Y1 Friday 17th June 2022
Y1 Friday 17th June 2022– Looking Back & Forth
Looking back:
In English, we have begun to explore the book ‘The Secret of Black Rock’. We have looked at words and phrases to extend our vocabulary and answered questions based on what we have read.
In Maths, we have started our place value within 100 unit- counting up to 100 forwards and backward and looked at a 100 square
In Science and Geography, we have sorted clothes that we would wear in summer or winter based on their materials and identified those we could wear in both seasons and why.
In Geography, we have identified the human and physical features of our school grounds and used this information to help us to write a letter to our twin school Elizabethfontein.
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Looking at pictures to make predictions about our book of the term.
√ Reading text as a class and answering retrieval and inference questions based on what we have read.
√ Exploring the meaning of words and phrases.
√ Counting forwards and backwards up to 100.
√ Counting in different ways using a 100 square.
√ Playing notes of ‘hot cross buns’ on the xylophone when exploring pitch in Music.
√ Taking part in running races ready for Sports Day in PE.
√ Drawing human and physical features found in our school grounds.
√ Writing a letter to Elizabethfontein to tell them what our school is like.
√ Learning about Islam in RE.
√ Sorting clothes we would wear in summer or winter based on their materials.
Family discussion questions:
- What does the word mysterious mean?
- Will you say 68 when counting backwards from 100 to 70?
- Are there any clothes you might wear in both winter and summer?
Looking forward:
In English, we will be looking at speech within text and joining sentences with different types of conjunctions before exploring the features of the text.
In Maths, we will partitioning two-digit numbers before comparing and ordering them.
In Science, we will be identifying and classifying sea shore animals.
Linked to our Geography topic, we will be learning about a feature of our locality- The Lovell Telescope and Sir Bernard Lovell, who invented it
In Art and D&T, we will be exploring African prints and using these to inspire our designs before using the skill of printing to bring them to life.
Reminders:
- Rose Day Saturday 25th
- Village Walk Tuesday 28th June. Thank you to everyone that volunteered.
- Thanks for sending in egg boxes- we have enough now.
- Our 14 day Reading Challenge has started again, so please write each time your child reads so they can earn 10 house points for their 14 consecutive reads. I will change books overnight on a Thursday
- I have sent home spellings, reading comprehension and Maths homework based on counting to 100. Please complete this in pencil.
- Sports Day Tuesday 5th July 1:30pm (reserve is Friday 8th July)- all welcome. Children to wear their house colour t-shirt.
- PE this half term is Friday- please wear PE kits on this day.
If you have any questions please ask.
Thanks again for your continued support.
Kind regards and take care
Ms Cummins