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Year 1 Blog

Phonics workshop for parents

24th February 2023Daniel Pateman

Please see the link below for access to our phonics workshop for parents!

Phonics Workshop 9.2. 23

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Spring Term

27th January 2023Farhana Siddique

Maths
Children in Year One are focusing on Addition and Subtractions within 20. They have been adding using number line, tens frames and part-part whole model. Children have continued to make progress throughout their learning by recognising numbers and forming them correctly.

English
This term children have been learning the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’. Children were able to sequence the story and retell what has happened verbally and with actions. They have started to innovate their stories where they have changed the items found in Handa’s basket to their favourite things. Next week children will writing their own version of Handa’s surprise.

Topic 
Children in Year one are exploring the wonderful world of Geography! Children were excited to practice their orienteering skills by making their own compass to navigate their way around the school. Everyone learnt about North, South, East and West (compass points). Children will continue to learn more about Geography focusing on the UK (human and physical) features and begin to explore the different continents and oceans.

Outdoor learning 
Children had to run towards the different compass points found on the playground.

Reading
Children have been learning about a fiction book called ‘Between Tick and Tock’. Children had to familarise themselves with the story. They learnt new vocabulary used in the text and they had the opportunity to use their observation skills to articulate their idea. The current book the children are learning is a non-fiction story called Great Britain.

Year 1 Blog

Autumn Term 2

28th November 2022Farhana Siddique

English
In English children are learning the story ‘Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion’.
They have worked extremely hard in writing their sentences after sequencing the story. Children are working towards becoming independent by using their phonics.

Maths
Children in Year 1 have worked extremely hard in Maths and have shown great pride in their work. They have come to an end of their Addition and Subtraction unit and now we are learning about shapes.

Science
The scientist in Year 1 have come to the end in exploring their Five senses. Children had the opportunity to make their own Jam sandwich. They are now focusing on the parts of a human body.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSHE– Anti-bullying week
This Year’s theme for anti-bullying week was “Reach out.”
Children in Year 1 have created a variety of crafts to show that ‘We are brave and strong’.
In Birch class, children made shields to tell the bully to stop and show that we are always protected when we stand together.
In Alder class, children made medals about kindness. This taught the children to always be kind to everyone.
In Ash class children made crowns to show that they are brave and can stand up against anyone and use kind words in response to the bully.

 

Year 1 Blog

Flying Start Into Year One

14th October 2022Farhana Siddique

English
In English children have been captivated by the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’. Children across Year One learnt this story using actions and were able to retell the story using the story map. children also had the opportunity to create their own version of this story. They have really enjoyed reading this amazing story!

Now we are working on instructional language and start to follow a set of instructions on ‘How to catch a fairy’.

 

 

 

 

Maths
Children in Year 1 were focusing on Place Value within 10 and now have progressed to addition to subtraction within 10. Children are expanding their knowledge of Maths through using different mathematical resources and learning different strategies.

Science
The scientist in Year 1 have been busy learning about the 5 senses. So far they learnt about the aspect of touching and hearing. they had the chance to do outdoor learning to widen their thinking. The vocabulary gained from theses lessons have been exceptional.

Continuous Provision
To create a smooth transition into Year 1, we have continuous provision emplaced to secure their learning through the concept of play and exploration. During continuous provision we focused on different subjects and topic that have learnt.

Year 1 Blog

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 Blog

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

Uncategorized,Year 1 Blog

Flying start into Summer for Year 1

28th April 2022Ben White

What a great start to the summer term it has been for the children in Year 1. Everyone has been working their socks off.

In English we have begun our new topic of No-Bot Robot.  Children will be learning the story and creating their own version over next few weeks.  Ask your child to perform the story for you – they should be able to tell you it with the actions!

In Maths we are learning about capacity. The children will be exploring how to measure liquid and using containers and water to compare volumes.

Our new topic All About Animals has also kicked of this week and children have been learning about different types of animals.  This has included learning some new words such as invertebrate, mammal and amphibian as wells as talking about more familiar words such as bird, fish and reptile. Please talk about these animals with the children and look out for different types of animals in books and stories.

Our computing links nicely with our Topic lessons as we are talking about sorting.  In the coming weeks we will be using computer software to sort information into groups.  Children are able to log onto PurpleMash at home, please speak to your child’s class teacher if you require a log in reminder.

