Dear Parents,
Our week started with plenty of giggles and smiles, as the children in Year 1 were treated to a “Poetry Morning”. We listened to an array of poetry, from short poems to story books, read by teachers from across the school. Over the following days, Year 1 listened to poems by Michael Rosen and were encouraged to look at poetry during Active Learning. Ask your child about a poem they’ve heard this week and encourage them to join in with you whilst reading bedtime stories and rhymes.
In Maths we started the week practising our number formation, using playdough, chalk, fingers in sand and even lego! Get creative at home and let your child practise their numbers in exciting ways. We then moved onto learning about ‘Fact Families’ for example 3, 5 and 8 are a family because 3 + 5 = 8, 5 + 3 = 8, 8 = 5 + 3, 8 = 3 + 5. Children learnt that adding numbers in any order will always equal the same answer.
In PE, the children dressed up as foxes and chased the gingerbread man. Run run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man! What great fun they had.
In Topic, we have continued to look at different weather. This week we focused on wind, some children made a windsock to find out which direction the wind is blowing. The children have been fascinated to find out how much water they’ve caught in their rain catchers each morning. Thanks to the rainy weather, lots of rain has been caught!
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Many thanks for your support,
The Year 1 Team
Here are some photographs from our poetry morning.
1JT enjoying poems from Mrs Rotherham.
1NT enjoying poems from Mr Howse.
1LS enjoying poems from Mr Millar.
1JS enjoying poems from Mr Thomson
1CD enjoying poems from Mrs Simcox.