Year One- Week 3 's Celebration Certificates

 

Week 3's certificates

It's that time of the week again when we celebrate so of the hard work we have seen this week. Check out these amazing children:

Well done to the following children who have impressed their teachers with their work this week:

Well done to Fariah in Beech Class. This week she decided that she would like a 'Home Corner' in the classroom. She designed it and wrote a list of resources she needed. Well done for showing such creativity! 

Well done to Evie in Apricot Class. Evie used her numicon to help her work out one more and one less, great work Evie!

Well done to Ayaan in Walnut Class for his fantastic effort in Maths. For making a number line and writing out your numbers from 0-20. Well done Ayaan.

Congratulations to the following children who have worked super hard with their writing:

Well done to Grace from Beech Class. This week we were thinking about how Beegu would be feeling after landing on a strange planet with noone to talk to. Grace came up with some great adjectives, including 'confused' and 'lonely'. 

Congratulations to Olivia in Apricot Class for her brilliant writing this week. Olivia described how Beegu would be feeling after her crash landing. Well done Olivia!

Well done to Elena in Walnut Class, for your creativity in describing Beegu's home on the planet Mars. Keep up the great work Elena!

Many thanks,

The Year One Team

Maths, Literacy and History this week in Year 1!

    

Year 1 Maths, Literacy & History!

Literacy - Beegu has crash landed on Earth!

This week in Literacy, we have been getting to know Beegu, the main character in our new book of the same name. We have been imagining how Beegu must be feeling now that she is all alone in a new place and have been using our capital letters, finger spaces and full stops to write some sentences.

Maths - One more, one less!

In Maths this week, we have been using numicon and number lines to work out one more than a given number and one less. We have been focusing on numbers between 1 and 10 but some children have moved onto numbers up to 20! We have also been practising our number formation to make sure our numbers are the right size and shape. Here's a little one more, one less activity you can try with your child.

History - Chronology

In History, we have been practising our chronological skills by discussing our lives. From being born to attending school, we put each milestone on a timeline. We have also been learning some new historical vocabulary: past, present and future. Watch this video on chronological order.

Best wishes,

The Year One Team

Year One Science Walk

Year One Science Walk

The children in Year One selected four different trees around the School to observe and track the changes across the four seasons. This is a wonderful opportunity for outdoor learning and allows the children to experience the changes for themselves. We discussed the things the children know about Autumn and spent time looking at the trees and describing what the children could see. 

 

        

At the end of the term the children in Year One will write their own reports to show the changes they observed during the Autumn term.

Year One Outdoor Learning

 

The children have been having a great time exploring their new resources in the outdoor area. Take a look below:

Last Monday, an alien crash landed in our playground. Since then the children have been searching for clues as to what might have happened. We think it  was an alien called Beegu! 

It was fantastic to see the children using this in their roleplay this week. They used the loose parts to create a rocket, which they boarded to fly into space.  

What might look like just simple fun is actually highly important work. When children use their imagination in play, they are developing crucial psychological and emotional capabilities that not only turn them into creative thinkers and problem solvers but has a huge impact on them as independent writers. 

Later the same day, the children used the same piece of equipment but this time created a new game. Every time that managed to get the hoop on the pole, they got two points. This was a great way to reinforce the 2 times tables and addition skills.

Our balance boards were also delivered this week. The children showed no fear as they explored what skills and tricks they could do. The balance boards are a great way to develop balance and agility, two important elements of the Year One PE curriculum.

We look forward to sharing more of our outdoor learning soon!

Best Wishes

The Year One Team

Year One Assembly Certificates

 

Sorry it's late... here is the blog from last Friday.

We have had another great week and there has been so much to celebrate in Year One!

Firstly, a huge congratulations to all of the Year 1 children for the way they have come into school by themselves. This is a big achievement and we are so proud of them all! 

Week 2's certificates

Well done to the following children who have impressed their teachers with their work this week:

Well done to Elliot in Beech Class for his fantastic effort this week. Elliot has been working hard, especially with his maths. Keep up the great effort, Elliot!

