Week beginning 27th November

This we week we say goodbye to Miss Morton and Miss Mead. They are both going on to different schools to continue their teacher training and we look forward to them coming back in the summer term!

This week in English we have continued to look at the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We have looked at letters- why we write letters and what they may be used for. All the children have written letters to characters in the story including one to the old man and one to the giant. Within these we asked  questions including, 'why did the magic beans grow into a giant beanstalk?' and 'where did you get the colourful magic beans from?'. 
The children were encouraged to use exciting adjectives within their writing such as 'the giant beanstalk' and 'the colourful magic beans'.

This week in Maths we have been recapping addition and subtraction. As part of your home learning you could carry out some of the practical games and activities in we used in our maths event such as...

• playing skittles
• any board game which involved counting on or back
• playing shops and adding two amounts together or giving change from an amount
• worded questions such as- 'If I have 10sweets and eat 3 how many will I have left?'

We have also looked at number bonds to ten and different ways two numbers can be added to make ten. For example-
1+9=10
2+8=10


Dates for the diary...

• Non-uniform day and bring in a tombola prize for the Christmas fair: Friday 1st December 

• Trip to the theatre to see The Tiger Who Came To Tea: Friday 8th December - please remember there are no hot dinners this day

• Christmas Jumper Day: Friday 15th December

• Christmas lunch: Monday 18th December

• Last day of term: Tuesday 19th December

• Back to school: Thursday 4th January

Week beginning 20th November

This week in English we have been reading the traditional tale Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have listened to different versions of the story, acted the story out, sequenced the story using First, Next and Then and the children have also written their version of the story using these words. Is your child able to retell the story to you?

In maths this week we have been quartering- sharing shapes in to four equal parts. As part of your home learning you could practice cutting and sharing food into four equal parts.

We were really lucky this week to have Ben Langley from Theatre Royal Norwich in school. He told the children the traditional tale of Sleeping Beauty which the children (and adults!!) loved!

Please return the slips for the theatre trip to you class Teacher or Teaching Assistant by Monday 27th. Please remember to write your child's name at the top!!

Please please please can we remind you all to label every item of clothing as we are spending a lot of time trying to sort out missing items. We have also had lots of items go missing so please can we ask you to check your jumpers and cardigans. Thank you!

Week beginning 13th November

Welcome to the year one blog!

This week in maths we have been thinking about time. We have talked about...

• the past, present and future
• years
• months
• days
• the sequence of our day

The children all worked really hard writing  at writing sentences to tell us about things that they do in the morning, afternoon and evening.  
As part of your home learning you could have a go at singing our days of the week song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY 
You could also use language relating to time to talk about the things you do each week. Here are some ideas...
What did we do yesterday?  
What day was it yesterday?
What would you like for tea tomorrow?

In English we have continued to look at the story of The Gingerbread Man.  The children have been sequencing the story and using adjectives to make their writing more interesting. For example...The orange fox ate the yummy Gingerbread man! 
In handwriting this half term we are learning how to form capital letters correctly and teaching the children that we use capital letters for...

• the start of every sentence
• proper nouns (names of people and places)

Each child will have brought home their school photo- please return these to school ASAP if you wish to place an order. 

The children are really keen to show us work they have completed in their home learning books. Please remember that Big Talk does not need to be stuck in here and the book is to allow the children to have a go at writing, spellings or any math work they choose to do at home.

Week beginning 6th November

Thank you to all those adults who were able to attend our first reading event. The theme for our reading events this year is 'Reading isn't just about books' and we hope you all enjoyed reading a set of instructions to decorate your own gingerbread men!

In Maths this week we have been looking at money at recognising coins. As part of your home learning you could play shops, look at real money and support your child to recognise the different coins, they could also practice adding coins together. 

In English we have been reading the story of The Gingerbread Man. We have been using adjectives to describe the Gingerbread Man and writing our own instructions. As part of your home learning you could look at different types of instructions such as following a recipe, building toys such as lego or playing a game.

Next Friday 17th is Children in Need and the children are welcome to come dressed in their own clothes in return for a donation. 

If you would like your child to have their flu vaccination in school please return your form ASAP. These will also be taking place next Friday 17th November. 

In Year 1 we encourage to children to become more independent. This means that we do not look in their book bags for letters so please remind your children to hand them in- or hand them in to an adult at the beginning or end of the day. Thank you for your support!

We are happy to hear that lots of you are using PurpleMash- you do not need to save any work on here- we will inform you if and when we set work on here.

Week beginning 30th October

Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely half term break. Please remember to send us in any photos of your travels across the UK- you are welcome to email these to Mrs Ellis at     rellis37ru@nsix.org.uk

In English this week we have been listening to poems about fireworks. We have been describing fireworks using onomatopoeia words (sound words) and created a class poem. We have also learnt about the villain Guy Fawkes and the reason as to why we have a celebration on November 5th each year.

In maths we have been comparing lengths- longest and shortest and beginning to use rulers to measure in centimeters and also to draw straight lines. As part of your home learning this week you could compare the length of different toys- can children find a toy which is longer than their hand and one which is shorter? They could also have a go at drawing lines with a ruler to create a picture. 

This week your child will be bringing home a Home Learning book. This book is a practice book where children can have a go at writing phonic words, tricky words, writing sentences and include any maths work that is completed at home. This book does not need to be returned to school and can be kept at home. 
On the front of this book are the passwords and login details for Purple Mash and Education City- both have a variety of games and activities on. Inside there is:

•  a full list of phonic sounds the children will be taught this year
• a complete list of tricky words we would like the children to be able to read and spell by the end of the year
• an example of how to form lower case letters correctly
• a reading homework menu

We hope you find this book useful in supporting your children with their home learning.

Big Talk

Starting this week we will be sending home a Big Talk. For this we would like you to talk! This week we sent a picture and some ideas to help your discussion. 

We would like to invite you all to our first reading event next Thursday morning (9th November) in the school hall at 9am. It will last no longer than 45 minutes and parents, caters, grandparents and siblings are all welcome. 

If your child is taking part in a sports after school club please remember to send them with an extra PE kit or to return their kit the following day. Mrs Prophet's class PE is usually on a Tuesday and Mrs Ellis's class is usually on a Wednesday.

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Parent teacher interviews start after half term and the dates are as follows:

Mrs Ellis
Thursday 2nd November morning appointments
Tuesday 7th November evening appointments
Wednesday 22nd November afternoon appointments

Mrs Prophet
Monday 6th November morning appointments
Tuesday 7th November evening appointments
Friday 17th November afternoon appointments 

These are 10 minute appointments for us to discuss how your child has settled in to year 1. 
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