Shireen Class

Term 1
What have we been learning? 
This term we have been learning about animals and have looked at different animal groups. The children have been identifying amphibians, mammals, reptiles, birds, and fish. A highlight was our animal encounter where we saw and held different creatures! In literacy, we looked at lists, labels and captions, learned an autumn poem as well as a story ‘Tiny Little Fly’. In maths, we have practised counting within 100 and the different ways to make numbers to 10. In art we have been printing in different ways and have made some art in the style of Andy Warhol. 

Home Learning: 
Reading – Please read with your child at least four times a week. We celebrate High Flying Readers every Friday. 

Numbots – Practise playing on Numbots for 5 mins a day. 

Spelling: Practise the common exception words in the reading records. 

Christmas: Year 1 will be involved in the Christmas performance (week commencing 8th December). Y1 dates TBC. Watch out for tickets from the office. 

WOW moments: 
Harvest Festival – Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to our performance of Misty by Shirley Hughes. 

Animal Experience – We had some amazing creatures to visit us! 

Next term:  
As part of our big question, How is my childhood different to that of my grandparents? We are looking for any photos or objects from grandparents that the children could bring in for us to talk about with the class. If you have something that may be of interest, please speak to your class teacher. 

Term 2
This term we have been answering the question “How different is my childhood to that of my grandparents?” We even had special visitors who answered lots of questions. We loved learning about what school was like when they were our age. In literacy, we looked at a text called ‘Toys and Games in the Past’, and then wrote our own report on historical toys. In maths, we’ve been learning about part-whole models and continuing to explore the composition of numbers using our rekenreks and dice frames. We recently begun to look at 2D and 3D shapes by looking at tangrams in a fun and festive way! In P.E. we have enjoyed learning about gymnastics - making and performing our own gymnastics routine! During science we looked at the human body and enjoyed finding out all about bones and joints. Finally, we enjoyed lots of Christmas crafts and fun. The highlight was collaborating with older children to make our Christmas decorations.  Enter text...

Sendak Class

Term 3
The children have been very busy this term learning all about ‘The Great Fire of London’.  We travelled back in time to 1666 to learn about how the fire started, the houses and their design and how the fire affected Tudor London. In Literacy we learned how to write a diary from the perspective of a rat and wrote simple sentences about ‘The Queen’s Hat’. We have linked our texts to the Great Fire of London and took the children to Bristol Cathedral for an immersive day, linking it to the St Paul’s Cathedral in London. 

The children have also produced amazing work in mathematics; exploring numbers to 100, investigating odd and even numbers, the composition of numbers to 10, and naming and describing 2D and 3D shapes.  

In our P.E. lessons we’ve been learning to dance to a count of 8. We then linked this to our music lessons, where we’ve been learning about finding the pulse or beat in a piece of music. We used our senses as a stimulus for our learning, singing songs and using untuned percussion instruments to hold the beat. In our art lessons, we produced our own collages by cutting and ripping different types of materials. We loved showing off our learning about The Great Fire of London through the medium of art! 

In RE we learnt about Humanism and their Golden Rule. 

Well done Year 1 we are extremely proud of you! 

Term 5
This term we have been exploring the question ‘What are the different plants in Fair Furlong?’. In science, the children have been learning the names for different parts of a plant as well as how they grow. We have been exploring our school grounds and using our new knowledge of leaves to help us identify different types of plants.  

In literacy, we have been basing our learning around a book called ‘The Tiny Seed’. We added our own twists by creating our own innovated stories with special seeds. We have been using the -s and -es to show that there was more than one of something, and also continued using capital letters for names and places. 

The children have produced wonderful work in maths. We started the term by looking at how the numbers 11 to 15 are made and then applied our brilliant understanding of the composition of numbers to help us tell addition stories.  

In P.E. we have begun preparing for sports day by learning how to run, jump, and, most importantly, balance an egg on a spoon! We are ready to impress you with your brilliant skills when the day arrives! 

Our RE on the weekly Jewish festival of Shabbat has helped us learn what makes it important and what makes a special day. 

Well done Year 1, another brilliant term!