Week beginning 20.6.2016

This week the children have done a superb job, as I am sure will all agree, at our summer concert. The children have worked so hard and we are extremely proud of them. In maths we have been recapping on time, money and addition and subtraction. In English we have been working on comprehension and handwriting. We have also let the children have lots of rest time because they have been working so hard during the concerts. Next week we will begin our Art Week where we are looking at the work of Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes. The children will all be creating their own interpretation of her work. Thank you to everyone who has been able to come and see the concert this week.

Week beginning 13.6.206

This week the phonic checks have begun. Please keep practicing with your children with both their sounds and word reading. EGGSITING NEWS!Our incubators arrived last week and this morning our chick eggs arrived. They will incubate for 21 days and fingers crossed we will hatch all of our 14 eggs! If there are any families that would like to re-home the chicks please speak to either Mrs Ellis or Miss Tovell. In English this week we have been reading the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. This week we will be having a go at writing number names and days of the week and at the end of the week we will have a go at writing our own short diary of a caterpillar. In maths we will be doing lots of number work looking at one more than and one less than, using a hundred square and ordering numbers up to 100. This week we are also busy preparing for our concerts. We hope you can all attend- Mrs Ellis class Tuesday 21st am Miss Tovell class Monday 20th am

week beginning 6th June 2016

We are glad to see that the sun has decided to put in an appearance for the last half term of this year! This week is out last International Week of the year and we have been learning all about Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. The children have studied the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio and have used their art skills to create their own representation of this in clay and drawing. In Geography we have been comparing our homes in the UK with the Brazilian favela style building, including how much more compact Rio is as a city. Our English lesson have taken us to the Rainforest where we have learnt about the habitat and environment. The children have then created their own fact-sheet about and aspect of the Rainforest they found interesting. They have also been practicing their handwriting and spelling by writing sentences about Brazil. For maths the children have been on a tour of some of the places encountered between Norwich and Rio (Stopping at: Norwich, Paris, Dakar, the Atlantic Ocean and Rio) and have completed a maths challenge based on their learning this year at each stop. In music we have learnt about Samba bands and the children have been creating their own Samba music in preparation for Friday's carnival. We have also been fortunate enough to have two different dance workshops this week and the children will have all experienced Capoeira and Brazilian dance in their PE sessions by the end of the week. On Friday we will celebrate all of the hard work that has gone into their new learning with a Garrick Green Rio inspired carnival. The children are invited to wear bright clothes (but no fancy dress costumes please) on Friday and they will be creating head-dresses during the day. Can we remind everyone to ensure that their child has a full PE kit at school every day - we will be using the best of the kind weather to get outside and practise our sports day skills as often as possible, not just in our timetabled slots.

Week beginning 23.5.2016

We would just like to start by thanking all of the adults that were able to make it to the final year one reading event. The children had a great time and we hope you were impressed with both their reading and maths skills. Please remember that reading isn't just about books and there are a wide range of things out there for children to enjoy. This week in English we read the story Jaspers Beanstalk. We then planted our own (imaginary) seed and waited to see what grew. The children then independently wrote about what their seed grew into. We had jelly bean castles, beanstalks made of diamonds, chocolate houses and Egyptians! We were really impressed with the children's ideas and how imaginative they were. We were even more impressed with their writing! In maths we have been recapping on measuring- capacity, weight and length. After half term our phonics check will begin so please keep practising at home and continuing to read so the children are ready when they return from the half term break. Have a super half term.

Week beginning 16.5.2016

This week is English we have been reading the story of Boris the Bat. This is a fiction story however there are lots of facts about bats within the story. We talked about the different parts of the story which are fact and which are fiction. We then discussed what we would like to know about bats and then wrote our own questions. Using I pads and books we found the answers to our questions and created our own bat fact sheets. For homework this week the children will be asked to create their own fact sheet about their favourite animal. In maths we have revisited addition and subtraction using a number line. Please support this at home with lots of worded questions. For example- If I have ten cakes and eat 3- how many are left? (10 – 3 = 7) In topic work the children used their knowledge from the previous lesson to design a small garden chair which they will then make next week. We looked at the different materials we could use to make it and the best tools use. Please join us for our final year one reading event next week Thursday 26th May at 9am. Please were comfortable shoes and remember- reading isn’t just about books! Finally we want to thank you for your continued support with reading in preparation for the phonics tests which will begin after half term. We have been sending home lots of real and nonsense words for the children to practice.

Week beginning 9.5.2016

This week in English we have been on an adventure to Australia. We read the story 'The Diary of a Wombat' and then jetted off to explore some of the wonders of Australia. We jumped like kangaroos, walked on the beach and cooked on the BBQ. We have talked about verbs and been looking at 'ed' endings. In maths we have been learning about positional and directional language. For positional language we have been using clockwise, anti-clockwise, quarter, half, three quarter and whole turns, forwards, backwards, up, down, left and right. For directional language we have been using in, on, outside, inside, left, right, next to, beside, under, behind, above and below. In topic work we will be starting our last D&T project which will be designing and making a garden chair. Please continue to practise the phonics homework we will be sending home weekly. The phonics tests begin straight after half term. Our Year One reading event is Thursday 26th May at 9am. Please wear suitable shoes!

week beginning 03.05.2016

This week in English we have been focusing on comprehension in reading and practising our handwriting. In Maths we have been exploring the properites of 2D and 3D shape. This linked to our trip to the Cathedral where the children learnt about shape and symbols in the Christian religion. The children were all exceptionally well behaved and the tour guides said they were a credit to our school. Later this week we will be visiting St Margaret's Chruch in Old Catton to compare it to the Cathedral. Please come along to our Big Book Share next Monday at 230pm. Please remember that school still ends at 3pm so children cannot leave the school before then. Our Year One Reading event is coming up on Thursday 26th May at 9am. Class photos will be on May 23rd.