Summer 2
Thursday 25th July
What a busy way to end our final week in Year One😊
If you are looking for something to do this summer, the annual reading challenge (at the library) is called Marvellous Makers all about being creative in lots of different ways.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone for their generous and thoughtful voucher, gifts and cards. I hope you all enjoy the summer break and Mr Logan is looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday 3rd September.
Love Miss Green
Week ending 19th July
What a great way to end this week with Funday Friday. The children enjoyed their session with Mr Logan today and did some foot darts in the lovely sunshine with Mr Shingler.
In Maths we have been learning about time. We have used a clock face (analogue clock) and learnt how to recognise ‘o’clock’ and practised drawing the hour and minute hand on empty clock faces. This proved to be rather tricky as the children found it difficult to make sure the minute hand was longer than the hour hand. Next week we will learn about ‘half past’. There is a game in the maths folder if your child wants to continue practising recognising time on a clock face.
Next week
As Thursday is our last day together in Year One, the children are allowed to bring in their own toy but nothing too large, precious, expensive or electrical please.
Week ending 12th July
In circle time we talked about how we are feeling about moving classrooms and going into Year Two. We got to meet Mr Logan this week and found out about some of the exciting things we will get to do with him in September.
Finally, I hope to see you all at the school fair on Sunday but if you are looking for something else to do this weekend, why not take part in the Big Butterfly count. It starts on Friday (12th July) and runs until 4th August. Full details can be found on the link below.
Week ending 5th July
It’s been a great week of learning in 1G. After our exciting visit to the zoo last week, we were inspired to write some poetry all about the animals we saw (and some we didn’t see!). We even had a go at reading it out loud and performing to each other. In Maths we have been learning all about money, recognising coins and notes. In Art we made our own silhouette collage pictures of animals on the savannah. We were also lucky this week to have LCC visit and we had a fun filled cricket session with them!
Week ending 28th June
What a busy week it has been in 1G! The children enjoyed their trip to Blackpool Zoo and Sports day as well and we were lucky to have some sunny weather.
In Geography we used Google Earth to travel around Kenya and find out about some of the other places tourists might visit apart from the Masai Mara. We have been so excited to learn about the animals that live in the savannah, that we have started using this knowledge to build our own Kenyan safari’s when playing in class 😊.
Next week
Just a reminder that the children are not in school on Friday 5th July as it is an INSET day for the teachers.
Tuesday 25th June
Today we went on our much-anticipated trip to Blackpool Zoo to look at the different animals. There was great excitement to be travelling on a double decker bus and even more excitement to be going on a motorway. After about five minutes of travelling, we had the inevitable ‘are we there yet?’ closely followed by ‘when are we having lunch?’. The children enjoyed the day immensely and luckily we had some lovely weather. Below are some pictures of the day, including the seagull who was quite interested in seeing what everybody had for lunch!
Week ending 21st June
It has been a lovely week in 1G and the children have enjoyed reading Handa’s Surprise in our English lessons. We have been practising using adjectives and different punctuation in our sentence writing as well as exploring the characters to write our own stories.
In Geography we have compared how everyday life in Nairobi is similar to living in Stretford. In science we found out what animals who live on the Masai Mara like to eat. To help consolidate their learning the children had to be scientists and investigate ‘poo’ left behind by animals to find out if they were carnivores, herbivores or omnivores (Miss Green tried to trick us by telling us it was real, but we knew it wasn’t!). The children who chose to take part in the activity really enjoyed themselves and made great scientific detectives 😊.
Next week - Trip to Blackpool Zoo on Tuesday 25th June
We are all excited and can’t wait to go on our class trip. Just a couple of things to remember. Please wear school uniform and bring your packed lunch in a labelled disposable bag. You will not need your green book bag or reading folder on this day. I have put a copy of the original letter we sent out below.
Wednesday 19th June
Today Year One and Two took part in our own version of the ‘Euros 2024’. Congratulations to Italy who won the final!
Week ending 14th June
Welcome back to school everyone!
This week the children have been excited to start our new topic, Let's Explore... Kenya! In Geography we have found out where Kenya is in the world and learnt about the weather and how the seasons are different to ours. We found out some interesting facts about the animals that you might see on safari and wrote our own fact files.
We also learnt about what it is like to live on the savannah by studying the Maasai tribe who live on the Masai Mara.
In maths we have been making half and quarter turns with objects and next week we will finish this work with three-quarter turns. Phew! The children have enjoyed working practically although sometimes we get a bit muddled. If the children want to carry on practising then there are some great games on Education City. The link is below.
Eid Mubarak to those children and families celebrating Eid in the next few days.
Sports day – Key Stage 1 (Year One and Two) have been pencilled in Wednesday 26th June for our sports afternoon in the park. The children will need to come in their PE clothes on this day. As the weather is unpredictable at the moment, this date could possibly change, look out for email updates.