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 a music lesson, explored the classroom, took part in a PE lesson and practiced our handwriting amongst lots of other activities.
The children have worked very hard and it has been lovely getting to know you all.
Just a few house keeping bits and bobs:
Homework
I will set homework on a Friday using the class blog; starting from next week and the children will need to submit their work the following Thursday. Generally; the homework will be an activity that can be completed on Seesaw or submitted using Seesaw. I will send out login details next week.
PE
PE will take place on a Tuesday and Thursday. Tuesday indoor and Thursday outdoor (weather permitting), please send your child into school wearing their PE kit as per the school PE policy.
What a wonderful week we’ve had! This week has seen us take part in the Sky Arts Access All Arts Week. The children have spent the week completing a range of activities linked to the Arts. More information to follow…
In maths we have continue our Fraction units, learning all about 1/2 and 1/4. Exploring how to find a half and quarter of a quantity and a given number. The children have really enjoyed this unit and loved exploring with concrete objects. Next week, we will commence our position and direction unit, the children will learn about turns, left and right and positions as well as ordinal numbers.
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In English the children completed the Words unit of Arts week exploring poetry. They started the week by creating a rap with MC Grammar.
Followed by drawing a character which was inspired by a piece of poetry that they had listened too. The children were then challenged to create a list of words to describe their characters. Finally, the children created list poems about their characters.
We spent the afternoons completing the 2D mark Making activities.
On Monday we explored the different ways in which we can make a mark on paper. We followed this up by investigating the works of Joan Miro and completed a blind drawing activity, which was lots of fun. On Wednesday the children explored different artistic mediums (charcoal, oil pastels, chalks and pencils) to create pictures of different types of hair. On Thursday, we learnt about colour, shape and styles (skills builders). When learning about colour the children mixed oil pastels to create the different colours that they could see in their faces. In the shape activity the children spend time investigating the different shapes that they could see in images of their faces. Finally for the style activity the children had a go at creating a portrait of either Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift using oil pastels in the style of Jean Michael Basquiat or Van Gogh. Finally, on Friday the children created their very own self-portrait using a medium of their choice
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?
I thought in addition to your reading homework that you could complete one of the Sky Arts Take home activity sheets. I have posted both of them to SeeSaw.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
