Class 1 Blog

Good Morning Class 1!

I hope I find you all well this lovely sunny Sunday morning, fingers crossed the rain and wind will stay away today and you will all be able to enjoy the lovely April sunshine.

My apologies for the late posting of the blog this week, slight technical problem, but we’re back up and running (fingers crossed).

In maths this week the children began their Multiplication and Division unit with great enthusiasm, I was blown away by their knowledge of the 10x table. We got a little bit confused with our 5x table to begin with, but our confidence improved as the week end on (please see the homework task at the bottom of the page which will help with a little bit of practice at home). Tomorrow we are going to be identifying equal groups and then seeking to add equal groups, we will then make arrays and practice our doubling.

English

The children have absolutely loved our Diary writing unit, especially finding out all about Dougal’s adventures. Furthermore, the children really enjoyed working together to create their very own adventure for Dougal ( I really hope they’ve been telling you all about it – especially the grumpy octopus!). I was very impressed that the children wanted to link their diary entries to our previous class book Smiley Shark, which seems to be a class favourite this year. Tomorrow, we will be finishing off our diaries and then we will commence our new unit; 5-part story writing linked to the book Sleeping Beauty.

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 maths development and understanding of the 5x table I would really like the children to spend some time playing both of these games (the children loved using these games in class on Friday). Please do focus on the 5x table, although it wouldn’t harm to have a go at the 10x table as well.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Mr Mallison

Good Evening Class 1!

I hope I find you all well this evening?

What a lovely first week back following the very early Easter break, I hope you all had a relaxing break and managed to rest up. The Spring half-term this year was unusually short due to when Easter Weekend fell, therefore the Summer term is going to a rather long term this year. However, the children have bounced in this week with bags of energy and I have been immensely impressed with their attitude to learning and energy.

In maths this week we have completed their Mass and Volume unit in which the children have compared the volumes of items as well as measuring and comparing the capacity of objects which has also entailed multi-step problems involving addition and subtraction. Next week, we will start our Multiplication and Division unit, which I am very much looking forward to and I am sure that the children will enjoy learning how to multiply by 2, 5 and 10. We will also seek to identify equal groups and add equal groups.

English

In English we have commenced our new unit; Diary writing using Dougal’s Deep Sea Diary as our inspiration. The children have loved this book and have come up with many ideas for Dougal’s next adventure. This week we have made predictions as to what we think will happen in the story, identified the key features of a diary, practiced using capital letters and writing in the first person.

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

To support our English development I would like you all to have a go at the punctuation game on Small Town Superheroes. Focusing in full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks and questions marks. If you follow the instructions on the screen, I’m sure you’ll be absolute whizzes on the games.

Adults: You may need to read the tasks to your child, to help them identify missing punctuation.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/small-town-superheroes?exitGameUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzncgvk7

Have a great weekend!

Mr Mallison

Good Evening Class 1!

I hope I find you all well this evening?

I just wanted to start the blog this week by saying a massive thank you for such a wonderful parents evening. It was really nice to sit down and chat to you about the amazing progress that the children are making. Also thank you for your patience for when I was running slightly behind between 17:30 and 18:00, it was greatly appreciated.

In maths this week we have completed our Place Value unit and commenced our Measurement unit on length and height. The children have really enjoyed measuring items around the classroom to cement their understanding as well as problem solving in their maths books. This measurement unit is a relatively short unit, therefore next week the children will complete their unit assessment, followed by starting the next unit which once again is another measurement unit but we will be focusing on Mass and Volume. .

English

In English we have continued with our story writing unit, which the children are loving, Smiley Shark appears to be the most sought after book in class at the moment. the children have developed their punctuation skills with a focus on exclamation marks, question marks and full stops. The children have written about Smiley’s adventures whilst trying to apply these skills. I have been blown away with the content of their this week as well as presentation, we must be the neatest writers in the whole school.

To finish the week the children have completed a science experiment to identify which material would be the best to use when making an umbrella. The children learnt all about what it means to be absorbent and non-absorbent. Next, they made predictions about which material would be up to the job (justifying why) and then they put their theories to the test.

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

On our Daily ten activity for today, some of the children struggled to remember their number bonds to 10, which is a skill that is really important and can help the children to solve a range of problems. Therefore, I would really like the children to practice their number bonds using the Hit the Button game on Top Marks (see link below).

