Class 1 Blog

Good Afternoon!

What an amazing week we have had in class 1! The children have been so enthusiastic in all of their lessons, they have particularly enjoyed their English lessons this week as well as practicing for the Christmas play.

Jam Sandwiches: On Tuesday we will be making Jam Sandwiches in our English lesson (instruction writing), if your child has any allergens could you please let me know.

Maths

In maths this week the children have spent time developing their addition and subtraction skills. They have investigated addition problems, finding a part and subtraction within ten using part-whole models.

English

In English this week the children have started a new unit; Simple Instruction Writing. We have used the book Beegu to guide our learning, where our lead character Beegu finds herself a little bit confused due to not understanding the world around her.

In your child’s book bag I have popped in a copy of this week’s spelling list. Additionally, I have assigned a game on the PurpleMash platform (login details can be found in your child’s reading log). You can also see a copy of this week’s spellings below:

https://static.purplemash.com/mashcontent/applications/guides/Spelling_Y1_Aut2_Wk2_LSWCC/Year%201%20Autumn%202%20Week%202%20LSCWC.pdf

Reading

Please ensure that you complete a minimum of 3 reads.

RWI Home learning:

Practice your  story green words and red words from your home reading book on a piece of paper at home. These can be found on the How to help your child read this book page.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

Maths

In maths the children have been working really hard on their addition within 10 and as we near the end of our addition within 10 unit, I think it would be really beneficial to revise our addition skills. Therefore, I have found this fun game that the children can play:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10

Dates for your diary:

Good Afternoon!

What a wonderful first week back we have had in class 1! The children have continued where they left off in October and they have certainly returned to school full of enthusiasm and eagerness to learn. It has been wonderful hearing about all the fantastic things they have been up to over the holidays.

Change of PE day: This half-term PE will now take place on a Wednesday and Thursday.

Maths

In maths this week the children have spent time developing their addition skills. They have investigate number bonds to 10, the addition symbol and number sentences and addition within 10. Next week, the children will start the week by exploring word problems, we will then delve into subtraction by finding a part, exploration of fact families, taking away by crossing out and exploring how many are left.

English

In English this week the children have been so excited to finish our unit on Aliens Love Underpants. The children spent time writing sentences with verbs to describe how their aliens move followed by revisiting their work on adjectives earlier in the unit. Revisiting their previous work allowed the children to then create sentences which not only described how their aliens moved but how they also look. The children have created amazing sentences and should be proud of themselves. Next week, we will start a new unit on instruction writing and will be linked to the book Beegu.

In your child’s book bag I have popped in a copy of this week’s spelling list. Additionally, I have assigned a game on the PurpleMash platform (login details can be found in your child’s reading log). You can also see a copy of this week’s spellings below:

https://static.purplemash.com/mashcontent/applications/guides/Spelling_Y1_Aut2_Wk1_LSWCC/Year%201%20Autumn%202%20Week%201%20LSCWC%20.pdf

Reading

Please ensure that you complete a minimum of 3 reads.

RWI Home learning:

Practice your  story green words and red words from your home reading book on a piece of paper at home. These can be found on the How to help your child read this book page.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

Maths

In maths the children have been working really hard on their addition within 10 and as we near the end of our addition within 10 unit, I think it would be really beneficial to revise our addition skills. Therefore, I have found this fun game that the children can play:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10

Dates for your diary:

Today the children have created a giant piece of art work on the front playground. We spent time exploring different textures and media and drawing on different surfaces, moreover, we made expressive marks spontaneously using chalk. The children are very proud of their work;

Good Evening Class 1!

Well here we are at the end of the penultimate week of the half-term. The past 7 weeks have flown by and I am sure that next week will go in the blink of an eye. I am very much excited for next week, it is going to be epic! We will start the week with our trip to Hull and then we will dive head first into art week, I am so excited and I am certain that we are going to have so much fun!

Maths

In maths this week the children have had a tricky week exploring fact families, number bonds within 10, systematic number bonds and number bonds to 10. Despite finding the work a little bit tricky, the children have applied themselves really well and shown grit and determination to develop their understanding.

English

We have laughed so much in English this week (the children are really enjoying this unit), especially on Thursday when the children were tasked with creating 4 of their very own aliens. The children had such good ideas and really enjoyed talking about their designs. Moreover, the children enjoyed writing sentences about the characters from Aliens love Underpants, we did find it a bit tricky when we focused on the use of adjectives and conjunctions, however we persevered and we are developing this skill nicely.

In your child’s book bag I have popped in a copy of this week’s spelling list. Additionally, I have assigned a game on the PurpleMash platform (login details can be found in your child’s reading log). You can also see a copy of this week’s spellings below:

https://static.purplemash.com/mashcontent/applications/guides/Spelling_Y1_Aut2_Wk1_LSWCC/Year%201%20Autumn%202%20Week%201%20LSCWC%20.pdf

Reading

Please ensure that you complete a minimum of 3 reads.

