay with Euros.
Music
We played the Boomwhackers. The colours came on the screen in a different way so we learnt a new way to know when it was our turn to play.
We have been enjoying learning the Dance From The Heart every lunchtime. You are invited to come and see us all perform it on Tuesday 21st June at 9.45am.
Home Practice
Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. We are encouraging the children to organise their own reading books and to make sure they are in their green school bag every day.Please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight. Please just write a note in the diary if you need the next set.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - oi and oy words
Maths - Fewer and most on a number line
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
See if your child can tell the time on an analogue clock. Look at o'clock and hald past.
Date: 10th Jun 2022 @ 9:51am
Welcome to your first blog of Summer 2! We have loved hearing all about your half terms.
English
This week, we have read some Katie Morag stories. We learnt a lot of facts about Katie and her family.
In Phonics we have been looking at real words and fake words. We worked really hard with Mrs Corbett to read all of our phonics words.
Maths
This week we have learnt about directions. We have learnt how to do a full turn, half turn, move forwards, backwards, left and right. Please help your children learn their left and right at home.
PE
We have been focusing on our catching skills this week as it can be quite tricky! We worked in small groups to improve our throwing and catching with big balls. We will start challenging ourselves to catch smaller balls next week.
RE
We talked about how we could turn ordinary days into special days. This could be by making good choices, being kind or helping others. We wrote about what we could do this weekend to help someone else.
Geography
We have started our 'Hot and Cold Places' topic in Geography. We used the laptops and atlases to find oceans, land, the poles and different countries. We loved using digimaps on the laptops to explore the world.
PSHE
We talked about how it is really important to never give up and always practise to get better at something. We talked about different jobs adults have and how they got their jobs.We watched a video and helped Carla to make the right choices about her dancing class.
We had an amazing trip to Lytham St Annes! We had lots of fun building sandcastles on the beach and we learnt all about the special lifeboats that go out to rescue people.We saw the end of the pier that is left from a fire which damaged the pier nearly 50 years ago.
Online Safety Update
This week, our update is focused on how to set up devices for children. Read our short guide below for some useful tips to safeguard young people against online risk.
Date: 7th Jun 2022 @ 3:03pm
Here is the Dance From the Heart video to practise before the roadshow on Tuesday 21st June 2022.
Year 1 Blog Friday 27th May 2022
Date: 26th May 2022 @ 10:06am
Welcome to the final blog of this half term. We are looking forward to another exciting final half term after the break!
English
This week, we read the story of 'There's a Tiger in the Garden'. We talked about using our imagination as Nora doesn't believe that there is a tiger in the garden until she sees it with her own eyes! We wrote our own version of the story by choosing a new animal that could be found in the garden, wrote questions for the tiger and made a tiger fact file using the iPads.
In Phonics we have been looking at real words and fake words. We use our phonics skills and knowledge to sound them out.
Maths
This week we have been learning about recognising o'clock and half past on a clock. We used the clocks to show the times and learnt how to draw the hands on the clocks.
DT
We continued to make our sock puppets this week. We practised our sewing skills and evaluated our finished product. We played with them, using a puppet theatre. Please encourage the children to play with their sock puppets at home too!
RE
We learnt about the story of Pentecost and how the disciples began speaking in different languages. We drew pictures of the events and talked about how they might have been feeling.
Outdoor Learning
We used our finished wooden cookies to tell a story about their magical powers - we were very imaginative!
French
We learnt the words for the compass points and vocabulary associated with travel to France. Je vais en train, en bateau, en avion, en voiture, en velo. We made these words into a song to help us remember them.
We had a lovely Platinum Jubilee celebration on Wednesday. We sang and danced to 'Reach' for our decade of 2000 - 2010. We then had a picnic outside with some treats. You can watch the video on the website.
Thank you for all your support at our Sports Day! We are so proud of the children for their resilience and hard work. The video is on our school website for you to watch at home.
