Whiteley Year one

  Friday 29th November Special Request We will be starting our weaving unit of Art in a few weeks time.  If you have any ribbons (paper or fabric), fabric or Christmas paper that you would be able to donate, we would be very grateful. Art This week we have continued to be inspired by the work of the artist Barbara Rae. We have created our own paintings in the style of the artist.  We created a background for our painting using a wash of dark and light colours and sketched an Arctic animal to go on the foreground. Computing In Computing we have been using the App "I can animate" to create our own simple animations using Arctic animals.   English We have read the story of "Iris and Isaac" by Catherine Rayner. We discussed the adjectives used to describe the different Arctic settings.  Next week we will be using adjectives to describe our own Arctic settings. Geography In Geography this week we learnt about hot and cold places in the world.  We identified the ...

  Friday 22nd November Resilience Now the weather is getting colder please can you ensure that your child brings labelled gloves and a hat to school each day.  Please can you help your child to learn to put their own gloves on and teach your child to put their gloves in their coat pockets to keep them safe when they are not being used.  Thank you! Geography This week at school we have started our Geography unit of work.  We learnt the names of the seven continents and five oceans and plotted a route to travel from the United Kingdom to Antarctica.  You might like to sing the  Seven continents song  with your child by clicking on this link! Phonics In Phonics we have learnt the alternative graphemes for oo (spoon) and oo (book). ew (blew), ue (blue), u_e (flute), oul (should) and u (push).  Please can we again ask that you make sure you read the allocated Bug Club  book  this week with your child to practise the new digraphs and new...

                                                                        Friday 15th November This week at school we have been learning how and why Hindus celebrate the festival of Diwali.  We have discussed the concept of good and evil through the story of Rama and Sita.  We made Divas out of clay to hold tea lights.  These are lit at Diwali time to light Rama and Sita's way home. Phonics In phonics we have learnt the alternative graphemes for oa (s oa p). (oe (t oe ), o-e (r o p e ), o (c o ld), ow (rainb ow ).  Please can we ask that you make sure that you read the allocated Bug Club  book  this week with your child to practise the new digraphs and new tricky words ' who ' and ' again '.  This makes such a difference to how your child reme...

 Friday 8th November We have really enjoyed our history learning this week about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. We have learnt a rhyme to help us remember the eventful day in 1605. Can your child remember it? You may enjoy watching and discussing the videos together at home.  BBC Teach videos Guy Fawkes sequencing cards Phonics In phonics we have learnt the alternative graphemes for igh (l ight ). (ie (p ie ), i-e (p i p e ), y (sk y ), i (ch i ld).  Please can we ask that you make sure that you read the allocated Bug Club  book  this week with your child to practise the new digraphs and new tricky words 'water' and 'where'.  This makes such a difference to how your child remembers and applies this new learning in class. P lease see the sticker in your child's reading log for the name of the book to read. Thank you We have also allocated some games on Bug Club to practise reading and spelling words with these sounds. If you fancy an extra read to practi...