Spring Term Week 12 28.03.22

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This week Year 1 began their new Geography unit on ‘Where do we live?’ They were surprised to find out that no everyone lives in Potters Bar!

Year 1 learned Luke’s Gospel scriptures for The Last Supper and Good Friday. They were very respectful as we learnt about Holy Week and Easter Sunday and how important this time of year is to our faith.

The children were excited to get to the end of their Phase 5 phonics learning and have been learning what the word ‘revision’ means. We will be revising all of the sounds learned after the Easter holidays.

The children enjoyed setting up their tuff spot for the season of Spring.

Please see today’s newsletter for a Whole School Home learning project for Easter.

Wishing you a restful Easter break and see you all on Tuesday 19th April for the start of our Summer Term!

Miss Lambie

Spring Term Week 11 21.03.22

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Spring Term Week 11 21.03.22

In History Year 1 identified older toys, placed them into their relevant decades and ordered them into chronological order. I was very impressed with their group learning and listening to each other before deciding on where to place the toys.

We enjoyed exploring this website on toys:

http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/spotlights/toysandgames/index.htm (does not work on tablets)

Year 1 have enjoyed having their toys in this week and are invited to bring the same or different small cuddly in next week.

Year 1 enjoyed learning the story of Palm Sunday this week in Religion. They worked well in their groups to role-play the story but we got a bit stuck when it was time to take their coats off and lay them down as the weather was so warm we didn’t have many coats!

Mathletics to support learning this week:  Please continue to support your child in making numbers with tens and ones and begin adding them together. After Easter we will move onto counting in multiples, money and fractions but will continue to add and subtract.

  • Reading numbers to 30
  • 1 to 30
  • Counting forwards

Our phonic sounds learnt this week are:

  • o-e ‘Phone home!’ stroke, cone, wove, bone, home, hope, spoke, note, broke,
  • u-e ‘huge brute’ flute, mule, cute, cube, fuse, huge, tube, rude, June
  • Tricky words to read and spell: Mrs, Mrs, here, could, asked, people
  • Unfortunately, Spelling Frame does not have these sounds so the children can create their own games/ flash cards or sentences using the words above. They each chose a word search that their friend made last week.

Please can all children have their reading books in everyday next week as I would like to finish their reading assessments before Easter.

Thank you for all the boxes of tissues this week. Hopefully they will last us the rest of the term! I hope you are looking forward to seeing the children’s learning books in the hall next Tuesday 29th March from 3pm.

I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend and enjoy the card and flower from the children.

Miss Lambie

w.b. 14.03.22

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Spring Term Week 10 14.03.22

Year 1 enjoyed exploring their Big Question for Science Week ‘What do seeds need to grow?’ They discussed, gathered their ideas before planting sunflower seeds. We hope they are going to grow really high so we can win the Sunflower Height Challenge!

They also worked hard to weed and turn the soil over to plant white tulip bulbs.

Year 1 explored what a scientist is, how they become a scientist and all the different types of scientists they could be when they are older.

In History Year 1 identified toys, their material and then sorted them out into what they considered to be old toys and which ones were new.

They also started to learn how things are ordered in chronological order and ordered a timeline of toys.

Then Mrs Heymoz surprised them all by coming in and sharing a childhood doll of hers.

Children are invited to bring in a small cuddly/ soft toy next Monday so we can use them in our History and English learning. I would like to use these toys all week so please make sure you children is okay with leaving their toy in the class Monday- Friday next week.  

In maths Year 1 have been continuing to make numbers with tens and ones and now are ordering and comparing them using the language of tens and ones.
Mathletics to support learning this week:

  • Compare numbers to 20
  • Order numbers to 20
  • Matching numbers to 20

Phonic sounds learnt this week are:

e-e ‘Go Pete, Go Steve!’  delete/concrete/theme/these/complete

i-e ‘Nice smile’ shine/glide/strike/hide/like/spike/rice

Tricky words to read and spell: Mrs, Mrs, here, could, asked, people

Unfortunately, Spelling Frame does not have these sounds. The children have selected a blank game mat template that they will use to generate their own games to play with these sounds such as: Roll and read, snakes and ladders, bingo, flash card, snap, pairs, word search or anything else that they enjoy. Children are invited to bring their games in to play next Friday afternoon.

Please can all children have their reading books in everyday next week so I can change them throughout the week due to staff absences. 

