What a wonderful week we have had in Year 1!

Year 1 class assembly

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be moving the year 1 class assembly from Thursday 15^th May to Wednesday 2^nd July at 2.50. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 

Read, Write Inc.

This week in Read, Write Inc. we have been reviewing sounds we know and learning new sounds. We have continued to use our sounds to read and write words, phrases and sentences. In particular, we have been looking for special friends in our words, saying the sounds and reading the word. Any practise at home reading a word by finding the special friends, saying the sounds and reading the word would be greatly appreciated! We have also been working hard on our handwriting and writing sentences with capital letters and full stops.

Maths

This week in maths, we have been learning about addition and subtraction. At the start of the week, we were learning to subtract using larger numbers. We have also been learning about what inverse means (that addition is the inverse of subtraction and vice versa). We learned to create a ‘family’ of calculations e.g. if we know 5+4=9, we also know 4+5=9, 9-5=4 and 9-4=5. We used part-part-whole models to help us with this understanding.

Next week, we will be learning to find missing numbers in calculations e.g. 5 + ? = 8. We will also be solving addition and subtraction word problems.

Fact of the week

Our fact of the week this week is:

10+0=10

0+10=10

10-0=10

Thematic

This week, children have been exploring how toys move. They then worked in groups to plan, make and evaluate their own toy which needed to move. The children worked brilliantly together, and their end pieces were amazing!

  

Next week, we will be focusing on RE in our afternoon lessons. Children will learn about the Hindu religion, what Hindus believe and how they celebrate different occasions.

Reading

Mondays – RWI books to be changed by an adult. Please could ALL reading wallets be put in the trays so that we can check who has earned a certificate.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays – children can change their learning zone book (the one with the coloured sticker on). Please help them to have this book ready to change when they come into the classroom in the mornings. Thank you!

Children will bring home two books in their reading folders, one being a RWI home book. Children are expected to try and read this three times during the week to ensure they are building on their reading fluency. The RWI home books will be changed, by an adult, every Monday.

The other book (with the coloured sticker) should be changed independently by the child themselves (on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)- first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please listen to your child read as much as possible at home and record this in their reading records. Every week, one child from each class will receive a reading certificate in an assembly.

Children will also get a certificate for every 20 times they read so it is important that the reading record gets signed every time they read at home. BOTH RWI BOOKS AND THE LEARNING ZONE BOOKS CAN BE RECORDED IN THE READING RECORDS!

There will also be a sticker in your child’s reading record which will explain which skill they are working on with regards to their reading.

If you have any questions, please speak to your child’s class teacher.

Love to Learn

This week, we would like the children to think about a special celebration they have experienced (this will tie in with our RE learning next week). Did they have to wear special clothes? What happened at the celebration? Was there special food? What was their favourite part? They could draw a picture or write about it, or simply just discuss as a family at home.

Love to Learn books need to be returned on Wednesday each week.

Other news

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon. Children need to wear a plain white t-shirt, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3 will take place each Friday at 3pm in Year 1 classrooms (Friday 25^th April will be a phonics screen meeting for parents so children will be collected at 3:15pm)

Dates to remember

22nd May – Key Stage One Viking Games at Chilton

23rd May – Be here, Be you, Belong celebration. Children can come to school wearing anything they feel represents them as part of our ‘Dress to Express’ day. We will have a parade at 2pm on the field to celebrate this, to which our families are all invited.

Makaton

We noticed parents were keen to find out a little bit more about the Makaton signs we have been teaching the Year 1 children. Each week we have a sign of the week; we will now be putting our sign of the week on the blog. This week it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OOZxDWYow8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLILLKGmU3Y

                       

If you would like to contact us, please feel free to email, alternatively we are available to catch at the end of the day or the start of the day by the door.

Team Cornflower: eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sapphire: nicki.cotton@chiltonprimary.co.uk and elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Cotton and Mrs Howard