Class 1 Blog

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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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

Good Afternoon Class 1,

As always the children have had a really busy and have worked very hard. However, we did find time on Monday afternoon for a special treat:

Attendance Prize

When a class gets 100% attendance for a week the children get an afternoon off timetable. They can spend the afternoon doing whatever they want (within reason – a trip to Disney Land might be a little tricky). Therefore, the children were very happy last Friday when the results were called out in assembly!

Mrs Mallison offered to bake a batch of buns at the weekend for the children to decorate. The children loved making icing sugar and choosing sprinkles and edible train pictures to decorate their bund. Mr Mallison loved getting covered in icing sugar. As well as cake decoration the children enjoyed taking part in outdoor games.

Well done class 1!

Student Teacher

To add to the excitement of our treat afternoon the children were filled with joy at the fantastic news that we will be hosting a student teacher in Class 1 until the Easter holiday. We welcome Miss Fisher to year 1 and we are sure that she is going to have a fantastic impact upon the education and learning for the children.

RWI Home learning:

From this week RWI home learning will replace spelling in Class 1. All you need to do is practice spelling 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: Please choose one of these interactive games to have a go at:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

Please select your own level of challenge.

Theme:

Thank you very much for the fantastic posters from last week; I have loved learning all about Neil Armstrong, and Amy Johnson.

For this week I would like you to build me a model of a flying machine; you could build a:

I can wait to see your creations

Have a great weekend!

Good Afternoon Class 1 and a Happy New Year to you all!

It feels somewhat strange wishing you all a Happy New Year considering that it is already Friday and I have wished you all a Happy New Year in person at school; however this is the first blog of 2023 and I may not have seen all of your parents/guardians yet. I hope that you have all have an amazing Christmas break and that Father Christmas made a special visit to you. I must send my thanks for the wonderful gifts that you sent the year 1 team; I must send my apologies that I haven’t sent thank you cards yet; I had a world wind of a Christmas break; getting married, Christmas festivities and then a honeymoon crammed into 2 weeks has left me a little behind on thank you cards; but I aim to get them out to you all ASAP!

For the spring term, we have a very exciting theme of; Up, Up and Away! Over the spring term our learning will be driven by the History of Flight. Here is a brief overview of our intended learning journey up to Easter.

History: In History we will be learning all about the history of flight from the Wright Brothers to Amy Johnson to Neil Armstrong and everything in between

Geography: A focus on the UK; primarily the four countries and capital cities.

Science: Everyday Materials.

Art: Christopher Corr and his use of colour within painting.

DT: Vehicles – Modes of Transport for flight.

Music: We will commence the term by completing the In the Groove Unit;

which explores a range of different musical styles including: Blues, Baroque, Latin, Bhangra, Folk and Funk. Each week will will learn about a different musical style.

Computing: In our computing lessons we will be learning about coding and algorithms.

RE: In RE the children will be learning about how they can Care for the World.

PE: Our two focus areas for this half-term are Games and Balance, Agility and Coordination.

General Information

1. PE will take place on a Monday (outdoor) and Tuesday (indoor); please send your child to school wearing their PE kit as per the uniform policy.
2. Homework will be issued on a Friday and will then need to be handed in the following Thursday.
3. Details of homework will be posted on the blog; where you will be sign posted to the correct platform e.g. PurpleMash or Seesaw for example.
4. RWI books will be changed on Wednesday; both electronic (encompassing a book and online quiz) and hard copies . Please note the hard copy and electronic copy are different books.

Spelling: I have set a compound spelling activity on Purple Mash for the children to have a go at to support our learning in class this week.

Maths: Please choose one of these interactive games to have a go at:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue Choose your level of challenge.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Number bonds to 20.

Theme:

Spend some time researching Amy Johnson, The Wright Brothers or Neil Armstrong (you could use the internet, the library or books from home or school) and then create a poster to show me what you have found out.

Have a great weekend!

Good Evening Class 1,

Once again; thank you all for a wonderful week this week!

Weekly Round Up:

English

In English this week the children have commenced their new writing poetry unit. The children have being identifying suitable adjectives to describe Santa as well as different sentences types e.g. statements, exclamations and commands.

Maths

In maths the children have learnt about 3D and 2D shapes; they have spent time classifying the shapes based upon their properties. .

Homework:

This week for your homework I would like the children to continue to practice their lines in preparation for the performances next week.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Mallison

Good Morning Class 1,

Once again; thank you all for a wonderful week this week!

Weekly Round Up:

English

In English this week the children have continued their amazing work linked to the squirrels who squabbled. The children have being learning all about first person pronouns as well as expanded noun-phrases. They have also began to write a diary entry as if they are Bruce from the story.

Maths

In maths we have continued our work on ; Addition and Subtraction. We have spent a lot of time this week exploring subtraction, which at times has been a little bit tricky; although we have worked really hard and we are getting there. As the week has progressed we have moved onto applying both addition and subtraction within the same mathematical problems. Next week will see us start a new unit; Geometry; with a focus on shape.

Foundation Subjects

In Geography we have spent time investigating extreme weather and the children produced posters to give advice in floods and extreme heat (the two kinds of weather that we tend to get…) Science proved to be the most exciting element of the week; where we spent time investigating the different types of food that living things eat; the children loved learning about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Deciding which groups animals fell into had the children and even the adults stumped at some points. In drama we continued with our preparations for the Christmas play which are coming along beautifully; you are in for a treat!

