Summer 2 Week 3 w.b. 19.06.2023

What a great week we have had in Year 1!

 

 

RE

As part of our RE we have discussed what it would be like to live in God’s Kingdom and the children also thought of ways in which we have God’s Kingdom in our school. We then went outside and  planted our seeds of hope. We look forward to nurturing, watering and watching them grow as a symbol of hope for the future.

 

Maths

This week the children have been learning about fractions and sharing into equal parts. We have particularly focused on halves and quarters. The children have enjoyed using the resources in the classroom and working together to explore if cubes and rods can be shared equally or not.

 

 

English 

Year 1 have started their new topic on Bats. We have looked at what they already know about them, and I have to say I was super impressed with their knowledge so far! The children also explored what it was like to be blindfolded and find their way in the dark, much like a bat!

 

 

Science

In Science this week we have continued looking at plants and also explored different trees. The children went outside and looked closely at different leaves and then decided if they belonged to evergreen or deciduous trees.

 

Home Learning

Handwriting worksheet

Mathletics

Wednesdays- P.E. kits for Swimming
Friday- P.E. kits

Reminder – Sports Day is on Wednesday, please remember hats and water bottles.

Have a lovely weekend, I’m looking forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Mrs Poyiadzis

Summer 2 Week 2 w.b.12th June

Summer 2 Week 2 w.b.12th June

 

Year 1 have had such a busy week with their trip to Southend and Healthy Eating Week.

They enjoyed all the activities that were available this week and really enjoyed tasting different flavoured water and fruit.

Whole school Home Learning

Mathletics has been set to support the learning of o’clock and half past this week.

 

And for the final time this year…

I wish to say goodbye, stay safe and thank you for a wonderful year! 

Thank you for all your heartfelt and kind messages throughout the past few months.

Thank for all the cards and generous gifts!

Thank you for all your support with Year 1 this year.

 

I look forward to popping by to see you all very soon! 

Love from Miss Lambie X and baby bump X

Art

Southend 2023

 

Week 1 w.b. 05.06.23

Summer Term 2  Week 1 w.b. 05.06.23

This week Pope Paul has come together again for the Blessed Sacrament Procession. Thank you to all those parents who were able to share in the experience. Mrs Poyiadzis said Year 1 children were so respectful and prayerful throughout the experience so well done!

Lots of reminders this week!
Carnival this Sunday! Please see email and newsletter for details.

Phonics Screening Test from Monday 12th June. Mrs Poyiadzis will be covering the class on Monday so I can take the time to assess the children.

School trip Thursday 15th June- please see the letter that was sent before the half term and concert and payment can be made via schoolcomms. Mrs Poyiadzis, Mrs Lopez, Mrs Shea and three parent helpers will be accompanying the children. I will see them in the morning and on their return where I will have an ice lolly waiting for them! Please have hats, packed lunches, sun cream, a small towel and a bag they can carry by themselves.

Meet the Teacher Meeting for Mrs Poyiadzis Wednesday 14th June at 2.50pm in the hall. Mrs Poyiadzis has been teaching the children every Thursday afternoon for the summer term and is due to take over full time from Monday 19th June.

My last official day will be next Friday 16th June. I have a midwife appointment at 9am so won’t be in till after but I hope to catch you all throughout the week or Friday after school to say my goodbyes!

Thank you so much for my thoughtful and generous gifts before half term. I showed the children the play mat I was going to purchase with the voucher and I am still research slings too. I will be sure to let you know all the details of our new arrival and hopefully will feel well enough to pop in before the end of term.

Hot weather! Please remember hats and water every day! Please apply any cream before school. Children will have plenty of water and shade breaks.

Friday 16th June Year 1 children are invited to bring in a cuddly toy and a small snack (no nuts) so we can have a party afternoon for my last day.

• There are no photos this week 🙁 I got a fancy new computer installed in the classroom and only realised today that it does not have a port for the camera’s memory card! We will be sure to have lots of photos next week from our trip though!