We are on our last box of tissues so any donated boxes would be most appreciated!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the beautiful Spring weather!

Miss Lambie 🙂

Spring Term Week 9 w.b. 7th March

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Thank you for all your kind welcome back massages, it was so lovely to see the children again and they were so excited to tell me what they had been learning with Mrs Moccia in my absence.

The children shared with me their fantastic knowledge of the different Stations of the Cross this week after they learnt them through various role-playing activities.


In Computing the children learnt about algorithms and how to input data to have a desired output. They played an activity where they wrote their algorithm and their partner had to follow it to see if it was correct.


On Friday Year 1 started their learning on Science Week through a Science workshop all about bubbles. The children were so excited to learn about gravity, evaporation, forces and how to make stronger bubbles!

Thank you for arranging the parent consultations. I have sent home the discussion sheet today or a sleep to invite you to book a telephone appointment if you were unable to book a previous appointment.

I hope you have a restful weekend as we have a busy Science Week to come!
Miss Lambie

Home learning.
• English– We are nearly at the end of Phase 5 phonics so I have sent a phonics sheet home that contains every sound and a High Frequency word list. It is end of Year 1 expectation that children are able to read, spell and use these sounds and words in their writing.
• Please use www.spellingframe.co.uk to support the sounds taught this week:
-Spelling rule #21 ‘ew’ Chew the Stew
• -Tricky/ High Frequency words List #16 Phase 5 https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/tricky-trucks?phase=5
• Spelling Frame does not have any games for ‘oe’ so the Children have a game to play at home- no need to return to school.

• The children have their user to www.letterjoin.co.uk to support in their handwriting and user details were handed out at the beginning of the term.

• We have been playing ‘Hit the button’ at the start of our maths lessons to build our speed at number bonds to 10. We managed to score 25 in one minute. Can you set your score and beat your score?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spring Term Week 8 28.02.22

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What a busy week for our school! Year 1 participated in Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday and World Book Day all in one week!

Mrs Moccia said the children really enjoyed learning to spell numbers to twenty in words this week. I heard some French numbers were also learnt!

Mrs Heymoz continued Year 1’s R.E. unit ‘From Lent to Easter’ and taught the children The Stations of the Cross. The children learnt about each important station that led up to Jesus’ crucifixion and challenged themselves to put them in the correct order.

The children began their Lenten journey this week on Tuesday with Mardi Gras celebrations. I heard the pancake race was especially exciting! Year 1 learnt about almsgiving, prayer and fasting during Lent and thought hard about what their personal Lenten promises will be. They  wrote them on palm leaves before presenting them at Friday’s assembly. I heard they were very respectful during their Ash Wednesday service and sang beautifully.

I hope you have a restful weekend and hope to see you all on Monday,

Miss Lambie

 

 

Home learning.

Please use www.spellingframe.co.uk to support the sounds taught this week:
New sounds learnt: aw (or) , wh (w) and ph (f)
-Spelling rule #27 ‘aw’ yawn at dawn
-Tricky/ High Frequency words List #16 Phase 5 https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/tricky-trucks?phase=5
Spelling Frame does not have any games for wh and ph but I have found a few resources you may use to support learning this sound
wh:
1. https://wordwall.net/resource/2435870/phonics/wh-words
2. https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/resource/phonics-phase-5-wh-sound-video-in-the-phonics-factory/
ph:
1. https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/poopDeck/index.html
2. https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/bingoOriginal/index.html

• We have been playing ‘Hit the button’ at the start of our maths lessons to build our speed at number bonds to 10. We managed to score 25 in one minute. Can you set your score and beat your score? https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

 

Year 1 Week 7 w.b. 21.02.22

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Spring Term Week 7 21.02.22

Year 1 began their new unit ‘From Lent to Easter’ in their religion learning this week. They were knowledgeable about arms giving, prayer and fasting. They are looking forward to celebrating Mardi Gras and beginning their Lent journey next week. They even got themselves prepared by finding all the purple Prayer items for the prayer table.

Year 1 worked hard to listen and respond in time to the music this week in their first lesson of their ‘Animal Dance’ unit in P.E. They were very active in moving like the animals. They were particularly in time with the creeping spider.

Year 1 tried really hard this week to partition their teen numbers into tens and ones. They looked the teen numbers are built and even tried to spell some numbers in words! We will continue to look at the spelling pattern of the numbers in words for the rest of this term.

