1S
20.09.24
1S have been learning the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears this week. We have made masks to help us act out the story and even had a go at performing our stories to the rest of the class! In maths, we have been continuing to subitise with quantities up to 10. We have also been practising counting forwards and backwards. This week we also completed some self-portraits and had a visit from the Road Safety Team.
13.09.24
Phew! What a busy first full week back at school!
We have been learning about likes and dislikes we share with our friends as well as writing some simple sentences about ourselves. The children have also been learning how to recognise up to 5 items without counting them. This is called 'subitising'. Please find some information and activites attached below if you would like to practise this skill at home.
Welcome back to school!
I hope you have all had a lovely Summer and are ready for a fresh start.
Please find the Curriculum Newsletter and Homework Grid below.
I aim to get all reading books and homework books out to you by the end of the week.
Many thanks,
Mrs Sykes
curriculum newsletter autumn term.pdf
Welcome back to our third and final half-term in Year 1!
Please find the Curriculum Newsletter for this term attached as well as a new set of Homework tasks for the second half of the term.
curriculum newsletter summer term.pdf
WB 17.06.24
ARTS WEEK
1S have had a fantastic Arts Week this week. We have been doing lots of drama, poetry writing, painting, structure-building and drumming to celebrate all areas of the arts.
Arts Week 1S
WB 03.06.24
How to put Humpty Dumpty together again
1S have been very busy learning and reciting the well-known nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. The children were then challenged to think about how they would help the king, his men and his horses to put Humpty back together again. There were some fantastic ideas! 1S then wrote a set of instructions to help the king. Here are some examples...
WB 20.05.24
Today, Rebecca from Northern Gas Networks visited school to talk to us about Global Warming and what we can do to help the environment. The children conducted an ice investigation and then completed some worksheets with ideas about what they will do in the future to combat climate change.
1S made some moving picture pages today in Design and Technology. The children had a go at joining materials using tape, split pins and folds.
WB 13.05.24
1S had an exciting day today! We continued our learning about the human body by using different parts of our body to explore a carousel of activities. The children were asked to use their sense of sight to study optical illusions, look through prisms and observe objects through magnifying glasses. They used their sense of sound to try and play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the glockenspiels. They used their sense of smell to try and work out what was inside each of the five pots including; tuna, Vicks, hand soap, playdough and coriander! Food was offered on the tasting table. The children had the opportunity to try pickled onion, lime, salty crisps, parsley and strawberry jam! Finally, they were asked to place a blindfold on and explore using their sense of touch. They placed their hands in pom poms, kinaesthetic sand and rice.
1S Senses Carousel
WB 22.04.2024
Namaste! 1S had a yoga lesson this week. We practised balancing and told the story of the Snail and the Whale using special yoga positions.
Please complete at least three activities and return them to your class teacher by 22nd April.
WB 11.03.24
1S celebrated British Science Week this week! 1S joined in with the NFU Education Science Live Farming Lesson on Wednesday 13th March. Before the live lesson, we discussed what farmers looked like and the jobs they do. We then watched a live session on the farm and completed a 'Day in the Life of a Farmer' activity. Finally, we planted some pumpkins just like farmers! They are going to take a long time to grow... we might even be in Year 2 by the time they are harvested!
WB 26.02.24
What a busy week this week! 1S have been lucky enough to have been visited by two authors, Toby Glover and Bev Walton. We have also started learning about Spring and the changes we should expect to see.
1S have also started their Dance lessons in PE lessons. We had a lot of fun moving around like different types of weather and performing a short dance to our friends.
08.02.24
Today in 1S, we have investigating different materials! Linking to our class book, The Three Little Pigs, we have been testing which material would be the strongest for the pigs to build a house with. The children enjoyed making the houses with lots of different materials and then blowing them down with a hairdryer! The class have loved being scientists this half-term and have found materials really interesting. They’ve been asking lots of questions! - Miss Dobson
Please find our new Curriculum Newsletter and Homework for Spring Term1 here. Please complete at least three activities and return them to your class teacher by 7th February.
02.02.24
1S have been celebrating National Storytelling week with lots of exciting activities! We have been reading lots of stories, creating our own mystery doorways to new worlds and joining in with the National Literacy Trust assembly. The children enjoyed hearing a story from author Swapna Haddow. Swapna has written some fantastic books with lots of exciting animals in. We were so inspired by her writing that we innovated our current class book The Three Little Pigs with new animals, aliens and monsters that attack the pigs' houses instead of the Big Bad Wolf!
Here are just a few pictures from our week...
