We have had another wonderful week in Year 1. The children had a great time at Felderland Farm and were incredibly well behaved during this trip. Thank you to the adults who were able to help on this trip – it is really appreciated.

  

  

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 division. We started the week by learning that dividing by grouping is like repeated subtraction. We learned to divide by grouping and then solved some division word problems.

Fact of the week

Our fact of the week this week is:

9+1=10

1+9=10

10-9=1

10-1=9

Next week, we will be learning about fractions and focusing on quarters. We will learn what a quarter is and how to find a quarter of a shape and an amount.

Thematic

We started the week by learning about the basic structure of a plant and using the correct vocabulary to name the different parts. We wrote a recount of our trip to Felderland Farm and also created a poster to show the lifecycle of a plant.

Next week, we will be learning about common garden and wild flowers. We will also learn about famous scientists who study flowers.

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 create some learning to do with flowers. This could be an observational drawing of a flower, a piece of writing to describe a flower, going on a walk to look at flowers and discussing what they have seen…the choice is yours!

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

23rd June – Book fair this week

27th June – Thrive coffee morning 9am in hall

1st July – Music evening at 6pm

2nd July – Year 1 class assembly 2.50-3.05pm

4th July – Summer fair from 3.30pm

10th July Sports Day – KS2 9.15-12 Reception and KS1 1.30-3

11th July – Reports go out to parents

14th, 15th 16th July – Transition days; children to spend these days with their new class teachers

17th July – Inflatable fun day in school for all children

18th July – School finishes at 2pm for Reception to Year 5

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=8u6cDkylXU8

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