Enjoy the sun and stay safe, see you for my last week!
Miss Lambie

Year 1 Summer Week 5 w.b. 22.05.2023

This week Pope Paul has come together again to celebrate Pentecost and the Crowning of Mary. Thank you to all the families who supported and shared in our celebrations this week.

We are wishing you a restful half term holiday and look forward to seeing you back on Monday 5th June.
Miss Lambie

Wednesdays- P.E. kits for Swimming- GIRLS NO TIGHTS or LEGGINGS PLEASE
Friday- P.E. kits

Year 1 Summer Week 5 w.b. 16.05.2023

Religion

This week Pope Paul has come together to pray and reflect for Spirituality week. On Monday, Year 1 met with their Year 4 prayer partners to share a prayer for each other. On Tuesday, Year 1 learned a technique called ‘prayer through colour’ and designed their own prayerful picture. On Wednesday, they explored the school grounds in search for signs of God’s creations. On Thursday, they reflected at the prayer stations which were led by Year 5. On Friday, they all met in a morning assembly to reflect on their Spirituality Week. Thank you to Miss Donatantonio for organising all the activities and resources for the week.

English

Year 1 worked so hard this week to produce their final pieces of writing on ‘How to wash a Woolly Mammoth’. It will be sent home next week so they can share it with you. We will start our poetry unit next week.

Maths

Year 1 have been continuing to learn about multiplication and division and this week focused on how to represent them through arrays. Please see the additional homelearning that has been sent to show you how Year 1 are to set it out and use this method.

Geography

The children enjoyed their second to last lesson with Mrs Poyiadzis as they went out to explore the local area. Next week they will be creating a map of their route and identifying physical and human geography features.  After half term, they will begin their Seaside Geography unit. There are two spare parent spaces for the school trip on Thursday 15th June. If you would like to join us, please may you let me know on Monday morning and then I can randomly select two parents, if there are more than two wanting to come.

Homelearning-

-Mathletics multiplication arrays has been set
-Spelling/ sounds revision- ure (picture, future and adventure) Available on Spelling Shed
-Phonic screening revision available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum-assessments-practice-materials and https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5 (First 3 games are free)
-Please remember to bring reading books in daily.

Enjoy the lovely weather this weekend and I will see you our last week before half term on Monday!

Miss Lambie

Wednesdays- P.E. kits for Swimming- GIRLS NO TIGHTS or LEGGINGS PLEASE
Friday- P.E. kits

Year 1 Summer Term 1 Week 4

Summer Week 4 w.b. 08.05.2023

English

Year 1 have been applying their knowledge of instructions and have produced some wonderful writing on ‘How to Brush your teeth’. Next week they will be writing their final unit piece on ‘How to wash a Woolly Mammoth’.

Maths

Year 1 worked hard this week with a new calculation- division. They shared lots of different resources between two and learnt that odd numbers will have a remainder- they enjoyed sharing the cakes out too! Additional Maths links to practise multiplication and division fluency: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/multiplication-and-division

Homelearning-

-Mathletics division has been set
-Spelling/ sounds learnt: l, ll, le and we revised silent letters: wr, kn, mb, gn so I have sent some games home to practise with.
-Phonics Screen begins w.b. June 12th. Past papers to practise reading available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum-assessments-practice-materials
-Please remember to bring reading books in daily.

Enjoy the lovely weather this weekend and I will see you for a full week on Monday!

Miss Lambie

Wednesdays- P.E. kits for Swimming- GIRLS NO TIGHTS PLEASE
Friday- P.E. kits

Year 1 week 3 Summer Term

Summer Week 3 w.b. 01.05.2023

Scooter workshop Wednesday 3rd May.

Friday’s Coronation Celebrations 

Whole school celebrations

Coronation Home Learning

Homelearning-

**Whole school home learning on King Charles**

Have a lovely long weekend and I look forward to seeing you all Tuesday 9th May

Miss Lambie

Wednesdays- Swimming
Friday- P.E.