1. Select the Number bonds button.
2. On the next screen choose to make 10.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Have a great weekend!

Mr Mallison

Good Evening Class 1!

I hope I find you all well this evening?

Another, week has flown by in class 1, I cannot believe that Easter is on the horizon already! In class 1 this week the children have spent time in Geography learning about human and physical features on maps. In music the children have been playing the Glockenspiels and in PE the children have loved their netball and orienteering sessions. Finally, in I.T. the children have been absolute experts in giving instructions to move objects around the screen.

In maths this week we have continued with our Place Value to 50 unit. The children have loved the challenge of ordering numbers on a number line, estimating numbers on a number line, grouping into 10s and partitioning. Next week, the children will revisit 1 more and one less prior to commencing their new unit which is length and height.

English

In English we have continued with our story writing unit, which is linked to the book Smiley Shark. The children have spent time re-telling the story, finding adjectives to describe Smiley and sentence writing.

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 your learning and knowledge in regards to ordering numbers on a number line, I have found a game that you will really like.

Please follow the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

1. Select sequencing.
2. Choose 0-100 from the orange selection.
3. Have fun!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Mallison

Good Evening Class 1!

I hope I find you all well this evening?

What a lovely first week back at school! The children have all been absolute superstars. They have really enjoyed our Geography lessons this week, they particularly enjoyed re-capping the names of the 7 continents and 5 oceans, the song that we use went down a storm. In PE the children have enjoyed taking part in Netball sessions for both PE slots this week due to the weather not being on our side to go outside for orienteering, but we will have double orienteering at some point this half-term to catch up. In our IT lesson we explored how to de-bug a program followed by creating algorithms with out bugs. Finally in Jigsaw we have learning about how we can be healthy.

In maths this week we have continued with our Addition and Subtraction unit, which we are very close to finishing. The children have really benefitted from using manipulatives to solve addition and subtraction problems to 20. We have also been working on our mental maths skills. From
Tuesday onwards we will commence our new unit which is all about Place Value within 50.

English

In English we have continued with our NCR unit. The children have spent time researching facts about seaside holidays and developing suitable headings for each section of their reports. Furthermore, the children have worked really hard to created sentences to show what they know about seaside holidays. Finally, they have spent today’s lesson grouping sentences together in an extended piece of writing about how we can travel on holidays and where we can stay.

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

The children struggled a little bit today with their knowledge of number bonds to 20. Therefore I would like them to practice their number bonds using the Hit the Button online game platform:

Maths

TO cement our knowledge of number bonds to 20. I would really like the children to spend some time on Hit the button again. If they want an extra challenge they could have a go at the doubles activity.

.Task:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

1. Select the number bonds button.
2. Choose make 20.

If you are struggling with number bonds to 20, please have ago at number bonds to 10. The knowledge that you gather from number bonds to 10 will help with your number bonds to 20 (remember what I showed you in class with the red and blue pens on the board).

Have a great weekend!

Mr Mallison

Today in Class 1, the children have been learning all about how they can stay safe online. We started the day by reading an e-book about Pop-Up Gremlins.

We learnt about how Pop-Ups and unwanted messages can be harmful online. The most important part of the session was learning about what to do if something goes wrong or we are unsure; STOP, CLOSE, TELL.

Next, Mr Mallison worked with us on pretend situations and what we should do to stay safe, the main rule was to STOP, CLOSE, TELL.

After that we took part in a very exciting live lesson from the BBC.

Good Evening Class 1!

I hope I find you all well this evening?

This week in class 1 has seen the children investigate what different items in class are made from in our Science lessons. In PE the children have loved playing Dodgeball and our dance unit linked to The Lion King. We have completed our history unit, exploring the differences between Victorian seaside holidays, Post War seaside holidays and the modern era, with a clear focus on the transportation methods used and how this has changed where we visit and the types of holidays that we enjoy. Next week will see us take part in art week. I don’t’ want to give anything away at this point, but I am super excited about everything that we have planned.

In maths this week the children have started their Addition and Subtraction unit. We have found it tricky to start with, but we are showing great resilience and we are applying our knowledge of number bonds to 10 to solve addition problems to 20. Next week, we will work on our number bonds to 20, doubles, near doubles and subtracting ones using number bonds.