Well done to Kiara in Apricot Class for her fantastic effort and concentration in Maths this week. Keep up the good work Kiara!

Well done to Mason in Walnut class for his effort investigating the spaceship that landed in the playground. Keep up the great work Mason!

Congratulations to the following children who have worked super hard with their writing:

Well done to Sophie in Beech Class who created a list of evidence from our 'alien invasion' this week!

Well done to Sophie in Beech Class who created a list of evidence from our 'alien invasion' this week!

Well done to Rosie in Apricot Class who used lots of great adjectives to describe Beegu!

Well done to Osazemen in Walnut class for his effort in collecting evidence from the alien invasion scene!

The great cookie dunk!

 The great cookie dunk!

This week, the children in Year 2 have been working scientifically to answer the question 'do biscuits sink or float in milk?'. We made predictions before conducting the experiment, thinking carefully about each of the biscuits and whether they would float or sink. The children ensured we conducted a fair test, thinking about the variables such as the amount of milk and the amount of time we left the biscuit for. They recorded their findings and discussed their results. After all of their hard work, it was time for the best part - taste testing the biscuits!

'We need to drop the cookie and press the timer at the same time!' - Miraz

'We need to observe closely to see if it sinks or floats' - Faramade

''Look it's sinking!' - JJ

Year 2 Perfect Partitioning

 This week in Maths the children have been working extremely hard to partition 3 and 2 digit numbers using the part whole model. Children now understand that whole numbers can be partitioned in various different ways. We started with using physical resources to support us and moved on to using numbers to record our work. 

"I can partition 20 by doing 10 and 5 and 5 or 12 and 6 and 2." Pranav

Year 2 Certificates

These amazing children have been working really hard this week and have been rewarded for their efforts.

E for Excellence

 

Mulberry Ruby, for working really hard to learn her sounds. 

Pine Asher, for always trying his best in everything that he does. 

Rowan Louie - Ray, in recognition of his maths work this week 

  Star writers 

  Mulberry Shivanshi, for describing her amazing dragon using adjectives and similes. 

  Pine Louise Maria, for her fantastic writing about dragons she used great adjectives independently.

   Rowan Areya, for using exciting adjectives to describe her character.

Aliens have landed in Year One!

 Aliens have landed!

On Monday, the children noticed something glistening in the outdoor area, on top of the PE shed. We went out to investigate and saw... A SPACESHIP HAD LANDED!

The children noticed some peculiar shaped footprints leading across the playground. The foot prints were round with 3 toes... It was like nothing we've ever seen before!

The children think they have discovered: 

•  screws and bolts, parts of the engine which have fallen off and made the spaceship crash land
•  an alien hat
•  space rocks 
•  a space ship
•  strange foot prints

We were all very excited about what had happened and it inspired us to make our own spaceship! 

They also did some fantastic space art.

                                              

We are continuing to investigate what has happened and will keep you updated!

'The hat looked like rabbit ears, it might be a rabbit alien!' George

'They look a bit like foot prints but it might be their face.' Evie  

'An Alien has landed, an alien! An alien!' Roman

'Maybe they were really small and slid down the slide and got bigger.' Lily-Mae

'Look, that cone wasn't there before. The alien left it' Connie

'I think the alien is hiding behind the door' James

'Tell Me a Dragon' Year 2

Early Monday morning Year 2 found mystery boxes hidden in their classrooms. Each box contained some strange items including what looked like a magical egg. The children closely examined the clues, made predictions about what the items could be and described each clue. After reporting our findings to the Zoo we were shocked to discover they had never seen an egg like this before, the closest match they could find was an ancient dragon egg. We were advised to be very careful and begin studying dragons to find out more about these mystical creatures. We read a beautiful story book called Tell me a Dragon to begin our discussions and thought about what might appear when the egg starts to hatch!

