Y1 Friday 27th May 2022
Y1 Friday 27th May 2022– 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 quizzes.
In D&T, we have made sandwiches following our design then evaluated them based on what we liked and what we would change.
As part of PHSE, we have learnt about Queen Elizabeth II and the Jubilee and completed crafts as part of our learning.
We made kites with Year 5 and flew them to celebrate the Jubilee.
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Counting and sharing to find quarter of amounts.
√ 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.
√ Completing quizzes for Science and Maths to show our learning this half term.
√ Learning about and seeing owls close up during a session with Mr Daniels from Lower Moss Farm.
√ Under arm throwing 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 explore positional language 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:
- I have put together a Phonics activity booklet- games, phoneme spotters, reading of real and fake words. I thought this would be something fun for the children to enjoy and to reinforce their Phonics learning.
- 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 including sounds that we are finding a bit tricky, to help ready for Phonics Screening after half term, if you could look at these and complete the sentence activities, too.
- 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 and all of your donations to Lower Moss Farm
Have a lovely half term holiday.
Kind regards and take care
Ms Cummins