Year 1 Summer Term Week 2

Summer Week 2 w.b. 24.04.2023

Religious Education

This week the children recalled the events of Holy week and reflected on how Mary, the disciples and the crowds would have been feeling at different points in the week.

English

Year 1 have been enjoying following successful and unsuccessful instructions this week based on ‘How to wash a Woolly Mammoth. They learnt about different types of sentences to use: command, exclamation, statement and question and worked well to group them.

Maths

Year 1 worked hard with their new knowledge of 2p, 5p and 10p and applied it to counting in multiples of 2,5 and 10 this week. Additional Maths links to practise multiplication fluency:

Computing

Year 1 started their new topic ‘Data Handling’. Year 1 enjoyed collecting lots of objects from the classroom and working together to decide what their categories should be before they made labels for them. They then had to group the objects into pairs and they were able to practise their multiplication too!

RSHE

Year 1 are now learning Module Two: Created to Love Others. Content information is available on the school website https://popepaul.herts.sch.uk/rse-consultation/ and the letter containing the parent password is at the top of the Year 1 webpage https://popepaul.herts.sch.uk/year-1/.


This week the children learnt about how to stay safe in practical ways e.g. wearing helmets but also online safety. They learnt how ‘Smartie the Penguin’ stays safe online and wanted to share the video and song with you at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7vZF-8bTFI&ab_channel=MrStarbuckEducation-IdeasforPrimaryTeachers . They also learned about how to keep private parts private and we used Pantasaurus to help us understand https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwear-rule/ .

Homelearning-

**Whole school home learning on King Charles**

-Your child has their days of the week spellings to practise with you at home.
– We revised silent letters this week: wr, kn, mb, gn so I have sent some games home to practise with.
-Please remember to bring reading books in daily.

Have a lovely long weekend and I look forward to seeing you all on:

Wednesday 3rd May- P.E. kits and swimming + bring in your Charles III learning. 


Friday 5th May –
Wear red, white and blue or Kings/Queens for the King Charles celebrations.

Miss Lambie

Wednesdays- Swimming
Friday- P.E. (NOT THIS WEEK, wear red, white and blue for Kind Charles)

 

Year 1 Summer Term Week 1

Welcome to the Summer Term in Year 1.

Religious Education
This week we celebrated the Rising of Jesus on Easter Sunday. The children worked hard to retell the story, then write it themselves before designing beautiful pictures to represent the cross.

The children worked well together to change our prayer space from the purple Lent to the white and Gold for Easter.

Maths

The children enjoyed learning all about money this week but were a little disappointed to find our resources were pretend plastic money rather than real coins! The children learnt how to recognise the different coins, order them in their values, use different coins to make the different amounts and even how to use money to pay for ice cream! Again, very disappointed when they found out the ice cream was made of tissue paper!

Homelearning-
-Your child has their latest piece of writing from our English unit ‘The Last Noo-noo’. Please let them share it with you.
– I do not need any of the learning back- it is additional to support learning at home: -ed, -ing, -es and –s endings and high frequency spelling and handwriting practise.
-Mathletics has been set for money activities.
-Please remember to bring reading books in daily.

Have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you all Monday.

Miss Lambie

Wednesdays- Swimming
Friday- P.E.

Year 1 Last week of Spring term

Welcome to the last week in our spring term and what a busy week we had!

In Religion we explored the events of Holy week starting with Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and then Good Friday. We will explore the events of Easter Sunday in our first week back.

Computing

Maths

In Maths the children enjoyed lots of addition problem solving activities and applied their number bonds to solve them. e.g.

The children have been exploring what they word ‘difference’ means in maths and solving problems relating to the vocabulary. E.g.

 

P.E.

Will now take place on Wednesday (swimming starting 26th April) and Fridays. 

We wish you a restful Easter break and look forward to seeing you all for the start of the summer term on Monday 17th April.

Miss Lambie and Miss Lawlor 🐤