Year 1 News

This week we have been reading 'We're Going to Find the Monster' in English.  The children made good predictions about what the story was going to be about and wrote some fantastic sentences about the pictures.  In Maths we have explored part-part-whole models and learnt how numbers can be partitioned in different ways.  We have then used them to see how two parts can make a whole.  

In PSHE we have been looking at what privacy means, what private parts are and what information to keep private. We have also had an anti-bullying workshop which the children all enjoyed.

Year 1 have worked really hard this half term and we are very proud of the progress that they are making.  We hope you all have a well deserved rest next week, ready to come back for the next half term.

This week Year 1 have created some brilliant fact files about different dinosaurs.  They used their phonics to sound out words carefully and wrote some very interesting facts.

We Maths we have been learning how to use a number line to find more than and less than given numbers.  The children were also able to use their knowledge of numbers to find missing numbers.

In History we have been looking at similarities and differences between different species of dinosaurs.  They grouped them by: number of legs, whether they could swim, whether they were carnivores and many other options.   In Science we looked at different body parts and how they are used.

This week the children have been reading Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs.  They have been creating story maps in English to help them with their Star Writes next week and practised writing key vocabulary.  In Maths they have been looking at comparing numbers using 'greater than' and 'less than' to prepare them for next week's lessons on ordering numbers.

In Science we have been looking at the similarities and differences between animals and grouping them by these criteria. In RE we have been looking at different way to show that we are grateful and some of the children have created cards fro their friends of family as a way of showing thanks.

In PSHE we have been looking at how we can live a balanced life and in History we have been researching Mary Anning and learning about why she is important.

What is RRS?

The children have all settled really well into Year 1 and have had a great start to the year.  We have been learning our school rules: RRS - Ready, Respectful and Safe.  We have then used this to create our own class rules.

We have been learning about the zones of regulation and how to identify how we are feeling.  We have learnt that it is okay to feel different emotions and have begun looking at what we can do to make us feel better.

In Maths we have recapped sorting objects and counting numbers to 10.

The children have had a very busy week. They had a great time on Tuesday at Nonsuch park and were very sensible on the walk there and back as well as when we were in the park. Thank you to everyone who helped us with the trip. 

The children have had an enjoyable week at school and have been busy enjoying their topic 'Enchanted Woodlands.'