Year 1 Blog - Friday 6th October 2023

Date: 5th Oct 2023 @ 5:09pm

Welcome to your first Friday blog of October.

English

We continued our learning through the story of Dogger. We read to the end of the story and were relieved it had a happy ending. We wrote instructions about how to look after our toys, we wrote shopping lists and set up our own toy stall. We also wrote sentences about our favourite part of the story and wrote in role as Dave saying thanks to Bella for rescuing Dogger. This story really helped us to think about how we treat each other and our belongings.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning words in Phase 4 such as slap and swim - we need to say each sound individually before blending them together.

Some of us have been learning wh in whizz, ph in phonics and ew in chew.

Maths

We have been learning about addition. We have been using part whole models to support our learning. Looking at the above model, one part is 5, the whole is 12, the other part is 7.

In our counting we have practised counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s. 

We have also been learning all the number bonds which make 10, 0+10, 1+9, 2+8 and so on. We investigated the patterns in these number bonds and sang some songs which help us to remember them.

Friends of 10 song. Click here.

R.E.

We finished our families topic by writing our own prayers to God and Jesus. We also thought about the people in our families that are special to us. We drew pictures of them and labelled them.

Science

We had so much fun in science this week! We used our sense of smell to guess what was in the cups. We pulled some funny faces when we smelt the cup with vinegar in!

P.S.H.E.

We learnt about the word 'privacy' in our online safety lesson this week and how it is not always safe to share our private information. We talked about being safe on the internet and what to do if we are unsure how to act online.

Computing

We used Paintz.app to create our own Kandinsky circles. We learnt how to use the shape tool to form the circles and then we filled them in.

Have a go at making a picture on Paintz here.

Geography

We learnt a new word this week - route. We talked about how we all take different routes to school, some of us live far away and some live close to school. We also found that a car is the most popular form of transport when getting to school. We then drew our own map routes in our books.

P.E.

We put our hopping and jumping skills into practise and played hopscotch on the playground. We also practised running fast and underarm throwing.

See our pictures here.

Music

We practised the Harvest songs ready for Church. We love joining in with the actions!

French

This week we reviewed the greetings we have learned so far. We did this with our favourite game with the pirates, with the song ‘Deux Petite Oiseaux’ and with the song ‘Comment tu t’appelles?’ from Basho and Friends. These helped us practise how to say ‘bonjour, au revoir and je m’appelle’. We then learned to say how we are feeling using ‘ҫa va bien’ for I am well, ‘comme ci, comme ҫa’ for I am ok and ‘ҫa va mal’ for I am not well.

Forest School

In our first session we made roll up pizzas. We talked about how to be safe around the fire. In the nature area we made our own pizzas using a wrap, tomato sauce, ham, garlic, onions, basil and cheese. We rolled our pizza up and wrapped it in foil.  The first groups pizzas got a bit well done as they were cooked on the grill. We cooked all the other pizzas in the Dutch oven so that we could move the pizzas away from the direct flames.

The pizzas were delicious! We also had plenty of time for child-initiated learning in the nature area.

In our second session some of us were outside making dens, climbing trees, cooking with mud and finding all kinds of creatures. Our sessions on Thursday were in the lodge where great imagination and creativity were shown.

Click here for photos.

Harvest

Thank you so much for all your kind donations for the harvest. We had a lovely celebration in church and enjoyed singing all the songs.

Harvest Samba song. Click here.

Don't forget to book your Parents' Evening appointment (in the folder outside of the office) if you haven't already.

Home Practice (Sumdog)

Maths - Number bonds to 20

Phonics - ew words OR er words OR sh words

Counting - Count in 1s and 10s forwards and backwards from different starting numbers. 

The log in for Sumdog is on a white laminated card in the reading book bag.

Please try to read every night, even just for five minutes!