| 17/10/25 |
Its been a busy week in Year 1. For Writing, we continued with our Power of Reading text 'Handa's Surprise'. We worked on writing sentences using vocabulary from the story. We continue to focus on the importance of punctuation, using capital letters and fullstops, to create a well structured sentence. In Maths, we are looking at fact families and bonds to 10. For Science, we moved on to out sense of touch and went on an exciting nature walk in our school grounds to find different textures to touch and feel! In Geography, we looked at how a compass works - we decided we can remember the directions North, East, South and West by saying 'Naughty Elephants Squirt Water'. In Computers, we discussed the importance of computer safety and what rules we can apply when working with technology. |
| 10/10/25 |
This week we continued with our Power of Reading text 'Handa's Suprise'. We learnt about common nouns and proper nouns, which we then applied in our writing. In Maths, we have started working with the 'part-whole' model as we begin to look at addition. For Science, we focused on the sense of smell. I wonder if the children can remember what the hairs in our nose do? For Geography, we continued looking at map symbols and even designed some of our own map symbols! For Art, we have started discussing the artist Deborah Roberts and how she produces artwork using mixed media, collages and portraits. |
| 3/10/25 |
This week we started our new Power of Reading text 'Handa's surprise'. We had a discussion around what our new book could be about and where the setting might be. We then wrote a sentence about our favourite fruit and why it is our favourite. In Maths, we continued with Place Value looking at comparing numbers, ordering objects and numbers, and working with a number line to 10. In Science, we had an interesting lesson about our sense of hearing! We had a look at the three main parts of our ear and what they are called, as well as how sounds and vibrations travel through our ears. In Geography, we compared different symbols on maps and what these symbols stand for. What a busy week in Year 1! |
| 26/9/25 |
This week in Year 1 we finished off with our first Power of Reading text 'One Day on Our Blue Planet'. We looked at what makes a good sentence - using a capital letter, finger spaces and full stop. We also worked on unscrambling sentences. In Maths, we have been comparing groups by matching and by using the terms fewer, more and the same. We had a very exciting science lesson where we focused on our sense of sight. We played a few rounds of I spy and then learnt how our pupils react to light as well as the purpose of our eyelashes. We have been working on our skills of passing a ball in PE which has been great fun! |
| 19/9/25 |
This week in Year 1 we continued with our Power of Reading book 'One Day on our Blue Planet'. We worked on writing a sentence relating to the text, focusing on starting our sentence with a capital letter, remembering our finger spaces and ending with a full stop. In Maths, we looked at counting on from any number to 10, as well as solving 1 more, using 10 frames and number lines. In Science, we continued with the topic 'our body' by looking at our 5 senses. We had to have a think what we could see, hear, smell and feel around us. Luckily we had just had lunch so we could discuss what we tasted too! Building on from our Geography lesson last week where we plotted out our classroom, we now moved onto to looking at a map of our whole school. We then used our maps to take us on a tour to see all the classrooms. What a great week in Year 1! |
| 12/9/25 |
It's been a great first full week for Year 1! The children have settled in well and are enjoying exploring their new classroom.This week we started our first Power of Reading text 'One Day on Our Blue Planet.. In the Savannah'. We took a look at the Savannah biome and all the different wild animals we would find there. In our Maths lessons, we have been learning to put objects into groups according to various properties such as shape or colour. For science we have started discussing our body and what our different body parts are important for. In our Art lesson, we learnt what a collage is and created our own collages using a variety of different materials. Well done Year 1! |
