Welcome to Year 1
Hello Parents and Carers,
In Maths this week, the children started a new topic of addition and subtraction. We have started by exploring part-whole models.
In English, the children have been learning about morals in folk tales through the tale of ‘The Feast’.
The children learned about the hard journey that Mary Seacole took from Jamaica to Crimea in History, and then wrote a diary entry as if they were Mary Seacole on her way to Crimea.
In Science, the children explored their sense of smell, and we done a smell test! I think it was the most loved lesson of the week, the children had a great time.
In RE, we celebrated the patron saint of out school, St Cyprian and learned about his life.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers
This has been a very interesting week!
This week we were exploring the themes that we see typically in folk tales, as well as learning about verbs in English. The focus story of the week is called ‘The Elephant and the Rain Spirit’ and the children have seemed to really enjoy it!
In Maths, we have been comparing numbers within 10 using the terms greater than, less than and equal to.
The children learned about how racism effected Mary Seacole in her life and how she was remembered in History, then the children created posters that celebrated Mary Seacole.
In Science, the children explored the senses of taste and touch by doing a taste test.
Ahead of pictures, I would just like to confirm that children do need to be in the normal school uniforms, but please do send in their PE kits as well so that they can get changed for PE.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers
We have had a very full week!
The children have been learning about 1 more within 10 and how to count backwards in Maths.
In English, the children have continued their study of folk tales, and we have done this through the story of Jonah and the Whale. We have also been learning about adjectives and how they can be used.
In Science, we have been learning about senses and the parts of the body that we used for each sense.
In History, the children learned about timelines and how to put the events of Mary Seacole’s life in chronological order using role play to re-enact key moments.
In PSHE, the children learned about how we care for animals, and we discussed all the different ways we look after our pets.
A quick reminder that Year 1 PE days are Monday and Friday. On these days the children are to come in wearing their PE kit.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
From
Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers
I hope you have had lovely week!
This week we have hit the ground running with our learning.
In Maths, we have been reviewing learning in place value by focusing on our numbers to ten, and the children have been learning how to write numbers to 10 as words.
We have begun to explore folk tales in English, and the children have bee studying a story call ‘Why the Evergreens Keep Their Leaves’. The children have learned about some of the key features of a folk tale, and have even written the own version of the focus text.
In History, the children learned who Mary Seacole was and why she is famous today. The children learned about some of the important facts of Seacole’s life and how her work has impacted us today.
The topic for Science this half term is the human body, and the children have started this topic by labeling a diagram with all of the different body parts that they can see.
In Music, the children experimented with finding the pulse of music using body percussion such as clapping hands and tapping their knees. They also explored how using speaking voices and singing voices changes the how music sounds.
Some of the home learning this week is on EdShed, the login details for this are available on the inside cover of the children’s reading record. Please let me know if you have any trouble logging on, and I will try my best to solve the issue.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Kind Regards
Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers,
What exciting first week it has been! The children are settling well and have lots of new, exciting experiences ahead of them. I cannot wait to see their journey!
This week we have been warming our brains up by refreshing Maths knowledge that was introduced last year such as numbers to 10 and number problems. In English, we tested our spelling and comprehension skills, and I must say that I am very impressed.
We started to think about our Computing topics this week, which was keeping safe online. We heard a story called Hanni and the magic window, and the children learned the importance of trusted adults when using the internet and to never keep secrets if something has upset you online.
The children also wrote a prayer for the year ahead, which will be displayed in the classroom.
Just a reminder that PE is on Monday and Friday, so please send the children in wearing their PE kits as they no longer get changed in the classroom this low down the school.
It is also important that names are written in all items of school clothing, so that we avoid uniform getting lost.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
From
Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers,
This week in English, the focused was on recapping various English topics, so that the children are secure in those areas.
In Maths this week, we focused consolidating on a few things that the children needed to be secure in.
This week in Geography, the children’s had a couple of pictures relating to Shanghai. They worked in groups and had to write around the pictures what was a physical and a human feature of Shanghai.
