Y1 Friday 26th May 2023
Y1 Friday 26th May 2023– Looking Back & Forth
Looking back:
What a fantastic half term we have had!
In English, we have written our own ‘portal narrative’ story.
In Maths and Science, we have consolidated our learning through a quiz.
In D&T, we have made sandwiches following our design then evaluated them based on what we liked and what we would change.
We enjoyed another half termly marble jar treat this afternoon to celebrate all of our hard work!
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Writing our ‘portal’ narrative based on ‘Where the Wild Things are’.
√ Making sandwiches based on our designs- using skills such as, cutting, spreading, grating and peeling.
√ Evaluating our sandwiches, after we ate them, to decide what we liked and what we would change about them.
√ Using the laptops to access Purple Mash programmes- accessing the internet safely, using the mousepad to navigate the website and making music sequences.
√ Completing quizzes for Science and Maths to show our learning this half term.
√ Catching, rolling and bowling in PE.
√ Learning about the Torah and a Synagogue as a part of the Jewish religion in RE.
Family discussion questions:
- What happened in your ‘portal’ story?
- Can you correct my spellings? ‘woz’, ‘spake’ and ‘flieing’
- How many is in one quarter of 20? How can you work this out?
Looking forward:
After half term, in English, we will begin to use the book ‘The Secret of Black Rock’ to inspire our writing.
In Maths, we will learn about fractions of shapes and amounts (half and quarter) before moving onto Place Value up to 100
In Science, we will be exploring our topic related to ‘holiday’ linked to seashore animals, weather and pollution.
In Geography, we will compare our school grounds to our twin school Elizabethfontein before exploring our village and identifying features.
In Art and D&T, we will be designing and creating African designs through printing…. And much more!
Reminders:
- Village Walk permission slips to be sent back ready for Tuesday 27th
- Our 14 day Reading Challenge has started again, so please write each time your child reads so they can earn 10 house points for their 14 consecutive reads. I will change books overnight on a Thursday
- I have sent home real and fake words to read to help get ready for Phonics Screening after half term (wb 12.6.23), if these could be read and I have sent home split digraph phoneme spotters with a sorting frame- no spellings to learn.
- PE this half term is Friday- please wear PE kits on this day.
If you have any questions please ask.
Thanks again for your continued support .
Have a lovely half term holiday.
Kind regards and take care
Ms Cummins