Y1 Friday 28th February 2025– Looking Back & Forth

Y1 Friday 28^th February 2025– Looking Back & Forth

Looking back: 

In English we begun to explore our both for the half term- Hermelin. We have made predictions, explored language and edited sentences to ensure they include capital letters and full stops, as well as adding ‘un’ prefix to root words to show the opposite meaning.

In Maths we have counted back on a number, found the difference and solved missing number problems.

In Geography we have read information about the seasons and used this information to answer questions and written facts about the conditions in Antarctica.

In Science we have labelled the clothes that an Antarctic explorer would wear and sorted clothes based on when you would wear them.

Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:

√ Partnering to throw a balloon and hit it with a tennis racket in PE.

√ Finding the difference between amounts.

√ Counting backwards on a number line.

√ Working hard to read and write words including split digraph ‘a_e’ which makes the ‘ai’ sound.

√ Exploring and understanding the meaning of words found in Hermelin.

√ Editing work to include capital letters for names, places and the beginning of sentences.

√ Reading facts about the seasons and using this information to answer questions.

√ Writing facts about the conditions in Antarctica.

√ Learning about the Easter Story in RE.

√ Listening to a piece of music and identified pitch in Music.

√ Repeating and saying animal names in French.

 

Family discussion questions:

• True or false? I will say 29 when counting backwards from 28 to 20.
• Does the word ‘goostrey’ need a capital letter? Why?
• Can you wear sunglasses in Antarctica?

Looking forward:

Next week we will be looking at adding ‘es and s’ to words to change them from singular to plural, using the conjunction ‘and’ to join words and ideas and using exclamation marks in our work.

In Maths we will be consolidating our learning of addition and subtraction before beginning our Place Value to 50 unit of work.

In Science we will be conducting an ice experiment.

In History we will be learning about Space travel.

Homework in Year 1

• Spelling and phonics homework is sent home each Friday and is due back in the following Friday. It is based on the letter we have learnt 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 5 spellings home 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.

 

• 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

• Open books- Y1 classroom Thursday 20^th March – 3:13-4:45pm
• World Book Day – Thursday 7^th March- see Newsletter.
• Parent’s Evening slots open on Monday 17^th March 7pm and close Friday 21^st March 7pm.
• Mother’s Day shop - wb 24th March- money in a named envelope and who to buy for please.
• Y1 Parents Evening- Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26^th and Thursday 27^th

 

Thanks for your support

Mrs Carew