Category: Year 1 Blog

On Sunday 22nd June, Coundon Primary took part in yet another Children’s Mile and it was our best turn out for a while! As usual, there was a buzzing atmosphere as over 30 schools took part in this year’s mile (with over 1000 children and hundreds of adults running, too). We took along 35 children and 22 supporting adults/members of staff. All of our runners really pushed themselves to get around the course and they had a great time!

Here are our top 3 runners, well done Patrick, Ben and Elliot!

A big thank you to everyone who joined us whether you ran or supported from the side lines, your entry fee has gone towards a great cause! A huge thank you also to the staff who gave up their time on a Sunday morning, and of course to the organisers for putting on this event each year!

Our topic this term has now changed and the children are learning all about ‘Antarctica’.

On Thursday this week we want to take the children on a walk around the school grounds, whilst pretending that we’re all going on an expedition! The children will need to bring in their hats, gloves, scarves and a warm coat if possible. We want to bring our topic work to life!

Just a quick reminder…

Please make sure that your child is accessing their weekly E-book and Book bag book during the week as this helps greatly with their fluency. The children will receive new reading homework every Friday and will then be expected to bring their books back on a Wednesday morning all completed with a short comment in their reading diaries. Thank you to all those who are already supporting us with this. Just to let you know, the children won’t be receiving a book bag book this week but the E-book and quiz will be set as normal.

Lots of our Year One children are now accessing our Maths App ‘Numbots’ which helps to consolidate what we learn in class. This is super! If your child hasn’t yet gone onto ‘Numbots’ their logging in details can be found in their reading diaries (1st page)

We are now checking their progress and it looks like we have lots of super mathematicians! Well done!

Spellings

Spellings are now in full flow and your child should have received a weekly spelling list from the teacher. As we come to the end of our first half term new spellings will be sent home for your child to learn.

The children have all worked so hard this first half term and we would like to say a big thankyou for all of your support so far. It was lovely to meet so many parents last week and look forward to the lead up to Christmas! We wish you all a great half term break.

Many thanks

Year 1 Team

The children are all doing well in their new phonics groups! Please make sure that your child brings in their reading books and diaries on a daily basis. The children will come home with a new book every Friday and will also be able to access their E-book and quiz through Oxford Owl (Log in details are in your child’s reading diary) Thank you for your support!

Year 1 Team

Twycross Zoo trip – Friday 4th October

Year 1 will be heading out to Twycross Zoo this coming Friday and it’s always a great trip! Lets hope we have some sunshine! Please make sure that your child is fully prepared for the day and has suitable shoes and a raincoat just in case!

Many thanks!

The children have made a great start to the year so far! We’ll be using the blog to post weekly news and keep you up to date with what’s going on!

They have started in their new phonics groups and we have been impressed with how many children have completed their online homework. Please encourage your child to do the reading and complete the quizzes each week as this supports their learning in class and the progress that they make. Their log in details can be found at the front of their reading diaries. The phonics teachers can also check who has completed the homework and the children will receive extra dojos for doing their homework.

The children are adapting well to their new classrooms and have been very busy over the past couple of weeks. They have enjoyed learning all about Julia Donaldson our author study and have had daily story times!

If you need to contact us then please the following class emails:

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Many thanks!

Year One team

This will be our last blog before the Summer holidays .

In Maths, over the next two weeks we will be doing position and direction. We will learn how to describe turns and use directions such as left, right, forwards, backwards, above and below.

In Read, Write, Inc, the children will assessed this week ready to start new phonics groups in September. There will be online books set on Friday but no reading books will be sent home as we will be collecting all the books in ready for September. Please return any books you have at home including any Library books.

In Topic/ Design and Technology we will be making hot air balloons and designing and making our own paper aeroplanes. These projects will take up most of our afternoon work over the next two weeks.

In PSHE we will be completing our ‘changing me’ topic.

Thank you for all your support with you child’s learning this year. Have a fantastic Summer!

The Year One Team

On Monday morning we have sport’s day. Please remember to come to school in P.E kit, bring a water bottle and wear sun cream.

On Wednesday it is our trip to the beach , don’t forget your towel, hat, sun cream and packed lunch!

In Maths, we will be learning how to tell the time to the hour and half past the hour.

In PSHE, we will be continuing with learning about changes as we grow older.

In RE, we will be learning why a Mosque is an important place of worship to Muslims.

We will also be completing an artist study on the artist Robert Bradford and completing a piece of art work based on his art.

Have a great week.

The Year One Team