Year 1: What our Thursdays look like (Guinea pigs + Newts included!)

 Hello everyone, Mrs Thorpe here, 

I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Just wanted to share some of the learning that the fabulous year 1 have been doing with me on a Thursday. 

In Science we have been looking and learning about different groups of animals. The children had to work in groups to make a zoo with the selection of plastic animals that they were given. They needed to decide how to group them. 

This week in Science we compared mammals and amphibians by looking at newts from our school pond and I brought in my baby guinea pigs to show the children. This was a brilliant learning opportunity where the children could see first hand the differences between these animals. 

This will of course continue on our school trip to the zoo this week. Please can you make sure you have checked Arbor for the information about this. I have lots of helpers now thank you. We will split into smaller groups to walk around the zoo. We will of course let you know about any changes to arrival times home, depending on traffic. Can't wait to share the pictures with you all. If your child does not have consent to have photos shared and you would like us to share some pictures of just your child at Marwell with you then please let us know. Just to make you aware, if you have said no to pictures to be shared on facebook, then no pictures of your child will be shared through our blog. If you have any queries about this please check with Miss Lewis in the office. 

On a Thursday we have PE, this half term our focus has been on balance. The children have moved across narrow beams and showing how they can jump and land on two feet. We have also been balancing in different poses using our hands and feet. 

Have a great rest of the weekend

🐧Mrs Thorpe. Ms Evans and Ms Dainton 🦏

Cave Baby, Antartica, Europe and Tens Frames

 Hi Year One Families,

What a busy week we have had!

This week in English, we continued our work around Cave Baby, developing our understanding of nouns and adjectives and using these to describe characters and pictures. In Maths, we continued exploring numbers within 10, developing our confidence with counting larger groups and counting on from different numbers. In Geography, we continued our journey around the world by exploring Europe and Antarctica, looking at where they are and some of their key features.

The children have also loved looking at the photographs of their peers baptism's so thank you for sharing those!

Home Learning will be sent home and collected weekly on a Friday- please do hear your child read daily- it really helps children to build their fluency.

Our learning next week:
Next week, we will continue our Cave Baby learning in English, using adjectives to create captions and sentences and practising ordering our ideas correctly using capital letters and full stops. In Maths, we will be developing our number sense by counting on within 10, finding one more and counting backwards from 10 to 0. In Geography, our journey around the continents will take us to North and South America, where we will explore their location, landmarks and features.

We have two two trips on the horizon Marwell Zoo and a trip to Maiden Castle Farm. Permission and payment for the zoo is on Arbor, please could you check this. If you would like to accompany either trip please get in touch with Mrs Thorpe b.thorpe@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Please do get in touch if you have anything you would like to discuss

Best Wishes

Ms Evans and the Year One Team

Continents, Christenings and Computers!

Hello Year One Families,

What a fantastic week we have had in Year One! The children are settling in brilliantly and are becoming increasingly confident with our new routines and expectations. We have spent time learning how our classroom works, how to look after our different learning areas and,  begun our development of becoming an increasingly independent learners.

In Year One, lots of our learning happens through playful exploration and challenges. The children have already been busy tackling our Word Wizard challenges, climbing their Maths Mountains and exploring activities across the classroom. It has been wonderful to see their enthusiasm as they begin to understand this new way of working.

English: This week we introduced our new story, Cave Baby, and began thinking about how we build and write sentences. We have been practising saying our sentences aloud before writing them and remembering some of the important features that make a super sentence.

Maths: In Maths, we have been exploring numbers within 10. The children have been identifying different groups, counting objects carefully and making sure that they count each object only once. We have also been thinking about how we can check that our counting is accurate.

Geography: We have begun our new Geography focus on the seven continents of the world. This week, we explored Asia and Africa, using maps and globes to find out where they are and beginning to notice some of their features.

RE: We also introduced RE as a subject this week. Our focus this half term is Christian baptism and we will be learning about what baptism is and why it is important to Christians. If your child has been christened or baptised and would like to share photographs of the occasion with the class, please feel free to email some photographs to me. We would love to look at and talk about them together on Tuesday afternoon.

Computing: There was great excitement when we began Computing! Our first challenge was learning how to log onto our Chromebooks independently. This was definitely a highlight for lots of the children, and they were incredibly proud when they managed it!

