Broadford Year 1/2: Year 1- What we have been learning

Friday, 2 December 2022

Year 1- What we have been learning

What a busy week the children have had. They have been putting in lots of practice for the Nativity but also completing exciting science experiments which I am sure they all enjoyed. Can you believe that there is only 3 weeks until christmas!!

Literacy

This week children have been retelling the Story of Pattan’s Pumpkin. They have been doing this by sequencing the story and then retelling the story in their own words. They have all worked had to remember there Capital letters, Full stops and finger spaces.

Next week, Year 1 will continue with the second part of the story.

Maths

Year 1 has worked extremely hard this week in math. They have been continuing to look at subtraction and where introduced to Fact Families. This can be complicated but the children tried hard to complete their work.

Next week, the children will be revisiting Fact families and having an introduction into 2D and 3D shapes.

Have a practice at home.

2D Shapes Song

3D Shapes I Know (solid shapes song- including sphere, cylinder, cube, cone, and pyramid)

Topic

Science

The week had finally arrived when the children were exploring taste . The children took part in an experiment to find out different tastes like sour ( lemon), salty (salted crisps and olives) , sweet ( Raisins) and bitter( natural yogurt and dark chocolate) . It was very interesting to see that the children were very excited to try the chocolate, until they noticed that it was dark chocolate. This was a great way to show to children the different taste in foods. The children then wrote up the experiment with what they found out.

Computing

This week in computing we have been looking at pointillism. Year 1 have been completing pointillism pictures using the paint app on the ipads and also exploiting this way of painting using paper and paint.

Music

Year 1 has learnt the words for our nativity brilliantly. They are singing clearly and more importantly loudly. We hope you are as excited as us for the Nativity!