Y1 Friday 10th February 2023
Y1 Friday 10th February 2023– Looking Back & Forth
Looking back:
In English we have begun a short recount messages unit of writing using the book ‘Major Glad Major Dizzy’. We have written questions, explored vocabulary and identified the features of recount messages.
In Maths we have continued to add by counting on, making number bonds to 10 before using them to help us find number bonds to 20.
In History we have ordered toys on a timeline based on who would have played with them- us, our parents or grandparents. We have read our letters from home and decided which toys we would have like to have played with and why.
In PHSE we have used the story of ‘My Grandpa is amazing’ to help us think about grown-ups in our life that we appreciate and what we are looking forward to about growing up.
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Controlling beanbags and balls in PE.
√ Finding number bonds to help with adding.
√ Making 10 to help us when counting on.
√ Working hard to read and write words including i_e, e_e, u_e, o_e and a_e split digraph.
√ Adding ‘s’ to nouns to write plurals.
√ Identifying features of a letter.
√ Expressing our feelings and learning how to manage them positively.
√ Placing toys on a time line based on who played with them- grandparents, parents or us.
√ Reading our family letters and deciding if we would enjoy playing with the toys and why.
√ Putting actions to a song about a mole in Music.
√ Listening to stories from the Bible about Jesus in RE.
Family discussion questions:
- What did you parent/grandparent play with when they were younger? What was it like?
- Which is the odd one out? 12+3, 10+4 or 9+6.
- What senses have you used today? How do you know?
Looking forward:
Next week we will be planning and writing our own recount messages
In Maths we will be looking at subtraction by counting back.
In History we will be working in groups to design a toy from the future.
We will be consolidating our learning for our ‘Who am I?’ Science topic by completing a quiz.
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 really helps to reinforce the sounds we have been working on in class and enables the children to use the sounds / words in their writing. Homework due Friday 17.2.23.
- 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. If you have any questions please ask.
Thanks for your support
Ms Cummins