In PE, we continued with teaching the children about rounders and athletics.
In Computing the children had the opportunity of using a different app called ‘Storyboardthat’, which is a powerful tool for visual communication. The Storyboard Creator is a tool that helps the create storyboards quickly using a drag and drop feature. The storyboarding tool makes it easy to bring characters, scenes, themes, and timelines to life. They children had fum creating their own storyboard.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Dear Parents and Carers,
This week in English, the focused was on using time phrases, breaking down the key elements of a narrative and then planning and writing a narrative of their choice.
In Maths this week, we focused days of the week, months of the year, hours, minutes, seconds, and time to the hour and half an hour.
This week in Geography, the children’s had to identify the physical and human features in a non-European country, China. On a postcard, the children had to draw one human feature and one physical feature from China and then write the name of the features and what kind of feature they are.
In Science this week, the children had to measure footprints using a ruler. They first had to draw the footprint of an animal. measure the length of the footprint and then guess which animal it was. When they completed the task, they were shown a real picture of the footprint relating to the one thy had drawn and were given the answers.
In PE, we continued with teaching the children about rounders and athletics.
In Computing, the children had the opportunity of choosing a character and writing a story about their chosen character, using the Purple Mash App.
What a lovely turn out for the school Summer Fair, thank you all for attending and we hope you had a good time.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Dear Parents and Carers,
This week in English, the focused was on understanding past tense verbs, using past tense verbs in a sentence, understanding what an adjective is, writing simple sentences using adjectives and and the children also looked at conjunctions and wrote sentences using a conjunction.
In Maths this week, we focused on money, looked at the coins and notes that we use and their value. The children also learnt to add the value of the coins and notes and not just add the amount of coins. The children had a lesson also on the days of the week.
This week in Geography, the children’s focus was to name and locate some continent on a world map. They sang a song about the seven continents, then they had to locate the UK, Asia, Europe and China on their map.
In Science, the focus this week was to describe and compare the features of animals. The children were given pictures of the animals and a paragraph about each one and then they had to write about the animal unique features.
In PE, the children practiced for their Sports day.
What a wonderful and happy Sports Day we had today! The weather was great, the children had fun and were excited and it was lovely to see so many parents, family and carers come out to support their child/children.
Have a wonderful weekend!
The Year 1 Team.
Dear Parents and Carers,
This week in English, we focused on nouns, pronouns, capital letters and full stops. Towards the end of the week the children planned and wrote a narrative.
In Maths this week, we focused on 1 more, 1 less of a given number, compared different numbers, had a lesson on practical activities and a lesson on recognising coins and notes.
In Design and Technology, this term, the children’s task is to design and make a puppet, based on the story of ‘kai and The Monkey King’. So this week they started to design a puppet, learnt how to thread a plastic children’s needle and sew a basic stitch.
In place of Science and Geography the children continued with making their puppet, as this would take them a while to get use to threading, sewing and to make the various parts of their puppet such as the eyes, ears, hair etc.
In PE, the children continued with the next lesson on Rounder’s and Athletics.
Have a wonderful weekend!
The Year 1 Team.
Dear Parents and Carers,
This week in English, the looked at what a ‘Narrative’ is and it features. They focused on the story of ‘The Big Box’ and looked at nouns, past tense verbs and had to plan and write their own narrative by the end of the week.
In Maths this week, we focused on counting from 10’s to 100, counting from 50 to 100, using a number line to 100 and partitioning into 10’s and 1’s.
This term we will focus on Geography and our topic is ‘What is it like to live in Shanghai. The first lesson was based on teaching the children about the difference between Human Features and Physical Features.
In Science, our new topic is ‘Investigating Science Through Stories’. This week the children used data to answer a question, ‘Do taller tress have wider trunks?’ and then they went outside with a measuring tape to test their answer.
In PE, this term the children will be focusing on ‘Rounders’ and ‘Athletics’.
Have a wonderful weekend!
The Year 1 Team.