Y1 maths workshop

 Hello Year One families

Thank you to those that were able to attend the workshop this morning, it was great to see you all.

All children have come home with a plastic wallet with some maths sheets and double sided counters from todays session. 

Every Friday for the next 5 weeks the children will have some maths home learning based on what we covered in the workshop today. Don't worry if you weren't able to attend because it is easy to follow. If you do need some further advice about how to play the games then please do come and speak to me. It would be helpful if the plastic wallet came back each week so we can refill it. 

Also, if you need some more double sided counters then come and collect some from me (you should have 14 in total).

Remember, the stem sentences are key to learning. As your child completes the game make sure that they are using the stem sentence (on the photocopied sheet) to explain what they can see or what they have done.

Thank you, as always, for your time and commitment in helping your child learn.

The Year One Team

P.S Double sided counters look like this:

Maze Explorers - Lesson 3 → Lesson 4

Building on the success of the past two weeks, Mr Spracklen moved our learning quickly through the Lesson 3 and Lesson 4 content this week - 

Getting ready for the Wacky Races in Year 1

On Friday all of the children put their knowledge of all things car to use and designed a car that they are going to make this Friday 2nd February.  In order to make their car your child will need a small box to make the chassis of the car (Egg box size would be ideal).  We have a range of boxes in school that the children are welcome to use, but if you spot a special box at home that is going spare and would make a good chassis, please can you send it in with your child's name on it on Friday?

Many Thanks

Wonderful wheeled wonders in Y1

 Hello Year One Families

We had a wonderful wheeled wonder event in Year One today. The children built all sorts of wheeled vehicles that had axles and wheels attached. This forms part of our design and technology learning. 

There were:

Celery and carrot cars

Cars made from construction

Moon buggy box cars

Peg, pipe cleaner and button cars

Big outdoor construction cars.

Thank you for coming along and joining in with the fun. We hope you enjoyed it as much as the children did!

The Year One Team

Maze Explorers

Today in Y1 Computing we continued our 'Maze Explorers' unit. Mr Spracklen challenged us to use longer algorithms to complete challenges - 

Week 3 in Y1

 Hello Year One Families

We had another busy week of learning in Year One last week. Here are a look at the highlights.

In history we have learned about Neil Armstrong's life and how to organise a  timeline. This week we combined our knowledge by starting the lesson recapping the significant event in Neil's life onto a large timeline. We then worked in groups to act out and freeze frame different parts of his life.

In maths we learnt about one more and one less and used tens frames and rekenreks to show our learning. We have also been learning about number bonds to ten. The children should now be able to recite their number bonds to ten in order. 

In science we completed an investigation looking at which materials float and which materials sink. We learnt the word 'prediction' and had a go at making our own predictions based on our knowledge of materials (from previous lessons).

The children had another great Forest School where they began with a game of hide and seek and then moved on to building habitats, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Don't forget:

We have our wheeled wonder exhibition of learning on Wednesday from 2.30pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and join us for this session.

Wednesday 31st January at 9am - Mastering Number: Parent and Child session

This session is a great way to find out how maths is taught in Y1 alongside your child. The session begins in the hall with Mrs March (10 mins) and then your child will join you for the rest of the session (35 mins), where you can learn and play maths together. 

We look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

The Year One Team