Y1 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas everyone! We are all very proud of all the children in Year 1. This week they have shown such confidence and talent in the performances. Well done!!

We have had a great week celebrating all things Christmas. Thank you all so much for your kind gifts.

We hope you have a lovely family filled break.

We look forward to seeing you for more inspiring learning in 2018!

The Year 1 team

Y1- All things Christmas! Updated about clothing.

This week the children have been practising for the play. Have you got your tickets yet?

We have also been busy getting our decorations and Christmas cards made. On Friday it is Christmas technology day. The children will go around the different classrooms to make a Christmas themed craft. Friday is non school uniform with a bottle or chocolate donated for the Christmas fair. If you can volunteer in Year 1 for this activity please do say (you may not be with your child). Also we would like some plastic bags to put the children's creations in. If you have any spare please bring them in tomorrow or Friday.

Y1 Through the wardrobe door...

Wow what a magical snowy scene you were all greeted with this morning. The inspiring start to the morning was the scene setting for our assembly. The children had to help convince the Snow Queen to return to Narnia! The children split into mixed classes for the morning to do some collaborative writing. We had fact files on Beavers, persuasive letters to the Snow Queen to explain the importance of Christmas, mythical creatures, alliteration poetry and palace descriptions. It was an absolutely fabulous morning and I am sure the children will fill you in with all the details! Aslan’s appearance in assembly was brilliant! These pieces of writing will be on display soon so keep checking the walls in Narnia!!

Y1- Christmas play practice has started!

This morning the children had a phonics morning. They split in to their phonics groups to go over the sounds that they have learnt and look at real and fake words. It is fantastic to see so many of you bringing in your spellings sheets well done! This week will be the last week of spellings until the New Year.

We also started our Christmas play ‘A little bird told me’. All of the children know what role they will play. In Year 1 we are the actors and Year 2 narrate for us. Mrs Hall will be sorting through the costumes tomorrow so if we need anything from you such as leggings we will let you know ASAP.

It was the last forest school session today. These will continue after Christmas with the Autumn and Winter Group.

Y1- What a fantastic end to our Castle topic!

Wow what a brilliant day Year 1 have had today! This morning all the children cut up the vegetables for our stew and decorated their crowns. Then after break we went out to the roundhouse area where they all made potions. All of the children had to use their imagination and tell us what all the ingredients in their potions were. We had some very creative items such as dragon scales, wizards beard and even some unicorn tears! In the afternoon we went back outside to enjoy a hot chocolate and a story in the roundhouse followed by a medieval circle dance around the fire circle.

It was fantastic to see so many parents and grandparents in the classroom this afternoon. I hope you enjoyed hearing about our day and looking at what the children have been doing in Literacy. It was great to see you enjoying the outdoors with the children and I hope you liked your tour around the roundhouse area.

Thank you for your support in making this day amazing!

Mrs Thorpe

Y1 Reminder about tomorrow

Just another reminder about tomorrow. All children to wear forest school clothes and bring wellies and shoes please. If it is not too windy we will be cooking on the fire but we will be spending time outside. You are invited in from 2.30pm to try some of the food the children have made and look at the fabulous work the children have been doing.

See you then!

The Year 1 team

Y1 -A busy and exciting week ahead!

We are finishing off our Castle topic work this week. The children will be writing more instructions, this time they will be making bread for you to taste on Wednesday. As well as writing instructions the children will be learning about using adjectives in their writing in the form of potions.

It is fantastic to see the children bringing in their home learning but we would love more writing! As a class we focus on cursive writing that is phonetically spelt, has finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. Writing at home with your child and sharing a love of writing will help them to understand how important it is to be able to do. So please do show your child how you use your literacy skills in your job and highlight this when they see their favourite characters. For example we all know that Ryder needs to be able to read in Paw Patrol and that it's vital for racing car drivers to be able to read and write! Home learning could be about the children's favourite story, their special toys or even a sentence or two about a funny picture they have found.

On Wednesday we will be sharing the food we make and this time will  also give you a chance to look at your children's work and for them to tell you everything they have learnt.

In maths this week we will be doing subtraction using number lines and word problems.