Online Safety Update
This week, our update is focused on keeping children safe when accessing online content. A lot of platforms that our children use are dependent on uploaded content. Due to the sheer number of videos added to these sites, moderators find it almost impossible to stop all harmful or distressing content from reaching your phone or tablet screens. The guide linked below outlines ways in which you as parents and carers can limit the risk.
Have a lovely half term! Please continue to read as much as possible.
Year 1 Blog-Friday 20th May 2022
Date: 19th May 2022 @ 10:13am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
We continued to learn through the story of The Enormous Crocodile. We made some fantastic posters warning everyone about the crocodile. We also pretended to be a character in the story and answered some interview questions. In Phonics we have been reading real and fake words.
Maths
We have been finding halves and quarters of shapes and amounts.We have also started looking at telling the time.We used little clocks to show o'clock times.
Play Fact Families-Choose addition and subtraction to 20. Click here.
R.E.
We talked about how the disciples felt when they saw the Holy Spirit after the Ascension.
French
This week we designed and described a cake fit for the Queen's Jubilee. We used colours, numbers and cake flavours in our descriptions. They looked delicious!
D.T.
We started to follow our plans to make our sock puppets. We will continue this next week.
Art
We have been drawing pictures of events for our class collage. We also investigated different ways of shading and did a fabulous portrait of The Queen using our sketching skills.
P.E.
We practised our races for Sports Day on the real track. We hope you can come to watch us next Tuesday at 2.15pm.
Outdoor Learning
This week we finished decorating the other side of our wood cookie. We hammered nails in and decorated it with wool or elastic bands.
Home Practice
Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. We are encouraging the children to organise their own reading books and to make sure they are in their green school bag every day.Please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight. Please just write a note in the diary if you need the next set.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - Trickier split digraph e-e
Maths - Measurement
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
See if your child can recall the halves we have been learning, half of 2 is 1, half of 4 is 2 and so on. We have also been looking at doubling numbers so ask your child to double 1, double 2 and so on.
Year 1 Blog Friday 13th May 2022
Date: 12th May 2022 @ 10:10am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
We have started to read 'The Enormous Crocodile' in English. We are going to be spending two weeks reading this book as it is much longer than the ones we have read recently. We have shown that we can sit and listen to longer stories as we have managed to read 46 pages this week! We highlighted all of the adjectives in the story (there were a lot!), wrote sentences about the clever tricks that the crocodile uses and then used our knowledge to decide whether the story was based on real life - would crocodiles want to eat children?
In phonics we have been looking at different pronunciations of the same grapheme, ea as in meat and ea as in bread.
Maths
This week we have been solving number sentences which include missing numbers. We have had to use our fact family knowledge to relate addition and subtraction to each other.
We have also been learning about halving and doubling.
P.E.
We have continued to practise for sports day. We practised a long jump, balancing a quiot and the egg and spoon race. We cannot wait for sports day! It's on Tuesday 24th May at 2.15 p.m.
R.E.
We learnt about the Ascension story in R.E. this week. We recapped the Easter story and then drew pictures of Jesus ascending to Heaven. We answered some great 'why' questions, especially 'why do you think Jesus returned to his Father?'
P.S.H.E.
We continued to learn about being safe. This week we learned about being safe on the roads.
History
We had a look back at the pictures of us wearing the seaside clothes. We wrote about how they were similar and different and wrote our own sentences about what we did.
We also continued to look at events from the 2000s. We have sketched pictures of each event ready for the school display. We looked at and talked about photographs of The Queen and her family.
D.T.
Now that we have practised joining fabrics together, we have been able to start planning our own puppet. We talked about how our puppets could be similar to Punch and Judy, or even The Enormous Crocodile! We took our time to sketch our ideas, ready to begin making the puppets next week.
A note has been sent home with your child regarding bringing in an sock for our D.T. lessons. Please could they be as plain as possible so that the children can add their own decorations to it.
French
In French this week, we continued to learn clothes words through the story Je m'habille et je te croque.
Outdoor Learning
This week we had our warm up in the Nature Area-we collected sticks and played hide and seek.
We decorated one side of our wood cookie and practised tying simple knots. We love our outdoor learning and we are showing real resilience and great teamwork.
