Welcome to Year 1
Dear Parents and Carers
This week marks the start of Holy week in our school, and so we have been very busy in RE learning about Jesus’ journey into Jerusalem and his miracles that he performed along the way. We also made Lazarakia on Thursday to celebrate Lazarus being risen from the dead.
In Maths we have been revisiting learning that we struggle with earlier, and started on number bonds to 20 and subtracting by finding the difference. This will be our main focus for home learning this week, so please log on to Edshed and complete the assignments if you can!
Year 1 have been writing descriptions about people important to them in English, and we have been trying to use more ambitious adjectives.
In PSHE, the children spoke about the healthy choices that they make for themselves and how they can be healthier.
In Geography we made maps of our playground using all of a map’s key features.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Many Thanks
The Year 1 team
Dear Parents and Care
This week in English, the children have continued focusing on ‘Description’ writing.
In Maths, this week we focused on the unit ‘Mass and Volume’. and looked at comparing capacity and measuring capacity.
In PE, the children continued with the next lesson learning about Badminton and Tag Rugby.
In Science the children learnt about carnivores, omnivores and herbivores and the types of food that they like to eat.
In Geography, the children creative a ‘Key’ for a map of the local area. They used different colours to represent the things that they saw last week on their walk.
Unfortunately, the homework is unable to upload on to the blog, will try on Monday to send it.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend!
From the Year 1 Team.
Dear Parents and Carers
This week in English, the children have been completed their writing on recount have started a new writing on ‘Description’.
In Maths, this week we focused on the unit ‘Mass and Volume’. The children were comparing the mass of objects and had to measure and describe the mass of an object.
In Geography, the children went on a walk around ‘our local area’ and recorded a tally chart of what they saw (shops, restaurants, buses etc).
In RE, the children learnt about how a child joins the church through baptism. They role played the part the priest plays in baptising a baby or child, and role played what the godparents, family and friends do
In PE, the children continued with the next lesson learning about Badminton and Tag Rugby.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend!
From the Year 1 Team.
Hello Parents and Carers
First of all, we’d like to say a massive thank you to all of the parents who were able to attend our Science Fair! It was an amazing turn out, and your support means so much to us and the children. A special well done as well to Nicholas, Benyas, Aurelia and Dylan who done an excellent job explaining our Science project to the whole school community.
As it has been Science week, we have spent most of our week building our habitats, but we have also been learning about how to compare animal features and how to categorise animals.
In Maths, we had a very successful unit on measuring length and height. We measured using both non-standard and standard units of measure, which was fun for both classes. We will be moving on to mass and volume next week.
In English, we had a final look at recounts before we move on to descriptions next week.
We will be going on our walking trips next week, so please ensure that the children are dressed appropriately as the weather is looking like it may be a bit miserable, and we don’t want wet socks to dampen our spirits.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
The Year 1 Team
Hello Parents and Carers,
It has been a jam packed week in Year 1!
We have been continuing our look at recounts in English, this week we were looking at a recount called ‘A Walk in the Wind’, which matched the windy weather we have been having!
In Maths, we have now finished our unit in numbers to 50, and will be moving on the measuring length and height in the coming week.
In Science, we have been looking at the features of different animals in different animal groups and placing them in their habitats.
Our key skill in Geography is map skills, and this week we looked at the map of our local area ahead of our local area walk in a couple of weeks.
In preparation for Clean Monday we have made kites for the children to fly for RE, and we also looked at why children receive the 40 day blessing.
This week in PSHE we have been looking at the choices that keep our bodies and minds healthy.
On a final note, for our Science week project next week we will need some cardboard boxes, so if your recycling bin needs a bit of a rest we will happily collect them in on Monday.
Wishing you a lovely weekend,
The Year 1 Team
Dear Parents and Carers
This week in English, the children have been continuing with working towards writing a recount. They focused on planning and writing a recount about their own birthday party and used the ingredients to write a recount.
In Maths, the children were learning to solve missing number problems, to count by making groups of 10 and were introduced to a new topic about counting from 20 to 50 and they did an end of block assessment.
In Science, the children were sorting, classifying animals and placing them into the right criteria.
In RE, the children looked at how we need to be happy to help people in need and we discussed how Jesus helped people when he was alive on the earth.
In PE, the children continued with the next lesson learning about Badminton and Tag Rugby.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend!
From the Year 1 Team.
Dear Parents and Carers
We hope you had a wonderful half term break and are looking forward to hearing about what your child has been learning each week.
This week in English, the children have been working towards writing a recount. They focused on nouns and past tense verbs to create oral sentences suitable for a recount. Then they had at locate and use nouns and past tense verbs to complete sentences.
In Maths, the children were learning to subtract by counting back within 20, wrote the related facts using a part-whole model and were subtracting to find the difference.
In Science, the children were writing what they knew about animals and what they wanted to find out.
In PSHE, our new topic for this term is about ‘Healthy Me’. This week lesson was about being healthy and we talked about what is healthy and how we can keep heathy.
In PE, the children will be learning about badminton and tag rugby.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend!
From the Year 1 Team.
Homelearning Week 1 – 01.03.24
Hello Parents and Carers,
What a busy week it has been! The children have been working extra hard, and have earned a week of rest and play!
In English this week, the children have been writing a diary entry about when Mary Anning came to visit them in school, using all of the features of a diary that they have learned about.
We have focused on subtracting numbers in Maths, and how we can use number bonds to help us to become more efficient.
In PE, the children have made excellent progress in Gymnastics and Tennis, and are now able to use their skills independently in their sports.
In RE, the children learned about the Kaaba in Mekkah and its significance to Muslim people.
In History, we looked at why Mary Anning was so special and the qualities that she had that enabled her to achieve so many amazing things.
We know that this week off will probably be a busy one, but we would please encourage you to do some reading with your children as this is such an important part of our curriculum.
Homelearning Week 5 – 16.02.24
We hope you have a fantastic half term!
From the Year 1 team
Dear Parents and Carers
This week in English, the children focused on knowing the features of a diary, using adjectives in a sentence and using adjectives the describe the character of Mary Anning.
In Maths, the children reviewed comparing and ordering numbers to 20, they also learnt to add one using number bonds to 20 and to add by counting on to 20.
In RE, the children learnt about the story of the presentation of the Lord to the temple. This is an important festival because it is the first time that Jesus is recognised as the son of God.
In Computing, the children learnt about and explored the the tool bar on a laptop.
In DT, the children had the experience of making salt dough. Cyprus class created an Ammonite fossil and Skiathos class created a dinosaur fossil (next week the children will make the other fossil).
Have a wonderful weekend!
The Year 1 Team
Dear Parents and Carers
In English, we have continued with looking at certain features of a diary entry and the focused was on placing in the correct order, everyday events and to understand what irregular past tense verbs were.
In Maths, the children were learning to order numbers with 20 and we consolidated some topics that they children needed to go over again to be more confident and secure in.
In History, our focus is still on the life and work of Mary Anning and this week the children continued with understanding more about Mary’s life.
In Science, the children learnt explored how the temperature changes in relation to day length.
In PSHE, this term topic is about dreams and goals, and this week we looked at how to work well with a partner. In RE, the children learnt about the Three Hierarchs, who were Saint Basil the Great, Saint John Chrysostum and Saint Gregory the Theologian, sometimes called Holy Saints.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
The Year 1 Team