Year 1 - Spring 1 - Week 6
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 2:50pm
What a fantastic week to bring our half term to an end! As always, Year 1 have been working incredibly hard and have continued to explore number bonds, using their knowledge to solve missing number problems. The children have also been developing their subtraction skills, using a variety of mathematical resources to solve problems. Year 1 added the finishing touches to their wonderful stories, in which they tried hard to include a variety of text features, such as question marks, exclamation marks and adjectives. We certainly have some budding authors in our class! Amongst all this, the children have had so much fun celebrating Computing and Safer Internet Day and they enjoyed letting their creative juices flow, to experiment with their drawing skills and create self-portraits.
In RE this week, we learnt about the story, “Jesus Feeds the 5000”. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to the story and were amazed at what Jesus was able to do. Using our green thinking hats, we discussed how the little boy who gave his loaves and fish to Jesus must have felt seeing Jesus perform this miracle. Year 1 used some fantastic adjectives to describe his emotions such as “shocked” and “amazed”. To help us remember the story, Year 1 then created their own “packed-lunches”, filling their paper bags with the correct number of fish and loaves, before writing the all-important phrase on the bag, “Jesus fed 5000 people with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread.”
Our Year 1 scientists were in a for a rather smelly treat this week, when they received a delivery of poo samples from Chester Zoo. Unfamiliar with the diets of polar animals, Chester Zoo asked Year 1 if they could examine the samples and identify whether the animals were a carnivore, omnivore or herbivore. The children couldn’t wait to get stuck in and used their black thinking hats to help them know what to look for. In search of bones and plants, Year 1 carefully picked apart the samples, before classifying the animals using a tree diagram. They certainly won’t be forgetting that lesson in a hurry!
On Tuesday we celebrated Safer Internet day by following Kim and Lee on their adventure to find out how to be safe online. After meeting Sid the Superhero, the children created their own “Protector Badges”, which displayed some important top tips for staying safe online. They then had lots of fun making their own internet safety mascots, which they brought to life using the Chatterpix app. If you would like any further information about internet safety, please click here, to see our Online Safety section of the school website.
A huge well done for not only another wonderful week, but a fantastic half term! As always, it has been a pleasure to watch Year 1 work so hard and continue to enjoy their learning journey. We wish you all a lovely half term and we look forward to seeing you after the break!
Year 1 Reminders
- During Spring 2, PE will continue to take place on a Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure children come to school in the correct PE kit on these days.
- Children should bring only a small and healthy snack, such as fruit or a cereal bar, to have during their morning break time. Please ensure that grapes are cut in half.
- Love Reading have launched their 'top book picks' for this month. More, highly-rated children's reads, from a variety of authors for different age ranges, are shared with us all to enjoy.
- If you wish to support your child further over half term, please see the attached virtual classroom which has been updated with links to support next half term’s learning.
- If your child’s hair is shoulder length or longer, please ensure it is tied back.