Summer 2

17th June 2022Hilary Peacock

The second half of the term is well underway and we have been working on the story The Storm Whale by Benji Davies.  It is a story about a lonely little boy, a whale washed up on the beach and a friendship that will change both their lives for ever.  We have learnt the story and are now working on changing the story slightly, for example one child found a pig that had escaped a farm because someone had left the door of his pig sty open.  Once we have finished working on this story we are going to be finding out more about real whales.

In Maths we finished our topic on halves and quarters where we spent several lessons finding halves and then we worked on finding quarters.  The children enjoyed the practical sessions especially the one which involved pizza! They were slightly disappointed it wasn’t real!  We have just started a new topic on position and direction, we will be looking at describing turns and positions.

In other subjects we have been talking about the Queen’s Jubilee and we have be looking at the features of palaces and castles.  In science we have been looking at the different properties of materials.

 

Year 1 Summer Blog 2

18th May 2022Hilary Peacock

The weather is warming up and our brains are on fire!  We started this week by looking at the story of Little Red Riding Hood.  Monday morning we headed to the nature area to find envelopes with puzzle pieces in.  When we found them all we worked together in teams to put the puzzle together.  We then had to think about what story we would be focusing on for the next couple of weeks.

 

 

Over the next couple of weeks we will be identifying the main characters, the setting and repetitive language.   We will finish the unit by recounting the story.

 

In Maths we have started our summer work book and we are looking at counting in 10s, 5s and 2s.  We have been making equal groups, adding equal groups and making simple arrays.  We will then move on to division and making equal groups and sharing equally.  Each of these units ends in solving word problems.

 

In other subjects we have been talking about herbivores, carnivores and omnivores and been able to recognize which animals come under these groups.

Finally, we are continuing to work hard in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check that is happening after half term.  You should have received a letter that explains what the check is and what you can do to help at home.  Please see the following website for resources to prepare the children for this:

The password for the page is wigmorephonics

Dinosaurs and Monsters in Year 1

14th October 2021Hilary Peacock

Year 1 have been working on sentence structure, the hook for this was a monster had escaped and we had to think of ways of catching him.  We came up with sentences such as: Find a cage. Put pizza in the cage.  Cover the cage with blankets.

A dinosaur came into our shared area and made a big mess, he was looking for his eggs.  The children had to follow the clues to firstly work out who had made the mess and then find the eggs.  We wrote a letter to Mr Johnston explaining that we thought it was a dinosaur who made the mess because he was looking for his eggs.

 

 

Next term we will be working on instructional language and they will write a set of instructions on how to catch a star.  In other subjects we will be finding out about Guy Fawkes and why we remember him, in maths we will be looking at addition and subtraction and 2 and 3d shapes.  We will be learning the names and their features.