Year 1 w/b 20th September
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 4:54pm
This week we have started to read part of our text ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’, this has helped us to find out more about the key characters. After stopping at a key point in the text, we have made our own predictions as to what will happen next. The whole class are very excited to read on and find out more next week. We have also, very excitedly, received a letter from Major Glad himself. We obviously had many questions for him, so we looked at how to write question sentences using capital letters, question words and question marks. Next week we will be looking in more detail at our letter written by the solider and we will be learning our first text map of the school year.
In phonics we continue to review some of the teaching from reception and this week we focused on sh, th and ch/tch. Thank you to everyone who has already returned their spellings and sentences. These weekly sheets are a great opportunity to work on phonics, handwriting and sentence writing.
Guided reading continues in full swing and home reading books have been changed. In addition to your child’s home reading book, they are encouraged to swap and select ‘reading for pleasure’ books from our class selection. There is no set day for these books to be changed as they are often enjoyed for different lengths of time. If they haven’t swapped their book in a little while, just let us know!
In maths, we build on our understanding of numbers to look at finding one more and one less than a given number. We have had a big focus on number formation and ensuring numbers are the correct way round. Each week we complete our learning both in our morning Power Maths lessons and in an additional ‘maths mastery’ session in the afternoon. This week in our afternoon sessions we have explored how the numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9 can all be composed of two parts where 5 is one of the parts and continue to use the language of ‘whole’ and ‘part’.
Last week in history we focussed on our current favourite toys, in the ‘present’ and this week we have begun to look at toys from the ‘past’. We were given a range of toys to consider and describe the properties of. These were toys that would have been enjoyed by our grandparent’s generation. It was interesting to see how some toys are still popular today, but others are no longer played with. We would encourage all children to talk to their grandparents or other relatives about popular toys they enjoyed playing with when they were five or six years old.
In PE we continue to build parts of our dance. It has been great to see the confidence of all children improve in these first three PE dance sessions. We are now much more confident moving to music and following a range of dance moves. This week we looked at adding height to our routine with a low slide. By half term our dances are going to be fantastic!
Last week in art, we began to look at textures and patterns found in our Major Glad, Major Dizzy text. These were often seen in the changing room décor, wallpaper, and curtain styles. We then went outside to our school environment to complete rubbings from a range of textures. This week we built on this skill and introduced printing. We could see in some of the pictures that patterns are often repeating so had a go at creating our own prints with a selection of textures on familiar toys. Next week we will introduce William Morris, a very famous artist and print maker before starting our final piece of work.
As you can see, we have had another busy week in Year One. We are also very much looking forward to our trip to the Cheshire Ploughing Match on Wednesday 28th September. A letter has been sent to all parents and carers explaining the details for this trip but please ask if you have any questions.
We hope you have a restful and enjoyable weekend,
Mrs Pulle and Mrs Lindersen