Year One Curriculum Letter

 

Year One Curriculum Letter

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year One - Curriculum Newsletter

Welcome back to a new school year. We are so excited to have the children back and embrace the ‘new normal’.  We have had a fantastic first week getting to know the children and are so proud of the way they have adapted to Year One. 

We hope you find this curriculum letter informative. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher by email if you have any questions regarding Year One. (year12@broadford.havering.sch.uk)

Homework:

Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night:

·         15 minutes reading to an adult and note in the reading record

·         15 minutes practicing spellings

·         rehearsing times tables facts (2x, 5x and 10x tables)

Spellings:

The children will receive spellings each Monday in a red exercise book. These words will usually be either ‘red words’ (words that cannot be sounded out) or ‘high frequency words’ (words that they will use in the writing frequently). Please practise these spellings with your child each night. 

Please ensure that your child brings their red spelling book to school every Friday. They will complete their test in the book as this allows you to see their results. We will then send new spellings home in the book each Monday.

 

Trips and important dates

Unfortunately, because of Covid, we are unable to book our autumn term trips. We are instead looking to bring in workshops where possible and set up ‘experience days’ for the children.

Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this half term. If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please get in touch through our Year One email . We welcome any suggestions you may have.

Yours Sincerely,

 

   Miss Chappel    Miss Ahmed    Miss Tuffley

    Beech Class Teacher   Walnut Class Teacher      Apricot Class Teacher

    Year One Leader 

Autumn 1
	1st Half Term
Focus Text	Beegu
Literacy	Children will be using the focus text; Beegu to develop important writing skills. The children will be working on descriptive writing, labeling and sequencing. Some skills we will focus on this half term will be: -Using phonic knowledge to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words -Begin to use full stops and capital letters correctly  -Read their writing out loud to ensure it makes sense
	Reading- phonics Children‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌assessed‌ ‌and‌ ‌grouped‌ ‌across‌ ‌the‌ ‌year‌ ‌group‌ ‌according‌ ‌to‌ ‌their‌ ‌needs for the teaching of Read, Write, Inc our phonics scheme.‌ ‌It‌ ‌is‌ ‌really‌ ‌important‌ ‌children‌ ‌have‌ ‌a‌ ‌good‌ ‌phonic‌ ‌knowledge‌ ‌ and‌ ‌learn‌ ‌to‌ ‌be‌ ‌fluent‌ ‌readers‌ ‌this‌ ‌half‌ ‌term.‌ ‌We‌ ‌ will‌ ‌revise‌ ‌Set‌ 1 ‌sounds‌ ‌and‌ ‌Set‌ ‌2 ‌in‌ ‌class.‌ ‌Please‌ ‌practice‌ ‌reading‌ ‌regularly‌ ‌with‌ ‌your‌ ‌child,‌ ‌this‌ ‌will‌ ‌help‌ ‌them‌ ‌to‌ ‌access‌ ‌the‌ ‌whole‌ ‌curriculum.‌    https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources This is a good website with a variety of games to practice phonics skills. If you want more information on the best level to start with your child. https://www.literacyplanet.com/uk/ You may already have personal login details for LP websites from Reception. We will be sending these out again in the front of the children spelling books.
Numeracy	Number: Place value Number: Addition and subtraction (inc. bonds to 10)
	Please practise the times tables daily with your children. Useful websites: https://login.mathletics.com/ https://ttrockstars.com/ You may already have personal log in details for these websites from Reception. We will be sending these out again in the front of the children spelling books.
ICT	Creating basic algorithms (using Beebots)
Science	Seasonal changes
History/ Geography	Topic: Space  Significant person: Neil Armstrong  Skill- Chronology
P.E	Throwing and catching
	Year One’s PE day will be on Tuesdays. PE sessions will take place outside. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE kit. They will then stay in their kit for the full day.  Their kit should consist of the following: Navy jogging bottoms(or shorts dependent on weather) White t-shirt School jumper Trainers
Music	Pulse, rhythm and pitch, through old-school hip hop
Art/ Design and Technology	Exploring colour Sculpture, using clay
PSHE/R.E	Back to school social situation stories