Year 1 Blog - Friday 3rd November 2023

Date: 2nd Nov 2023 @ 8:25am

Welcome to your first blog of the Autumn 2 half term.

English

This week we have been learning through the story of Aliens Love Underpants. We designed and described a pair of pants. We drew our own alien and described it in simple sentences. We wrote lists, found out some facts about space in non-fiction books and drew our own alien story plan.

Solar System facts song. Click here.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning about words such as scruff and string. 

Some of us have been learning about the split digraphs - e_e in Steve, i_e in slime and o_e in stone.

Sing a split e-e song.Split i-e song.Split o-e song.

Maths

We started our measurement topic and learnt about different ways that we can measure length and height. We learnt that we can even measure objects using our body! 

We then learnt how to measure mass using the balance scales. We used the words heavier and lighter to compare the mass.

Science

This week, we went searching for animals around the school grounds. We quickly found that the rain was forcing the animals to hide, so we didn't see a lot!

P.E.

We started our new dance unit this week. We are going to be learning how to dance like a robot! We copied some videos and practised moving around the room like a robot.

R.E.

We continued to learn about a baptism. We watched a video of a real baptism and drew our own pictures of one. We then talked about how a baptism is important in Christian life.

Computing

We learnt about a new word - technology. We learnt what that meant and went on a technology hunt around the classroom.

History

We learnt all about Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes. We then made our own firework pictures using either pastels or chalk on black card. They looked so good!

Art

We went outside to collect different leaves and made our own leaf rubbings. We made sure that we chose different leaves, that were flat and dry.

French

This week in French, it was Halloween! We discussed whether some facts about Halloween in France were vrai o faux, we learned some vocabulary for typical Halloween things and were able to match the French words to the correct English meaning. We then had a chance to choose a Halloween character and complete a ‘colour by number’ in French.

Music

We started to learn a new song, Rhythm in the way we walk. Looked at what is a rhythm, clapped and copied rhythms with hands, then with tambourines and tambours.

We then listened to The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky.

Forest School

This week we did some whittling with vegetable peelers. We used balsa wook as it is very soft. We made sure we used the peelers safely and we made some interesting shapes. We had to persevere as it took a few tries to get the hang of it.  In the future, we will use these new skills to make objects out of sticks.

In our other session we played a hiding game in the nature area then made some yarn dolls. We needed to use our knot tying skills and we came up with some very imaginative creations. We helped each other and showed perseverance and concentration.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Phonics - ear words OR igh words OR split e_e words

Maths - Measurement

Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers,