Year 1
Published 18/10/23
What do we need to include in a sentence?
Year 1 News
Here you will find all the latest news about our learning in Year 1.
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Published 11/10/23Dinosaur day and much more!
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Published 04/10/23Is there anything we don't know about dinosaurs?
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Published 27/09/23And does that make them herbivore, carnivore or omnivore?
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What are the parts of a tree?
Published 14/07/23This week the children all impressed us with their final Star Writes in English and we know that their teachers next year will be pleased. The children wrote diary entries pretending to be Hamish, from 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Cat'. In Maths, we have been looking at recognising different coins and notes.
In History, we have been looking at the similarities and differences between seaside holidays today and 100 years ago. In PE, the children all enjoyed participating in an interhouse competition playing Scatterball.
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How have seaside holidays changed?
Published 07/07/23This week in English we have been learning to write in first person and have been using different sentence types. We have been using The Lighthouse Keeper's Cat as stimuli and are getting ready to write our own star writes on it, pretending to be the cat.
In Maths, we have been working with numbers to 100, partitioning numbers into tens and ones and finding numbers on a number line.
In History, we have been looking at how seaside holidays have changed and in RE we learnt why colours are important to Hindus.
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What were holidays like 100 years ago?
Published 16/06/23This week in English we have been learning to use suffixes. We have looked at the suffixes 'er' and 'est and used them to write comparative sentences. We have also looked at using 's' and 'es' to make words plural. In Maths, we have been learning to find doubles and halves of different amounts and finding halves of shapes. The children enjoyed taking their Maths outside this week to work practically.
In Science, we looked at what plants need in order to grow. We planted potatoes outside our classrooms and can't wait to see them grow! The children looked at mixes primary colours in Art, to make secondary colours, and produced some lovely artwork. In History, we looked at what holidays in Britain were like 100 years ago.
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What is a prefix?
Published 08/06/23This week is English, we have been learning about prefixes. We have been focussing on the prefix 'un' and how this can change the meaning of the root word. We have also been having some additional phonics practice in preparation for the phonics screening check next week.
In Maths, we have been working practically to recognise equal and unequal groups. We have also been adding in 2s, 5s and 10s to help us add equal groups and we have been learning how to make arrays.
The children really enjoyed learning about primary colours in Art, and how they can make secondary colours using them. We used play dough to mix the colours and made purple, green and orange. In Science, we looked at the different plants that grow around our school and in History we looked at the features of a seaside holiday.
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What are the physical and human features of Tocuaro?
Published 26/05/23The children have all worked really hard this term and we are sure are looking forward to a well deserved break! We have been so impressed at seeing how well their Phonics is doing and the improvements in their reading - Well done Year 1.
In English this week we have been reading 'Pirate Mums'. We have been learning about conjunctions and have been using 'and' and 'because' to extend our sentences. In Maths, we have begun looking at multiplciation and have been practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
In Computing we have been learning how to stay safe online and the importance of keeping personal information private. The children enjoyed learning about how temperature changes through the seasons in Science and in Geography they made some brilliant comparisons of the physical and human features in Worcester Park to Tocuaro in Mexico.
We were very lucky to have Nabhi visit us on Tuesday and explain to us all about his Hundu faith.
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How can we investigate wind direction?
Published 19/05/23This week in English we have been learning how to write instructions. We have been using time adverbs and imperative verbs in our writing. We wrote instructions on how to wash our hands, brush our teeth and how to make a smoothie. In Maths, we have been measuring and comparing capacity.
The children learnt about wind direction in Science and began making wind socks so that they can investigate which direction the wind is blowing. In Geography, we looked at the physical and human features of Tocuaro and in RE we learnt about where Hindus go to worship.