Year 1
Week beginning 14th October
We can't quite believe the first half term in Year 1 is nearly finished! It has absolutely flown by and we are so proud of how well the children have settled into their new year group.
This week the children have painted their final pieces of artwork based on the work of artist, Bridget Riley. They worked really hard to emulate her repeated patterns and both straight and wavy lines in bright, bold colours- they all looked brilliant! We also had lots of fun making fruit smoothies, the children were so excited to taste their own recipes with most of them saying they tasted better than shop-bought ones!
Next week we look forward to another week of super learning in Year 1. We will begin to introduce our new programme of learning, 'Difference' which has been developed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in association with the Church of England. We are looking forward to exploring some inspiring texts with the children and encouraging them to find and celebrate differences within our school and the wider community.
Best wishes,
Mrs Allery, Mrs Stoodley & Mrs Samtani
Worship Theme of the week:
Light
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give
glory to your Father who is in heaven.
'Friends, Families and Fantastic Bodies!'
English: We will continue to write our senses fact files.
Maths: We will be continuing to explore partitioning to deepen our understanding.
Phonics: This week, we will be learning the alternative grapheme for /ow/, the digraph ou as in 'cloud' and 'mouth'.
Whole Class Reading: This week, we are exploring the non-fiction text, 'Your Body From Top to Toe'. The children will be learning lots of interesting facts about the human body and the senses.
During these sessions, children use 'VIPERS' (as shown below) to answer retrieval questions about the key text and to develop inference skills. There are also opportunities to practise their reader voice and relate stories to their own real life experiences.
PSHCE: We will be continuing to think about friendships.
Computing: We will be continuing to explore Purple Mash. Purple Mash log ins will also be stuck into Reading Records this week. It would be great if you could support your child to practise logging on using their username and password so that they are able to do this independently in computing lessons.
Thank you for your help with this!
Home Learning:
My Maths and Numbots log ins are stuck into the front of your child's Reading Record.
Phonics: TwinklGo - Type TwinklGo into your browser. Type the following code RA5690. You will find some phonics games which you can play with your children to support their phonics learning. We have also attached some information and further home learning at the end 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.
It is getting colder and we have had a few rainy days too. Please can you try to ensure the children all have a coat with them, as we do outside, even if it is a little wet or cold.
Key Dates:
Friday 25th October- break up for half term
Monday 11th November- Year 1 trip to King's Park
Key Information:
Please wear PE kits on a Wednesday.
Science Award Ceremony...VOTE VOTE VOTE
Last year, we had a number of winners in the National Science Competition ‘If you were an engineer what would you do?’ Well… Emily Jackson (now in year 4), who won the previous year and had her prototype for the ‘seed drone’ made up by the engineers at Southampton university, has been nominated for the prestigious MacRobert award in Glasgow! We are so proud of her and her wonderful achievements. You can vote for Emily’s prototype on the link below. Emily’s is the last one, under Southampton University. https://www.primaryengineer.com/primary-engineer-macrobert-medal-public-vote/
Best wishes,
The Year 1 Team
Mrs Allery, Mrs Stoodley and Mrs Samtani