Home Learning and Reading: Each Friday, the children will be given an optional small home learning task to complete. Please also try to hear your child read every day. Even a short amount of daily reading makes such a huge difference to their confidence, fluency and progress. If you still have your child's reading record from Reception, please continue to use this. Alternatively, you can use the paper reading record provided.

PE: Our PE day is Thursday with Mrs Thorpe. Children should come to school dressed in their PE kit on Thursdays.

Next week in Year One:We have another busy week ahead! We will be learning:

English: Introducing nouns and adjectives and using them to make our sentences more interesting.

Maths: Counting larger groups accurately and learning to count on from any number within 10.

Geography: Continuing our journey around the world by exploring the continents of Europe and Antarctica.

RE: Exploring the question “What is baptism?” and finding out more about what happens during a Christian baptism.

We are incredibly proud of how well the children have begun their Year One adventure. There has already been so much curiosity, enthusiasm and growing independence, and we can't wait to see what next week brings!

If you have anything you would like to discuss please don't hesitate to get in touch, either on the class door or over email.

The Year One Team -Ms Evans- Ms Dainton- Mrs Thorpe- Ms Cleaver

 

Welcome to Year One

Hi Year One Families, 

We are really looking forward to welcoming the children into Year One tomorrow and beginning our new school year together!

Our Year One team this year is:
Ms Evans – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
Mrs Thorpe – Thursday
Ms Dainton – Monday to Thursday
Ms Clever – Friday

Over the first few days, our main focus will be getting to know one another, learning our new classroom routines and expectations, and giving the children plenty of opportunities to explore their new learning environment. We know that moving into Year One can feel like a big transition, so we will take time to help everyone feel happy, confident and settled.

Reading and Homework

Homework and new Read Write Inc. (RWI) books will be sent home on Fridays, beginning next week.

Please read with your child every evening and return their reading book and reading record each Friday so that these can be changed. Book bags should come into school every day.

PE

Our PE day is Thursday. Children should come to school dressed in an appropriate PE kit, including suitable footwear for the weather.

Children are welcome to keep a pair of wellies at school as long as they are clearly named. Forest School will take place later in the academic year, and we will share further information nearer the time.

Naming Belongings

Please make sure that all of your child's belongings are clearly named, including coats, jumpers/cardigans, water bottles, snack pots and wellies.

With a busy class and lots of very similar belongings, we are unfortunately unable to search for individual lost items. Clearly naming everything gives us the best chance of quickly returning things to the right child.

Toys from Home

Please keep toys and other special items safely at home. Toys brought into school will be kept safe by an adult and returned to the grown-up collecting your child at the end of the day.

Morning Drop-Off

Please bring your child to the classroom door and allow them to come in independently. We completely understand that there may be some nerves or anxiety during the first few days, but we find that a positive, prompt goodbye helps children to settle into their morning routine much more quickly. We will be there to welcome and support them as they come in.

Keeping in Touch

We will update our Year One blog each week with news, reminders and a glimpse of what we have been learning and enjoying in class.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if there is anything you would like to discuss or anything you feel would be helpful for us to know.

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow and beginning our Year One adventure together!

Ms Evans, Ms Dainton, Ms Clever and Mrs Thorpe.

A big huge Year One thank you!

 Hi Year One Families,

Just a brief post to say how very grateful we are for all of your kindness over the past few days. We have absolutely loved our time with the fabulous children of Year One, they have been such a delight all year, they are kind, resourceful and their confidence has flourished throughout the year. I am extremely proud of them all. Yesterday, the sneaky Year One Team threw me a surprise birthday day as I am celebrating a rather significant ahem 'decade' birthday over the summer. The children sang me happy birthday 9 times in a row! NINE times! And then again after break! They are always up for a good time!

I know this special group of children will continue to bloom and grow throughout their time at POW and I know they will be very successful in everything they do in the future.

As I said to them today, whilst we are moving on, we are not saying goodbye, rather a see you soon and we are only a wall away.

Have a fabulous summer.

Ms Evans, Ms Dainton, Mrs Jackson-Young, Mr Long and Mrs Manning

Bag needed tomorrow

Hi Year One Families,

Please could every child bring a bag for life with them tomorrow, as we have lots of bit to send home. 

Thank you!

Ms Evans

 

RSE lessons

Hi Year One Families,

Just to update you, yesterday during SCARF we were talking about anatomically correct names for parts of our bodies. The information shared with children is included in the RSE letter shared during the summer term.

Just to keep you in the loop if you here any vocabulary that might surprise you over the next few days.

Ms Evans and the Year One Team....