26.01.24
This week 1S have been learning about who is Jewish and what they believe. We learned that Jewish people live all over the world and can be any age, gender and have any skin colour. 1S have also been learning about the Jewish beliefs. We pieced together the Shema, a special Jewish prayer, and then practised the prayer using actions to help us remember it. Finally, we have learned about Shevat and celebrated this Jewish New Year festival by trying some new fruits including figs, dates and sultanas.
18.01.24
1S started a new science topic today! We are learning all about materials. The children got the opportunity to explore the room looking for different objects and then we thought about what materials they were made from. The new words we covered today were; 'wood', 'metal', 'glass', 'plastic', 'rock' and 'cotton'. We also briefly talked about the properties of some of these materials but will be revisiting this over the next few weeks.
Well done 1S!
10.01.24
1S have had a great time exploring the BeeBots this week. First, we practised giving commands to our partner. We told them to 'jump', 'hop', 'walk forward' and 'blink'. Next, we learnt the directions that BeeBots can travel including 'forwards', 'backwards', 'turning left' and 'turning right'. Finally, our challenge was to see if we could move the BeeBots between different symbols on the floor mats by programming them with specific commands!
Please complete at least three activities and return them to your class teacher.
7.12.23
1S have been making crackers today. This activity was trickier than it sounds. We had to cut two strips of ribbon to 30cm and tie it around the ends of the cracker. Well done to those who helped other people too!
28.11.23
1S acted out the Christmas Story today! This is a picture of 'Joseph' knocking on all the door looking for a place to stay! We also looked at Botticelli's Mystical Nativity painting. We highlighted the parts of the painting we liked the most and those that raised some questions for us.
27.11.23
1S had a go at creating some examples of Piet Mondrian's work on the computers today. We used simple tools on Paintz App to complete our pictures including; 'fill', 'erase', 'lines' and 'back'.
13.11.23
Today, the children have been learning the names and properties of 2D shapes. They used straws to make some of the 2D shapes.
22.09.23
Road Safety
1S learnt about the importance of Road Safety today. We had the opportunity to dress up as a lollipop person and take it in turns to cross over the 'road' as pedestrians. We also learnt how to use zebra, puffin, pelican and toucan crossings.
21.09.23
Fundamental Movements
Today, 1S had a fantastic PE session with Megan from Go Well. We started the session with our favourite game, Stuck in the Mud! Then, we played some team games and practised our throwing and catching skills. Well done everyone!
WB 18.09.23
Photos from our first week in Year 1!
It has been a brilliant first week. We have been so busy reading, writing, drawing, playing and exploring!
Welcome back!
I am looking forward to meeting you all and starting our new school year! I have been busy making sure our classroom is bright and colourful ready for the children coming back. We will be playing games, singing and doing some art in our first few days back at school.
Please find the Curriculum Newsletter and Homework grid for the first Half Term attached.
curriculumnewsletterautumny1.pdf
Year 1 Trip to Kirkleatham Museum 27.06.23
Spring Term
24.03.23
Bowes Museum!
1S had a great time at Bowes Museum today. I was so proud of the children for their exemplary behaviour and lovely manners. They were a pleasure to take on a trip!
This morning, we had a toy workshop and then made our own little bookmarks. This afternoon, we explored the museum and found the silver swan! We also had a go at copying John Glover's painting of a bull and Canaletto's Regatta at the Doge's Palace.
I think they will all be worn out tonight!
13.02.23
1S have been learning the compass directions; North, East, South and West. We programmed the Beebots to travel in these directions and used locational and directional language such as near, far, left and right, to describe the location of features and routes on the map.
06.02.23
1S enjoyed their walk around the local area today! We spotted many landmarks including the train station, shops, vets and roundabout. The children also enjoyed looking for different patterns on buildings and thinking about the materials they were made from.
23.01.23
1S used the BeeBots to move robots forwards and backwards today. We estimated how many times we would need to press 'forwards' to move the BeeBots to the end of the table.
19.01.23
1S have been re-telling the story of The Three Little Pigs this week using story masks. When we use the masks, it is much easier to put on silly voices for each of the characters. We are practising this story so we can eventually write it independently.
13.01.23
1S have been writing some fantastic Winter poems this week! We started off going on a Winter walk and using our senses to explore the school grounds. Next, we thought about which adjectives we could use to describe the Winter things we found. Finally, we wrote our poems in full sentences using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.
Well done 1S!
10.1.23
1S would like to welcome to Miss Hesketh to our classroom. Miss Hesketh is a student teacher and will be on placement with our class for the next 10 weeks. We are very excited to have her onboard!
06.01.23
Happy New Year everyone! 1S have been busy learning about shapes and amphibians as well as writing some New Years Resolutions for 2023! We are aiming to reach for the stars this academic year. Here are some pictures of the work we have displayed in our classroom.
Autumn Term
