Year 1 - Summer 2 - Week 1

This week has been full of exciting discoveries, creative thinking and hands-on learning across the curriculum.

In English, we began predicting what our new story might be about. We explored our star vocabulary and even played charades to help us understand and remember some of the new words. The children developed a great understanding of words and phrases such as lolloping, peeked and nipped, and it was wonderful to see them using these in their discussions. We made predictions about the story and many of us thought it might be the familiar tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. To help us recall the story, we retold our own versions, sharing ideas and sequencing the events. We are very excited to find out if our predictions are correct.

In Maths, we continued to build our understanding of multiplication and division, focusing on arrays. The children learned about rows and columns and practised creating their own arrays using counters and counting bears. We then linked this to repeated addition, matching number sentences to our arrays. It was fantastic to see the children making these connections and explaining their thinking with increasing confidence.

In History, we started what is sure to be one of our most exciting topics.. toys. We began by exploring toys from the past, comparing the toys we play with today to those our families may have used, as well as toys from Victorian times. The children were fascinated to see how toys have changed over time and asked lots of thoughtful questions.

In RE, we began thinking about what the world might have been like in Jesus’ time compared to our world today. We focused on the ideas of past and present and made comparisons between how people lived then and how we live now. The children particularly enjoyed dressing up as people from Jesus’ time, which helped bring our learning to life and made the experience even more engaging.

Well done, Year 1, you have all worked incredibly hard this week and should be very proud of yourselves.