We look forward to welcoming Mrs Entwistle this week on Thursday and Friday.

YR1 17.11.17 Superstars!

Wow what a fantastic week and thank you so much for your kind words and gifts this afternoon. We hope you enjoyed our assembly! As you could tell the children loved it and were so proud. It has been a pleasure getting to know your child over the last few months and I am sure they will make great progress in the years to come.

Just a reminder of what was said in the assembly, from 2.30pm on Wednesday 22^nd November you are invited to join the class, where you will be able to try some of the food your child would have made earlier and see their work. Please can you make sure on this day that your child comes to school in their Forest School clothes. They will stay in these clothes all day and be outside a lot so make sure they are warm and suitable for all weathers.

On the 1^st December Mrs Entwistle will be taking Year 1 on a little trip locally (like we were going to do on a previous week) so if you could help it would be much appreciated. You would need to be available between 1.30pm and 2.30pm. Please let a member of the Year 1 Team know asap so we can make sure the trip goes ahead.

Once again thank you all for your kindness.

Miss Kinkead

Y1 Spring + Summer Forest School

Yesterday Spring and Summer group got to explore the roundhouse area. They started by making a autumnal colour palette.

Then after a quick hot chocolate refreshment the children worked in pairs to bug hunt. They used special pots to suck the bugs into a container so that they could see them. It was fantastic to see the children so excited about finding worms, spiders and slugs!

Y1 Spring and Summer FS tomorrow

Please make sure that your child has warm clothing for forest school tomorrow. A long sleeve top, fleece, coat, hat and gloves will be needed as it’s very cold out. All clothes to be put on their peg. Only clothes you don’t mind getting dirty (including a coat).

Looking forward to it!

Mrs Thorpe

Year 1- Please come and celebrate our end of topic!

On Wednesday 22nd November at 2.30pm Year 1 parents are invited into the Year 1 classroom. You will get a chance to look at your children’s writing about ‘castles’ and get to taste some food that the children have made.

On Monday you will be getting an invite from your child but I thought I would tell you the information on here also. For this day we will be at the roundhouse area for the majority of the day (weather depending!)so please can we have the children in warm forest school clothes for the day.

Any questions please do come and see us

Many thanks

The Year 1 team

Please can we have kitchen roll tubes

If you have any kitchen roll tubes (not toilet roll) could we please have them for Year 1 as soon as possible. We would like to use them to inspire our learning next week. Many thanks!

Would you like to meet a future astronaut?! Exciting news!!

It is with great excitement that I can reveal that we will be having a special guest at The Prince of Wales School in February 2018. The winner of 'Astronauts:Do you have what it takes' Dr Suzie Imber will be giving a talk!

The BBC program which was presented by former commander of the International Space Station Chris Hadfield put 11 candidates through a number of gruelling tests to see who had the qualities to be an astronaut. Dr Suzie Imber will now get a recommendation to join the ESA when they next select future astronauts!

In Year 1 we learn about the topic of Space in the New Year. We will be having a talk by Dr Imber along with the rest of the school. As well as learning about what it is to be an astronaut we will learn a lot about Tim Peake and Chris Hadfield who have both spent time on the ISS.

If you haven't watched the series then you can see it on catch up and also Tim Peake and Suzie Imber were on The One Show last night!

More information about the talk will be shared with everyone in the New Year but we can't wait!!

Y1- In Year 1 this week...

In Year 1 this week the children will  be writing lists using the characters from 'Shrek'. We will be using the film as a stimulus for our writing for the next couple of weeks. We will be using it to help with labelling the different features of a castle, character descriptions, drama and potion making!

In maths we will be looking at shape and position. It is fantastic to hear the children so excited about using mathletics at home. If you are having any problems with access or being able to use it please do come and see us. I will print off the certificates every Monday.

Just a reminder that next week is our assembly, it will be at 2.30pm on Friday.

Well done to everyone that 'Blinged' their bikes today they all looked brilliant!!

Friday 11th November 11am

We are still looking for a parent helper to support our trip out locally, for Geography, for 1 hour on Friday 11th November. 11 - 12.

Please get in touch if you can support the class. Thank you.

