Class 1

Welcome to Class 1!

Teaching Staff

Teachers: Mrs Housely (M & F)  and Miss Latter (Tu, W & Th)

Teaching Assistants - Mrs Rutherford

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Learning Lens - W/C 3rd November 

Here's what we have been up to this week: 

Maths: We have started learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We started by looking at the shapes and seeing if we can see any within our classroom or on the playground. 2D shapes are flat, like a drawing on paper and 3D shapes can be held. We have started naming the 3D shapes and organising them.

English: In English this week we have started reading the story Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems. We started the week by learning how to make a realistic predication but also using our imagination. As a class we created three different predications about the story based on the front cover of the book. As we started to read the story we learnt about the little girl and her dad going off to do some washing. We then wrote our predications about what would happen next making sure we used capital lets, full stops, word spaces and our phonic skills to sound the words out. We have also been using adjectives and the connective word ‘and’ to describe the bunny.

PE:  This week we worked on our ball control. We have been bouncing basketballs with our hands and moving footballs around with our feet, dribbling. The children have been trying to gain as much control as possible through hand eye coordination and pace.

Art: Each child has made a small collage, using different shades of red for their own poppy that they will take and hold at Church next week on Remembrance Day. We spoke to the children about why we wear poppies and their importance. The children listened to the story Digger to try and help them understand.

PSHE:  This week we have been learning about our similarities and our differences. The children have been reflecting on themselves, what they look like and the things they like then comparing themselves to a family member or friend.

RE: This week we started learning about the birth of Jesus and how important he is to Christians. We talked about what a baby would need and how we could care for them. Then we discussed how special baby Jesus would be and what a nursery for him could look like. The children then drew and labelled their design.

History: This week we spoke about the gunpowder plot and why we celebrate bonfire night. Some children then created some fireworks pictures using bright paint blobs on black paper and blowing the blob through the straw to create a firework. They look great!

We hope you all have a lovely weekend,  

From all of the Year 1 Team

Reminders:

- Reading books will be changed on Mondays and Thursdays. Please use your child’s planner to record their home reading. Just the title and the pages read is fine. If it is not signed, then we will assume you need that book for a bit longer and we will change the book on the next changing day. If your child has read a book already or finds any book ‘easy’ then this is GREAT! Repetitive reading will support children’s comprehension and impact their fluency and spelling.

- PE is on a Wednesday and some Fridays. The timetable may change so please make sure your children have a full labelled PE kit in school every day. Please can PE kits be in a separate bag from their school bag. 

- All uniform is to be labelled.

- A water bottle and a healthy afternoon snack in school every day. 

- In your child's planner we would be grateful if you could complete the emergency contact page. 

- If the children would like to bring in something to share with the class for show and tell then only 1 share a week please. 

 Home Learning 

• Please read to/with your child every day. 
• Reading menus are in the children's planners

• Numbots log-in's are inside planners. Please use this to continue practicing maths at home.
• Please take a look at the 1 minute maths resource below. This provides short, fun activities allowing the children to consolidate their learning. 

• Write a sentence using a capital letter and full stop. 
• Practise your number formation by writing out number 0 - 10.
• Go on a material hunt, what different ones can you find? 
• Draw a picture from looking out of a window in your home. 
• Draw a picture of your favourite toy. Can you write an adjective to describe it? 
• Create a map of your journey to school. 
• draw a weather diary - draw a picture and label it sunny, wet, dry, cold, hot ect. 
• Create a passport for yourself. 
• Free choice! Any learning you have done at home that you would like to bring in and share with us, we would love to see it.