Thank you for arranging the parent consultations this week. I enjoyed talking to you all about your child’s learning and their time in school. I will copy the sheets next week and send them home with you. I will write my availability for the next few weeks and schedule a telephone conversation with you if you were unable to attend this week.

I hope you have a restful weekend as we have a busy week coming up!

Miss Lambie

A busy week next week so please remember:

Mon- P.E. kits

Tues- Mardi Gras colours (purple, green, yellow & gold)

Wed- full school uniform.

Thursday- Book character dress up

Friday- Full school uniform

 

Home learning.

  • English-
    Please use spellingframe.co.uk to support the sounds taught this week:
    -Spelling rule #3 ‘oy’ toy for a boy
    -Spelling rule #11 ‘ir’ whirl and twirl
  • –Spelling rule #17 ‘ou’ shout it out
  • -Tricky/ High Frequency words List #16 Phase 5
  • Handwriting- ‘c’ and ‘a’
    This week Year 1 have learnt to ‘lead in and around the apple, down the leaf and lead out’ for our pre-cursive handwriting.
  • Please encourage your child to write their ‘c’ and now ‘a’ in the pre-cursive way from now on and they will add to it as they learn more throughout the term. I sent a pre-cursive alphabet home before half term to use as support.
  • The children have their user to letterjoin.co.uk to support in their handwriting and user details were handed out at the beginning of the term.
  • Mathletics– I have set: ‘Making teen numbers’ and ‘making numbers count’
  • We have been playing ‘Hot the button’ at the start of our maths lessons to build our speed at number bonds to 10. We managed to score 25 in one minute. Can you set your score and beat your score?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spring Term Week 6 wb 07.02.22

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Thank you to Reception class for sharing their assembly on St. Valentines with us all this morning. Year 1 have been thinking about how to show love and kindness in our school and have taken the snowflakes off their season tree to make way for kindness hearts after half term.

Our R.E. learning this week was a reflective task on looking at how we show God’s work and ways in our everyday lives. The children enjoyed the activity which saw old pictures of themselves doing God’s work which they had to label. This brings our topic of ‘Being a sacramental People’ to an end and the children have been using the liturgical year wheel to understand which season the church will be entering soon.

Year 1 worked so creatively and collaboratively during their P.E. gymnastics unit this term. They were able to perform their routines for their partners with controlled spins and balances. They we were then challenged to maintain this control as they balanced on the apparatus. They were so excited to use the apparatus for the first time and were very safe and controlled in doing so.

Year 1 tried really hard this week to solve subtraction word and picture problems using the methods they have learned. They know how to subtract by count back, using number bonds, using a number line and concrete objects on their tens frame. We challenged ourselves to subtract with money too. The children priced themselves up, then put themselves on sale and waited to see which child had the correct money to purchase them- they rather enjoyed this activity!

After half term we will be working with greater numbers and exploring how many tens and ones they are made up of and how we can use our number bonds to apply to calculating these greater numbers. Please continue to encourage the mental number bond learning at home.

Enjoy your half term break and stay safe,
Miss Lambie

Home learning
Formal home learning is not set during the holidays but you may continue to support your children through their daily reading, number bond fluency and handwriting.

Spring Term Week 5 wb 31.01.22

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Year 1 led the school in the Candlemas assembly this morning. They were very respectful throughout and spent lots of time this week preparing for it- well done Year 1!

Our R.E. learning this week has reflected on this important act of bringing Jesus to the temple and spreading the good news. Year 1 thought really hard about how they could shine like Jesus in their everyday lives. You’ll be glad to hear that lots of them wrote about helping their parents in different ways at home!
Maths

Year 1 have moved onto learning subtraction methods this week. They started with drawing the whole, then crossing out the part they took away before counting the remainder to find the answer. They extended their learning by drawing an abstract number bond and a number sentence to show their workings out.

It was lovely to be greeted on Monday with all the origami instruction lotus flowers. They look beautiful on our prayer table.

Enjoy your weekend,
Miss Lambie

Home learning
• Maths- Mathletics has been set to support subtraction learning.
• I found some useful home learning books on maths this week and have sent them home today. ‘Maths Number work record and activity booklet.’ This is for you to use at home as you wish and does not need to be returned to school.

