Author: Mrs Hayes

The children have been very busy this week, working in groups to build their own islands.  Thank you very much for their wonderful Islands home learning, which the children have used to help them in their creations.

The children performed brilliantly in their class assembly last week and you must be very proud of them all.  How blessed I am to be able to teach these children for another year!

Many apologies, but I have mislaid the cables for my camera, so there are no photos to post at present.  I look forward to being able to share photos with you again as I know that you all enjoy seeing them.

ENJOY THE SUMMER FAIR!

 

This week, the children were challenged to create a new boot for Mr Magnolia, who appeared to have mislaid his other one.  The children loved this activity and worked well in teams to brainstorm their ideas, research images on the internet, plan their designs and try out different drawing styles.

They are very proud of their final boots and their next task is to write an advert that will persuade Mr Magnolia to order a pair of their boots!

The children have been extremely enthusiastic during their Tuesday swimming lessons and have been very sensible while changing.  Well done, Year 1!

This week, the children have planted potatoes.  They looked very carefully at the chitted potatoes to see the strong shoots showing.  Over the next two months, the children will care for the plants and watch them grow.  Hopefully, we will have some potatoes to harvest in July.

 

We are all looking forward to another exciting and busy term filled with lots of learning.  Below, you will find the curriculum overview for this term:

Y1-Curriculum-information-summer term

 

This month, the children have done a wonderful job learning the Lord’s prayer. It was very moving for them to finish the Holy Thursday liturgy by saying this prayer when they returned to the classroom after ‘Jesus, Remember me’ had finished in the hall.

Later in the morning, the children shared hot cross buns together, focussing on the symbolism of the cross.  Thank you very much for your kind donations of buns, which were greatly enjoyed by the children.

Have a very happy and holy Easter together and enjoy your Easter celebrations that the children are looking forward to on Easter Sunday!

On Friday, the children joined up with Year Two for History Day.  They enjoyed four different activities, which encouraged them to find out about the past through exploring the clues that real artefacts held.  The children had some wonderful ideas and developed their skills in historical enquiry.

Thank you very much for all the donations that were made as part of the cake sale on Friday.  Over £200 was raised, which is a phenomenal amount!       We will let you know what the children decide to spend the money on.    Have a Mothering Sunday that is filled with love.

This week, the children have been exploring patterns and considering ways in which they can change the shape, size or quantity as part of a pattern.  They have designed some wonderful new vests for Little Robin Red Vest and are very proud of these.

2nd March is the Year 1 Cake Sale.  The children will be designing posters for the sale and then displaying them all around the school.  If you have time, enjoy baking cakes with your child; alternatively, shop bought cakes are very popular too.  Thank you very much for your support!

On 16th March, we will be holding a History Day – your child is invited to come into school dressed as a character from history.

 

This week, the children have been learning how to give each other directions, before moving on to programming a toy to move left, right, forwards and backwards as well as making half and quarter turns.  One child taught her friends that two quarter turns make a half turn!

This work on position and fractions continued on Friday, when the children made a honey sandwich for their teddy and divided it into halves and quarters.

Thank you very much for the donations that came in as part of our Teddy Bear’s Picnic that celebrated the end of our topic on Toys.  The children have certainly learned a great deal about old toys and have enjoyed talking about the family toys that they brought in.

 

Dear Year 1 children,

Your teddies are having a wonderful evening together.  Here they all are listening to Leon, the giant teddy reading them a suitable bedtime story.  They are looking forward to making sandwiches with you all on Friday morning!

Lots of love from Mrs Hayes (and lots of teddies!)