30th September

In English this week, we have been innovating our Paddington story, by thinking about a new setting for him to visit in London. We thought of similes and adjectives to describe the new setting and changed our story plan. 

Next week we complete our hot write. This is an independent writing activity using the scaffolding and learning we have experienced over the last few weeks.

In Maths, we have been comparing amounts using the vocabulary more/greater. less/fewer and same/equal. We did this practically and then recorded our results.

Next week we will be comparing numbers, counting back within ten and finding one less. We will also be finding missing numbers on a number line.

In science, we focused on the sense of taste. We learn about the five tastes and investigated different foods. We then recorded these using the correct vocabulary.

27th September

This week we have been continuing to learn our Paddington story, we have been practising 'short burst' writing skills to help us write our final piece. We looked at similes, sequencing a story and taking our character home again. Today we looked at the written text and talked about the meanings of different words, we also tasted Paddington's favourite snack...marmalade sandwiches!
In Maths this week we have been ordering and comparing groups, next week we will continue to practise this and start to use the greater than and less than symbols to compare. 

We had great fun in Art this week learning about Jackson Pollock. We learnt about drip painting and went outside to create our own Jackson Pollock style art work.  This week in Science we carried on with our senses and learnt about our sense of hearing. We went on a sound walk around the school and played guess the sound. 

Please remember to keep your Little Wandle group book in your bag on Thursdays and Fridays as we like to hear the children read indivdually and give them extra time to enjoy their book in class at the end of the week. Also please keep your Library and Reading for Pleasure books in your bag all week, this way they can be changed, shared and enjoyed regularly. 

We look forward to seeing you all at Bingo Later! 

20th September

We have had another great week of learning and getting used to Year 1.

In English this week, we had a mysterious visitor join our class. Paddington Bear introduced our focus text 'Paddington visits London'.  We have been sharing adjectives about different settings and writing a short journey story which takes Paddington from one setting to another. Next week we will be writing similes and learning how to take our character home at the end of a story.

In maths, we have been counting on from any number, adding one-more than a number to ten and counting back within ten.

Next week we will be finding one less and comparing groups.

In science, we learnt about the sense of sight and enjoyed a practical lesson. The children thought it would be tricky learning to read Braille. 

We had a brilliant dance lesson today! We used the weather as inspiration and learnt to move in counts of eight.

We hope you have a fabulous weekend.

13th September

We have had an amazing start to year 1! The children seem to be settling in and getting used to the new routines.

A few reminders:

Please can the phonics folders that the children had in Reception stay in their book bags as we will be adding home learning to them in every week.

Children need a water bottle every day.

Please can Reading Records stay in bookbags.

Little Wandle reading books need to be back on Mondays.

This week in English, we have completed a completely independent piece of writing (cold write) describing a setting. We have also written a senses poem about a setting. It was good to see everyone trying their best and some good levels of confidence. 

Next week we will introduce our main text.

In Maths, we have been sorting and counting amounts to and within ten. We have also been counting amounts from a larger group of objects and representing amounts in different ways.. In Mastering Number, we have been looking at the number 5 and its parts. We used the stem sentence ____ needs ____ to make 5.

Next week we will be recognising numbers as words, counting on from a number, calculating one more and counting backwards within 10.

In science we were answering the question: does the oldest person in the class have the longest feet. We drew around our foot and compared the sizes. 

In art so far, we have learnt about the artists Piet Mondrian and Mark Rothko. We created a collage using primary colours and a colour field painting. There are lots of great artists in year 1.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend and get plenty of rest.