Year 1
Week beginning 14th July
Wow! Not long to go now. But we are still having a great time learning in Year 1!
A highlight this week was being joined by 'Rock Steady'. We had so much fun learning about the different instruments in a band and having a go at joining in too.
We have also been learning about O'clock and half past times in Maths, so it would be great to look out for analogue clocks in your house or out and about.
We explored the book, 'Wave' and the children all wrote their own responses. It was so great to see all the different writing, from stories to recounts. We have also started to look at shape poems and have written one about the sea as a class in preparation for having a go at our own next week.
In history, we have continued to learn about Mary Anning, the famous fossil hunter from Lyme Regis. If you have any fossils at home (that aren't too precious) please send them in for us to explore!
In science we re-visited our learning on the seasons, focusing on summer. We found out about the daylight hours being greater, there being lots of insects, that the temperature is warmer and about plants in summer.
We also loved having a go at printing our own beach pictures using shapes we had cut out, just like the artist Hokusai.
It is so hot in school, please remember to send a water bottle and sunhat in with your child. We are happy for them to apply their own sun cream too.
Thank you for your continued support and have a lovely, sunny weekend!
Mrs Allery, Mrs Stoodley & Mrs Hall
Worship:
The worship theme this week is: Changing Seasons
Learning this week:
English - We will be creating our own shape poems about the beach.
Maths - We will be moving on to learning about position.
History - We will continue to look at the life and achievements of Mary Anning.
Phonics - We will be learning about the prefix un i.e. unwell.
Whole Class Reading - We will be continuing to explore poetry.
Home Learning:
My Maths and Numbots log ins are stuck into the front of your child's Reading Record. We would love to see more children logging into Numbots, it is a great resource and a fun way for your children to build fluency in maths. Please speak to your child's teacher if you need any support with this.
Phonics: We have attached some information and further home learning at the bottom of this page focusing on the new graphemes we have been learning this year.
Additional help with reading/phonics:
If you are wondering how you can provide general support for your child at home, our advice is to hear them read as often as possible. Please do not worry if your child brings home the same book from time to time- this is to gain confidence and fluency before moving onto different sounds in other books.
We also have an excellent link to some high quality texts that you may want to consider when choosing children’s books to read or buy!
Additional Maths:
By the end of Year 1, children are expected to:
- count forwards and backwards in ones to 100
- be able to count in 2s, 5s and 10s
- find one more and one less than a given number up to 100
- recognise the value of all coins
- know number bonds (numbers that add together) to total 10 and 20.
These are excellent skills to be practising at home, although we stress that they will be covered over the course of the school year.
Messages:
It is really important to put children’s names in all their clothes, on packed lunch boxes, water bottles, coats etc- otherwise they do not go home with the correct child. We already have some unclaimed and unnamed items from this week. If you could all check that all items are named, we would really appreciate it.
Please could water bottles be placed into a plastic bag in their school bag to protect school reading books. All water bottles must only contain water and NOT squash please.
Please note, our fruit at school is delivered on a Monday, but sometimes later in the day. Please could you provide your child with a snack on a Monday to avoid them getting hungry if our fruit has not been delivered.
Key Dates:
Tuesday 22nd July - Last day of term - We finish at 1:20pm.
Key Information:
Please wear PE kits on a Wednesday.