Category: Year 1 Blog

In phonics, we will be assessing the children. They are making great progress. Keep up the regular reading at home and complete any online work set.

In maths, we will be learning about place value to 100.

This week is culture week and we have chosen to learn about Hong Kong. We will be doing map work to locate China and Hong Kong, learning about their foods, weather, clothes and transport. We will also be doing creative art activities and tasting foods. Please ensure you complete the permission letter about food tasting and return to your child’s class teacher.

On Friday we will be dressing up in the colours of the Hong Kong flag, which are red and white.

Have a great week.

The Year 1 Team

Due to SATS week in year 6, we will be doing whole class phonics this week. We will be doing a variety of activities to gain confidence in our sounds and writing.

In Maths, we will be learning how to recognise and find halves and quarters of objects, shapes and quantities.

In Science, we will be learning more about invertebrates and their habitats.

In RE, we will be learning about what the word sacred means and exploring what is sacred to us.

On the week commencing the 20th May, the school will be doing culture week. We have chosen to learn about Hong Kong and so on Friday 24th May we will be dressing up in the colours of the flag which are red and white.

As the weather becomes warmer can you ensure your child has a water bottle each day and is wearing sun cream when necessary.

Have a great week.

The Year 1 Team

This week in Topic, we will be learning more about the Wright brothers and writing fact files about them.

In Science, we will be learning about invertebrates. We will be going on a bug hunt and finding out about what lives in our environment, what they are called and how we classify them.

In R.E, we will be learning about the stories of Jesus’ miracles and reflecting on what we should be thankful for.

In Phonics, we are working hard to learn our sounds ready for the phonics screening test. Please see the following letter to gain access to the resources available to support your child in preparation for this.

Revisit to Strengthen Phonics – session 1

Dear Parent,

Phonics Screening Check

In preparation for the year 1 phonics screening check in June, your child will need to be secure with reading words that contain the set 3 sounds. To support your child at home with this, I have attached some QR codes below which will take you to the teaching videos of the sounds your child will need to revisit.

Remember when reading a word, your child should use the strategy ‘special friends, Fred talk, read the word’.

In Maths, we will be learning about making arrays, making doubles and making equal groups by grouping or sharing.

Have a great week.

The Year 1 Team

In topic this week, we will be learning about the history of flight and creating a timeline of different flying machines.

Well done for working so hard and practising your phonics at home. Please continue to access the Oxford Owl online books and Reading wise as it really does make a difference to the children’s progress.

In Maths, we will be measuring and comparing mass, volume and capacity.

In Science, we will continue with our topic on the human body and learning about the sense of taste. The children will have the opportunity to taste a variety of things to decide whether they are sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

In RE, We will be learning about what Christians believe about God.

Reminder: The children will have dance on Wednesdays and P.E on Thursdays this half term.

Have a great week.

The Year 1 Team

This week we will be doing an art week. We will be collaging, learning how to mix colours and studying a well known artist.

In Phonics, we will be assessing the children on their progress over this half term ready to start new groups after the holiday. There won’t be any phonics books sent home on Friday.

In Maths, we will be learning about numbers to 50 on a number line, missing numbers on a number line and 1 more and 1 less. We will also be practising our number formation of numbers to 50.

We will also be doing some Easter activities this week including learning about the Easter story and how Christian’s celebrate Easter.

Have a great week and Happy Easter.

The Year 1 Team

We had an amazing day celebrating world book day. The children’s outfit’s were brilliant and it was lovely to share some of their favourite stories with the class.

This week is British Science week and we will be doing extra Science. We will be learning about the senses and carrying out a jelly experiment. Each year group will be learning about a well known Scientist.

We also have assessments in Maths, reading, grammar and spelling this week.

In Maths, we will continue to learn about place value to 50 and deepening our understanding of how to partition numbers into tens and ones. We will also learn how to use number lines to 50 and learn where the numbers go on a number line.

In phonics, we have had a number of children not returning the reading books sent home. If a book is not returned from the previous week we are unable to give out a new book. There are many books missing at great cost to the school. Please check at home to see if you have any school reading books and return as soon as possible.

On Wednesday 13th 1DF will be performing our assembly. Please join us to see what we have been learning and doing this term. The assembly starts at 9.00 AM.

Have a great week.

The Year 1 Team