Weekly Round up W/C 5th June

Good Afternoon Class 1 and welcome to summer 2!

It feels somewhat strange commencing the final half-term of the year, it seems to have passed by so, so quickly this year. The children have commenced the half-term with great gusto!

In maths we have finished our multiplication and division unit. The children have spend time creating arrays, equal groups and solving investigations. Next week will see us start our Fractions unit.

In English the children have continued with their units on diaries. I have been blown away by the vocabulary choices made by the children as they pretended to be Thomas Farriner. Next week, we will be putting the finishing touches to our diaries and I cannot wait to read the finished articles.

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?

**PHONICS SCREENER**

On Tuesday, the children will be sitting their phonics screener (I know they are all going to be absolute superstars!), therefore rather than setting the usual homework on Seesaw I thought the children might enjoy playing some phonics based games:

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/buried-treasure

  1. Select phase 5 (you could even practice phase 4).
  2. Select revise all phase five.
  3. Have fun!
  1. Select phase 5 (you could even practice phase 4).
  2. Select revise all phase five.
  3. Have fun!

Weekly Round up W/C 8th May

Good Evening Class 1,

I hope I find you well,

What another busy week in Class 1! The children have worked extremely hard as usual and I cannot believe how much they have achieved over the course of another four day week! I thin k one of the highlights had to be our Science investigation linked to plants; How many plants can we find in the local area. The children hunted high and low all over the school site to find wild flowers, plants planted by us and trees.

Maths

In maths this week the children have continued their work on Measurement; this week learning all about capacity. Using both non-conventional methods and conventional methods. The children have also

In English the children have completed their acrostic poems on the Great Fire of London and they all did a fantastic job, the vocabulary and descriptions that they crafted were beautiful.

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

Once again the maths homework for this week can be found on Seesaw. You do not need to complete each page. Please see details below as to which task you should complete:

Big Red Table: Page 4.

Yellow and Blue Table: Page 3.

Mrs Campey’s Red Table: Page 2.

The answer sheet can be found of Page 5, but this is for the adults at home to use if needed.

You do not need to print off the sheet, simple write over the top of the sheet using the pen function. If you have any problems with Seesaw, please do come and see me and I will be happy to help.

Free Choice

There are two options to choose between; one linked to Science and the other linked to English.

Science: Go on a flower hunt at home/out and about this week to see if you can find an example of a plant planted by us, a wild flower and a tree. You could either draw your finds or take and picture and upload to Seesaw.

English: Write an acrostic poem linked to a subject of your choosing.

Have a great weekend!

Mr M

Weekly Round up W/C 24th April

Good Evening Class 1,

I hope I find you well, I am writing this blog prior to our visit to Howsham Mill and I am very much looking forward to our trip on Friday and I will provide an updated blog/images our trip hopefully on Friday.

It has been wonderful spending a full week with the children this week, despite my amazing course at the STEM centre last week, I did miss the children and it has been great this week support their learning for the entire week.

Maths

In maths this week the children have continued their work on Measurement; this week learning all about Mass. Using both non-conventional methods and conventional methods. The children have enjoyed learning about terminology associated with Mass in addition to experimenting with weighing items using scales as well as solving problems associated with Mass.

In English the children have continued with their unit on Acrostic poems. We have struggled recently with using capital letters and suitable punctuation to close sentences, therefore we have practiced this skill this week in addition to using conjunctions to join sentences, related clauses and related information.

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

Once again the maths homework for this week can be found on Seesaw. You do not need to complete each page. Please see details below as to which task you should complete:

Big Red Table: Page 4.

Yellow and Blue Table: Page 3.

Mrs Campey’s Red Table: Page 2.

The answer sheet can be found of Page 5, but this is for the adults at home to use if needed.

You do not need to print off the sheet, simple write over the top of the sheet using the pen function. If you have any problems with Seesaw, please do come and see me and I will be happy to help.

English

I have set a task on Seesaw linked to capital letters, please ensure that you double check which activity to complete as it is slightly different to the maths groups, all is explained on Seesaw.

Have a great weekend!

Mr M

Weekly Round Up WC17th April

Good Evening Class 1,

I can’t believe that I am writing the first blog of the summer term! I feel like the week has only just got started and here we are at Friday already! However, as you may be aware I was away from school for the start of the week on a very exciting course at the National STEM Learning Centre at the University of York. The theme of the course was teaching Primary Science Outdoors (although there is lots of scope to apply the skills learnt across the curriculum). I am very much looking forward to applying the skills learnt into lessons over the coming weeks.

