Category: Year 1 – St Francis of Assisi

This week, the children learnt all about our senses and which parts of our body are associated with which sense. For this, the children conducted experiments in a carousel style activity.

Smell The children used smelling pots and had to try and guess what was in each pot. Some guessed lavender and some guessed cinnamon. 

Taste The children played a game in which they were given some fruit and they had to use their sense of taste to decide what the food was. They particularly enjoyed this one!

Touch The children were given a bag with different objects in and had to guess what the objects were according to their properties.

Sight The children played ‘Kim’s Game’ with Mrs Ruffell. This involved looking at objects in a tray and memorising them. Mrs Ruffell then took an object out of the tray and the children had to identify which object was missing. They were very good at this one!

Sound One child came into the middle of the circle and had to shout, “Stop!” The child who was holding a puppet had to say something and the child in the middle had to use their sense of sound to identify the child. 

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Another week has flown by in Year 1!

During maths, we looked at number bonds and discovered that numbers can be ‘split’ in lots of different ways. The children have all used their manipulatives (cubes) really well to show this and have quickly moved onto pictures to show their thinking. Super work!

Our current computing topic is about programming toys and today, we looked at what an algorithm is. The children learnt that it is a set of instructions and, when these instructions are put onto a computer, this is called programming. The children used all of their learning from geography to direct their friends around the dining room, using words such as left, right, forwards and backwards. 

Next week, we will begin our new RE topic and information about this will be put onto the blog.

Have a lovely weekend! 🙂

Mrs Teixeira

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Another wonderful week was had in Year 1 this week! The children completed their poems about noises around the school and then performed them to the class. I was extremely impressed with the way in which the children spoke confidently and clearly. I am sure that they are looking forward to sharing these with you at the next Sharing Friday!

Thank you for all of your support in home reading. I have been reading your comments and it is extremely encouraging to see how much is being done at home.

Each morning, I will ask different Guided Reading groups to change their books and they will therefore need their books out of their bags and will need to put them on my chair. If you could please remind the children of this on their particular day and, if you are unsure of their group, they know them. The timetable for this is as follows:

Monday Group 5

Tuesday Group 1

Wednesday Group 2

Thursday Group 3

Friday Group 4

Alongside home reading of their school book, could I please ask that the children continue to practise their High Frequency Words which were sent home last year from Reception. If you do not have them, then please send a note in with your child and I can get some sorted for you. It is important that the children are able to sight read these words as some are ‘tricky’ which cannot be sounded out with phonics. Short, snappy testing of these words each day will really help the children’s reading and writing!

Autumn

Today, we started to look at the months of the year and the seasons. The children understood that we are in September and that the season is autumn. In order to support this learning, could the children please look for some signs of autumn over the weekend (dry leaves etc) and bring some in to share on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend and thank you for all of your support!

Mrs Teixeira 🙂 

Year 1 have had another brilliant week!

In our Maths lessons this week, we have continued to secure our understanding of numbers up to 10, thinking about which words we can use to compare numbers. The children learnt lots of new vocabulary such as bigger than, more than, greater than, smaller than, less than, fewer than, the same amount as, equal to and as many as. It would be great if you could continue to use these words at home so that the children become more familiar with them.

In our English lessons, we started to look at what shared writing is and completed a piece together. As a whole group, we planned and wrote our own version of Gervase Phinn’s poem ‘Noises Off’ using sounds from the dining room. 

Ongoing home learning

Can I please ask that the children learn how to do their ties and top buttons over the course of the next week as these are the pieces of clothing which cause the most trouble to the children!

Additionally, can I ask that the children are encouraged to get ready as quickly as they possibly can at home as our PE lessons are currently being cut short by some time to allow for extra changing time.

The children have had another great week in Year 1. They have started their split classes for English and maths and myself and Mr King are very impressed with the way that they have shown a great deal of maturity with this.

Yesterday, we started looking at creating a map of our classroom which developed today into creating a ‘Messy Map’ using the resources around the classroom. The children pretended that they were birds and decided what shapes they would see if they were in the sky. This was in order to develop the idea of an aerial view.

There is not necessarily any ‘formal’ homework this week as the children are still in transition but I would ask that they continue to read their books at home as part of ongoing homework.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Teixeira 🙂 

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Thank you for all who were able to attend today’s meeting. For those of you who were unable to make it, or for those of you who would like to refresh your memories of everything spoken about, I have attached the PowerPoint.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!

What a wonderful start to the school year! The children have settled in brilliantly by coming in enthusiastically in the morning and getting straight on with their ‘Busy Fingers’ activities and listening really well when it is carpet and learning time. I can tell that we will have a very successful year ahead of us!

Starting from next week, the children will benefit from the split classes for both English and Maths in which they will either be taught by Mr King or myself. This will be discussed in more detail at our ‘meet the teacher’ morning on Monday 10th September from 9:00am-9:30am. This will be a great opportunity to hear about all of the exciting learning we will be doing in Year 1, plus the logistics of the split classes.

There will be no formal homework set for this week as the children are still settling in, but I have sent home the children’s new reading records today along with the last word strip that they were on. Can I please ask that these books are read, read and read again in order for the children to gain the confidence that they need to read aloud and to revise the key sounds that they know. I will look to change the books next week.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Teixeira 🙂 

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!