Whiteley Year one

 Friday 5th June As part of our Geography map work and science learning next half term, we will be visiting the Meadowside Park in Whiteley.  We would appreciate any parent or grandparent volunteers who could accompany us.  Please let your child's class teacher know if you are able to support this trip.   Monday 22nd June from 9 till 12pm - 1B Wednesday 24th June from 9 till 12pm - 1J Thursday 25th June from 9 till 12 pm - 1R Many thanks Computing This week we are developing our keyboard skills when using the computers in the Key Stage 2 computer suite.  This week we learnt how to type our names using "Word".  We learnt how to create capital letter on the keyboard and use the space bar to make a space between our first name and surname.  Very few children knew how to spell their surname so this might be something you would like to practise at home.  Half the class will visit the computer suite each week. Design Technology This week at school ...

 Friday 22nd May As part of our Geography map work and science learning next half term, we will be visiting the Meadowside Park in Whiteley.  We would appreciate any parent or grandparent volunteers who could accompany us.  Please let your child's class teacher know if you are able to support this trip.   Monday 22nd June from 9 till 12pm - 1B Wednesday 24th June from 9 till 12pm - 1J Thursday 25th June from 9 till 12 pm - 1R Many thanks Science This term we drew careful observational drawings of plants from around our school.  We discussed the parts of the plant (stem, roots, leaves and flower) and what they do to help the plant survive.  You can see some of 1J's drawings above. This week we revisited our science longitudinal study and looked at the animals in the pond.  We found out how the animals in the pond have changed now that spring is here. Phonics The National Phonics Screening check is only 2 weeks away now! We are nearly there! Thank y...

 Friday 15th May English In English this week,  we followed instructions to make clay pots which we will plant up with seeds to take home when they have been fired in the kiln. We wrote our own instructions for making our pots using imperative (bossy!) verbs e.g. "get" and "make" and time adverbials e.g. "first", "next" and "after that". Maths In Maths this week we have practised halving groups of objects.  We used bar models and part whole models to record our working. Phonics   In Phonics this week we have been revisiting reading and spelling words with the split digraphs "a_e", "e_e" and "i_e". The National Phonics Screening check is only 2 weeks away now! We are nearly there! Thank you for your work at home with your child in practising reading real and "alien" words.  We are really noticing an increase in the reading confidence of children who are practising these at home.   Please can you co...

  Friday 8th May Phonics The National Phonics Screening check is only 3 weeks away now! We are nearly there! Thank you for your work at home with your child in practising reading real and "alien" words.  We are really noticing an increase in the reading confidence of children who are practising these at home.   Please can you practise reading the real and "alien" words on the orange sheet sent home with your child each week.  Encourage them to draw on the sound buttons, then to carefully say each sound and then to blend the sounds together to read each word.  We have put the sound buttons on the words on one side of the paper so that you know where they need to go!  In the Phonics reading check, the children will be asked to put the sound buttons on each word independently.  Mrs Robinson has made the video below to show you how the sounds are pronounced and blended. This week in Phonics we have revisited alternative graphemes for  "j", these are "...

  Friday 1st May Phonics Thank you for your work at home with your child in practising reading real and "alien" words.  We are really noticing an increase in the confidence of children who are practising these at home. This activity is to support your child in becoming more confident in recalling and then blending the sounds that they have learnt at school so far.  In the week beginning 8th June your child will be doing the Statutory National Phonics screening check which checks their confidence in blending phonic sounds.   Please can you practise reading the real and "alien" words on the orange sheet sent home with your child each week.  Encourage them to draw on the sound buttons, then to carefully say each sound and then to blend the sounds together to read each word.  We have put the sound buttons on the words on one side of the paper so that you know where they need to go!  Mrs Robinson has made the video below to show you how the sounds are prono...

 Friday 24th April This week at school we have been focussing on our R.E. learning.  We learnt about the concept of "Precious".  We discussed things that are precious to us and also precious in our world.  We decided that water is the most precious thing on our planet as nothing can survive without it.  We were visited by Reverend Amy from the Hope Church in Whiteley on Wednesday. She taught us how and why water is precious to Christians and how Christians use water in christenings and baptisms. English In English we thought about words that are used to describe water.  We read pyramid poems and wrote our own.  I n Art, w e made our own collaged water droplets. Geography As part of our learning about the countries that make up the United Kingdom, we learnt about St Georges' Day and how it is celebrated on the 23rd April. Phonics Please look out for the orange sheet in your child's book bag this week.  This is to support your child in becoming more...