Whiteley Year one

  Friday 2nd October Maths This week in Maths we have been learning to represent groups using  whole/part models and number sentences - see image above.  We have worked on solving simple problems e.g. There are 2 birds in the tree, how many more birds do we need to make 5? Try the games below 1 more game adding to 10 game Phonics In Phonics this week we have spent this week consolidating Phase 4 Phonics - words with adjacent consonants and phase 4 tricky words. Thank you for working on the reading challenge at home with your child.  We are noticing such a difference in the confidence of the children who are reading each day at home. We have had a delivery of bronze star badges so when your child completes their bronze reading challenge please let us know. P.E. We have been doing a great job learning to participate in team games in P.E.  These practise the skills of changing speed and direction.  We were really pleased with the children's resilience and team...

  Friday 25th September This week we have been lucky enough to have a visit from Liberty Owls. They brought to school a range of birds which included owls, hawks, kestrels and a vulture. Thank you for ensuring that your child is arriving promptly at school.  It has made such a difference  in each class  to the start of the school day. In science this week we have been learning that animals need food to survive, and that food gives them energy to move and material to grow. The children have learnt that all animals are different and so eat different foods. Some only eat plants (herbivores), some eat other animals (carnivores) and some eat both (omnivores).  A predator is an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals. Prey is an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.    The children have used this information and vocabulary to make a simple food chain.  You might like to watch the food chain video below. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bite...

Friday 18th September This week we have recapped all of our basic rights from  the 'United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child' (UNCRC). All children have the right to food, water, home, family, play and the right to learn. Science This week we have started our 'Feathered Friends' learning journey.  We have allocated 'Hungry Birds' to your child on Bug Club to share at home together and find out some facts and information about birds in preparation for our learning next week. Next week we will have some bird visitors. Please let your child's teacher know if your child might find this difficult. Thank you. The children will be making observations of snails over the next few weeks, so if you have any in your garden that we could borrow for our learning, we would be very grateful. Phonics This week we have started to consolidate phase 4 Phonics. The children have practised reading the phase 4 tricky words. These words ...

 September 11th 2026 Welcome back! We hope you had a great summer. It has been so lovely to see everyone happily back at school. We are so pleased with how well the children have settled. This week we have introduced the children to new year 1 routines.  We have also explored the 5 basic rights set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This forms part of our 'Rights and Respect Education' (RRE). We have found out about the basic rights that all children have- food, shelter, water, family and play. This week we have read with each child and sent home a reading book and their reading logs. Each week we will change books on a Tuesday and Friday,  and update reading logs each week. We ask that the children start to change books independently so please send them in with their book in their hand. Please keep reading logs in your child's bag every day. We will also allocate your child a book on Bug Club to read each week that will practice the phonic sounds ...