Whiteley Year one

 Friday 6th 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 the sounds "ew" as in "stew" and "screw" and "ue" as in "blue" and "queue...

 Friday 27th February World Book Day Next Week-  Thursday 5th March  On this day we will be walking to Waterstones to spend our World book day voucher and listen to a story. 1B and 1R are very short of volunteers to accompany them to Waterstones on Thursday morning.  Please can you let us know if you can support them. 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 Titanic and what happened next. Science This week we continued our science longitudinal investigation - finding out about the animals that li...

Thursday 12th February This week we continued our Design Technology unit of work, where we learnt about creating stable structures.  We 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 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 "igh" digraph .  These include ie, i_e, y and i. You might like to play the games on Bug club which practise these sounds. This weeks allocated books are "Flying High", "What the wind can do" and "Butterfly Pie". P.E. Kits Over half term, please could you check that your child's P.E. kit and trainers still fit them. Many thanks! Class Performa...

 Friday 6th February Design Technology 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. English In English this week we have been learning to put words into the past tense by adding "ed", where no change is needed in the root word e.g. walk - walked. We wrote sentences about our Toby story to practise this skill. 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 ee digraph .  These include ea, e_e, ey, y and ie.  You might like to play the games on Bug club which practise these sounds.  We have also allocated the books; Easy...

Friday 30th January Thank you for bringing in boxes and tubes for our modelling table outside 1J.  Please could you continue to bring these items into school.  Thank you! Science As part of our science learning this week, we investigated which materials would burn. We then applied our learning to help understand why the Great Fire of London spread so quickly. English    This week in English we started to read a fiction text about the  Great Fire of London.  We created a story map and acted out key parts of the story. Please click on the link below to hear the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIQvKSFIs4s RE We have continued to learn about the concept of "change" and how the concept is used in Christianity.  We read and responded to stories that show how Christians believe Jesus changed people's lives. Phonics In Phonics this week we  have continued to revisit our Phase 5 graphemes to develop our confidence in reading and writing words with t...

 Friday 23rd January Art In Art we learnt about the artist Jan Griffier who painted pictures of the Great Fire of London.  We responded to his work in our sketchbooks. English and History This week in English we have written simple recounts of the events of the Great fire of London and made our own non-fiction fact books about the Great Fire. We were really proud of the way the children wrote simple sentences with straightforward subject/verb agreement. You might like to play the game below to explore what happened during the Great Fire of London. Fire of London game Dance This half term we are working on Dance in our indoor P.E. sessions. This week we created a dance using pathways based on the weather.  We worked hard to move to the rhythm of the music and worked well with our partners. Science This week in Science we identified the materials used to build the school and gave reasons based on their properties for why they were chosen. Phonics In Phonics this week we...