Year 1 - This Weeks Spellings

Hello everyone,

This wee we have switched to one set of spellings for the class. The spellings for this week are listed below - the focus is on the 'igh' sound. 

right

bright

light

night

fright

tight

high

I

by

my

Even if you can manage just one practice a week this could make all the difference. The spelling test will be on the Friday.

Year 1 team

Year 1 - Christmas Costumes

Hello everyone,

We are busy rehearsing and practicing our Christmas play in school this week and making sure everything is ready to go for you next week! We apologise if there has been any song singing going on at home, I know I am humming them all the time! 

With this in mind we are hoping you can help us with an element of the costumes! We are looking for any silver tinsel that we could use to help us make some angel costumes. We would just require the tinsel - any size. If you have any spare, this would be greatly appreciated. Please bring it in to the year 1 classroom. Thank you!

Year 1 team

Year 1 - Spellings

Hi all,

As last week was a bit of a special week at the Prince of Wales school the year 1 spelling test did not take place as usually planned on the Friday.

We will be carrying out the spelling test for the current set of spellings tomorrow and then hand out the next set ready to go home tomorrow evening ready for a test on the following Monday (16th) - as we have Christmas Craft day this Friday! We will then hand out a further set that will be tested when we return after the Christmas break! 

Year 1 team

Year 1 - Christmas Picnic Lunch

Hello everyone,

For the last day of term this year (20th December) we will be having our traditional picnic lunch with the children. For this, we ask the community to donate something towards this. There is a list up outside the year 1 classroom door for you to sign up to. Anything given will be shared amongst the class during the picnic lunch. All hot dinners will be cancelled on this day. 

Any questions, please come and ask us! 

Year 1 team

Year 1 - iPad Workshop

Hello everyone,

Today the year 1 class had the marvellous opportunity to work with renowned artist Jason Wilsher-Mills. We were using iPads as our medium for some impressive art.

The children were inducted into the app they were using before being let loose to explore, create and express! 

The work that Jason has collected from our school will join hundreds of other children from across Dorchester and culminate in a collective piece of art, all based around emojis and expressions. Watch this space for further news or developments! 

Year 1 team

Tea-Time-Talk-Topic

Tea-Time-Talk-Topic

Hello everyone,

Coming home tonight is the first of our new Tea-time-talk-topics - Alliteration was clearly on my mind when I came came up with that name! 

Articulate speaking is cited repeatedly as being one of the most powerful life skills and this is something we are looking to heighten in school as well as at home.

This is a new weekly initiative to provide a structured opportunity for discussion and talk at home which can then be shared and further developed at school. Each week the topic will change and children will come home with a new conversation starter. 

If anyone has any questions please come and let us know.

Also, coming home tomorrow evening will be the first set of spellings for your child. You will have a week to practice before the spelling test the following Friday! 

Year 1 team

Year 1 - New Half Term, New Routines!

Hello everyone,

I hope that you have all had a lovely, restful half term holiday and are ready and raring to come back to school for the second half of the Autumn term! Loads of things coming up this half term that will be shared with you as we go through the half term.

To begin with though there will be a new structure to the mornings starting when we come back to school on Tuesday... 

On the tables there will be a 'Power Up' that forms part of our Power Maths lesson that will be covering that day. You are very welcome to stay with your child to help during this time if you are able to do so. Some of the Power-ups require a discussion, others require written answers, this will depend on the topic we re covering on the day! We will continue to come to the carpet at the same time. 

The second new routine that will start over half term is that our weekly spellings will be introduced! On Friday we will be sending children home with a copy of these for you to practise at home. The following Friday will be the spelling test for that set and the next set will be sent home! This will continue for the rest of the year. Any questions please come and speak to us. 

Year 1 team