Finally, we are working hard in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check in a few weeks.  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

Protected: Phonics Resources for Parents

We are offering a workshop to share some of the resources to help  prepare.  This will be taking place on Tuesday.  Please check your emails for further details or contact the office for another letter.

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Busy Bees in Year 1

31st March 2022Sarah Porteous-Heath

This half term we have been very busy in Year 1. We have finished writing our stories for Handa’s Surprise and have now started looking at the story Handa’s Hen. We used this to get us thinking about animals and we have started to write a fact file about cats or rabbits. We have been looking at some exciting information about these animals. Did you know, a cat can sleep for up to 18 hours a day! We thought a lot about what a fact file and what it needs and we decided we could only write things which were true and about our chosen animal. We have really enjoyed learning about different animals! 

We are truly becoming maths superstars in Year 1! We have been learning about length and height in our books. We have been looking at non-standard units of measure, such as cubes or hands but we have decided that these are not always the best thing to use because some people have much bigger hands than others. So, we are now looking at using rulers. We need to start at zero and see where the object finishes, it is very exciting! 

In topic we have been working hard to name the different parts of a plant and explaining the different jobs they all do. We have also been looking at different landscapes such as flat land, hills, mountains and valleys. We have been able to walk around the school and we found a lot of hills! We decided that our school is on top of a hill and we can look down to see Asda. 

 

 

The children in Year 1 have a lot to look forward to over the next few weeks: 

  • We are going to go out on a school field and see how big a whale really is and find out if one can really swim in our bathtub! 
  • In maths we will be looking at weights and how we measure these. We will also be looking at arrays and how these help us to learn multiplication. 
  • In our topic we will be looking at different animals from around the world and making a new exciting project. 
Year 1 Blog

Year 1 Blog

4th March 2022Farhana Siddique

English
This week Year 1 have been writing their own version of Handa surprise. They selected different vegetables to replace the fruits from the original story and were also encouraged to change the animals to their own choice. By manipulating the story to what captivates their interest they have been able to successfully write their version of the story independently.

Math’s
Year 1 have been learning about place value to 50 and started to compare numbers using symbols. Children are encouraged to use the key languages when reading a number sentence focused around comparing such as; greater than, less than, equal to.

Science
The scientists in Year 1 have been busy learning about the plants. Children had the opportunity to share what they already know before learning about what plants needs in order to grow. Our Scientist were also given the chance to explore around the school and investigate the different plants they see. During their walk children create a plant bracelet and learnt that we need to take care of our environment.

Topic
This week for topic, children in Year 1 were learning about different compass points to follow set directions.

World Book Day
It was World Book Day on Thursday 3rd of March and it was incredible to see all the children excited to have an amazing day. Children had the chance to create their own corner bookmarker and create their villain character.

Over the next couple of weeks
The children in Year 1 have a lot to look forward to over the next few weeks:
* We are going to be working on creating fact files for different animals such as cats, dogs etc.
* In Math’s, we will be continuing our focus around numbers to 50. We are applying this knowledge when subtracting and adding.
* In Science, we will be exploring the different features of a plant.
* In Topic, we will be looking at valleys.

Year 1 Blog

Year 1 Blog February

9th February 2022Farhana Siddique

English
In Year 1 we have explored the story called Handa’s surprise. This week children shared examples of adjectives to describe the fruits and the animals. After the half term, the children will independently write the story and share what they have learnt.

We completed some observational drawings of the fruit in the story:

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maths
In Maths, children were highlighting the keyword when solving subtraction word problems and using different methods to solve the calculations.

Other subjects
On Tuesday it was internet Safety Day, we read the story of Digiduck and the Magic Castle. We discussed about the importance of keeping password and personal information private. We encourage all parents to talk to their child about the importance of being safe online. Check out the video below…

https://issuu.com/childnet1995/docs/digiduck_and_the_magic_castle_high_res

Topic
We have completed our learning about houses and homes. Children have showcased their learning regarding this concept. They spoken about the different homes around the world and compared homes to the past.

Next term we will be starting a new topic: Gardeners World where we will be learning about plants and trees and noticing their features.  In English, we will continue with Handa’s Surprise where children will plan and write their own version of the story.

We hope all of the children and their families have a great half term holiday and we look forward to seeing everyone again in the Summer term.

The Year 1 Team  

 

 

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