Year 1's Learning, Week 2

Year 1's Learning, Week 2

Literacy

In Literacy this week we have been writing recipes and shopping lists for our cake baking! We've had to use our instructions writing skills to write clear steps to bake a cake. We've had to think about ingredients and decide what we will be decorating our cakes with. We used our recipes to help us think of all the things that we will need to buy on our shopping trip to Lidl next week. 

Next week we will be writing invitations for our tea party that we will be hosting at school with our friends. We will be making sure that we use our full stops at the end of our sentences and our capital letters for the beginning of our sentences, for days of the week and for names!

Check out this video about the importance of full stops and capital letters. 

Key Vocabulary: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Maths

 This week we have been continuing with place value and adding 10 using our number squares. The children have learnt the quick way to add 10 by jumping down on the hundred squares. Some children have been crossing the 10 barriers and adding together bigger numbers. The children are now more familiar with using the hundred square for addition and are more confident in counting on the hundred square.

 

 

Next week in Maths we will be looking at some addition and subtraction word problems. The children will need to read the problems and underline key numbers and words to help them work out the number sentence. They will then need to solve the problems using resources such as the number line and hundred square. 

 

Key Vocabulary: hundred square, addition, subtraction, add, plus, all together, take away, minus, left. 

Outdoor

This week's focus was bug hunting outside! the children used the new science equipment to search for minibeasts!  

Key vocabulary: bugs, minibeasts, soil, habitat

Design and Technology

Next week we are going to Lidl to buy ingredients to make the amazing cakes that we have designed. The children are very excited about this trip. We will be going in groups of 6 and using our maths skills when we get to the shop to work out what we can buy! 

Geography

 

This week in Geography we have been continuing to learn all about the UK and its countries. For this week our focus has been on examining a famous landmark from each of the countries. (Big Ben, Loch Ness, Giant’s Causeway and Snowdon) Some children were able to recognise some famous landmarks from London and were keen to tell us about their experiences.

 

Next week we are looking more at our local area of Romford and the types of houses that we live in. We will learn about different types of houses and their physical features.

 

Keywords: Physical features, landmarks, flats, semi-detached, house, bungalow, stairs, windows.

 

If you want to  learn about different types of houses from around the world, then click here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmvOU-VyMm4​

We look forward to sharing next week's learning with you! 

The Year One Team