Parent’s Evening

Dear Parents,

Unfortunately, due to the weather and school closures in Bovington today, I will not be able to get to school. This does mean that Parent’s Evening is postponed, I am very sorry for any inconvenience this will cause.  I will do my upmost to see you at your convenience over the next few weeks.  I hope you all have fun in the snow but stay safe on your travels!

Kindest regards,

Mrs Entwistle

Y1- What a commotion!

This morning the children had to be detectives and ask questions about a crime scene! Over night someone had been in the hall and made such a mess! There were bowls, porridge, straw and a basket thrown on the floor with some ripped red material. But who did it?! The children had to use their question openers to write as many questions as possible. We had lots!!!

In maths today we have been doubling. The children were able to double numbers to 10 and starting to do beyond this  which was great to see. They used counters and 100 squares to help them.

It was a very chilly forest school today so we kept active by making dens. We looked at the story of where the wild things are and van had a warm drink which was much needed in this weather!!

Y1- Starting our new topic

Today the children started their new Literacy topic- traditional tales. Mr Spracklen read 'The Jolly Postman' and the children wrote about the characters in the story. We will be looking at character descriptions, drama, narrative and story writing.

In Maths this week the children will be using multiplication to double. There will also be an aspect on independent learning where the children get to choose their own challenge level.

It is the first Forest School tomorrow. I am aware that it is going to be very cold. Please can we make sure all the children have long sleep tops, jumpers and coats as well as hats, scarves and gloves. If they do not have the appropriate clothing I will not be taking them outside as it would be far too uncomfortable for them. We will keep the lesson active and decide to come back in if it is too cold.

First week back!

A great first week back! The children did some writing about what they got up to over the half term, it sounds like they all had a lovely time.

 

This week in maths we have been learning to count in 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. We have learned about multiples of those numbers and how they may have the same multiples (for example 10 is a multiple of 2, 5 and 10). We have learned how to write a multiplication sum 2x6 =12 and arrange these into arrays. Can your child make an array using objects at home?

 

We have continued our learning of pitch in music, the children worked in groups to represent a song getting higher in pitch with their actions! Can your child recognoise when a melody gets higher or lower?

 

Our topic this half term is ‘Traditional Tales’. We will be looking at these in Literacy over the next few weeks. This week we looked at everyday materials in Science and planned suitable materials for making a hand puppet in DT. Can your child remember which character they would like to make?

 

A big Well done to Mia, our class Dojo winner this week.

 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you all dressed up for World Book Day next Thursday!

 

Mrs Entwistle

 

 

Just a quick note to ask if your child has accidently taken someone else’s jumper home, please can you return it to school. We seem to have a few missing this week. Thank you.

Y1- Collaborative writing

This week the children have been working in groups of 4 to plan, draw and write a story about a superhero. It was fantastic to see how well the children used their growth mindset to overcome challenges. All groups wrote their stories today and drew the front cover. We had some really imaginative titles such as 'Night Guard' and 'Ice melt'!

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to the parents evenings next week. Mrs Entwistle and I will be meeting before and after the evenings so that we all know what was discussed. 

Also next Thursday is World book day. The children can dress up as a character from a book. We can't wait to see what you are all going to dress up as! 

Y1- Are we all ready for Spring 2?!

We hope you have had a restful half term and are looking forward to Spring 2! We have our parents evening next week. Mine (Mrs Thorpe's) will be on the Tuesday the 27th and Mrs Entwistle's will be on Thursday 1st. The sign up sheets will be out ASAP.

This term we are going to being focusing on Traditional Tales in our literacy. However this week we have a DASP writing challenge all about superheroes! More information to follow....

In maths we are starting with multiplication and division and will be using lots of our resources to help us with this.

Forest School will start NEXT WEEK and it will be on the Tuesday next week (not the Monday). Every week after that it will be the Monday. It is Spring and Summer's turn now, so please can we have warm wet weather gear on pegs for the 5 weeks.

We look forward to greeting you in the morning and letting you know all about Angus and his celebrity friends!!

What a scientific week!

Yesterday, science week ended with a fantastic demonstration from Mr G! His assembly in the morning to the whole school showed children how gas turns to water when burned! How air can travel and many more exciting experiments! The children then had to opportunity to have a go themselves at exploring weird and wonderful things from optical illusions to static electricity and much more! We really could have spent all day investigating! A perfect ending to a brilliant week! The children have worked very hard!

