Y1 Friday 11th March 2022
Y1 Friday 11th March 2022– Looking Back & Forth
Looking back:
In English we have added ‘es or s’ to root words to make them plural- remembering the rules to help us, used ‘and’ as a conjunction to join sentences and identified questions and exclamation sentences.
In Maths we have partitioned two-digit numbers into tens and ones and used this knowledge to represent numbers and compare objects and numbers.
In Geography we have thought carefully about the weather associated with each season
In Science we have spotted British Birds in our school grounds and collated a tally chart- this will help us to create our pictogram next week.
In Art and Design we have begun to paint using Brusho in hot and cold colours and in Design and Technology we have started designed our recycled bird houses.
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Making shapes in PE.
√ Repeating and say names of animals in French
√ Partitioning numbers to help us to compare them using <> = symbols.
√ Working hard to read and write words including alternative pronunciation of ‘c’- cat and acid and ‘g’- got and ginger.
√ Using rules to help us to write plurals using ‘es/s’ suffixes.
√ Including the conjunction ‘and’ in our work to join sentences.
√ Spotting birds in our school grounds.
√ Identifying weather associated to each season.
√ Discussing the technology we use and how to use it safely in Computing.
√ Using percussion instruments to makes sounds of different pitches in Music.
√ Learning about Palm Sunday in RE.
Family discussion questions:
- To write ‘box’ as a plural- would I add ‘s’ or ‘es’?
- What technology do you use at home? How can you make sure you are safe?
- Is there any weather that you see in more than one season of the year?
Looking forward:
Next week we will be exploring the features of the Hermelin story and writing our story plan.
In Maths we will be ordering numbers- thinking about the number of tens and ones and counting in 2s and 5s.
In Art and Design and Technology we will continue painting and designing our recycled bird houses.
In Science we will be using our tally charts to create graphs to show which birds we spotted in our school grounds and how many of each.
Homework in Year 1
- Spelling and handwriting 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 18.3.22
- 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.
Reminders
- Jodrell Bank trip- permission slip and money due in Tuesday 15th
Thanks for your support
Ms Cummins