Summer 1
Friday 22nd May
What a fantastic half term 1G!
Well done to all those who have completed their spellings homework this half term. I have now kept the books over the holidays to update them for the last half term. After the holidays our PE days will be MONDAY and FRIDAY.
Have a well-deserved break everybody and I will see you back in school on Monday 8th June.
Miss Green
Wednesday 20th May
What a fun and exciting last two weeks we’ve had!
In maths we have been focusing on direction, pretending to be robots and making quarter, half and three-quarters turns to move objects. This week we have focused on our addition and subtraction to 100, calculating mentally by counting forwards or backwards to get the answer. The children have worked well but still need to practise counting backwards. In English we have continued our space theme and read a book called Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram. The children have enjoyed finding out about ‘Bob’ whose job is to keep the moon clean and tidy. They also found it particularly funny that Bob didn’t realise that there are aliens hiding there! The children have produced some super writing this week asking Bob questions and even drew their own aliens in art. In computing we used the ChatterPix App to animate our alien paintings we did last week and make them come ‘alive’! We hope you enjoy the results below 😊.
We finished our space theme work this week learning all about Curiosity and Perseverance (The Mars Rovers) and looked at some recent images of Mars’ surface sent back to Earth by Curiosity. The children were really curious and able to compare how Mars is different to Earth. The children have really enjoyed our space topic this half term and it has fired their imagiantions to find out more independently at home. Great work 1G!
When the children return after the holidays, they will be completing the National Phonics Screening Check. This activity involves recognising sounds in words and reading them and is similar to the classwork and homework activities your child has had throughout the year. More information is in their reading folder and can be found on our phonics and early reading page. If your child would like additional practise with their phonics they can complete the activities under the phonics games tab on the class pages.
Friday 8th May
What a super week it has been!
We have continued learning about Space, in particular finding out about the First Lunar Landing and looked at how historians use evidence (newspapers, photographs, artefacts) to learn about events and people in the past.
The children have also used different media this week in their art lessons, to complete their space collage pictures. They worked imaginatively and the results were amazing 😊.
The children have continued being science detectives sorting materials according to their different properties.
Finally, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who was able to attend parent’s evening this week. It was lovely to chat with you and be able to show you your child’s books and share the great progress they have made in Year One. I hope you are as proud of their achievements as I am.
Friday 1st May
What an exciting week it's been this week!
On Wednesday we were lucky to have the Wonder Dome Planetarium experience, visit school. The children were able to learn about different aspects of space, including the Planets in our Solar System, the Moon Landings and learnt about Artemis 2, close up. Thank you for your donations towards the cost of the visit. The children (and adults!) thoroughly enjoyed it and I hope they were able to tell you about it after school.
In History the children have been learning about the Space Race between Russia and The United States of America. We found out about why Laika the dog and Monkey’s Able and Baker are remembered. In English, we have been reading a new class book all about an alien who crash lands on Earth named Beegu. We thought about how she might have felt at different parts of the story and used our imaginations to think about what planet she travelled from.
In science we have been identifying materials that everyday objects are made from and grouping them accordingly. Maybe you would like to go on a Material Hunt at home and find as many different objects as you can made from the same material. I would love to see the results!
Friday 24th April
What a great first week back it has been and with a little bit of sunshine as well 😊. This week we have begun our new topic ‘Let’s Explore!’ and we used our non-fiction books to research and find out about The Solar System and how astronauts can survive in space. The children have been excited to find out lots of different facts about the planets and have been eager to share them with each other. We also enjoyed listening to songs about the primary and dwarf planets (links below).
In Music we listened to extracts from Gustav Holst The Planets and talked about which parts we liked. We also used this music in our Dance lessons, pretending to be dust storms on Mars and moving like Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos. We worked well in our groups.
In History the children have learnt about why the work of Galileo was important for space exploration as well as learning about The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank. The children are eager to continue with this work next week.
In maths we have been finding out how to recognise half of a shape, object or amount. This week’s homework supports this learning.
As the weather is becoming warmer, please can you check that your child’s school jumper is clearly named to prevent any mix ups and that they have their water bottle in school every day. Many thanks.
Monday 20th April
Welcome back to school everyone!
Just to let you know that PE this half term will be on Tuesday’s (gymnastics) and Friday’s (dance) and the children can come to school in their PE kits on those days.
Spelling books will be sent home today with new spelling lists ready to be tested on Friday. Everyone has put in an amazing effoert in the last half term, well done!