Year 1
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19.07.24
Well what a fab way to end the year! We had an amazing time at the OUTSTANDING party yesterday! We had our picnics on the field and played lots of games, danced, ate ice cream and had our faces painted.
Well done for everything this year. Enjoy your summer holidays and we will see you when you return as Year 2s!!
Week ending 05/07/24
On Monday we started the day off with a transition morning to year 2. The children had a fantastic morning with Mrs Jones and enjoyed getting to know her more.
In English, we started the look at recipe writing for the hungry bear in our book “The Last Wolf”. We thought about imperative verbs (bossy verbs) and why we use them in instructions and recipes. In maths, we have explored money. We have looked at different coins, notes and started to count in coins and notes. In PSHE, we continued to look at how we change as we grow up. We thought about the order in which we learn to do different activities, like talking, walking, running and swimming. In DT, we finished making our cars with Mrs Hill and raced them with our teddies on the playground. In history, we looked at buses over time. We compared the omnibus from the past to the modern day buses we see now. We thought of lots of differences and even some similarities.
Week ending 28/06/24
On Tuesday we had sports day. What a fantastic day! It was very hot but we worked together as a team and scored lots of points. We should be very proud of ourselves. Well done blue team on coming first in sports day this year!
In English, we have been writing a hunting story. We had to think about our character and what animal they would be looking for. We included adjectives to describe and thought carefully about our handwriting. We are very proud of our writing this week! In maths, we have continued looking at numbers to 100. We have ordered numbers and used the greater than and less than symbols to compare numbers with the same and different tens.
In RE, we discussed different foods from Jesus’ time and we even got to taste test some! We mostly loved the pita bread but some of us were not too keen on the olives! In PSHE, we thought about how our bodies change overtime, we thought about adult and baby teeth, as well as our hands and feet growing. In music, we learnt more of our song ‘Your Imagination’. In science, we looked at the adaptations of animals in cold weathers. We discussed migration, hibernation and how some animals grow fur or feathers to stay warm. In DT, we started to make our moving vehicles with Mrs Hill. It was a messy but fun filled afternoon!
What a great week in year 1!
Week ending 21/06/24
We started off the week with Father’s Day celebrations. We had a great time spending time with our families and completing different activities.
In English, we continued to study our class text ‘The Last Wolf’, sequencing the order of events in the story. We have started to think about writing our own hunting story. Thinking of a character and a creature they would like to meet in the forest. In maths, we have focused on numbers to 100 and finding 1 more and 1 less of given numbers. We had a game of bingo and we were very eager to win!
In RE, we looked at the difference in houses from when Jesus was born to present day. We built our own houses from Jesus’ time, thinking about the different features. In PSHE, we continued looking at growing up and the differences between babies, children and adults. We came up with lots of different ways we change over time, such as walking, talking and going to work. In music, we have been finding the pulse in different pieces of music, as well starting to learn the song ‘your imagination’. We played the glockenspiels in time with the music and worked as a class to sing and play different parts of the song. In science, we compared two seasons, thinking about the weather and the different activities you do in each season. We then thought about what our favourite season is and why. In PE, we played handball and had to work as a team to score goals!
Another great week in year 1. We are excited to see what next week brings.
Week ending 14.6.24
We have had a fun filled week in Year 1.
In maths this week, we have been exploring numbers to 100. We counted forwards in both 1s and 10s and then started to challenge ourselves to count backwards. We spotted patterns in number tracks and partitioned numbers to 100 into tens and ones.
In English, we introduced our new book ‘The Last Wolf’. We made predictions about the story and what we thought would happen. We spotted all the questions and exclamations in the story. We wrote our own questions for Little Red using our question words and a question mark.
In RE, we discussed how life today is different from life when Jesus was born. We thought of lots of ways life is different, including technology, food, clothes and houses. In science, we explored the outside thinking about what we can see in this season. We started to compare what we see outside now to winter and drew pictures of what we saw. In PSHEE, we looked at life cycles and growing up. We thought about the human life cycle, as well as other animals such as frogs and butterflies. In history, we started our transport topic, looking at cars over time. We compared modern cars to cars in the past, putting them on a timeline. In PE this week we played team building games and had lots of fun with the parachute!
We also had lots of fun making Father’s Day cards this week! We are looking forward to the Father’s Day celebration on Monday.
Week ending 24.05.24
In Year 1 we have had a brilliant week to end the half term.
In maths this week, we have been exploring position and direction. We described turns using quarter, half, three quarter and full turns. We also described if objects were moving left or right and up or down. We are getting really good at remembering which way is left and which is right! We acted as human robots and programmers and had to give detailed instructions of how many steps the robot should take and in the correct direction.
In English, we continued writing our diaries. We thought of a question we could ask in the diary, making sure it started with a question word (what, who, when, why, how) and remembered to use question mark to punctuate the sentence.
