I hope you had a wonderful half term! Year 1 have taken advantage of the beautiful weather with tennis and cricket this week. The children enjoyed learning the two games and had fun taking part.

In Maths, we have been learning to turn quarter turns, half turns, three quarter turns clockwise and anti-clockwise. Then we used these skills to read the time on a clock to o’clock and half past. The children drew clocks on the playground and used themselves as the hands. Please continue to practise these skills at home.

In Literacy, the children have been following and writing instructions. They have learnt what to include when writing good instructions. After reading a book How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth, the children acted it out.

In Science, we planted cress and have left it in different places to investigate what helps it to grow well.

On Friday, the children used the ipads for Computing. They instructed the turtle to move in different directions.

Home Learning

Each child has been given a country in the Euro Football.  Make a flag for their county by Friday 18th June.

Mathletics

Studyladder

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Carey

A busy week in Year 1! The children enjoyed sharing their apple questions and research with the class.

In PE, we continued learning the rules of cricket, the children have developed their fielding and batting skills.

This week we have focused on reading skills in English. We read the book Supertato Books Are Rubbish and the children had to answer questions by retrieving information, sequencing and predicting. Jack kindly bought in different Supertato books for us to read. In Art, we continued developing our printing skills using vegetables to print our own superheroes.

In Maths, we have been solving problems including addition. We thought of how we can prove our answers by explaining our methods.

In Religion, the children acted out and retold the story of Pentecost. Then they made flames for our class display.

On Friday, we looked at programming in Computing. We made up our own instructions to make lego models and we gave instructions to the Bee-bots to move to different places.

Home Learning

Mathletics

Reading – Read your favourite book and then make a poster about the book. Can you describe the characters, setting and say why you like it? Draw a picture of your favourite part.

Science – We are making a nature table. Go for a walk and see if you can find some if the following items: rocks, stones, fossils, bones, pine cones, feathers, leaves, twigs or petals. Bring them in on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Carey

On Friday, we honoured Mary by placing flowers around her. The children were respectful throughout. Then the children sat in the peace garden and sketched a picture of Mary.

This week we have been learning to order and compare numbers on a number line. If the number line ended in 20, we thought about what number would be in the middle, then we looked at what the number line could be counting in – ones, twos, fives or tens.

In English, we have been learning about plurals, when to add s and when to add es. We have also been practising to spell tricky words and Year 1 words, please continue to practise at home.

In Science we have been learning about the different parts of a plant. Next week we will be asking questions about apples to help us to plan how we might find the answers to our questions. Please bring an apple in on Wednesday, we will be using them for Science and printing in Art.

In Science, we read an article in the news about the new rover Perseverance that landed on the moon. The children wrote their own news reports on it. Jack P then made a lego rover at home.

We planted potatoes in the school gardens so we will be watering them each day and observing the changes.

Home Learning

Whole School Science Art – See Newsletter last week. Thank you for the pictures that I have already received.

Practise reading and spelling Year 1 words and tricky words. Can you write some sentences with the words?

Spellings and Reading

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Carey

A fun and busy week in Year 1! On Tuesday, the children were delighted to see the farm animals in our playground. They stroked and fed the animals and learnt about what they like to eat. Then they wrote a recount of their experience. Their writing was fantastic! In the afternoon, the children made farm animals using clay and painted them later in the week.

In Maths, the children have been drawing cherry models and bar models to solve different calculations and to help them to understand the link between addition and subtraction. They also corrected problems given to them and explained the mistakes that they identified.

In PE, the children learnt to play the game rounders. We focused on how important teamwork is when playing a competitive game.

In Science we observed the tulips in our garden carefully and drew and coloured them in. Their attention to detail was brilliant!

On Friday, the children learn the story of St George and retold it in their own words.

Home Learning

Mathletics did not work last week so this can be completed this weekend.

Spellings

Phonics and Maths learning sent home.

Reading – Please practise reading and spelling the tricky words at the front of the reading record.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Carey