29th January 2018

In English this week we have continued to look at the traditional tale The Three Pigs. The children have been thinking about the best place to use a full stop and will be writing a post card to mummy pig to tell her what's happened since they left home! As part of your home learning please remember to read as often as possible and have a go at reading at writing the tricky words (these can be found in the back of the home learning book).

Comparing weights

Comparing weights

This week in maths we have been learning about weight. We have been comparing weights- things which are heavy and light, measuring using non-standard units such as unifix, lego and dominoes and we will also be making some cakes to use standard units of measurements (grams). As part of your home learning you could look at the labels on different food items- are they weighed  in grams (g) or kilograms (kg)? Can you put these in order from heaviest to lightest? You could also make a simple recipe and encourage your child to weigh out the ingredients. We have included a simple recipe you could try.

If you haven't already please don't forget to sign up for parent teacher interviews which take place the first week back after half term.

RE

Tuesday 20th February 4pm - 6pm in Mrs Ellis's classroom

Wednesday 21st February 2pm - 330pm in Mrs Dewing's office

Thursday 22nd February 830am - 10am in Miss Banner's room

HP

Tuesday 20th February 4pm - 6pm in Mrs Prophet's classroom

Wednesday 21st February 830am - 10am in Mrs Dewings office

Monday 26th February 2pm - 330pm in Miss Banner's room 

22nd January 2018

We had a fantastic time at the Norwich Cathedral yesterday and the children were extremely well behaved. We learnt lots of interesting facts- such as the Cathedral was built at the same time as Norwich Castle. Can your children remember any other facts from the day?

In maths this week we have been learning about capacity. We have been looking at containers that are full, nearly full, half full/empty, nearly empty and empty. On PurpleMash there is a paint challenge to complete. As part of your home learning you could look at different containers at home and look at the labels to see how much they hold in litres (l) and millilitres(ml). You could practice playing with cups in the bath or whilst washing up and fill them up and talk about how much water is in the cup. 

This week in English we have been reading the traditional tale of The Three Little Pigs. The children have been retelling the story, sequencing the story and writing sentences to retell the story. We have been really focusing on using capital letters at the start of each sentence and a full stop at the end. As an extra challenge we encourage the children to think about using adjectives (describing words) to make their writing more interesting. For example- The big bad wolf. The little pink pigs.

If you haven't already please don't forget to sign up for parent teacher interviews which take place the first week back after half term.

RE

Tuesday 20th February 4pm - 6pm in Mrs Ellis's classroom

Wednesday 21st February 2pm - 330pm in Mrs Dewing's office

Thursday 22nd February 830am - 10am in Miss Banner's room

HP

Tuesday 20th February 4pm - 6pm in Mrs Prophet's classroom

Wednesday 21st February 830am - 10am in Mrs Dewings office

Monday 26th February 2pm - 330pm in Miss Banner's room 

15th January 2018

This week in English we have continued to look at the traditional tale Hansel and Gretel. The children have been using adjectives to describe the gingerbread house, designing their own gingerbread house and then writing about how they would build it! 

In maths this week we have been learning about position and direction. We hope you all enjoy the maths event and this gives you lots of ideas on how to use maths terminology in everyday situations to help the children become more confident. As part of your home learning you could complete some of the activities from the maths event or use positional language when reading story books to talk about the pictures. 

A few children have logged on to PurpleMash and completed the 2do's. Don't forget each child has their own log in which can be found in their Home Learnng book. https://www.purplemash.com/sch/garrick

Don't forget to save your work when it has been completed!

Each week in phonics the children learn a new sound (some times two) and we try to send home the sound with some example words each week. Please practice these with your children and see if they can spot the sounds within words. This can be recorded in the yellow reading record.

Dates for the diary....

- Year 1 Maths Event: Wednesday 17th January 9am-945am in the school hall (Tomorrow)

- Library van: Wednesday 17th January (Tomorrow)

- Year 1 trip: Tuesday 23rd January

8th January 2018

Welcome back to the first full week of Spring term.

This week in English we have been reading the traditional tale Hansel and Gretel. The children will be sequencing the story, writing sentences and thinking about what makes a good sentence. As part of your home learning encourage the children to retell you the story.