Year 1 Team

YR1 3.11.2017

Fantastic first week back. It was great to see the children so confident in their maths today! We have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. Please encourage them to think about 3D shapes vertices, edges and faces!

Mr Treble did a wonderful lesson today also where the children were learning Yoga! Here are a few pictures for you!

The start of Child Pose:

Downward dog:

Spelling went out today and we will have a spelling test on Friday next week. Remember the children get hoots if they bring their spelling sheets completed. Also Mathletics log ins went home today too, so please get into a routine of using Mathletics at home! 

Many thanks

Year 1 Team

PE after school club- Year 1 and helpers needed please

On a Wednesday a lot of Year 1 go to PE after school. Please pick them up from the hall via the office. Also could you give them a separate outdoor weather PE kit so that they do not need to use their school PE kit. This can be bought in to school on a Wednesday and put on their peg.

On Friday 3rd (this Friday) and the following week (10th) Miss Kinkead is looking for a couple of parent helpers to help with a local walk between 11-12.10. If you can help please can you let Miss Kinkead know.

Many thanks

Y1- Our mysterious find!

Today we went to the roundhouse area as we heard that someone or something might have been up there last night. We wanted to make sure that nothing had been damaged. Luckily the area was ok however we did find some green eggs!!

After some discussion we decided to bring the eggs back in the classroom. The children had to think of lots of questions using the starters- How, what, where, when, who and why. The children had so many questions which was fantastic!
Where were they from?
Why are they green?
What is inside of them?
We have wrapped them up and put them away somewhere safe. I wonder what will happen to them??!!

Y1- Amazing home learning!

Welcome back! We hope you have had a restful half term. Well we were so impressed with the quality of the home learning. Fantastic and creative stories, helmets, catapults, pictures and castles!! The children were so proud showing them off today. We have started our castle topic and have lots of exciting learning planned. Some of which will involve an afternoon where we invite you all to join us (more about this soon).

In maths we are looking at shape. The children are using shape to make pictures and will be looking at the features of shapes.

Forest School for Spring and Summer Group will start on Monday afternoon- lots of warm clothes needed please.

YR1 End of first half term

What an amazing first half term!!

A big congratulations to:

• -          Riley who has won the half-termly Farrington Award for Learning about the World
• -          Charlie Burgess who has won the half-termly Star Reading Award
• -          Jolan who has won the half-termly Wow Writing Award
• -          Elliott who has won the half-termly Maths Award
• -          Dimitra who has won the half-termly PE Award
• -          Noah M who has won the half-termly Creative Arts Award
• -          Layla who has won the half-termly Music Award
• -          Dylan who has won the ICT Award

As you are aware this week we have introduced your child to Mathletics and after half term we will give them a laminated card with their usernames and passwords on so you can use it more at home. Over half term, please keep doing learning with your child orientated towards number bonds to 10 and 20. So even if in the car your shout out the number 4 and they have to tell you the other number (so 6) to make 10. They are getting quicker at this, but some children need more practice, especially up to 20! Also please get creative over half term with the home learning!!

There is a change to our Class Assembly. To confirm it is going to be on Friday 17^th November, but at 2.30pm!!! Once we have finished you are welcome to sign your child out and go early. The reason for the change is that it is school pictures in the morning which we cannot rearrange. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Year 1 Team

Trophies!

Trophies that your child received in Reception need to be returned by tomorrow morning.

Thank you 

Year 1 Team

Y1- 18.10.17 Home Learning for the half term... how creative can you be???

Home Learning for Year 1

After half term we will be focusing on the topic of ‘Castles’. We would like to set an imaginative home learning challenge for you over the half term holiday. We would like you to create something linked the theme ‘Castles’. Below are some ideas

·        - Write a story about a castle or who lives in a castle (Kings, Queens, Princes etc)

·        - Find out some information about a castle

·       -  Make a castle (what would you use?? Lego? Cardboard?)

·        - Design a dragon

·        - Make a wizard

·         -Design a coat of armour.

The possibilities for this challenge are endless! We would like you to use your imagination and be creative.

All of the home learning should be bought in on the first day back (Tuesday 31^st October)

We can’t wait to see what you will all make/ write!

The Year 1 team