Year 5 were fortunate to have a professional computer programmer come in this afternoon to teach us all about game design. Mr Brady (Luca’s Dad) talked to us about the skills involved in game design and then we had a go at designing our own games.
It’s the countdown to Christmas and the next few weeks in year 1 will be very busy!
As part of our Topic/Science and for this term’s Design and Technology topic we will be designing and making toppings for porridge to feed a polar explorer. We will be learning about healthy eating to help us decide what ingredients to use. This week will be the design process and we will be making the porridge and toppings the following week.
In Maths, we will continue with subtraction and then the children will be assessed on their progress in Maths so far this year.
In English, the children will continue to write their Christmas stories as well as completing assessments in English.
We will also be practising our Christmas Nativity.
Any queries please email us on
Have a great week
The year 1 team
In topic, we will be learning about hot and cold climates of the world. We will learn to understand the location of hot and cold climates of the world and which animals come from those different climates. We will consolidate this learning as one of our star challenges.
This we will be learning more songs from our Christmas Nativity and we will start to learn our lines. Your child will be sent home lines to learn and will need to practise these at home.
In our extended English lesson we will be writing about the Christmas story and making our own story booklets.
In maths, the children will be learning how to add using a number line and solving problems using this method. They will then be moving on to subtraction. The children will be practising adding using a number line as one of our star challenges this week.
Any queries please contact us on our class emails.
Have a great week.
The Year 1 Team
This week in Science and as part of our topic we will learn about Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores and discussing what categories the different polar animals would come under. Can your child tell you what sorts of foods these animals eat?
In Religious Education we will be learning about the first Christmas story and looking at artefacts and pictures and deciding what is the most important thing in the Christmas story. We will also be finding out what part we are going to be in our Christmas Nativity ‘Snuggle up stable’ and learning more of the songs.
In Maths, we will be doing learning about addition and solving addition problems as well as consolidating our knowledge of the number bonds to 10 in our continuous provision.
Homework: Please practise the number bonds to 10 with your child by watching the you tube link, writing them down , using practical equipment and by saying them out loud. The children need to be secure in recalling these facts.
From next week we will be sending Maths homework home in a book for the children to complete.
On Monday the children will be taking part in a tennis taster session.
Any queries please contact us on our class emails.
Have a great week.
The Year 1 Team
We chose to focus on 3D shapes! The children took part in active learning to recognise the properties of 3D shapes and then made a range of 3D shapes out of mini marshmallows and matchsticks. We had a great morning and the children enjoyed listening to this rap while we worked!
W/C 13th November 2023
In topic, we will continue to learn about the Inuits and make comparisons about their way of life to ours.
In English, we will be developing our sentence structure and writing our news from the weekend.
In Maths, we will be learning and developing our knowledge of number bonds to 10 by doing a variety of practical activities to ensure this knowledge is embedded before moving on to recording the number sentences.
In continuous provision, we will be playing maths addition games, sorting alien and real words ,leaf printing and sorting photos to compare Inuits to us.
Important information:
On Fridays we will no longer be doing PE as the children have a 2 hour session on a Thursday. Every Friday this term we will be doing Music and RE as we will be practising our Christmas play “Snuggle up stable”. This has a Christian theme so the children will be learning about the birth of Jesus.
This coming Friday the 16th is a teacher training day so school will be closed for the children.
To support ‘Children in Need’ day this year, Mrs Maude is running a design a poster competition and on Thursday the we will be celebrating by wearing our pyjamas or something spotty to raise money for the charity.
Have a great week.
The Year one Team
Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn term. It’s going to be a busy one!
This week we will enjoy our school fireworks night and we hope that we will see you there. We will have some activities in our continuous provision linked to fireworks night and the children will be doing printing in Art linked to fireworks.
In topic this week we will learn about the Inuit people and their life in the polar regions. In Science, we will be carrying out an experiment to find out which materials are best for warmth, flexibility, protection and which are waterproof.
In phonics, the children will be starting in their new groups and consolidating sounds or learning new ones depending on their progress last term.
In Maths, we will continue with addition and subtraction and problem-solving. Our maths star job will be learning about the part, part, whole model.
Any queries you can contact us on our class emails.
Have a great week.
The Year 1 Team
This week as part of our topic we will be learning about what continents are. We will be doing some map work to locate the continents on a world map and learning where we live in relationship to them. In our continuous provision we will be building igloos with sugar lumps. We will also be carrying out an investigation to test different types of gloves and the materials they are made from. We will find out what types of gloves are best for different jobs according to the materials they are made from.
In Maths this week we will be ordering numbers and using number lines. We will then be starting a new unit learning addition and subtraction. We will be consolidating this terms learning in continuous provision.
Don’t forget to access the Numbots app for Maths challenges.
In phonics this week the children have been assessed and may change groups after half term.
In English this week the children will be introduced to word classes and will learn what a noun is.
We break up on Friday 27th October for half term.
Any queries you can contact us on our class emails.
Have a great week.
The Year 1 Team
This week as part of our topic we will be comparing the Arctic and Antarctic and learning about the different animals that live in the two polar region. We will be doing some map work to locate them on a world map and learning where we live in relationship to them. In our continuous provision we will be writing fact files about our favourite Polar region animal. We will also completing our penguin artwork ready for the Art exhibition in November.
In Maths this week we will be focusing on our problem solving and reasoning when comparing numbers. We will consolidate our understanding of 1 more and 1 less in our continuous provision activities.
Don’t forget to access the Numbots app for Maths challenges.
Thank you for supporting your child with their reading and online work. We are so pleased that so many children are completing their homework.
The children have really enjoyed working on the star challenges this week. They have been keen to earn a Friday treat and work independently. We have seen some lovely written work about penguins. This week the children will be writing about the animals they saw at the zoo.
We will be conducting parent’s meetings on Monday and Wednesday after school.
Any queries you can contact us on our class emails.
Have a great week.
The Year 1 Team
