Y1 Friday 18th December 2020– Looking Back & Forth
Y1 Friday 18th December 2020– Looking Back & Forth
Looking back:
We have had a great final week of our first term together in Year 1- everyone has worked really hard this week!
We enjoyed a fabulous pantomime- it was wonderful to see the children having such a fun time!
In English we have published our instructions for how to trap a witch.
In PE we have played some team games that centred around problem solving.
In PHSE we looked at the story pack ‘The cherry coloured coat’- this explored many themes and the children thoroughly enjoyed it- The packs have come home for them to enjoy, including links for the videos.
In DT we have continued our quilling project and made lots of Christmas crafts.
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Learnt about acts of kindness each day through our story pack ‘The Cherry Coloured Coat’.
√ Team building and problem solving in PE.
√ Christmas crafts and designing our Christmas tree decorations.
√ Publishing our instructions for how to trap a witch.
√ Watching the fabulous pantomime of Peter Pan.
√ Finishing our quilling project.
√ Recapping our previous learning of Phase 4 sounds and new Phase 5 words.
√ Making Christmas themed moving cards.
Family discussion questions:
- What adjectives would you use to describe Father Christmas?
- What human and physical features have you spotted whilst you have been walking/travelling in your car?
- How far can you count when counting forwards? Can you count backwards from the same number?
Looking forward:
Next half term we will be looking at a detective story ‘Hermelin’.
In Maths we will be looking at place value before moving onto addition and subtraction of bigger numbers.
In ART and DT we will explore collage and use pastels to create lines and textures.
In History we will look at Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition and Polar Places in Science.
Reminders:
- Inset Day- Monday 4th January
- 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 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 8TH JANUARY.
- Our 14 day Reading Challenge will start a fresh again the first week back so any reading over the holidays will gain House Points per read- please bring books in to be changed on Thursday 7th January.
A huge thank you for your support, kind words, cards and gifts- they are so appreciated. It has been a challenging but great start to our year together and the children are a credit to you. I wish you all a very happy Christmas and healthy 2021.
If you have any questions please ask
Kind regards and take care
Ms Cummins