Welcome to Year 1!

Each week we'll be keeping you up to date with our weekly blog. In addition to this, please read our half-termly curriculum map to find out what will be happening in Year 1. 

Important information

PE - Tuesday and Thursday. Please come to school in your PE kit on these days and these days only. 

Books - Change books Friday. Your child will come home with 1 new Library  book and a Phonics book every Friday. An Ebook will also be assigned each Friday, a login for this can be found in your child's reading record.   Please make sure you have been reading at home at least three times a week. Please record any reading you have done in your reading diary. Your reading diary must always be in your bookbag so that we can read with you in school. 

Spellings - New spellings will be sent home every Friday. Please make sure your child's spelling book is in their bookbag on Friday so that the new ones can be stuck in. Please use your spelling book to practice them in. If there is evidence of practicing your child will receive a green point. Please also check which spellings have been marked as incorrect as these will still need to be practiced.

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Autumn 2

Week 5

This week has been very exciting indeed.

This week in maths we recapped subtraction, working particularly on the methods we use the subtract. Using counters, bricks and our number bond knowledge we completed different subtraction questions.

In science we explored the season of summer, learning the difference and similarity with the other seasons. We also put out the last cup to collect this weeks water amount- next week we will compare the amounts of water we have collected.

In geography we continued to explore maps, particularly developing our understanding of what out school would look like on a map. Together we went outside, using chalk we mapped out the different parts of the school on a large scale.

This week we had a lot of fun baking gingerbread. We made, baked and decorated 160 biscuits that were later sold in the Christmas fair, with your amazing hard work we sold out.

On Friday thank you to or amazing hard work we had a very comfortable day. We came in in our Pajamas and looked super cozy doing so- what a great way to end the week.

 

Week 4

What a brilliant and fun filled wee we have had.

This week we have continued to practice our school Christmas play, working very hard alongside the year 2 class to learn our lines and songs. We have also started to put the scenes together in the hall., learning movements and ques to enter the stage. On Monday, the stage will be up and ready to practice on.

This week we earned all of our sheep points, meaning that on Friday 6th December Year 1 will have a Pyjama day, so please ensure you come in your comfiest Pyjamas .

In maths this week we have continued tour shape Topic, taking a deep dive into 2D shapes. We learned how to identify each shape, and how common shapes are in everyday life- searching around our classroom to find as many as we could. This week we also recapped 3D shape, and we started to make patterns with both 2D and 3D shape.

In Writing this week we continued to explore Percy the park keepers snowy adventure- One Snowy Night. This week we written lots of lovely sentences retelling the story, focusing on the skill of using finger spaces.

For Art this this week we continued to make our lanterns- speaking of lanterns we had our amazing Light up Farsley night. Alongside the whole school and the entirety of Farsley together we had an amazing, and beautiful night.

Our spellings this week are:

• once
• full
• she
• me
• says
• love
• there
• go

Thank you for a great week! 

 

Week 3

This week we started a new book in Writing-One snowy Night by Nick Butterworth. We explored the different characters in the book, how they felt and where they live-writing sentences to expand on this. when writing sentences we are focusing on the skill of using finger spaces.

In Maths this week we have started the new topic of shape- especially 3D shape.

We have started to the at the names and properties of each shape, learning what make them identifiable. 

In Science we continue to look at the seasons, this week we learned all about winter- learning was made easier due to mother nature lending us a learning hand and supplying us with lots of snow.

In PE we continued to explore movement and gymnastics. We learned different ways to land and different balance positions. 

In Design Technology we continued to explore the different ways we could attach different materials, gluing, pinning and stapling.

The Spellings this week are: 

• do
• push
• pull
• the
• is
• a
• school
• your
• you

Week 2

This week had been very exciting indeed.

This week in maths we continued to recap the addition and subtraction block, showcasing our skills throughout the week.

In writing this week we finished our work based around What do you see when you look at a tree, and wrote lots of lovely sentences about our trip to the park. 

In geography this week, an alien crash landed in our school and was very confused and lost, so we made them a map of our classroom to ensure they could find there way around.

In science this week we focused on Autumn, and had a deep dive on what makes Autumn so special, we used the knowledge we found out on our walk as well as things we have done at home.

Please encourage all children are practicing the school play lines, to make putting the scenes together more organised to ensure we can focus on the preference itself in school.

Our spelling this week are:

• house
• no
• friend
• some
• where
• they
• by
• here
• I
• my

Week 1

This week we have had an amazing start to the new term, settling straight back into the weekly routine despite a few new changes. 

In maths this week we recapped some sections from the additional and subtraction block- mainly recapping fact family's, addition using counters and subtraction on the number line.

In writing we started out new book- what do you see when you look at a tree. As part of this we went on a lovley autumn walk to Westroyd park, exploring the area for different trees. We discussed how being out of the fresh air, amongst the golden trees made us feel. In addition to this we also linked this walk to science- in which we have started to look at the world around us. This week we focused on the different seasons, our walk allowed us to search for signs of autumn . 

This term we have started out DT block, focusing on the process of making puppets. This week we explored different materials and the ways we can attach them together. 

On Tuesday it was Bonfire night. Throughout the day in the areas we made exploding firework paintings with lots of glitter. We then learned all about bonfire night safety with Miss Connell- also learning a little bit about the gun powder plot too.

The new spellings this week are:

• house
• no
• friend
• some
• where
• they
• by
• here
• I
• my

Thank you for a lovley week.