Y1 Friday 6th January 2023
Y1 Friday 6th January 2023– Looking Back & Forth
Looking back:
We have had a lovely first week back. Thank you for your generosity at Christmas. This week we have named and recognised 2D and 3D shapes before sorting them by their properties.
In Science we have thought about what we know about our bodies and in History, what we know about toys.
In Computing we have instructed a Beebot to move around a track based on directions we inputted and used the laptops to input instructions to make a sequence of music and used the touchpad to do so.
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Exploring 2 D shapes- looking at their sides and corners.
√ Exploring 3D shapes- looking at their faces, edges and vertices.
√ Thinking about what being grateful is and how it makes us feel.
√ Moving during games and understanding why rules are important in PE.
√ Finding sounds in phoneme spotters and matching sounds in Phonics.
√ Considering how we can find out information from the past.
√ Using our Ipads to log on and navigate the internet safely.
√ Using laptops and Beebots to help us learn how to program them with specific instructions to gain an outcome we want.
Family discussion questions:
- True or false? A square and a rectangle are the same.
- What are the ways you can find out information about the past?
- What 2D shapes can you find on 3D shape faces?
Looking forward:
Next week we will be using the book of ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ to inspire our writing- this is linked to our History topic of toys.
In Maths we will looking at numbers to 20- writing, reading, counting and partitioning.
In Science we will be looking at the different parts of our bodies and how each part moves.
In History we will be thinking about questions we will ask our Grandparents about the toys they had a child.
Reminders:
- Harding dress down day Wednesday 11th
- Please send your child a letter back about your favourite toy- this can be a description, a photo or an image from the internet. If any Grandparents can too, this will help the children to compare them to their favourite toy.
Homework in Year 1
- Spelling and handwriting/ phonics homework is sent home each Friday and is due back in the following Friday. Handwriting is based on the letter we have practised in school and the spellings are based on what we have looked at in school including High Frequency Words (HFW) or Common Exception Words (CEW) from the Year 1 spelling list. I will send 3 or 5 spellings home; this amount can be changed weekly dependent on how well they are retained by the children and will be tested informally on a Friday morning. This is nothing to worry about and gives children experience of homework before Year 2 and helps with their Year 1 handwriting and spelling expectations. Homework due Friday 13.1.12.
- Please continue to read every night. If this could be recorded in reading diaries so I can track progress for our 14 day Reading Challenge. Reading Challenge’s will be awarded on Friday’s after checking Reading Diaries on Thursday after school. This is now starting afresh for this half term.
If you have any questions please ask
Thank you for your continued support
Thanks for your support
Ms Cummins