Y1 (2019/2020)

Phonics The letter of the week this week was 't'.  Children practised writing the letter 't', drew pictures of things beginning with 't' to put in their 'teapots'.  We also had great fun reading the story of 'The Enormous Turnip'. Maths This week the children were introduced to simple graphs as a way of recording data.  The children had to cut out basic shapes and paste them into the correct column.  With this activity the children not only learned about graphs but they also reinforced their knowledge of shapes and practiced their cutting skills. UOI This week the children have been learning about the sense of smell. The children were blindfolded and then asked to identify a particular smell. We had lots of fun with this activity.  Afterwards the children drew some of the things they could smell.  Awa busy drawing her perfume Assembly The children have also been very busy practising their assembly...

Phonics The sound of the week this week was 'q'.  Here Hugo colours a picture of a queen. To reinforce the sound 'q' the children circled the sound in a rhyme and used paper to weave a quilt for a queen.  Below Chris is busy making his 'quilt'. Nobu shows off the finished product! Now the children are learning their sounds they are motivated to write words.  In class we have also been studying the senses.  This week it was the sense of sight.  Amelia demonstrates that she can write the word 'eye'.   Well done Amelia! Tanat  making words with magnetic letters. To demonstrate just how important our sense of sight is, the children played a game of 'Pin The Tail On The Donkey'.   What an enjoyable game. As a class we also went for a walk to see how many things we could see, using our eyes. Maths To teach the children to count forwards and backwards, Miss May works with small groups ...

What fun we've had in Year 1, exploring the sense of touch. UOI We filled our 'feely box' with all sorts of different things and the children had to describe what they felt and guess what the object was.  In class we also discussed how our sense of touch can bring us pleasure as well as protect us from danger. Our Ugly Duckling has turned into a beautiful swan. Phonics In Phonics this week we have been looking at the sound 'd'.  We have drawn dinousaurs, read the story the 'Wonkey Donkey' and the story of The Ugly Duckling'. Amelia had fun creating her beautiful pictures.  Not only did she have fun doing it but she was also developing her fine motor skills at the same time. In Maths we have been working on ordering numbers 1 to 20.  In this activity the children had to fill in the missing numbers by cutting and gluing in the correct number.  To reinforce this we have also been singing songs daily such as, '10 Lit...

All about me week!!!!! What a lovely week Year 1 has had sharing the contents of their 'All About Me' bags. The children not only learned so much about each other, such as their favourite foods, favourite toys but took great delight in sharing the contents of their bags with their classmates. After discussing patterns in maths, the children made patterned necklaces. Tanat certainly did a good job of his. Korwan's bag The children put such effort into their 'All About Me' bags. Well done Year 1. Alex's Bag A very proud Alex display a picture of himself. Linux is working on /g/ sound. This week in class the focus was on the initial sound 'g'. Don't know about the children having fun showing off the contents of their 'All About Me' but Miss Rachel certainly was. Math game (Rolling the dice) This maths activity helped reinforce addition and recognition of numbers 1 to 12, as ...