 

We ended the day with our praise assembly. This assembly recognises the children's work, progress and effort over the whole half term. The following awards were given;

Creative Arts – Lucas for his work on portraits, capturing the facial features beautifully.

PE – Gracie – Mae for her great effort and progress.

Wow Writer – Orson for his wonderful contribution to shared writing and his own independent work.

Star Reader – Noah B for his effort and interest in books.

Farrington award for learning about the world – Evie P for his quizzical and curious questioning to find out more.

Maths – Thomas for his super telling the time and measurement work.

Music – Florence for her contribution to lesson and singing in assemblies.

ICT – Elsie for her super work on Purple Mash creating a fantastic game independently.

 

What a superb half term we have had learning an array of wonderful things.

We hope you all have a happy and safe half term and look forward to what the next half term holds!

Y1- Two astronaut likes!

Just thought I would update everyone who isn’t on Twitter. Not only has the British astronaut Tim Peake ‘liked’ out tweet about Science week but now Chris Hadfield has ‘liked’ the post about Angus the owl coming to visit him next week!!! How exciting!

Y1- Science fair

Another fantastic day in Year 1. This morning we all got to fly drones with the help of the students from THS. Then we watched a Science show by a Scientist from THS about light and dark. 

This afternoon we had an amazing turnout for the Science show. Well done everyone that took part they were all brilliant 

Y1- Explorer dome visit!

Today we got to visit the explorer dome which was set up in our school hall. After crawling inside the children learnt lots about our planets and different types of things you see in space. We learn't about the love story of Luna and Orion and they taught us how to spot them in the stars! Why not ask your child about them? What did Orion have on his belt? Where did Luna live? Who is Sirius? It was a fascinating experience which I know they all enjoyed.

After this we carried on with our own Science experiments in class and then went to watch Jonathan from Sustrans pedal a bike to generate electricity. The faster they rode the more power it gave.

If you didn't see on the board this morning- Tim Peake 'liked' our tweet!

Reminder about tomorrow's dress up day, still need coats please. Science fair projects in. Do not worry if you have not done one as they children can view the others. Also from 2.45 you can come and view the Science fair.

Y1- Autumn and Winter's last FS

Yesterday Autumn and Winter group had their last forest school session for the Spring term. They enjoyed our experiment with Popcorn and learnt how to light a fire with a flint and steel and also the importance of safety and putting out a fire properly.

Y1-Wow what an amazing start to Science week!!!

After travelling through outer space the children listened to Dr Suzie Imber explain about her adventures in the program 'Astronauts- Do you have what it takes?'. The children then got to explain to Suzie everything that they have been learning about space. She was very impressed!

Then we started our rota of Science experiments!

We can't wait for the rest of the week!!!

What we have done this week!

This week the children have been working hard exploring more about Space! We have has some amazing poets in year 1 creating acrostic and shape poems. Can your child remember theirs?

In Literacy we also completed a book review. The children chose between Chris Hadfield’s ‘The Darkest Dark’ and a book about Tim Peake called ‘Goodnight Spaceman’. They had to state why they liked the book as well as rate it out of 5. Which did your child prefer and why?

In Numeracy, we have continued measuring in cm and beginning to look at metres using rulers, tape measures and metre sticks. The children were throwing bean bags and measuring the distance travelled as well as measuring the width of tress in the playground. Can your child remember how to tell the age of a tree?

In Art this week the children drew a portrait of an explorer we have been learning about; Tim Peake, Chris Hadfield, Christopher Columbus and Suzie Imber. We looked at proportion and which features are best to start with as well as selecting colours for eyes and hair.  Ask your child who Suzie Imber is?

In Music we have learned a new song about Neil Armstrong and Christopher Columbus! We have also continued to look at pitch and used a glockenspiel to illustrate a scale going up and down. The children worked in groups to make their own scales…. They worked very well as a team.

We didn’t have a praise assembly this week, so we praised the children in the class. This week we would like to praise:

Charlie Bi and Dimitra for their super group reading.

Harry and Lily for their amazing writing about why astronauts need spacesuits and helmets.

Toby for his attitude to work this week.

This week’s class Dojo went to Arlo – for noticing the right choices.

Another super week in Year 1!

Have a lovely weekend! I can’t wait for Science week next week and the fantastic things we have planned!

 

Reminder: if anyone has a praise trophy from last half term, please could they be returned ASAP for next week's assembly. Many thanks.