Year 1 News

This 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.

This 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. 

The 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.

This week we have been learning how to write instructions in English.  We have looked at the features of instruction writing and identified different time adverbs and imperative verbs that can be used.

In Maths, we have been looking at measuring mass using non-standard units.  The children were identifying weights of different objects and comparing their mass.

In DT we made three different smoothies.  The children all got a chance to taste each one and were excited to try new things.  Despite not liking the look of the green one (with spinach), the children were surprised that they liked it.

This week we have learning how to create drawings using Google Docs.  We learnt how to create different types of lines, changes the colours and insert shapes. In Science we have been investigating how make ice melt quickly to rescue toys which had been frozen inside. In PSHE, we learnt the different parts of the body and what their uses are and in History we researched how castles have changed over time.

In Maths, we have been learning to subtract by finding the difference and have learnt how to find related facts.  We have been very impressed in English where the children wrote excellent character descriptions of a prince and wrote exclamation sentences.