Homework:

Spelling:

PurpleMash: In school this week the children having been practicing spelling common exception words. To support this learning, I have set up a game on PurpleMash for the children to play at home.

IT:Technology Hunt

The children have been on a technology hunt this week in school as part of their IT lesson therefore I would like them to go on a technology hunt at home. The children can present their work in two ways either as a poster (drawing the items) and handing their completed piece to me next Friday or they could take photos and create an electronic poster which could be uploaded to Seesaw and then I will print off for display.

Examples include: laptops, phones, microwaves etc.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Mallison

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Once again; thank you all for a wonderful week this week!

Homework Location

Just a reminder from last week:

The first place to look is the blog. On the blog, I will always detail what the homework will entail and which platform that you can access the homework through e.g. Purplemash.

English

In English this week the children have started their unit on the Squirrels who squabbled. The children have loved listening to this story, we have explored word meanings, story sequencing and finished the week by spending time outside to influence our ability to create sentences using adjectives to describe a forest setting.

Maths

In maths we started our new unit; Addition and Subtraction. We have spent a lot of time exploring number bonds within 10 and applying our addition skills to problem solving scenarios.

Foundation Subjects

In History we have started learning about Grace Darlin; identifying who she was and the time period that she comes from. Moreover, we detailed what we would like to find out about her. In Geography we have been investigating weather symbols and if you take a look at Seesaw you will see the children having a go at being weather presenters. In Science we have explored Animals and Living Things; with a focus on categorizing animals into one of five groups; mammals, amphibians, fish, reptiles or birds.

Homework:

Spelling:

PurpleMash: In school this week the children having been practicing spelling words with the ie and the i_e split diagraph. To support this learning, I have set up a game on PurpleMash for the children to play at home.

Christmas Play

This week rather than completing Maths and English based activities, I would like the children to focus on learning their lines for the play. They have done a great job in learning the songs already!

Have a great weekend!

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Once again; thank you all for a wonderful week this week!

Homework Location

I have received a little bit of feedback regarding a little bit of confusion regarding where to look for homework items.

The first place to look is the blog. On the blog, I will always detail what the homework will entail and which platform that you can access the homework through e.g. Purplemash.

English

In English this week the children have finished off their instruction writing unit, writing up their instructions as to how to bake Oat Biscuits.

Maths

In maths we started our new unit; Addition and Subtraction. Some of us found this a little bit tricky, but we have persevered and we are making great progress. We started the week by looking at part-whole models and finished up with number sentences. Next week, we will explore number bonds to 10, adding together and addition word problems.

Foundation Subjects

In Design and Technology the children finished off their moving picture books and wrote their evaluations (they can’t wait to bring home their books, which are based upon the Titanic). In PE we have played Dodgeball and in Music we have commenced our rehearsals for the Christmas performance, on Monday look out for scripts in your child’s book bag.

Homework:

Spelling:

PurpleMash: In school this week the children having been practicing spelling using common exception words. To support this learning, I have set up a game on PurpleMash for the children to play at home.

Maths: To support our addition work, please access the number bonds game on the Topmarks Website:

Have a go at the number bonds to 10 game.

If you are feeling very brave have a go at the number bonds to 20.

English:

Next week, we will be starting our new unit on the Squirrels Who Squabbled.

Can you create a poster about Squirrels? Where do they live? What do they need to eat to stay alive? Can you include facts?

Have a great weekend!

Good Afternoon Class 1!

Thankyou very much for a wonderful half-term children, you have settled in well and have made great progress!

Have a wonderful break and I will see you all very soon!

Good Afternoon Class 1,

Once again; thank you all for a wonderful week this week!

In English this week the children have commenced their writing unit based upon the Pumpkin Soup book; the children have retold the story, developed their ability to predict, retrieve and explain what has happened in a text and applied their knowledge of capital letters and full stops into a sentence.

In Maths we continue to expand our knowledge of Place Value; comparing objects and their relationship with numerals, additionally we have investigated fewer, equal to and more than and introduced the concept of less than, greater than and equal to (using mathematical symbols) which was a little tricky but we persevered. In History we explored artefacts that were associated with the Titanic and discussed what they might have been used for and how they were similar or different to items that we use now. In Geography we have investigated the weather and continued our experiments in Science. In PE we had a trip to the beach in dance to show how waves break on the shore.

School Uniform

We are having a few problems in Class 1 regarding lost items of school uniform at playtimes, lunch times and at the end of the school day. Unfortunately. quite a number of clothing items that are brought to me or found in the classroom do not have names on them. Please could I ask you to ensure that each item of school uniform is named; it does help us greatly to reunite missing items with the correct child.

Rain Coats

As the weather begins to turn, please could you ensure that you send your child to school with a suitable water proof coat (even if it’s nice weather when you leave the house). We have had days over the past couple of weeks where children have not come into school with a rain coat and it has poured down. We do like to get outside in Year 1 as much as possible (even if it is raining); although we do have one or two spares we don’t have enough for every child.

Homework:

Spelling

In school this week the children having been practicing spelling using the ‘ea’ special friends. To support this learning, I have set up a game on PurpleMash for the children to play at home.

In a break from the traditional Maths and English activities I would like the children this week to turn their attention to the Titanic

You can build it using Lego or recycled boxes and bottles. You can bring the model in or take a photo and upload to Seesaw.

Have a great weekend!