In RE, we continued to explore baptism, looking at how people of world faiths welcome new babies. In science, we thought about pets and how to look after them. We had to think about the basic needs of different animals and created a fact file of how to look after different pets. In PSHEE, we discussed what makes us incredible and all the different things that are special about us. We also shared what we think is special about others in the class. In PE this week we practiced skipping and completed a skipping relay race.
Have a great half term break and see you all on Monday 10th June!
Week ending 17.05.24
What a busy week we have had in Year 1 this week!
In maths this week, we have been looking at fractions. We identified halves and quarters of shapes. We also calculated halves and quarters of different amounts. We had to make sure we shared the quantity into equal groups and identified when it was unequal. We know that when sharing an amount into quarters we share it into 4 groups and halves is in 2 equal groups.
In English, we planned our diaries written in the view point of Erin from our class text, ‘The Secret of Black Rock’. We had to think of reasons why Black Rock must be saved and how Erin could help him. Then we began to write our diaries, ensuring we remembered the key features of the text. We tried to include a question and exclamation sentence, as well as words with the suffix -ed and prefix un-.
In Geography, we finished our unit on the UK and thought about how the UK is unique to other countries. Ask us questions about the UK because we know lots about it now! We know the capital cities, patron saints, symbols and lots of other interesting facts. In RE, we discussed belonging. We thought about all the places we belong and feel part of a community, like school, church, clubs and at home. In science, we looked the the life cycle of different animals and matched animals to their offspring. We ordered the life cycle of humans and frogs and compared how they are similar and different. In PSHEE, we talked about people we can rely on. We thought about what qualities we look for in people we rely on and could identify lots of people who support us. In computing, we thought about everything we have learnt about keyboards and typing and thought about if we prefer to type on an iPad or write using a pencil and paper. We compared how the two are similar and different before we made our decision.
On Friday we had an exciting assembly, introducing the quidditch day for the juniors. We were excited to see what Harry Potter house our teams were sorted into. We then helped the juniors by working hard in class to earn points for our house, which then were added to the points the juniors scored in quidditch.
We are looking forward to what next week’s learning brings and for the last week before half term.
07.05.24
Wow! What a great day! We had Tash from B Tales helping us create a play all about trust.
To start with, we all warmed up and introduced ourselves to Tash. Then we explored different freeze frames around the theme of trust. We discussed different bible stories and how they showed us trust. We thought about all the different people we could trust and how we can show trust to others.
Our play was absolutely amazing and we were all so brave for performing to an audience.
We had a brilliant day with Tash and we are all very proud of ourselves today!
Week ending 05/05/24
What a great week in year 1! We have learnt lots of new things this week.
In maths this week, we have been creating equal groups and unequal groups. We have also been adding equal groups using repeated addition. We have been looking at doubles and how to make doubles. We quickly noticed the rule that you add the number to itself to make a double!
In English, we continued writing our story narrative focusing on our neat handwriting and using the correct punctuation. We read some of the stories to the class and we were all amazed! We looked at the skill of plurals and deciding if words need the suffix -s or -es to make the word a plural. We also explored the emotions that Erin, the character in our class text, through out the book using ‘role on the wall’.
In Geography, we looked at our third country in the UK, Wales. We discussed key landmarks, the flags, the patron saint and identified where it is on a map of the UK. In RE, we discussed baptism and why people decide to be baptised. In science, we looked at exercise and the impact it has on our body. We completed different exercises and compared how the made us feel. We found we felt hotter, our hearts were beating faster and it made us feel a bit sweaty. In PSHEE, we continued with how to be a good friend and discussed how we can greet people, including asking permission to touch another person, for example for hugs. In computing, we started writing a missing poster for a lost teddy bear. We used different fonts and used the toolbar to change the colour and style of the font. We even added an image to our poster! In PE, we worked as a team to complete different challenges. Then we practise accurately throwing using the underarm throw to aim for a target.
We were all super excited on Thursday because we had the DISCO! We had so much fun, dancing and playing games.
Have a great long weekend. We are excited to see what next week brings!
Week ending 26.04.24
Another fabulous week in year 1!
In maths this week, we have started to count in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards. As well as, grouping objects into equal groups of 2, 5 and 10.
In English, we started to write our return narrative. We had to think of a character and a place they travelled to. Then we had to write about a problem happening in our story and how the character was saved! We tried really hard with our handwriting and making sure we had the correct punctuation.
In Geography, we looked at England and Scotland. We discussed key places in these countries, their flags, the patron saints and identified where they are in a map of the UK. In RE, we discussed Jesus’ baptism and, after looking at different interpretations, we created our own interpretations of Jesus’ baptism. In science, we looked at the eat well plate and designed a healthy meal of our own. In PSHEE, we discussed how to be a good friend and the qualities we look for in friends. In computing, we looked at adding text to a word document and experimenting with the toolbar. In PE, we practised our underarm and overarm throwing. We had to make decisions of which type of throw to use in different situations. We found that the overarm throw goes a lot further than the underarm throw!
On Tuesday, it was St George’s day and red team all looked amazing in their red clothes!
We had great week this week and we are looking forward to see what next week brings.