Whilst I was away, the children were in the capable hands of Mrs Atkinson and the year 1 team, who were very pleased to tell me that the children had worked very hard and had been a pleasure to teach.

Maths

In maths the children have been working on a Measurement unit; learning about length and height; measuring using non-conventional methods to start followed by conventional methods. Next week, will see us continuing the theme of measurement, however we will be looking at mass and volume.

English

In English the children have commenced a new unit based upon Acrostic poems. To make the most of our learning time, we have chosen to make a cross-curricular link with our history unit; The Great Fire of London; therefore the children will be writing their poems based upon this subject area.

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 maths homework for this week can be found on Seesaw. I was hoping to post three separate sheets; but unfortunately technology has got the best of me on this occasion; with this in mind, You do not need to complete each page. Please see details below as to which task you should complete:

Big Red Table: Page 4.

Yellow and Blue Table: Page 3.

Mrs Campey’s Red Table: Page 2.

The answer sheet can be found of Page 5, but this is for the adults at home to use if needed.

You do not need to print off the sheet, simple write over the top of the sheet using the pen function. If you have any problems with Seesaw, please do come and see me and I will be happy to help.

English/History

Although we have only scratched the surface of the Great Fire of London, I am confident that the children will be able to complete this task based upon the videos that we have watched in school this week.

Task

Write a list to explain how the people of London tried to stop the fire.

If you are feeling creative you may wish to include drawings on your page.

Have a great weekend!

Mr M

Weekly Round up 17th March

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Miss Fisher has led the whole week, this week in Class 1 and she has worked incredibly hard to deliver a successful and engaging Science Week!

Science activities have been the main bedrock of the week and Miss Fisher tells me that all of the children have worked really hard not only in class but also in sessions outside of class and have all been very keen to share their scientific knowledge with the rest of the school during assemblies.

On Monday the children used Microscopes to explore the world around them and complete challenges and investigations laid out by Miss Fisher. When helping Miss Fisher to plan the microscope sessions, I was particularly blown away by looking at sand and a 2 pence piece in close detail. Maybe you could tell your adult at home which item you enjoyed looking at the most using a microscope!

On Tuesday the children took part in a Science Farm Live session by the NFU. Exploring how tractors are connected to space. The children were amazed by the link and enjoyed investigating which materials had been used to build tractors and spaceships.

Throughout the week, Miss Fisher spent time setting the children investigatory tasks utilising the resources from the Explorify science platform. The children answered the ‘BIG’ questions and conducted investigations and experiments.

The children also took part in Mrs Platten’s Windmill Challenge. The children commenced the session by watching a video explaining how a child had built a wind turbine using recycled material. Next, the children built prototypes out of Knex and then designed their own models on paper. They were then set the task of building a moveable wind turbine out of only resources that could be found in the classroom.

Miss Fisher was also able to include an investigation based around whether items would float or sink!

I’ve got to say I think the children have had an amazing week applying their science skills and I have been blown way by all of the stories that they have told me about what they have been up to.

Challenge: Can you use the words in sentences?

Miss Fisher would like to create a display in class showcasing the amazing work completed by the children over the course of science week, but would like to find out about what the children enjoyed the most. Therefore she would like the children to create a poster detailing their favourite part of the week. The poster could be completed electronically, hand drawn or painted, the choice is yours! The only request Miss Fisher has is that your poster should include the phrase; Science Week 2023.

We all hope that you have a wonderful weekend,

Mr Mallison, Miss Fisher and the class 1 team!

Weekly Round Up 3rd March

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Wow! What another busy first week in Class 1. The children have learnt more about the capitals cities and countries of the United Kingdom, man-made and natural materials in Science, created questions to ask the Wright Brothers in History and on Thursday saw us celebrate World Book Day, please keep your eyes pealed on the blog as Miss Fisher is going to post some pictures this week.

Maths

In maths the children have been working on addition and Subtraction with Miss Fisher. Once again Miss Fisher has told me that the children have been working really hard on this and have made great progress. She also told me that the children were really good at counting back and finding the difference.

English

In English the children have continued with their learning linked to Non-chronological reports. The children spent time investigating using question marks and ‘and’ to join two clauses or related pieces of information together. Next week the children are going to be spending their lessons researching the capital cities of the UK further and then writing their reports.

