Y1 21st October 2021
Y1 21st October 2021– Looking Back & Forth
Looking back:
What a fantastic first half term in Year 1.
In Science we have sorted clothes appropriate for cold places and warm places and used this information to help us to dress an explorer for Antarctica. We conducted an ice experiment to test which materials would melt the ice the slowest – this helped us to see which material would be best for an explorer’s coat.
In Maths we have ordered numbers and consolidated our learning of place value.
We had a wonderful music session with Key Strings.
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Continuing to use our chopping arms to read and write words using phoneme from Phase 3.
√ Comparing numbers using the language of greatest to smallest.
√ Showing all of our learning of place value in Maths.
√ Sorting clothes based on where you would wear them.
√ Drawing an outfit on an explorer suitable for Antarctica.
√ Listening and singing songs in French.
√ Learning about the feeding of the 5000 in RE.
√ Enjoying a music session with Key Strings.
Family discussion questions:
- Order the numbers smallest to biggest- 8, 6, 2, 10
- Would you wear sunglasses in Antarctica and a warm place? Why?
- Would you like to visit Antarctica? Why?
Looking forward:
Next half term we will be looking at traditional tales and writing the story of Rapunzel. In Maths we will begin our addition and subtraction unit.
In Science we will look at seasons and celebrations and in Geography we will look at where we live and where we have been thinking about human and physical features.
Reminders:
Book change on Thursday- please ensure books are in school so these can be changed overnight.
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.
Just to clarify- Reading challenges are counted up every Thursday during book change and then awarded on Friday (backdated if awarded before that). We celebrate this achievement as a class all together.
You are warmly invited to visit our display of the children’s work in the school hall (junior side). Under our Covid risk assessment we are inviting just one adult from each family and requesting masks are worn indoors. You are welcome to collect your child to look at the exhibition with you—please ring the bell at the front door bell (infant side) on this day.
Every class has one day over the next few weeks to visit – our class is on Thursday 4th November between 1pm and 5pm. The open morning, for all families is on Friday 22nd between 9am and 12pm.
This is a display of work studied by all year groups but because of current restrictions the format is different to past exhibitions. We have all worked very hard on this display and it showcases our children and their talents beautifully. We are so pleased to be able to put an exhibition on again and we are very proud of all the work the children have produced. We hope you will be able to come and join us for this event. The children have also worked with an artist to prepare a large art piece and a dance specialist on their main theme. Our main area of study has been Antarctica.
Thank you for your continued support
Ms Cummins