Whiteley Year one

 Friday 26th June Its been a hot week at school but the children have been superstars coping with the heat.  We have enjoyed having our outdoor classroom in the woodland area in the shade. Geography Although our walk to the park was cancelled because of the heat we have used this to support our learning objective for how we can change our local park to make it better suited to extreme heat! We drew plans of the park that we would like to see. Reading Logs The children will be given new reading logs in September.  Please keep reading throughout the summer and adding to the reading challenge cards.  These can still be brought into school in September to exchange for badges and books.   Maths In Maths this week we have learnt how to find a quarter of shapes and amounts of objects.  We used bar models and part whole models to record our working. Science We started our science learning about how forces make things move. We described how pushes and pulls mov...

    Friday 19th June Trip to the park Next week, please can you ensure that your child wears comfortable shoes and brings a sunhat and a raincoat for their trip to the park . morning.  Please can you also apply sunscreen to your child before school. 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 Geography This week at school we have started our new Geography learning. We used Google maps to discuss the human and physical features in our local area and beyond.  We zoomed into our school from a world satellite map and discussed the features that we could see.  We identified our local park (Meadowside) on the map and looked at the route we needed to take to get there.  We drew our own maps of the route which we will follow next week to get to the park. English This week we drew our own story plan to help us to write our own version of Jack and the Beanstalk. We did a fantastic job of o...

  Friday 12th June We are very short of volunteers to support us with our  Geography and Science fieldwork  when we walk to the park.  1B and 1R have not yet had any offers of help.   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 English This week we wrote captions to describe pictures from the Jack and the Beanstalk story.  We focused on using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces appropriately. This week we also drew our own story plan to help us to write our own version of Jack and the Beanstalk next week. National Phonic Screening Check The children completed their National Phonic Screening checks this week at school.  You will find out the outcome in your child's report in July. Maths In Maths this week we have been learning to use our number bonds to help...

 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...