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 cement the children’s understanding in relation to subtraction; once again Miss Fisher has come across a really exciting game that the children can play to cement their knowledge:

The children can choose their own level of challenge, but Miss Fisher recommends Level 2, however some children may enjoy the challenge of level 3 or 4.

English

As stated above the children have worked on using questions this week in English and History. Therefore, Miss Fisher would like the children to create their very own list of all the questions that they have asked at home over the weekend which includes the correct punctuation and use of finger spaces.

Have a great weekend!

Mr M and Miss F

Weekly Round up 24th February

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Wow! What a busy first week back at school following the half-term break, I cannot believe how much we have crammed into the week.

Maths

In maths the children have been working on doubles and near doubles with Miss Fisher. Miss Fisher has told me that the children have been working really hard on this and despite struggling at the begin of the week, they have persevered and have made great progress.

English

In English the children have begun a Non-Chronological report unit with myself, based upon the United Kingdom. The children have explored key features of an NCR, how to group related information and the importance of using capital letters, full stops and exclamation marks correctly.

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

As stated above the children have worked really hard this week to expand their knowledge of doubles. However, Miss Fisher believes that the children would benefit from having a practice at home. Therefore, I have found a really fun game that the children can play on the hit the button website:

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

On the home screen select the Doubles link.

You will be met with the following options. Please choose a suitable level of challenge. If unsure start with the doubles to 10 and then work from there.

English/Geography

As stated above the children are creating NCR about the United Kingdom in their English lessons. To support their learning I would like the children to create a poster about either London, Edinburgh, Belfast or Cardiff.

Have a great weekend!

Mr M

Weekly Round Up 27/1/2023

Good Evening Class 1,

Wow! What an end to the week! A trip to Magna Science Adventure Centre. I cannot say how proud I am of the children of Brandesburton Primary School, the children had an amazing day and represented the school superbly. As I am blogging from home this evening; I do not have the list of children who can and cannot appear online; therefore I will check in school tomorrow and then gets some photos up of the kids enjoying themselves!

Attendance Award

Last week Class 1 reigned supreme in the attendance league table at school! Another first place; therefore the children have received a 15 minute treat. As it stands for this week we have 100% attendance for this week; therefore we are certainly in the running to top the leader board again, fingers crossed we will achieve the 100% tomorrow and the children will get another afternoon off time table for a treat. Although it is fantastic that the children receive a treat, it must be noted that the main element is that the children are in school and accessing the curriculum.

Maths and English

In Maths this week the children have finished the second place value unit; investigating number lines, comparing numbers and ordering numbers. In English the children have written setting descriptions, although we found this difficult we persevered and got their in the end. Tomorrow we will be planning a pirate inspired adventure story and will seek to write it up next week.

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 we have struggle this week to match numerals to words therefore I have set you a game on PurpleMash to have a go at, which will allow you to practice this skill. Additionally, I have set you an ordering numbers activity to allow you to practice the skills learnt in school.

English/Science

I would really like some feedback from the children about our trip to Magna; therefore I challenge you all to pick the best three parts of the trip to Magna and write me 3 sentences to tell me all about it.

Have a great weekend!

Mr M

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Weekly Round Up 20.1.23

Good Evening Class 1,

I hope I find you all well?

Thank you very much for another lovely week of learning and exploration in year 1 it has been a blast!

Attendance Award

Fingers crossed that we will be in the running for tomorrow’s attendance award; at my last calculation (Thursday afternoon) we will be sitting in the region of 97%, so as long as we all attend tomorrow…Although we would be shy of the 100% treat; we would be in the running for the best class attendance of the week prize. Let’s keep at it!

Learning

In maths this week the children have worked really hard to develop their understanding of place value. Moreover, in English the children have learnt about character descriptions and descriptive language, I was blown away with the sentence choices made by the children today to describe Jimlad. Miss Fisher taught the children Science, PE, History and IT this week. In science the children continued their work on Everyday Materials, exploring how to identify different materials; in History the children re-visited key historical vocabulary (to cement their sticky knowledge) followed by an investigation into new and old methods of flight. Finally, Miss Fisher taught the children about algorithms and how to debug them through making a cheese sandwich!

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

Maths homework this week I have set you a game on PurpleMash (with a suitable level of challenge for you). If you find the activity too easy or too difficult let me know and I will go onto to PurpleMash at assign you a different level of challenge.

English

I have also set a punctuation activity on PurpleMash which is linked to Little Red Riding Hood. The children need to choose which piece of punctuation should be used to complete the sentence (you may need to read the sentence with your child).

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mr M