Y1 Friday 4th December 2020
Y1 Friday 4th December 2020– Looking Back & Forth
Looking back:
We have had a great week in Year 1!
In Maths we have started to explore subtraction by taking away and crossing out.
In English we have ordered instructions and planned our instructions for how we can trap a witch.
In Science, we explored the different parts of plants through dissecting vegetables and looked at how the weather has changed from autumn to winter and what clothes we wear as it gets colder.
In PHSE we have looked at the story of ‘ten little pirates’ and this has helped us to understand we should play with everyone, regardless of their gender or any differences between them and us.
Year 1 – Pupils’ Highlights:
√ Practising our handwriting.
√ Showing how well we have learnt our spellings in our spelling test.
√ Taking away to demonstrate subtraction.
√ Learning to take away by crossing out.
√ Looking at the different parts of vegetables.
√ Writing questions for the start of our instructions.
√ Looking at the order of instructions.
√ Planning our instructions for how to trap a witch.
√ Quilling for our Christmas cards.
√ Discussing how trees have changed from autumn to winter and how the weather is changing.
√ Practising for our Christmas performance.
√ Balancing and landing in PE.
Family discussion questions:
- Can you draw 9-3 by crossing out?
- What question could you ask a witch?
- How have the trees changed since autumn? Has the weather changed?
Looking forward:
Next week we will write instructions for how to trap a witch.
In Maths we will continue to look at more formal subtraction number sentences.
In DT we will explore moving pictures and continue our quilling project.
Reminders:
- Christmas Shop- please send money in a named envelope or purse and a bag on Tuesday 7th December or Thursday 9th.
- Please send sponsorship money in for the Elf Run which is on Thursday 9th.
- Christmas Jumper Day Friday 10th.
- Christmas Dinner day Tuesday 14th December.
- Nativity for Y1 families to watch- Wednesday 15th December 9:15am start.
- Class Christmas cards to be handed into me by Friday 10th December- these will be handed out on the last week of term.
- 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.
- 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
Thank you for your continued support
Ms Cummins