Year 1 Blog 7th January 2022

Date: 6th Jan 2022 @ 10:21am

Welcome to the first Year 1 Friday blog of the new year!

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In our Phonics this week we have been recapping the phase 5 sounds. In particular, we have compared the phase 3 ow (cow) sound to the phase 5 ou (shout) sound. Keep practising these sounds at home!

In English we have started to learn about traditional tales (fairy tales). We talked about our favourite tale, explored the features that they have in them and then read the story of Hansel and Gretel. We then sang the Little Red Riding Hood songs on the BBC website, we loved them!

In Maths we have been looking at number patterns and counting in fives in particular. We spotted that the numbers end in either a 5 or a 0. We have been starting from different numbers and using our knowledge to solve challenges.

 In R.E. we finished our waiting topic and recapped why waiting is very important. We listened to 'Be still for the presence of the Lord' and took spent a few minutes thinking about making time for God.

In P.S.H.E, we started to explore healthy eating and how we can have a balanced diet - we know that we can have more of certain foods and have others for a treat.

 In French we learnt about how French people celebrate La fete des Rois - the Feast of the Epiphany. A special cake which contains a lucky charm is shared. Whoever gets the lucky charm in their slice becomes the King or Queen for the day. We chose some Kings and Queens in class by drawing cubes from a bag. Whoever got the lucky cube became le Roi or la Reine and was allowed to tell the rest of the class what to do for a short time! We also read a story and listened to a song about the feast day.

In Science we looked at our five senses and how we use them. We labelled which parts of our body are associated with each sense.

We've had a lovely first week back together, it has been great to see everyone working so hard!

Home Practice

Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight. Please just write a note in the diary if you need the next set.

We have also been doing lots of counting. We have mainly been focusing on counting in 5s up to 100 (0, 5, 10, 15...) Please practise these at home. If you want a challenge, start from a different number that is not in the 5x table (e.g. 2, 6, 8...) We use a number square in class to help us with this, feel free to search '100 square' in Google to find one online.

Sumdog challenges

Phonics - ow and ou words

Maths - counting in 5s to 100