This week in the classroom...

10th October

In Enhglish this week we have started to look at a new book. We have looked at Mouse House by John Burningham. Year One were really excited to find some mice had moved int our classroom. They have had great fun creating some new obsticles for the mice to play on. 

In Maths this week we have started to count to 20, We have practised counting forwards and backwards. Someof the teen numbers try to trick us a likttle bit but we are becoming much more confident counting forwards. 

In Science we have practised naming the months of the year and matching them to a season and the weather that we usually see. We have linked this to the changes that we are seeing in the weather this week. 

In Computing this week we have continued to practise our mouse control by painting pictures. We also practised our typing skills by logging into the computers on our own. 

3rd October

In english this week we have been continuing to practise creating our own sentences, thinking about the number of words in the sentence and checking that we have representented each word. We have looked at and practised forming letters in the one armed robot formation family (h, b, r, m, n, p and k) and also letters in the zig zag family (v, w, x and z) to ensure that our letters are consistently formed well. 

In maths we have started to use objects around the classroom to find one more and less than a given number to 10. We have also been able to check our counting skills to see if we can find missing numbers within 10. 

In History this week we have started to investigate what we can find out about people by looking at pictures from the past. We have been asking questions to help us think about who is in the picture and what we know about the people in it. 

In computing we have been pratising our mouse control by painting pictures of autumn trees. We found it a bit tricky and wanted to keep touching the screen to control the cursor. 

In Science we have started to think about how much light we get in the summer time compared to autumn and winter. We spoke about how the sun is setting (getting darker) closer to bedtime.

26th September

Year One have had a great week embedding their knowledge through the different areas of the classroom. 

In English this week we have continued to practise using different resources to help us create our own sentences. We have continued using the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff to inspire our writing. We have also been learning about letter families and which letters start with the same formation like long ladder letters (l, i, t, j, u, y) and curly caterpillar letters (c, o, a, d, q, f, g) to ensure our letters are well formed. 

In maths we have practised ordering numbers to 10 and finding one more or less than a given number using different objects in the classroom to show how we know and can prove this. We have also practised using full sentences to compare groups of objects using the language fewer than and greater than. 

In History this week we have discovered the history of photography. We got to look at different photographs and discuss whether they were taken with new digital camers or with an older camera. We had some great ideas about how we could find out about the more about the past using photographs. Why not try looking through some of your family photos from the past with your child, can they see the differences?

In science we have looked at the changes that Autumn brings. We went on a nature walk around the school grounds and found leaves that had fallen and leaves that are different colours. We took them back to the classroom to obsever and examine further. 

19th September

We have had a fabulous first few weeks settling into Year One. The children are getting used to a new routine and growing with independence each day. 

In maths we have been consolidating our understanding of numbers to 10, practising representing them in different ways and finding where we can see numbers in the classroom and the world around us. 

In English we have been using the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children have practised retelling the story, pretending to be the differet characters and innovating the story. We have used this as a stimulus to create our own sentences: focusing on using capital letters, full stops and our known phonics. 

In science we have started to look at the different seasons in the year and discovered some of the events celebrated in each season. We have been looking at the different weathers that we can have in each season and found out that the weather in the UK can change lots even on the same day!

Around the classroom we have different challenges set up helping to practise and embed counting, reading and writing. The children have loved completing some of the different challenges but also love a good visit to the construction and creative areas.