Year 1 - Summer 1 - Week 3

Date: 5th May 2022 @ 1:41pm

What a brilliant week it’s been, here in Year 1! From writing letters to aliens in English, to exploring capacity in Maths, the children have been very busy and, as always, working hard. In addition to this, Year 1 have loved getting back to one of their favourite sports, Speed Stacking, in PE, enjoyed learning about the wonderful work of Henri Rousseau, in Art, and have continued to explore the importance of teamwork, as part of their Young Leaders Award.

In RE, Year 1 continued to learn about baptism and discussed that this special event is when a person or a child’s family makes a commitment to belong to the church family and follow Jesus’ teaching. At baptism, people or godparents on behalf of the child, promise to start afresh and live a Christian life. They want to belong. As a class, we unpicked the term “belong” and had an excellent discussion about what it means. We understood that belonging means being a part of something and we put on our green thinking hats, to share how it feels to belong to the many wonderful groups that we are part of, for example, our family, sports teams and after school clubs. We soon recognised that we belong to our Year 1 class, a very special and wonderful group to belong to! We discussed how we all fit together to make the perfect team and, just like a jigsaw, if one of us was to be removed, we just would not be complete! Year 1 each designed their very own jigsaw piece, making it special and unique to them. Once completed, we had to find our friends with the missing pieces to our jigsaw puzzle, before making a whole jigsaw to show that we belong with each other!

Year 1 had a sticky surprise, on entering the classroom on Thursday! They were greeted by a rather slimy and dirty letter, which turned out to be from space. Having continued to explore “Toys in Space”, by Mini Grey, Year 1 wanted to write letters on behalf of the alien Hoctopize, to his missing friend, Cuddles. Year 1 wrote some fantastic letters on behalf of Hoctopize and, much to their surprise, they received a reply from Cuddles, which contained lots of clues to help Hoctopize find his beloved favourite toy. We are looking forward to seeing how things unfold next week! Can Year 1 find Cuddles?!

As always, we have loved seeing you shine this week, Year 1, and we look forward to seeing you on Monday. Have a fantastic weekend!

Year 1 Reminders

• During Summer 1, 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 chosen their 'top book picks' for April and May. More, highly-rated children's reads, from a variety of authors for different age ranges, are shared with us all to enjoy.