In maths this week we will be recapping addition and subtraction and how to find the answer using a number line. We jump forwards to add and backwards to take away.

We are really fortunate to have Bryony from Slanted Dance in this term to teach the children a space themed dance. This week the children learnt some moves to help them travel into space and created rockets in small groups. P.E. for this half term will be on Tuesdays.

Our topic for this term is Out of this World - a topic web will be sent home in book bags with more details. If you log on to Purple Mash there are some different activities on the 2do section for your children to complete. 

Each week in phonics the children learn a new sound (some times two) and we try to send home the sound with some example words each week. Please practise these with your children and see if they can spot the sounds within words. This can be recorded in the yellow reading record.

We encourage the children to choose their own reading books from their book band so that they can select books which appeal to them. Children are expected to read five times a week and this can be a variety of things including phonics, tricky words and books from home but please make sure that they are reading their book banded book regularly.

Dates for the diary....

- Pantomime: Wednesday 10th January for those who have purchased tickets

- Year 1 Maths Event: Wednesday 17th January 9am-945am in the school hall

- Library van: Wednesday 17th January

- Year 1 trip: Tuesday 23rd January- please return permission slips ASAP!

Welcome to 2018

Welcome to 2018- we hope you have all had a lovely break and enjoyed your Christmas.


In our first couple of days back we will be catching up on what the children have been doing over the holidays and writing about it. We will be looking at number of the week and also at the celebration of Shabbat which is celebrated by the Jewish faith.


Please remember to bring in PE kits and wellies- PE for this half term will be on Tuesday and Wednesdays for year 1.






Dates for the diary....
- Pantomime: Wednesday 10th Janauary for those who have purchased tickets
- Year 1 Maths Event: Wednesday 17th January 9am-945am in the school hall

- Library van: Wednesday 17th January

- Year 1 trip: Tuesday 23rd January (letters will be sent out this week- please return ASAP!)

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!

Wow- what a busy first term we have had. We are really impressed with how quickly the children settled into year one and at how much effort they have put in. They are now working as a whole class for the majority of the time and becoming independent learners.

After watching the Reception children's wonderful Nativity show- Wriggly nativity- this week we have watched some different adaptations. The children have been retelling the story, sequencing pictures and drawing a picture of a Nativity scene. 

In maths we have been looking at odd and even numbers- using our fingers to show whether a number is odd or even. We have also learnt a special trick where we can work out whether any number is odd or even by looking at the last digit! For example: the number 231 is ODD because the last digit is 1. As part of your home learning you could spot numbers in the environment and think about whether they are odd or even.

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you back at school in the New Year on Thursday 4th January. We are aware that you will all be busy and the children need to rest but please remember to read little and often!!

Please remember to bring PE kits and wellies back to school in the New Year. Thank you.

Dates for the diary...

• Christmas Jumper Day: Friday 15th December TOMORROW 

• Christmas lunch: Monday 18th December

• Last day of term: Tuesday 19th December

• Back to school: Thursday 4th January
• Year 1 Maths Event: Wednesday 17th January 9am-945am in the school hall
• Library van: Wednesday 17th January
• Year 1 trip: Tuesday 23rd January (more info to follow in the New Year)

Week beginning 4th December

Wow- we can't believe that it's December already and we are nearly at the end of our first term in year one.

This week we have been really busy completing short assessments on the children in writing, maths and reading. Alongside this we have also been decorating our Christmas trees and doing lots of recapping on counting and days of the week.

As part of your home learning this week children could practice their number bonds to 10 (2 numbers that make 10 for example 5+5=10, 6+4=10). There are some lovely songs on You Tube to help you remember them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-74-_3WSrD0&safe=active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9tjBUiXs0&safe=active 

Don't forget that tomorrow (Friday) is our trip to the theatre. All children need to remember their packed lunch unless you ordered a school packed lunch. It is normal school hours tomorrow and children will be back in school ready to be picked up at 3pm.

Dates for the diary....

• Christmas Jumper Day: Friday 15th December

• Christmas lunch: Monday 18th December

• Last day of term: Tuesday 19th December

• Back to school: Thursday 4th January