Year 1 - Maiden Castle Farm Visit

Hello everyone! 

Tomorrow sees the beginning of our Food and Farming Fortnight! We will still be having a focus on our Zoo topic alongside this opportunity to gain a broader understanding of how farms might work and where our food truly comes from. 

Part of this will be our annual trip to Maiden Castle Farm to find out more about Harvest Time! The year 1 trip is Wednesday 2nd October in the afternoon! If anyone would like to come along and help out on this trip, please come and let us know! We will be back in school by 3.30pm

I also hope that you all received the updated Marwell Zoo trip letter on Friday! We will be venturing out on Wednesday 16th October. We are still asking for children to be in school at 8.15am on this day! Here's to hoping that the weather is a little better! I will continue to remind everyone as we get closer to the date.

A busy few weeks indeed! 

Year 1 - Welly Walk!

Hello everyone,

Even though our trip to Marwell Zoo was cancelled on Tuesday we still managed to get out and about, using the school grounds, to have some fun! Our welly walk took us around the school, picking up interesting things, harvesting apples and pears and of course, jumping into puddles... LOTS OF THEM!

We are working with Marwell to come up with alternate arrangements for this half term and will keep you posted on any outcomes. 

 

As a side note - we have a number of jumpers/cardigans and school trousers that are unnamed. If you are missing any and think these may be yours come and let us know. Please could we ask that all school uniform is named, thank you!

Please come and ask us any questions if you have any. 

Year 1 team

Year 1 - Marwell Zoo Trip Postponed

Hello everyone,

We have left this decision to the morning in the hope of a change in conditions... However, due to the ongoing weather warning in place, we have made the difficult decision to postpone today's Year 1 trip.

We will write to Year 1 parents and carers later today with our revised plan going forward.

Year 1 children should report to school today at the usual time in school uniform.

Any questions, please feel free to email Mr. Spracklen at - headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk.

Year 1 - Another Week!

Hello everyone,

Another week has passed and it already seems to be flying by! This week we have continued our exploration of zoos by looking at the Dear Zoo book by Rod Campbell. This book gives a simple and easy template for writing and we have written to the pet shop to ask for our favourite pets... Lots of examples are now up in the Writing Hall Of Fame in the main school corridor! So if you get the chance please go and take a look at some brilliant learning.

In other news, we have pressed on with Power Maths and been covering one more and one less this week. Also, in science we have begun looking at grouping animals; mammals, amphibians, lizards, reptiles, fish and insects - and the features of each group. Finally, in art we have been planning and creating animals with..... food! Some amazing examples throughout this post!

Hopefully all children have now come home with a home reading book from their Read, Write, Inc group. These should be in book bags and we would ask that book bags come in to school daily and are put in trays as they are regularly needed during the day. 5 minutes of reading at home daily is also encouraged.

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone for bringing in their permission slips for the Marwell Zoo trip next week. A message came home this week asking for children to be in school by 8.15am on the day. This is different to what originally went out on the letter. We will then be returning by 16.30pm at the latest. Drop off and pick up will be at the front of the school. We are currently expecting rain on Tuesday so please can we ask that children come to school with a waterproof coat and wellies if proffered. 

As always, please come and see us if there is anything we can help with.

Year 1 team

Year 1 - Wet Gear

Hi everyone,

As we settle into the school year we will begin going on some 'Welly Walks' with the children to explore the school grounds as well as complete various bits of learning across the curriculum. 

It would be amazing if all children could have a few pieces of kit at school that you don't mind potentially getting a bit wet and muddy - especially as the weather becomes more inclement! A coat/overalls and/or trousers plus wellies would be very appreciated.

Please feel free to use the hooks and shelving outside the year 1 classroom to store these. Of course, if you need them for home use you are very welcome to take them back!?

If you have any questions about this please come and see us!

Year 1 team

Year 1 - This Week...

Hello everyone,

It has been lovely to work through our first full week together in year 1! The children are really beginning to settle in to the routine of the day. Although... there may be some very tired children. 

We have started learning about zoo animals in our literacy with 'adjectives' being introduced today! We have explained this as a word used to describe a thing - pretending to be an alien and not knowing anything about things!

In science this week we carried out the 'Elephant's Toothpaste' experiment! Because how else are elephants meant to brush their teeth?! We also began looking at MRS GREN and what it means for something to be alive... see if you can remember what the different letters stand for - some very complicated words! 

 

In Maths we will be looking at mastering numbers up to 10 for the next couple of weeks. In particular we are introducing how to write the words of numbers up to 10! I have popped some bits in the home learning wallets that everyone is very welcome to take.

Finally, I hope that the parents information session on Tuesday was useful as well as the termly newsletter. If there is anything you are unsure of still please come and find us. 

Year 1 team

Year 1 - Back to School!

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the year 1 class blog! We are already 2 school days down and what a 2 days it has been. The whole team have been super impressed with the children as they begin their new year! Some really positive attitudes being brought into school and this class is very much ready for the next step on their learning journey! Thank you to all of you also for being so supportive and lovely when coming into school in the mornings. If there are ever any questions, please come and find us!

We had a go at combining phonics and water balloons earlier on today!

We've explored some science experiments too with pepper, water and washing up liquid! What could possibly be happening here!?

I will be sharing further information next week during the parent information session next Tuesday 10th September at 9am in the staffroom so if you are able to pop along please do. 

Year 1 team