Year 1

Welcome to Year 1!

 

 

1 Crystal

1 Jade

 

Miss Penning and Miss Walmsley
Mrs S. Lawrence, Mrs H. Reardon and Miss Smith

 

I understand some of you will have read your home reading books and we are sure you would like more books but unfortunately you cannot come to school to change books. Below is a list of sites where you can use this to read books.

 

Oxford Owl

There are a wide range of books here, many of which are tailored to children's reading levels.

 

Twinkl eBooks

There are some lovely illustrated books for you to read here with your child on various topics.

 

David Walliams 

The famous children's author is releasing some of his books as free audiobooks.

 

Audible by Amazon

During the period of school closures, Amazon is offering free audiobooks.

 

World Book Reader

This too is offering lots of free ebooks during school closures. 

 

Apple Books

Apple Books is offering lots of free ebooks. If you have an Apple device, you can download Apple Books from the App Store for free.

 

Book Trust

There are plenty of free eBooks here from the Book Trust.

 

Phonics Play Comics

There are lots of decodable comics here that your child can have a go at reading!

Spellings for 13th March (to be brought back 19/3)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Reading - Please ensure that the children read x 3 each week and that it is recorded (a quick initial is fine) into their reading records.

Planets

moon

zoo

road

toad

soap

 

Stars

train

pain

thank

thin

might

fright

 

Rockets

know

knife

should

could

playful

fearful

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spellings for 6th March (to be brought back 12/3)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Reading - Please ensure that the children read x 3 each week and that it is recorded (a quick initial is fine) into their reading records.

Planets

light

might

bright

goat

coat

home

 

Stars

alone

throne

zone

snake

tame

amaze

 

Rockets

cliff

fairy

sky

mice

rough

fly

 

Spellings for 28th February (to be brought back 5/2)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Reading - Please ensure that the children read x 3 each week and that it is recorded (a quick initial is fine) into their reading records.

Planets

bail

sail

trail

tail

were

said

 

Stars

key

slide

ride

glide

were

said

 

Rockets

groan

zone

throw

glow

were

said

 

 

Spellings for 31st January (to be brought back 6/2)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Reading - Please ensure that the children read x 3 each week and that it is recorded (a quick initial is fine) into their reading records.

Planets

hair

fair

chair

hammer

ladder

 

Stars

stir

bird

dirt

blue

argue

their

 

Rockets

lazy

money

donkey

treat

cheap

freeze

 

Spellings for 24th January (to be brought back 30/1)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group. Please also remember that children are expected to read at least 3 x per week. Please record this in their reading records.

Planets

ear

fear

hear

near

tear

 

Stars

enjoy

toy

replied

dream

cream

have

 

Rockets

delay

snail

crazy

stayed

grey

state

 

 

Spellings for 17th January (to be brought back 23/1)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

cow

town

towel

owl

goes

 

Stars

spray

scream

tray

ground

about

team

 

Rockets

school

chemist

many

laughed

different

please

 

 

Spellings for 10th January (to be brought back 17/1)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

fork

sort

worn

born

brew

 

Stars

flight

are

they

was

were

there

 

Rockets

apron

angel

acorn

funny

why

story

 

 

Spellings for 6th December (to be brought back 12/12)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

they

with

then

you

 

Stars

when

then

some

come

what

 

Rockets

children

about

when

then

people

because

 

 

Spellings for 29th November (to be brought back 5/12)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

bar

cart

park

loaf

come

 

Stars

just

hump

lamp

kept

loaf

come

 

Rockets

clown

snow

danger

magic

loaf

come

 

Spellings for 22nd November (to be brought back 29/11)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

high

sigh

light

goat

coat

 

Stars

shout

about

said

so 

my

coat

 

Rockets

their

jumping

singing

fake

cope

goat

 

 

 

Spellings for 15th November (to be brought back 21/11)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

that

this

then

them

see

 

Stars

jumper

singer

letter

ladder

week

seed

 

Rockets

home

time

done

should

green

between

 

 

Spellings for 8th November (to be brought back 14/11)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

wind

dock

back

help

when

some

 

Stars

river

shiver

glue

game

when

some

 

Rockets

monkey

tube

cone

complete

when

some

 

Spellings for 18th October (to be brought back 24/10)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

doll

bell

fill

tell

went

was

 

Stars

town

cow

fork

burn

went

was

 

Rockets

goes

woe

August

launch

went

was

 

 

Spellings for 11th October (to be brought back 17/10)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

hiss

fuss

boss

girl

trees

 

Stars

coat

soap

boot

zoo

food

trees

 

Rockets

yawn

shawl

when

phonics

screw

trees

 

 

Spellings for 4th October (to be brought back 10/10)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets

bad

back

but

Mr

Mrs

 

Stars

light

high

sight

Mr 

Mrs 

looked

 

Rockets

glue

rescue

argue

looked

Mr

Mrs

 

Spellings for 27th September (to be brought back 03/10)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets:

rat

hut

hot

hit

boy

 

Stars:

king

wing

wait

aim

cream 

fried

 

Rocket:

twirl

skirt

enjoy

annoy

cream 

fried

 

Spellings for 20th September (to be brought back 26/9)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets:

duck

mug

cup

oh

their

 

Stars:

them

rich

shut

chop

shop

oh

 

Rockets:

tried

cried

read

treat

oh

their

 

Spellings for 13th September (to be brought back 19/9)

Please check the front of your child's spelling book for their spelling group.