Additional support on subtraction: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwv39j6/articles/ztpmrwx

• English-
Please use www.spellingframe.co.uk to support the sounds taught this week:
-Spelling rule 19 ow (Blow the snow) make a vowel ‘o’ sound rather than ‘ow’ brown cow in phase 3
-Spelling rule 20 ue (come to the rescue)
-Tricky/ High Frequency words – people, oh, out, day.

• Handwriting- ‘c’
This week Year 1 have learnt to ‘lead in and curl around the caterpillar and lead out’ for our pre-cursive handwriting.• Please encourage your child to write their ‘c’ in the pre-cursive way from now on and they will add to it as they learn more throughout the term. I have sent a pre-cursive alphabet home to use as support.
• The children have their user to www.letterjoin.co.uk to support in their handwriting and user details were handed out at the beginning of the term.

Spring Term Week 4 wb 24.01.22

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R.E

Year 1 joined in with Pope Paul’s learning in Hinduism this week to promote the awareness of tolerance and respect to other faiths. They learned about Hindu symbols, their meaning and what celebrations they have.

Year 1 took their first coach trip to the Jainism Oshwal Temple in Northaw on Wednesday. Year 1 represented our school well with their respectful and curiosity behaviour throughout. They were able to notice lots of the symbols that we had already learned about in class and were very enthusiastic spotting them around the site.

On Friday afternoon Year 1 showed their determination in following origami instructions to create their own lotus flower. They were very excited to take them home to show you tonight with an extra square piece of paper.

Links if they want to make at home:

English

This week Year 1 wrote their own Winter poetry and were very proud to have their work displayed around the classroom. They enjoyed using their senses to create their poems and are excited to bring them home to share with you at the end of the term.

Maths

Year 1 have continued with addition and part/whole models and been applying their knowledge to solving picture and word problems and understand that addition can be done is anyways (commutative addition). E.g. 1+2=3 and 2+1=3. Year 1 have found the missing number problems e.g. 9=4+? challenging as they are causing them to think about the calculations in a different order, especially when the missing part if a 0. E.g. 4=?+4 or 7=7+?. Year 1 have been very independent in finding and using their resources to solve these calculations.

P.E

This week Year 1 continued their gymnastics learning by exploring which part of the body can spin- I’m sure they will be able to show you if you ask! Please note that Monday and Thursdays are our P.E. days for the Spring Term.

 

We would like to swap some children’s reading days starting next week so please may every child have their book in school everyday so we can sort out the reading days.

Enjoy your weekend,

Miss Lambie

 

Home learning

  • English-
    Please use spellingframe.co.uk to support the sounds taught this week:
    -Spelling rule 4 ay (may I play)
    -Spelling rule 7 ea (cup of tea)
    -Spelling rule 22 ie (terrible tie)
  • Maths– To support the learning method of part/whole Mathletics has been set:
    -Introducing commutative property of law/ addition
    -Adding to 9 with missing numbers
    -Adding zero

The following games will support with mental fluency:

1) Bonds to 10. https://www.ictgames.com//mobilePage/smoothie/index.html

2) Bonds to 10 finding the missing part https://www.ictgames.com/saveTheWhale/index.html

3) Spotting bonds to 10 against a timer https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_II.html

 

Spring Term Week 2 wb 17.01.22

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In our R.E. topic ‘Being a Sacramental People’ we discussed how God is present in the world all around us even though we cannot physically see him. We drew around our hands and wrote inside them how we know God is present in our lives. The children cut them out to make a display and added their title.

This week we started our poetry unit and our first poem was titled ‘Winter’. We enjoyed learning the poem to read aloud at the end of the week. We were able to discuss the poem, think of a suitable title and draw illustrations to reflect the poem.

Our Maths lessons this week have been very practical as we used the resources so find part/ whole of calculation and understand how this can support us in solving addition and subtraction calculations.

This week Year 1 started their first gymnastics lesson and were amazing at finding a safe space to learn and learning how to control their balances with a partner.  I even spotted them trying during their playtime!

Enjoy your weekend,

Miss Lambie

Home learning

  • English– The children have a copy of the poem they were learning this week so they can perform it to their families over the weekend. Please may the children look on their bookshelves and bring in any poetry texts that they would like to share during class story time.
  • Whole School R.E. home learning- please see the latest newsletter or the link below.

220121 Whole-school RE learning letter – Hinduism