RWI Home learning:

Practice your  story green words and red words from your home reading book on a piece of paper at home. These can be found on the How to help your child read this book page.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

English

I have noticed that some children are struggling with their letter names, therefore I thought it may be beneficial for them to have a go at the following game:

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/what-letter-is-it.html

The game is rather basic, however it will give the children the opportunity to cement their knowledge of letter names.

Maths

The children may also enjoy the robot addition game from last week too!

The children may benefit from using objects to help them add, such as cubes or pasta…anything they can use to count really. I would start with the yellow robot and then move on when your child is feeling comfortable.

.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/robot-addition

Have a great weekend,

Mr Mallison

Good Afternoon Class 1,

I hope I find you well.

As we move towards the end of the half-term (how can I be saying that already!) there are a few key dates to be mindful of:

Parents Evening 15.10.24

KS1 Trip to Hull 21.10.24

Art Week 21.10.24

If you would like to volunteer during art week, please do come and speak to me. Any time that you could spare would be gratefully received as we always need an extra pair of hands in KS1 especially during art week.

In maths we have started our addition and subtraction unit. The children have had great fun learning about part-whole models, number sentences, number bonds and fact families. Next week, the children will spend time exploring number bonds to 10 further and addition based activities.

In English we have explored the text using drama (it was fun watching the children pretending to be aliens!), identified key vocabulary and revisited using ‘and’ to join two sentences.

In your child’s book bag I have popped in a copy of this week’s spelling list. Additionally, I have assigned a game on the PurpleMash platform (login details can be found in your child’s reading log). You can also see a copy of this week’s spellings below:

https://static.purplemash.com/mashcontent/applications/guides/Spelling_Y1_Aut1_Wk6_LSWCC/Year%201%20Autumn%201%20Week%206%20LSCWC.pdf

Reading

Please ensure that you complete a minimum of 3 reads.

RWI Home learning:

Practice your  story green words and red words from your home reading book on a piece of paper at home. These can be found on the How to help your child read this book page.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

Maths

To support our work on addition I thought the children would enjoy completing the following game:

The children may benefit from using objects to help them add, such as cubes or pasta…anything they can use to count really. I would start with the yellow robot and then move on when your child is feeling comfortable.

.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/robot-addition

Have a great weekend,

Mr Mallison

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Another week down! I cannot believe how quickly this half-term is going!

Excellent attendance again this week, we only just missed out on the top spot at 98%, we did however manage 100% with our reading, well done Class 1!

In maths we have completed our Place Value unit and I must say I was very impressed with our end of unit assessments. Next week, we will start our addition and subtraction unit, we will commence by looking at part-whole models and number bonds to 10.

In English we have started a brand-new book linked to the book; Aliens Love Underpants. The children are loving this book, especially the silly nature of the aliens. So far we have sequenced the story and identified the key events. Next week, we will retell the story using drama and we will start to identify key vocabulary from within the text.

In your child’s book bag I have popped in a copy of this week’s spelling list. Additionally, I have assigned a game on the PurpleMash platform (login details can be found in your child’s reading log). You can also see a copy of this week’s spellings below:

https://static.purplemash.com/mashcontent/applications/guides/Spelling_Y1_Aut1_Wk5_LSWCC/Year%201%20Autumn%201%20Week%205%20%20LSCWC.pdf

Reading

Please ensure that you complete a minimum of 3 reads.

RWI Home learning:

Practice your  story green words and red words from your home reading book on a piece of paper at home. These can be found on the How to help your child read this book page.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

Maths

**We didn’t quite get started on number bonds this week, therefore I would like everybody to consolidate their skills in preparation for next week.

Next week in our quick starts we are going to be exploring number bonds to 10. Therefore to help the children to learn this skill, I thought it would be fun to play the number bonds to 10 game on Hit the Button. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

To access this game, please click the green button.

Next, select Make 10 in the Up to 10 section.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Mallison

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Wow! Another week down, time flies when you’re having fun!

I can’t believe it’s a week since I was posting about the children really enjoying their rugby sessions in PE. I must say a huge shout out for our attendance thus far this week, as I write this blog on Friday before school we currently sit at 100% attendance, fingers crossed that we see all children in class today and we will top the attendance leader board in school.

In maths we have continued our Place Value unit. We have explored 1 less, comparing groups by matching, fewer, more and the same, less then, greater than and equal to.

The children have absolutely blown me away in English this week. The children have spent time writing character descriptions independently using adjectives some of them even took their work to the next level and used ‘and’ to join sentences together.

In your child’s book bag I have popped in a copy of this week’s spelling list. Additionally, I have assigned a game on the PurpleMash platform (login details can be found in your child’s reading log). You can also see a copy of this week’s spellings below:

Reading

Please ensure that you complete a minimum of 3 reads.

RWI Home learning:

Practice your  story green words and red words from your home reading book on a piece of paper at home. These can be found on the How to help your child read this book page.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

Maths

Next week in our quick starts we are going to be exploring number bonds to 10. Therefore to help the children to learn this skill, I thought it would be fun to play the number bonds to 10 game on Hit the Button.

