Whiteley Year one

  Friday 28th March We were so proud of the children in all of their performances.  They did such a great job! Thank you for coming and for supporting the children in learning their words.   Trip to the Sea City Museum on Monday 31st March On Monday, please can your child bring their water bottle on the trip. They do not need to bring in their school bag on this day.  Please can your child wear school uniform. If you have not ordered a school packed lunch for your child, don't forget to send one into school!  Please do not send extra food if you have already ordered a picnic lunch from school. Thank you! Money After half term we will be focussing on money in Maths.  The children usually find it quite hard to learn to identify coins as they don't have so much experience of coins with our ever increasing use of cards! Over Easter please can you give your child opportunities to handle coins.  Can they identify the values of each coin? Can you play sh...

  Friday 21st March Class Performances The children are working hard on their class performances.  If your child has words to read, please can you practise reading them clearly and out loud at home.  Please can your child bring some brightly coloured clothes to wear for the performance in a named carrier bag - lots of children have still not brought in clothes to wear.  Your child will be wearing plimsolls or trainers for the performance. Many thanks! In Year One our class performances are all at 2pm next week. The dates are as follows; 1H - Monday 24th March 1J - Tuesday 25th March 1R - Thursday 27th March We would love you to join us at our performances! Phonics Check Meeting On Tuesday 1st April at 9am Mrs Robinson will be running a meeting to give you information about the National Statutory Phonic screening check that takes place in Year One in June. It would be great if you are able to attend this meeting so you can find out how you can best support your c...

 Friday 14th March In English, we have been writing letters from the point of view of a passenger on the Titanic, explaining the sorts of activities we would have liked to do on board ship.  We did a great job of our letters and used time adverbials (such as first, next, after that and finally) and adjectives to extend our ideas. In Geography we learnt about St Patrick's Day (which is on the 17th March) and the traditions associated with it.  We located Northern Ireland and Belfast on a map of the United Kingdom and recapped the names of the other countries that make up the United Kingdom. Maths   In Maths this week we have been using equipment such as Numicon and Dienes to make 2 digit numbers.  We practised adding and subtracting ten to 2 digit numbers.  You might like to practise making 2 digit numbers with tens and units using the games below. https://ictgames.com/sharkNumbers/mobile/index.html https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-ba...

  Friday 7th March This week at school we have been learning about the Titanic's journey across the Atlantic Ocean.  In English, we learnt to use time adverbials e.g. " first", "next", "after that"  and " finally"  to sequence events.   We learnt about the amazing facilities on the Titanic and learnt about the different activities that first, second and third class passengers could do. In Geography we learnt about St David's Day (which is on the 1st March) and the traditions associated with it.  We located Wales and Cardiff on a map of the United Kingdom and recapped the names of the other countries that make up the United Kingdom. Phonics In Phonics this week we  have continued to revisit our Phase 5 graphemes to develop our confidence in reading and writing words with these sounds.  This week we have revisited  alternative graphemes for the "ur" digraph .  These include er, ear and ir.  You might like to play the games on Bug...

Friday 28th February World Book Day Next Week-  Thursday 6th March  On this day we will be walking to Waterstones to spend our World book day voucher and listen to a story. We are very short of volunteers to accompany us to Waterstones on Thursday morning.  Please can you let us know if you can support us.  Each class has only had one volunteer so far. On World book day please can your child bring in their favourite book to share with the class.   This week we have started our history learning about the Titanic.  We have approached this from the point of view of a passenger - Delia McDermott who travelled on the Titanic as a third class passenger.  Delia bought a new hat for her journey and we discussed the differences between the clothes worn by different groups of people, rich and poor in 1912.  We discussed how the lives of rich and poor people were very different in 1912.  Next week we will learn more about how Delia travelled on the...

 Thursday 13th February     Waterstones walk - Thursday 6th March We have been invited to Waterstones in Whiteley to spend our World Book Day vouchers and share a story.   We will be walking to Waterstones in the morning on Thursday 7th March.  We would be very grateful if any parents or carers could volunteer to support us in our walk down to Whiteley. Many thanks! This week we have been carrying out our Design Technology unit of work, where we learnt about creating stable structures.  We explored construction kits and materials including straws, pipe cleaners, wooden sticks and elastic bands.  We learnt how to join materials to make stable, free standing shapes.  We then designed and made our own tent frame, after talking about how in 1666 people had to live in tents after the Great Fire. English In English this week we applied our learning about past tense verbs to write our own versions of Toby and the Great Fire of London. Phonics In Pho...