Year 1 Blog - Thursday 20th October

Date: 20th Oct 2022 @ 10:03am

Welcome to the final blog of this half term. All the children have settled in so well and have definitely earned a rest!

English

This week our learning has been through a story about a witch called Winnie and her cat Wilbur. Winnie puts a few spells on Wilbur - some are more successful than others!

We wrote potion recipes, drew our own haunted houses, matched rhyming words together, wrote Halloween stories and read the other Winnie stories.

 We will have one more day on this learning when we come back to school on Monday 31st October!

Phonics

This week we have been learning about oe as in toe,au as in launch and the split digraph a-e as in cake.

Sing Jake the Snake. Click here.

Maths

We have been learning about how to solve problem questions using addition and subtraction. There has been a lot of reading to do but we worked really hard! 

We have also been singing lots of maths songs.

R.E.

We started to learn about the sacrament of baptism. We looked at who is present at a baptism and labelled them in a picture.

P.E.

We went outside for PE this week! We had 3 different activities - dribbling a football, throwing beanbags into hoops and jumping over hurdles. We ended the lesson with a relay race around the daily mile track!

Outdoor Learning

We have enjoyed the beautiful Autumn weather this week when we've been outside. We did some stick wrapping. We practised tying knots and carefully wrapping our wool around a stick. We are still finding different fungi and noticing changes every time we go for a walk.

All the children get involved so well. They show great team working skills as well as great communication and resilience.

Music

We were practising for our Harvest festival in music. We practised the songs ready for church and then played the glocks altogether.

Science

We learnt about a scientist called Linda Brown Buck who taught others about how we smell. We did our own smell tests and guessed what was in the pots. We had a lot of correct answers!

See our pictures here.

Computing

We learnt about being safe when using the laptops and iPads. We talked about how we look after them and then made our own 'how to be safe' posters.

PSHE

We had a lovely circle time talking about two separate topics - personal space and positive affirmations. We talked about when to give each other space and when we need to be close together (e.g. carpet time). We ended the lesson go round saying a positive 'I am...' sentence about ourselves. We had 'I am a good friend', 'I am a good listener' and 'I am a great tidier'. It was lovely!

We all sat really golden in church for our harvest celebration. We listened to the prayers which the Year 6 children read and joined in with all the singing. Thank you for all your kind donations.

Home Practice

We would like you to read, read and then read a bit more !

Have a great half term break! Thank you for all your brilliant support.