I hope you had a lovely Easter!

 

It was wonderful to welcome the children back and hear all about their Easter holidays. This week we finished our unit based on the book ‘Hello Mr Postmouse.’ The children planned and wrote a letter to a character in the book.

 

In Maths the children began their new topic based on length and height. During the week they compared lengths and heights, measured objects using cubes and then measured the length of objects in Centimetres.

 

In PSHE, the children thought about what a family is and why their family is special. They then drew and labelled the members of their family.

 

In ICT, the children learnt how to use a search engine to find information.

 

Next week

 Maths- The children will be learning about mass and volume. They will measure and compare mass, volume and capacity and explore full and empty.

 

English- The children will begin their non-fiction topic which focuses on non-chronological reports.

 

Science- The children will be planting beans.

 

History- Understanding what a monarch is and where monarchs live.

 

ICT- The children will be developing typing skills.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: lie, cried, time, like, both, over, home, note

Tricky words: were, one, says, here

 

Group 2: lie, time, both, home

Tricky words: here, one

 

Group 3 and 4: feel, food, right, hard, sort, took

Tricky word: go, my

 

Group 5: car, bar, far, jar

Tricky word: was

 

Notes

 Show and Tell

Please ensure that no toys are brought in for show and tell.

 

Sports Festival

The children attending the sports festival at Oakmere school on Tuesday should wear their PE kit into school that day. A letter has been sent home to those attending.

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend

 

The Year 1 Team

 

Good Evening Everyone,

 

We’ve had a very busy week and the children have worked so hard. In English, they are really enjoying their learning based on the book ‘Hello Mr Postmouse.’ In Maths they have been doubling and subtracting on a number line and by counting backwards. In RE, they learnt all about Ramadan and in Geography they have been exploring compass directions. I shared the mnemonics ‘Naughty Elephants Squirt Water’ to help the children remember the compass points. I was so impressed that some children were able to come up with their own mnemonics. Also, well done to all the children who presented their learning in the sharing assembly on Monday.

  

Next Week:

Maths- The children will be finding the difference, exploring number facts and solving missing number problems.

 

English- The children will continue to work from the book ‘Hello Mr Postmouse.’ They will be planning and writing a letter to a chosen character from the book.

 

RE- The children will be learning about and recounting the Easter story

 

Geography-  The children will be exploring the weather and finding out if the weather is the same everywhere in the UK.

 

On Monday morning, we will be watching the KS2 performance of ‘Rock Bottom’.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: school, echo, chef, freeze, squeeze, sneeze, ball, salt

Tricky words: laugh, eye, once, because

 

Group 2: school, echo, freeze, ball

Tricky words: eye, because

 

Group 3 & 4: groan, groaning, sleep, sleeping, paint, painting,

Tricky words: you, said

 

Group 4: cat, hat, sat, mat, bat

Tricky word: me

 

Notes

 

Open Afternoon- Wednesday 27^th March

 

End of term- Thursday 28^th March @ 2pm

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 Team

 

Good Evening Everyone,

This week was Science week and the children carried out a range of exciting activities. They tracked the weather and measured the rain using rain gauges. They completed a challenge on Wednesday where they worked in pairs to make a tree by using only 4 pieces of paper and a pair of scissors. We were so impressed with the children’s amazing creations. Today, they took part in a Science workshop which they thoroughly enjoyed!

   

Next Week:

Maths- The children will be finding doubles, near doubles, subtracting using number bonds and counting backwards.

 

English- The children will continue to work from the book ‘Hello Mr Postmouse.’ They will be extending sentences by using ‘and’ and ‘but,’ writing noun phrases and writing labels.

 

RE- The children will be learning about Ramadan

 

Geography-  The children will be identifying the four compass directions.

 

PSHE- The children will learn about cleanliness to keep healthy

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: learn, early, write, wrong, scent, listen, colour, actor

Tricky words: any, many, two, friend

 

Group 2: learn, wrong, listen, colour

 Tricky words: two, friend

 

Group 3 & 4: float, boast, train, paint, street, speech

Tricky words: love, like

 

Group 5: mop, mat, man, mug

Tricky word: we

 

Notes

Monday 18^th March- Sharing Assembly

 

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 Team

 

Good Evening Everyone,

It has been another very busy week in Year 1. The children all looked amazing in their World Book Day costumes yesterday. In the afternoon, the children had the opportunity to visit Year 3 to share their favourite books with an older child. They read a book together and also wrote about their favourite book character. It was so lovely to see the Year 1’s and 3’s celebrating books together. The children also enjoyed their visit to Christ Church, where they learnt more about ‘Baptism.’ The church’s Vicar used a doll to show the children what happens during a baptism. Then they carried out 3 activities which supported their learning on this topic. The children were so well behaved and they made us really proud. Well done Year 1! 

Next Week:

Maths- The children will be adding by counting on, finding and making number bonds to 20 and finding doubles.

 

English- The children will begin a new unit of work based on the story ‘Here Comes Mr Postmouse’ by Marianne Dubuc. They will be sequencing the story, making Thank-You cards for Mr Postmouse, writing invitations and writing in speech bubbles.

 

Science- Next week is Science Week and the children will complete various activities and take park in a workshop.

 

PSHE- Medicine safety

Geography-  The children will go into the school grounds to investigate the season of Spring.

 

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

 

Group 1: wall, small, difficult, animal, swap, watch, bear, tear

Tricky words: who, whole, people, thought

 

Group 2: small, animal, watch, bear

 Tricky words: who, people

 

Group 3 & 4: sweet, sleep, clown, crown, spear, smear

Tricky words: little, here

 

Group 4: mop, mat, man, mug

Tricky word: we

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend

 

The Year 1 Team