Planets:

pig

tin

mop

play

tray

 

Stars:

they

jump

vet

went

play

tray

 

Rockets:

ground

cloud

loud

play

tray

pay

 

In English, we have been reading the book 'Monkey Puzzle' by Julia Donaldson. We have been working on hearing, identifying and generating rhyming couplets and phrases that rhyme!

Here's a fun game we looked at in class that you can play at home: https://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games-words-that-rhyme.html 

Have a go at playing some Maths games we have done in class!

 

The Gingerbread Man Game: counting, matching and ordering

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

 

Blast Off! Mental Maths for counting forward and back

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off

 

Helicopter Rescue - finding numbers, one more, one less

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

Museum of London

Year 1 visited the Museum of London to learn more about the Great Fire of London. They took part in an interactive storytelling session, where they got to dress up and handle objects whilst retelling the events of the Great Fire! They also had the opportunity to look at some of the galleries, learning about what London was like in the past.

 

Trip to College Lake

To finish off our topic of Animals and Humans and Our Local Area, Year 1 went on a trip to College Lake Nature Reserve in Bulbourne. They had an excellent time using their five senses to explore the woodland areas and herb gardens, took their teddy bears on a picnic in the woods and played games in the field to help explore what animals need to survive. Some cheeky teddy bears even stole our lunches! But luckily we found them hiding in the woods!

World Book Day 2019

To celebrate World Book Day the children and staff came in to school in their pyjamas, we were very comfortable! We shared our favourite stories and books from home, then spent the rest of the day planning, writing and illustrating our own stories which we then shared with Year 3 at the end of the day. 

Learning to Learn Day: Other Cultures

Team Crystal started off the day by exploring the concept of curiosity. We used feely bags and close up photos to do this.

We then learnt about China; through images, videos and music. We created our own Chinese lanterns and used pastels to create Chinese dragons.

We also ate some Chinese food, learnt to write our names in Chinese AND learnt a Chinese dance! We showed off everything we’ve learnt with an exhibition for Year 3.

 

Team Jade looked at Native American cultures. We examined some Native American art pieces and generated questions based on what we noticed and what we wondered about their culture. Team Jade had a lot of fun building tepees in the hall using branches from trees and other materials found in the woodlands. We talked about how some Native American tribes were nomadic and had to move to follow their main source of food (buffalo). Because of this, they needed to be able to build small, light houses that could easily be taken down and move with them when they travelled. In the afternoon we made dream catchers! Some Native Americans believed that the dream catchers would catch bad dreams from entering young children's dreams and when the morning light hit the web, the bad dream would evaporate. We had a wonderful day!

Our Local Area

To kick off our new topic, Year 1 went on a walk around our local area. We looked at the different shops, buildings, houses and physical features we have around our school.

Science - Animals and humans

To kick off our new Science topic, Year 1 was visited by some dogs! Some of the teachers brought in their pets so that the children could ask questions and learn more about them.

Toy workshop

To finish off their topic for the term, Year 1 spent the day experiencing a toy workshop.

They got to explore and play with a range of old and new toys, become ‘toy detectives’ whilst digging for old toys, and then made their own toys using their Art and DT skills.

 

Learning to Learn Day - Science!

On Friday 23rd November Year 1 spent the whole day doing Science! With Mrs Yates they made catapults and tested which could send a ball the highest and furthest. With Mrs Reynolds the children explored what happens if you add raisins to lemonade...and then marshmallows...and smarties......and grapes!

The children developed a range of Scientific skills, including predicting, observing, carrying out a test and recording. They had a fantastic day and were excellent Scientists!

Teddy Bear's Picnic!

To follow on from our topic of Toys, the children brought in their own soft toys from home for a Teddy Bear’s picnic. They went into the forest, made homes for their toys and enjoyed some biscuits, crisps and squash.

To develop their speaking and listening skills, the children described what they were doing and asked questions. They also developed their reasoning skills by exploring, comparing and finding links.

Maths

In our first week of Year 1, we were learning about ordinal numbers in our Maths lessons. We had running races on the playground and had to put ourselves in the correct order!

Science

To kick off our topic of Seasonal Changes, we went for a nature walk around the school grounds then discussed what we noticed. We agreed the current season was summer, but it was changing to Autumn because we found leaves of lots of different colours!

Maths

Year 1 have been using a range of resources to help them understand number, addition and subtraction. They are now confident with using tens frames, cubes, counters, bead strings, the bar model AND the part whole model!