Hello from Y1!

 Hello Year One

Lots of learning has been going on over the last week. Here is a snapshot of what has been happening.

In maths, we are learning to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. This is something you can practice at home too.

In English, we have a new story called Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. The children are learning to write adjectives and adverbs in their writing this half term. Their writing goes from strength to strength. 

Last week, we took part in a whole school science investigation. The children became scientists and used bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to create a reaction. It was great fun!

 

Don't forget:

Parent Information Session tomorrow from 9am

Rocket Club:

Those children that have had invitations for Rocket Club, these start tomorrow (Tuesday 23rd April) for 5 weeks. I think there may have had a mix up with the invites!

The Year One Team

Unit 1.7 - Coding: Instructions

In today's Year One coding lesson, we embarked on an exciting journey into the world of programming. With eager minds and a sense of adventure, our young learners delved into the basics of giving instructions and problem-solving through a fun and interactive activity.

At the heart of our lesson was a simple yet engaging scenario: two children playing the roles of a programmer and a robot. The task? To direct the robot safely from one point to another within our learning environment. But here's the catch – the programmer had to ensure that the robot didn't crash into any objects along the way!

As the activity unfolded, we witnessed the creativity and problem-solving skills of our young learners shine through. With each iteration, the children experimented with different routes, adjusted their instructions and learned from any mishaps along the way.

What made this activity truly special was the opportunity for hands-on learning and collaboration. The children worked together, brainstorming ideas, and communicating effectively to achieve their common goal. Whether it was navigating around desks, chairs, or other classroom objects, each successful manoeuvre brought a sense of accomplishment and excitement.

Through this activity, our Year One children not only gained a basic understanding of coding concepts but also honed essential skills such as critical thinking, communication, and teamwork. By experiencing firsthand the process of giving instructions and solving problems, they laid a solid foundation for future exploration and learning in the field of technology.

As we wrapped up our coding adventure for the day, the smiles on the children's faces spoke volumes. They had not only had fun but had also taken their first steps into the fascinating world of coding. 

And who knows? Perhaps one day, some of them will be the brilliant minds behind the next big innovation in technology.

Stay tuned for more exciting coding adventures as we continue to explore the wonderful world of programming together!

Week 4 in Y1

 

Hello Year One Families

We begin with a big thank you to Miss White who taught the Year One class today. The children loved their art lesson where they reimagined the art work of Alma Thomas using spring colours and painting techniques. 

They also thoroughly enjoyed their superhero, comic relief inspired dancing! The children learnt a dance, then made up their own in groups to show to the rest of the class. 

The children are really enjoying our new story 'Stanley's Stick' by John Hegley. They have produced some great writing about what Stanley might do with his stick this week. This led nicely into our forest school learning where the children got to make their own colouring pencil stick using a potato peeler to peel off the bark into a point. These will be coming home with the children next week. 

The children have come to the end of their unit of learning about numbers to 50. They worked practically this week to represent different numbers to 50 using deines (tens and ones), writing the number, drawing the number and writing it into a part part whole model. They are gaining a really good understanding of how numbers are made up of ten and ones. Next week we move on to length and height. 

In geography we have been learning about maps and a birds eye view. After having a look on Google Maps and learning about symbols, the children created their own class map. They were so engrossed in this and created a wonderful map together. 

Next week:

On Tuesday afternoon from 1.30pm - 3.30pm we will be visiting Maiden Castle Farm for lambing. If you would like to help on this trip then please do let us know. 

Have a good weekend and see you all on Monday.

The Year One Team

Fantas - STICK

 Hello Year One Families.

We need your help! Please could your child bring a stick to school on Monday! If they would like to decorate it they can.

The stick should be no longer than 30cm long please.

This is for our 🪄sparkly start 🪄to our new story 'Stanley's Stick' by John Hegley

Thank you.

The Year One Team

Week 2 in Y1 💫

 Hello Year One families

In English we have read to the end of our story 'The Comet'. The children loved finally getting to the end of the story and finding out that Nyla would be happy in her new home.  You can watch the story together here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNmPLQnhZ_o

The children have spent the week writing how Nyla feels about moving home and we even managed a bit of hot-seating where the children became Nyla and answered questions. The children's writing skills go from strength to strength and many are writing excellent independent sentences using full stops, capital letters, finger spaces, adjectives and the conjunction 'and'. There's so much to learn when you become a writer!

In maths we have just moved on to a new unit of Numbers to 50. The children are beginning to learn the composition of the numbers to 50 e.g 35 is made of 3 tens and 5 ones. They are also learning to say and write numbers to and from 50. We will be practicing counting back from 50 next week as this was a bit tricky, especially as we moved from the numbers ending in 0 down e.g from 40 to 39, 30 to 29 etc. You can practice at home using this video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtNskltyA0E

In science the children worked in teams to describe a season and what was good about it. They then shared their ideas with the rest of the class. It was lovely to see how confident the children are in front of one another. 

Forest School looked fab this week. The children learnt about animal habitats and then they went out to discover some habitats for themselves. At the end of the session the children got to make some mini habitats of their own. Mrs Surtees, our forest school leader was very happy the children actually got to go outside this week!

In art the children created the own Kandinsky inspired paintings. They colour mixed all the secondary colours themselves after learning how to do this the week before. We were really impressed with the results. 

The week ahead:

As part of World Book Day we have some mystery readers booked in to read to us next week which we are very excited about.

World Book Day - Thursday 7th March

• Come dressed as a book character.
• Come in to the classroom with your child for the first 15 minutes (8.45am - 9am) to read a story with them.
• Come back to school for a bedtime story at 5pm until 6pm.

We have a growing amount of lost property that includes jumpers and cardiagns. If you are missing any please do come and help yourself! 

Have a good weekend and we will see you on Monday.

The Year One Team