Year 1 Class News

Living and Learning: self-respect

Posted on Friday 14 October 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

To start our lesson about self-respect, we made our own creature creations. Starting with a head, someone else added a body and finally someone else added legs.

 

We had some great mixed up creations and not one of them was the same. The creatures were all different as we all have different drawing styles and imaginations and, just like the creatures, those differences make us all unique.

We thought about what else makes us unique and why we are special.

Our weekly circle time sessions give the children chance to build on this learning about respect and self-respect and our themed week, Me and My Communities, after half term will also reinforce this learning about our own identity.

Maths learning this week

Posted on Friday 07 October 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

This week in maths we learnt all about the greater than, less than and equal to symbols. We used cubes to build towers and then said which one was greater and which one was less.

The picture above demonstrates the symbols we have used really well and we have used this image in the week to help the children understand.

You can help at home by comparing groups of objects or numbers using the language of greater than, less than and equal to as well as the symbols. There is also a terrific Numberblocks episode introducing these concepts too. Watch a clip from it here.

Thank you and have a wonderful weekend!

Science – basic needs

Posted on Friday 30 September 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

Our science topic this half term is living things and their habitats. We have learnt about different habitats and the different animals and plants that live there.

Today we learnt about what every animal needs to survive – their basic needs. They are four basic needs: food, water, air and shelter.

We then thought about different animals in their habitats and how each of those animals gets their basic needs. We worked in pairs to show how each animal gets their basic needs from their habitat.

Another great week Year 1, well done!

Themed menu 07 October 2022

Posted on Wednesday 28 September 2022 by Mr Roundtree

Catering Agency, our school meal provider, will be running a special themed menu on Friday 07 October. Please contact the office if your child would like a school dinner on this day (no action needed if your child normally has a school meal on this day).

Check out the Cricket World Cup themed menu. 

 

Great Fire of London

Posted on Friday 23 September 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

Our topic this term is the Great Fire of London. We have been learning lots of interesting facts about the fire and some of the reasons why it was so devastating for the people of London. Why not ask your child what they can remember about the fire so far.

We have also been learning a recount of the fire in our English lessons. We have devised some actions to go with the words and are using a story map to help us remember when we are retelling.

     

 

I wonder if your child could have a go at telling you the recount at home using the story map below.

Autumn term after-school clubs

Posted on Friday 23 September 2022 by Mrs Taylor

Some of our after-school clubs will be restarting next week and they will run until week commencing 05 December. Please note some clubs begin after half term when building work at school has been completed.

Places can be booked via Gateway.

Our physical activity clubs continue to be heavily subsidised through the investment of our PE and Sport Premium.

Each club has a limit on the maximum number of children who can attend. As numbers are limited we ask that you limit your child to one club initially. If there are clubs with remaining places, we will then offer these as a second club.

Please contact the office if you have any queries about the clubs or the booking system.

Poem of the week

Posted on Friday 16 September 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

In Year 1 we are reading a different poem every week. We read it every day just before lunch time and we have really enjoyed joining in when we get to know it. So far we have read two poems by Michael Rosen and the children are very excited to hear next week’s poem about a boy with bananas in his ears!

Each poem we read is then put in our poetry scrapbook which is available for children to read in the reading corner. I have loved hearing children reading our special poems to themselves.

This week we even watched Michael Rosen himself perform our poem of the week – I am hungry. You can listen too if you click the link here.

I would love to hear about any poetry you have been reading at home too.

 

Reading, reading, reading!

Posted on Friday 09 September 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

Reading in Year 1!

In year 1, reading is extremely important and lots of progress can be made over the year. It is essential that your child is reading at home as much as possible in order to reinforce and consolidate reading practice sessions that happen in school.

In Year 1 we continue with using Collins e-books for our reading books. Children will read these books 3 or 4 times at school and then be able to access the same book at home to practise their fluency and prosody (reading with expression). You should have received a letter today explaining the e-books as well as a log in.

Your child will also have brought home a new reading record. This needs to be filled in once every week. We need these reading records in school every day so can you please keep your child’s reading record in their bag.

It is also important that child enjoy books outside of these school books and we actively encourage you to read, discuss and promote books/magazines/atlases/comics with your child at every possible opportunity.

Welcome to Year 1!

Posted on Friday 09 September 2022 by Mr McGriffiths

The children have settled really well in their first few days in Year 1 and I would like to say thank you for helping the start of term run smoothly.

We look forward to meeting you over the next few weeks but for now, here is some key information about Year 1.

Adults

Mr McGriffiths

Teaching assistants – Miss Canning and Mrs Bharath

Student teacher – Miss Meade

Important days and dates

PE – Tuesday and Thursday

Spelling test – Friday

Homework – to be completed by the following Thursday

Water bottles

These should be brought to school daily and they will be brought home every day for refreshing and cleaning.

Milk

Please contact the office if your child would like to have milk in Year 1.

Homework

Whole school homework is set every Friday (along with new spellings). This week your child has brought home a homework book and guide. This should be kept at home and it can be used for practising spellings. Homework and spellings can also be accessed from the website.

Lexia

In Year 1, the children can access a reading/phonics online learning resource called Lexia. The children brought their login information home this week stuck into their reading records. Lexia certificates will be awarded  if your child completes a level (by the end of Year 1, the children are aiming for achieving Level 5).

Numbots

We continue to use Numbots in Year 1 and certificates will be awarded for children who complete the different stages.

For Lexia and Numbots, little and often (10/15 minutes a day) is recommended.

Uniform

Please do check the uniform policy to ensure your child is wearing the correct items including for PE days. Hoodies should not be worn on PE days, just a normal school jumper. Earrings must be removed on PE days.

Finally, please do ask if there are any queries and keep checking back on class news to find out more about your child’s learning!

Summer of sport

Posted on Thursday 21 July 2022 by Mrs Taylor

It’s just 7 days to go until the Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham. Watch this introductory video to find out more.

To keep active over the summer holidays, why not try these commonwealth personal best challenges at home. My Commonwealth PB incorporates skills that are used in 7 of the sports which will be taking place at the B2022
Commonwealth Games.

Use the QR codes below to see each challenge.

We’d love to hear how you get on!