Home Practice
Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. We are encouraging the children to organise their own reading books and to make sure they are in their green school bag every day.Please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight. Please just write a note in the diary if you need the next set.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - Tricky words
Maths - halving
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
See if your child can recall the halves we have been learning, half of 2 is 1, half of 4 is 2 and so on.
Year 1 Blog- Friday 6th May 2022
Date: 5th May 2022 @ 10:01am
Welcome to your first Friday blog of May!
English
We started a new book this week. We compared it to 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' and 'Handa's Surprise'. We remembered so many things about these stories and had a great discussion. We talked about where the story is set and even wrote our own version.
In phonics we have been looking at alternative pronunciations- a as in hat and a as in water.
Maths
This week we have been adding and subtracting using our 10 frames to help us. We are trying really hard to write our numbers the correct way round.
P.E.
We have continued to practise for sports day! This week we focused on throwing and catching and improving our jumping for distance from last week.
R.E.
We have finished our Easter topic and are ready to learn about the lead up to Pentecost. We talked about how we can be more like Jesus, by making small, positive changes to our actions.
P.S.H.E.
We continued to learn about being safe. We discussed different scenarios and what the best choices would be.
History
We have been very busy this week! First, we looked at the current seaside clothing that we wear and compared them to the past clothing that we looked at last week. We all loved trying on the sunglasses and flip flops!
We also looked at events from the 2000s. This is the decade we are learning about as part of our celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Art
We drew a picture of the Queen which will be part of a class collage looking at 2000 to 2009. The Queen had her 80th birthday in 2006.
French
We recapped numbers to 12 and weather phrases, then we began to learn the words for some items of clothing with a story and song.
Outdoor Learning
This week we played some warm up games in our nature area. We used the hammers again to hammer nails into the wood blocks. We also leant how to use a saw safely and had a go at sawing a log.
Home Practice
Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. We are encouraging the children to organise their own reading books and to make sure they are in their green school bag every day.Please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight. Please just write a note in the diary if you need the next set.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - Long vowel words
Maths - One step problems
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
See if your child can recall the halves we have been learning, half of 2 is 1, half of 4 is 2 and so on.
Year 1-Friday Blog-29th April 2022
Date: 28th Apr 2022 @ 10:08am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
English
This week our learning was through the story of 'I Want My Hat Back'. The bear goes through the forest and asks every animal he meets if they have seen his hat. We predicted how the story might develop. We designed our own hats-they were really imaginative.
In phonics we have been looking at how some sounds are pronounced differently, ow as in snow and ow as in cow.
Maths
In Maths we have been sharing amounts in equal groups.
We have also been learning about 3D shapes-spheres,pyramids,cubes and cuboids.
We have also been doing some timed number fact challenges which we are getting better at as we recall our facts more quickly.
Science
This week we had a walk up to our beautiful pond. We looked out for what was growing and talked about what was the same or different compared to the nature area.
R.E.
We learnt about the Easter story. We ordered pictures and talked about them.
P.E.
We practised throwing a bean bag into a target. We ran relay races and we did a standing jump.
Outdoor Learning
This week we played a warm up game on the field. We used the hammers again to put nails into the wood blocks. Then we experimented with elastic bands and wool to make different patterns. We remembered all the things we need to do to stay safe.
History
We started our new topic of 'The Seaside'. We compared holidays now and in the recent past. We tried on some clothes from the past too!
Music
We are getting really good at singing the Jubilee song. We have also got a class song with a dance that we are learning.
French
This week in French, we have learnt some weather phrases through games, a song and a story.
P.S.H.E.
The Nursing Team visited us to show us how to wash our hands properly. They had a special box which showed us where all the germs were on our hands. We listened very attentively.
Home Practice
Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. We are encouraging the children to organise their own reading books and to make sure they are in their green school bag every day.Please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight. Please just write a note in the diary if you need the next set.
Sumdog challenges
Phonics - ew and oo
Maths - Recognise 2D and 3D shapes.
Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.
See if your child can recall the halves we have been learning, half of 2 is 1, half of 4 is 2 and so on.
