Year 1 Blog - Friday 31st March

Date: 29th Mar 2023 @ 5:44pm

Welcome to your final Friday blog of March.

This week we have also attached a new online safety guide 'What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Age-Inappropriate Content'. Please Read.

English

This we we started to write our own version of the story, Scaredy Squirrel Has A Birthday Party. We had so many decisions to make...where to hold the party, things which might spoil the party, ideas for small talk, extra items which might be needed in an emergency! Scaredy Squirrel thinks of everything!

We role played being Scaredy Squirrel talking about his party.

We will read our books to other classes when we have finished them.

Phonics

Some of us were learning about or as in fork and oi as in coin. Some of us were learning or as in door, walk, roar and core.

Click here to sing some phonics songs.

Maths 

We started looking at division problem questions that required us to share objects equally. We started with halving numbers and then built up to sharing into more groups (e.g. share 10 apples between 5 children). We quickly realised that we can easily halve even numbers but it isn't easy to halve odd numbers.

We made sure that we did lots of counting together to check our answers!

Click here to play Hit the Button - click halves to 10.

R.E.

We focused on Palm Sunday and learnt about Jesus being welcomed by people with palm leaves. We made our own welcome banner for Jesus and role played welcoming Him. Then, we learnt the Easter story, focusing on the lead up to Jesus' crucifixion.

P.S.H.E.

After recapping how we can earn money, we learnt about how we can save money. We thought about where our money can be kept safely - a piggy bank, a purse, with adults, and then we learnt about bank accounts and how we can keep large amounts of money safe. We then made a poster about how, and where, we can save our money.

P.E.

This week, we tried throwing and catching with larger, lighter balls. This was quite tricky outside but we quickly learnt to come closer to our partners to stop the ball from being dropped. We then played a game of throwing and catching rounders to improve our teamwork skills.

Computing

We did some tricky learning this week on the laptops! We learnt how to drag and drop objects into sorting groups using the trackpad. We learnt that we had to click with one finger and move another finger - at the same time.

History

We learnt about two very significant inventors - The Wright Brothers. We learnt that they invented the first aeroplane and made the first flight possible. We compared past aeroplanes to present day planes and then wrote about why the brothers are significant. We even tried to make our own paper aeroplanes!

Art

We sketched a story map of our favourite stories on World Book Day.

French

We listened to La legende des Cloches de Paques - the story of the Easter Bells. In France, they say that the bells fall silent at Easter because they have gone to Rome to be blessed. They return on Easter Sunday, dropping chocolate eggs in gardens for children to find. We practised some vocabulary related to Easter with a hunt the word game. 

Outdoor Learning

Some of us used our skills of using tools safely to make a hedgehog using a wood slice, nails and screws.

We chose some of own learning in the lodge and the nature area. Some of us planted seeds including dill, coriander and basil. We hope that we are going to have plenty of plants growing when we return after the Easter holiday.

World Book Day

All of your outfits were absolutely amazing! The children looked incredible. Thank you also to the two mums who came in to read to the children, the children loved it!

Home Practice

Phonics -  or words/ore words

Maths -  Addition and subtraction

KEEP READING EVERY NIGHT!

EVEN MORE CHILDREN THAN LAST WEEK CHANGED THEIR READING BOOKS SEVERAL TIMES! THIS IS BRILLIANT AND IT IS REALLY HAVING A GREAT IMPACT ON THEIR PROGRESS.

READING BOOKS WILL BE CHANGED ON THURSDAY NEXT WEEK.

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