Welcome to year 1's class page!
Class Teacher: Mrs Thomas
Class Teaching Assistants: Miss Barclay
During Terms 2 and 3 we are joined by Miss Simpson, a trainee teacher
This page will give you some key information about our class and show you some of the amazing learning that takes place. You will also find useful information and links to help support your child at home.
weekly class routines
Monday afternoons: PE with Miss Barclay
Friday mornings: Achievement assembly at 8.50am
Friday afternoons: Home/school reading book change
Children will need to bring their reading books and reading records with them to school every day
Term 3
Science: Animals including Humans (The Body) and seasonal change
RE: how special stories link to celebrations and looking at what Creation Stories teach about God and human nature
Geography: Weather
Art: painting inspired by Pop Art
TERM 2
Science: We continued our learning about Materials and Seasonal Change. We have loved recording the weather every day and we will use our data to create a pictogram to show what the weather was like in Autumn.
RE: We looked at the Christian story of the Nativity and how Christians may celebrate Christmas. We also enjoyed acting out the story for our grown ups. Our teachers were very proud. We also looked at the Jewish story about Hannukah and how Jews may celebrate this festival. We created our own pictures of a menorah to remember the special significance of the 8 candles.
History: It was great fun finding out about toys from the past, we looked at the materials they were made from and talked about how they have changed over time. Mrs Thomas even brought a teddy and a My Little Pony toy to school from when she was a little girl!
Computing: We concluded out learning about Digital Painting by designing a Christmas Card for our grown ups.
Term 1
Science: We have learnt about materials and their properties. We loved testing which material would be the stickiest to stick No-Bot's bottom back on!
RE: We have been learning about Special stories and Sacred stories from Christian and Jewish perspectives. Everyone was confident to talk about their favourite story.
Geography: Mrs Thomas has been really impressed with our knowledge of our local area. We were able to describe Bardney and draw routes around the village on a map.
Art: In art,we used clay to make pinch pots. We used a range of techniques including pinching, rolling, kneading.
Music: This term, Miss Clarke has taught us. We have been learning about tempo changes and playing on the steady beat.
From the pictures below, I'm sure you can see that Forest school has been the highlight of our week during this half term!
Reading & Phonics
It is really important for children to read regularly at home. It's also great practice for children to listen to stories being read to them. Try to read for a few minutes every day and record it in your child's reading record. If your child has 5 reading entries in a week, they will be entered into our school reading raffle which is drawn every half term! They could win the opportunity to choose a book of their own to the value of £10.
Please see the link below to the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds parent help page for tips on how to help your child with phonics at home.
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
Numbots
Children in year 1 are expected to be confident when recalling their numberbonds to 10.
Using apps such as Numbots and TT Rocks will give children an opportunity to practice their number bonds and timestables at home in a fun, interactive way!
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