English

In English we have completed our story writing unit and commenced our non-fiction unit linked to the book, Seaside Holidays: Then and Now. The children will be writing a Non-Chronological Report about seaside holidays based upon what they have learned in their history lessons. So far the children have explored non-fiction texts, identified the key features of NCRs in addition to exploring prefixes.

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

The children struggled a little bit today with their knowledge of number bonds to 20. Therefore I would like them to practice their number bonds using the Hit the Button online game platform:

.Task:

1. Select the number bonds button.
2. Choose make 20.

If you are struggling with number bonds to 20, please have ago at number bonds to 10. The knowledge that you gather from number bonds to 10 will help with your number bonds to 20 (remember what I showed you in class with the red and blue pens on the board).

Have a great weekend!

Mr Mallison

Good Evening Class 1!

Another extremely busy week this week in class 1, I can’t believe we have gotten through two weeks of the half-term already, due to the short nature of the half-term we will be half way through come next Wednesday…mind blown! This week the children have continued to work incredibly hard and have really enjoyed their history work on the Seaside, I am really looking forward to next Thursday as we will be having a special guest visitor join us to discuss their childhood experiences of seaside holidays in the 1950s and 60s. Our visitor is very excited too!

Maths

In maths the children have continued with their place value unit. They have investigated 17.18.19 and 20 as well as one more and one less and the number line to 20. The children have thrived in this unit and displayed their understanding with great pride, the place value units are really important as they provide the foundation for building their future maths skills; therefore their solid understand at this stage puts them in good standing for future learning. Next week, will see the conclusion of our place value unit and the commencement of our Addition and Subtraction unit.

English

In English we have continued our story writing unit linked to; The Pirates Next Door. The children have enjoyed creating character descriptions and learning how to use suffixes to convert singular nouns to plurals.

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

This week I would like you to practice your suffix skills;

https://www.spellingplay.co.uk/planning-and-resources/year-2/more-suffixes/plural-pirates

Ignore that the link says year 2, the part of the game I would like you to access is suitable for year 1 children. Please play the game with an adult as they may need to help you to read the words aloud.

When you click on Start, please choose the adding s or es game option, handy videos are available for the adults at home.

Good Afternoon Class 1!

And welcome back to school. I hope all the parents and carers had a wonderful Christmas break, it has been lovely hearing from the children about all the things that they have been up to and the gifts that they received. Thankyou very much for your kind gifts! On a sperate note, I cannot believe that we have completed our first term term, we are a 1/3 of the way through year 1!

As always, we have had a busy week this in school and the children have settled back in and have smashed all of their work.

Maths

In maths the children continue their second place value unit: Place Value within 20. The children have explored the number 11, 12 and 13, along with 14, 15, and 16. Exploring different ways that the numbers can be made as well as solving problems associated with these numbers. Next week the children will explore; 17,18 and 19, the number 20, one more and one less and then the number line to 20.

English

In English we have started a new unit on story writing linked to the book; The Pirates Next Door. The children have spent the week familiarising themselves with the book. The children have made predictions, made character profiles and today we created a story map to explain what happens in the story:

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 a game to practice your number bonds to 10 and 20 using the hit the button online game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Mallison

Good Evening Class 1!

I hope I find you all well this evening?

What a superb week we’re had! I was blown away by the session with Ladies in Pigs and I am sure that the children had a wonderful time too, I hope the sausage rolls tasted as good as they looked. I know I included this date for your diaries last week, but I just wanted to add an additional date too, please could you ensure that your child comes into school next Tuesday and Wednesday wearing a Christmas jumper. Tuesday for dress rehearsal and Wednesday for Christmas jumper day.

In maths the children have started their Place Value (numbers within 20) with great gusto. The children have recapped the numbers within 20 and manipulated the number 10. Next week, we will explore out understanding of the numbers between 11-19 through a range of different challenges.

We have really challenged the children this week in English. We have asked them to critique poems (saying what they like and dislike), compare poems, create word banks of Christmas vocabulary and identify words that rhyme in poems. Next week, the children will learn the difference between rhyme and repetition as well as creating their own poems.

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?