Year 1: What We Are Learning w/b 6th October 2025

 

Year 1: What We Are Learning 

This week our literacy focus book has been: Beegu, by Alexis Deacon

This week our Art objectives have been:I can  personalise the cover of my sketchbook to make it my own.

This week, pupils explored sketchbooks. They discussed  what a sketchbook is and why it’s important and learned that it’s a safe space for creative ideas and experimenting. Also they have made and personalised their own sketchbooks

Here is what we have been up to:

The children have also been working hard in History this week. They learnt about comparing the reign of Queen Victoria and King Charles III and identified the similarities and differences between the times.

As part of the Broadford DIY learning, the children practiced the ‘perfect writing posture’ and the ‘perfect pen hold’. The children supported their peers to remember, back to the back of the chair, feet flat on the floor and holding the paper still. They also practiced the tripod grasp using ‘frog fingers’!

Just a reminder to parents that the Parent Evening invitation slips have been sent home today, please see your child's class teacher if you didn't receive one.

Well done Year 1 for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning w/b 2nd December 2024

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

Reception have been working really hard this week. Our focus book was Winter: A Solstice Story.

Here is what we have been up to: we have learnt all about the season of Winter. 

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc.  The children worked hard to write Christmas cards this week. Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc).

In Maths this week the children have been learning about different 4 sided shapes. They learnt about squares and rectangles and were able to explain the differences between the two. 

             

          Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning w/b 18.11.24

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

Reception have been working really hard this week. Our focus book was I Love The Seasons: Autumn.

Here is what we have been up to: The children have been learning all about the season Autumn, they wrote about things that they see in Autumn and made Autumn art. They used Autumn colours such as red, orange and yellow to paint the falling leaves on the tree templates. 

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week. The children learnt all about Autumn and used their sound mats to write CVC words. The children wrote fox, red and nut. They also wrote the initial sounds that they could hear at the start of words such as ‘h’ for hedgehog.  Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc).

In Maths this week the children have been learning their numbers to five. They worked hard to identify and make the numbers 4-5 using concrete objects. Well done for the brilliant Maths work Reception! 

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning w/b 11th November 2024

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

Reception have been working really hard this week. Our focus book was The Little Hen and the Great War.

Here is what we have been up to: the children painted poppies and added them to our Reception Outside Area to remember all of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during war. They also painted their hands red and from their hand prints made their own poppy wreaths to display outside our classroom doors. The children also recorded a poem for Rememberance Day. 

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week. The children have all been assessed and are now working in groups based on this. The children discussed what makes a good friend and made their own friendship recipes. They put the key words in their friendship bowls that they thought makes a good friend. They worked hard to write the initial sounds they could hear in words such as ‘h’ for ‘helps’. They also tried to sound out the words such as ‘kind’ using their set 1 sound mat.  Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc). Well done Reception for your hard work in Read, Write, Inc and with your writing this week. 

In Maths this week the children have been learning all about 2D shapes. They worked hard to recognise triangles and circles in their classroom and during our outdoor shape hunt. The children also went outside and made triangles from sticks in our outside area. They also learnt about positions and could describe the positions different objects were in in our outside area. Well done Reception for your hard work in Maths this week! 

The children came into school in odd socks on Tuesday for Anti-Bullying Week. They learnt about the importance of kindness and made friendship recipes and added words such as ‘help’ and ‘kind’ into their friendship recipe bowls. 

The children had an amazing day celebrating Children In Need. They all dressed in spots and enjoyed taking part in lots of fun Pudsey themed activities. 

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!

Year 1 Easter Activities!

 

Happy Easter!

Your children will be coming home with Easter activities today. They will be given 2 booklets, one is a Math activity and the other is Phonics practice.  

When the children complete the Phonics assessments later  in the year, they will be tested on both Alien and real words which is why it is a good idea for the children to start practicing now. 

Thank you all for your support. 

The Year 1 Team.