Spring 2
Friday 6th March
Another lovely week in Year One. The children enjoyed wearing their own clothes or dressing up for World Book Day. We did lots of quizzes and guessing games about stories, as well as talking about our favourite stories. There is also a link below for how to apply for a Blue Peter Book Badge (for those who are interested). Badge holders with a valid ID card can get free entry to over 200 Blue Peter Badge attractions, including theme parks, zoos, gardens and castles!
Over the next couple of weeks in English, we are using Traditional tales to help write our own stories. This week we wrote imaginative stories based on The Gingerbread Man. In Computing, we have been finding out how to keep safe when going on-line and when they see something they are not sure about or feel uncomfortable with, they should TAG (tell a grown-up).
In Maths we have revisited our addition and subtraction work using numbers to 50. The children have really worked hard to grasp these concepts and in the maths folder you will find some games to support this work if you would like to practise at home. In PE we have continued refining our football and ball skills, including aiming at targets.
Next week
As part of the national celebration of British Science Week, The Trafford Centre has been taken over by the Funlab this weekend, offering some free activities. More information can be found in the link below.
Friday 27th February
The children have really enjoyed being back in school this week, playing with their friends 😊
We are continuing with our topic Up, Up and Away thinking about the places you can travel to. In Geography have found out about the Welsh flag, national animal and flower and looked at some famous landmarks found in Wales.
In science, we have been using a non-fiction book to help answer questions. We have learnt about the different parts of plants and why some plants have flowers. We have also learnt about the lifecycle of a sunflower plant and I have sent some seeds home to plant, so the children can watch them grow.
In Maths we have been continuing working with our numbers to 50, finding one more or less and comparing two numbers or pictures to say which values were greater or less than or equal to. We have also used a number line to find missing numbers in a sequence. The children used their counting back and forwards skills to practise and some of them found this tricky especially when bridging the tens number e.g. 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 etc. Please can you continue to practise counting forwards and backwards to help your child with this skill.
We are now continuing to do our spellings for homework. I have sent home a red spellings book and a practise sheet, with your child’s spelling list to be learnt this week and there will be a spelling test next week in school on Friday. I will return the books next Friday so you can see how your child has done.
Next week
Don’t forget World Book Day is on Thursday. The children can wear their own comfy clothes. Our emphasis this World Book Day, is sharing a love of books and stories as part of the National Year of Reading.
Monday 23rd February
Welcome back to school everyone!
Just to let you know that PE this half term will be on Thursday’s and Friday’s and the children can come to school in their PE kits on those days. Don’t forget that earrings need to be removed for PE days.