To access this game, please click the green button.

Next, select Make 10 in the Up to 10 section.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Mallison

Good Afternoon Class 1,

The children have had another really busy week this week and they have all been superstars! In Science the children have taken leaf and bark rubbings whilst making observations about the changes that have happened this week as a result of us being in Autumn. In History the children have worked togethers to create a fact file on Amy Johnson whilst learning the difference between a source and sauce. In PE the children have taken part in Hockey and their first Rugby lesson (which they now all love!)

The children really enjoyed their Jigsaw lesson with Mrs. Atkinson and sang their hearts out in Music. We didn’t manage to get over to the church last Tuesday but we will be going next Tuesday afternoon as part of our RW lessons.

Maths

In maths the children have continued their unit on place value. We have explored numbers as words, counting on from a given number, 1 more and counting backwards from 10.

English

In English the children have continued with their learning linked to character descriptions. We spent time creating a bank of nouns, verbs and adjectives to describe Cyril and Bruce. Additionally, we have written sentences about the squabbling duo.

In your child’s book bag I have popped in a copy of this week’s spelling list. Additionally, I have assigned a game on the PurpleMash platform (login details can be found in your child’s reading log).

Reading

Please ensure that you complete a minimum of 3 reads.

RWI Home learning:

Practice your  story green words and red words from your home reading book on a piece of paper at home. These can be found on the How to help your child read this book page.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

Maths

This week I would like you to play Bud’s number garden to practice number recognition. Please follow the link and follow the in game instructions (you might need an adult to help).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/education-ivor-starting-school?exitGameUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzd4b382

Have a great weekend!

Mr Mallison

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Wow! What another busy first full week in Class 1. The children have spent time in Science learning about the different seasons and what changes we see across the seasons. In History we have considered questions that we would like to answer about Amy Johnson. In PE we have played hockey. The children really enjoyed their Jigsaw lesson with Mrs. Atkinson and sang their hearts out in Music. Next Tuesday afternoon we are going to be visiting the church as part of our RW lessons.

Maths

In maths the children have continued their unit on place value. We have explored counting, grouping and representation of numbers using objects.

English

In English the children have continued with their learning linked to character descriptions. We spent time learning the key vocabulary in the book and getting to know the key characters as well as sequencing the story through drama. Next week, we are going to identify nouns and verbs that describe how the squirrels move.

In your child’s book bag I have popped in a copy of this week’s spelling list. Additionally, I have assigned a game on the PurpleMash platform (login details can be found in your child’s reading log).

Reading

Please ensure that you complete a minimum of 3 reads.

RWI Home learning:

Practice your  story green words and red words from your home reading book on a piece of paper at home. These can be found on the How to help your child read this book page.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

Maths

This week I would like you to play Bud’s number garden to practice number recognition. Please follow the link and follow the in game instructions (you might need an adult to help).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/education-ivor-starting-school?exitGameUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzd4b382

Request

When picking up at the end of the school day, please ensure that you are able to pick your child up from the class 1 outdoor area. Since returning to school, we have had a couple of instances where parents/carers have been waiting on Church Drive and they have asked for the child to be sent down the path and round to them. In the interest of safety for your child we cannot do this. At the end of the school day there is a lot of traffic movement on Main Street and Church Drive which presents a danger to the children. If you are unable to collect from the Class 1 outdoor area, we will need to wait until all of the other children have been picked up before we can walk your child round.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Mallison

Oh my gosh Class 1, how quick did that week go? If I would have blinked I would have missed it! However, as the saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun!

It has been a very busy week, yet it has been filled with fun and laughter. We have played English and Maths games, wrote about our summer holidays, took part in music, science (I apologise if your child is now obsessed with acorns!) and IT lessons. We have explored the classroom and learnt a little bit about hockey in our PE lessons.

The children have worked very hard and it has been lovely getting to know you all.

Just a few house keeping bits and bobs:

The blog is your one stop for all information regarding Class 1 and events taking place in school

Homework

I will set homework on a Friday using the class blog; generally these will be online educational games. However, if I pop anything in their book bags I will provide all of the details on here.

Spelling

Each week I will pop a spelling list in the children’s bags on a Friday afternoon (all though I have failed dramatically today as I am currently looking at the pile on my desk, I will send them on Monday, sorry!) .As well as the hard copy I have posted a game on Purple Mash that the children can use to practice. I have put their logging details inside the front cover of their reading logs.

PE

PE will take place on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday indoor and Wednesday outdoor (weather permitting), please send your child into school wearing their PE kit as per the school PE policy.

Each week I will also post the school diary dates so that you can see any upcoming events in good time:

Request

In RW this term we will be exploring the theme of; ‘Who belongs?’ To support this learning we would love for the children to bring in any items linked to them being a part of a group e.g. sport kit, rainbow or cubs items, photographs of them taking part in any out of school clubs on Thursday 12th September.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Mallison