This week in Year 1, we have been thinking about what it would be like to visit space in our Literacy lessons. We used our knowledge of space and our imaginations to create a picture of space and write a postcard to our families back on earth! In Maths, we have been continuing to explore number patterns by counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s, and have begun to find the difference between 2 different numbers. In DT we have been designing our out of this world rockets! We have designed them using pencils in our DT books, on an ipad using SeeSaw and this week have started to make them using lots of different craft resources, we can’t wait to show you them!

Phonics: e-e, a-e, i-e, o-e, u-e

Tricky Words: looked, called, your

This week in Year 1, we have been using our place value knowledge in Maths to represent 2 digit numbers up to 50 into groups of tens and ones using a variety of resources. We have also begun to compare two different numbers, using our key vocabulary of greater than and less than. In Literacy, we have continued looking at Mae Jemison and Neil Armstrong, and used what we now know to write fact files on both of these important figures! In Science, we have been looking at the properties of different materials and conducted our very own waterproof experiment!

Phonics: called, there, were.

Tricky Words: ew, au, ey.

This week in Year 1 we have been celebrating Science Week by inventing objects for astronauts to use in space! We have let our imaginations run wild and created our new space inventions using lego and playdough. We had a go at making a super special strawberry dessert for astronauts to eat in space, we added liquid to strawberry powder and each had a turn trying it!

In our Maths lessons we have continued to look at place value and used resources within our classrooms to group items into tens and ones. In Computing and DT we have started to design our own rockets and come up with different ways we can strengthen them, whilst recording our designs on SeeSaw. 

Phonics:  aw, wh, ph, oe

Tricky words: looked, some, come

This week in Year 1 we have been retelling the story of The Gingerbread Man, with a twist! On Monday morning, the story of The Gingerbread Man was brought to life by a theatre company, and we were inspired to create our own version in Literacy. We rehearsed these versions and then performed them to our reading buddies on Wednesday! In Maths we have been looking at two digit numbers to 50 and grouping them into tens and ones. In our Science learning we have been looking at different materials, their properties and conducted experiments to explore whether they are waterproof.

Phonics: oy, oi, ir, ue, 

This week in Year One we have started our journey to become Space Explorers! We have dived into all things space and enjoyed learning and researching about astronauts and how life is different when living in space. We had great fun in our space themed interactive workshop and can’t wait to continue our learning. In Maths, we have explored numbers to 50 this week and used different resources to count in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. We are looking at Judaism this half term in our RaWV learning and this week we discussed our favourite books and why they are special to us. 

Phonics:  ai, ou.

Tricky Words - they, all, are

This week in Year 1, we have been busy in Maths using lots of resources to help us prove our known facts relating to doubling and halving! In Literacy, we finished looking at ‘The Secret Sky Garden’ and used this week to talk about the characters. We also wrote a character profile for Funni and Zoo, making sure to use capital letters for their names. We finished our Science learning about plants by writing a plant diary on how we’ve cared for our seeds and watched them grow. We will be bringing our seeds home on Friday to continue to care for them at home. Finally, we celebrated Safer Internet Day this week by learning all about how to stay safe online, and re-enacting a fairytale with a computing twist!

We hope you have a wonderful half term!

Phonics: ui, ou, au

Tricky Words: any, many, people, your

This week in Year 1, we have been using Maths Week as a way to discuss and explore how many different ways we can make £1. We have been busy designing and creating our very own Scratch Art Bookmarks to sell at the Echelford Expo next week! In Literacy, we have continued to look at our book The Secret Sky Garden, we have used our knowledge of the text to write a book review based on our story. Additionally, we used our oracy skills to discuss what our own secret sky garden would look like. In Science this week we have looked at different types of trees and all of the different parts there are in the structure of a tree. Can you ask us the difference between a deciduous and evergreen tree?

Phonics: ui, ou, 

Tricky Words: work, different, thought.

This week in Year 1 we have been on an exciting adventure around Ashford! We put our geographical knowledge of landmarks and towns to the test and went in search of local landmarks! On our way we saw a church, a school and even the war memorial. We also looked for road signs, post boxes and bus stops on our scavenger hunt! Back in the classroom, we have continued to look at time this week, with a specific focus on half past and o’ clock in Maths. Finally, we have begun our exciting Art topic, learning about the artist Johnson Zuzu and his important message of ‘Waste no waste’. 

Phonics: se, ce, ey

Tricky Words: thought, through, friend.

In Year 1 this week we are thinking about the small changes we can make each day, which can have a positive impact on the world around us. We have used a varied vocabulary to present facts and build surprise when writing about climate change. In Maths we are continuing to look at time and the difference between one second and one minute and the different things we can do in that time. We have spent time looking at different aerial maps of Ashford in Geography this week, making sure to spot different landmarks ahead of our exciting walk next week!

Phonics: le, al, ce, ve, 

Tricky words: ask, school, call, different.

This week in Year 1 we have used a variety of maths resources to prove that when we add two numbers together our answer becomes bigger, and when we subtract our answer gets smaller. We have also started to look at time and have started to plot key events and our own birthdays onto a big calendar! In Literacy this week, we have continued to look at the climate issue of deforestation and how this affects our world. We used our oracy skills to discuss this issue from the point of view of a tree and how deforestation would make us feel, making sure we used our emotive vocabulary. We used our BeeBots in computing this week to learn how to debug a program, and give instructions to complete an algorithm.

Phonics: - oa / ow. igh / y. j / g. ph / f. 

Tricky words - should, would, could, who. 

We have started off with our brand new topic ‘Environmental Change’ this half term in Year 1! In our Literacy lessons we have looked at different environmental issues that impact our world such as deforestation, single use plastic and air pollution. We used our oracy skills to discuss these issues and come up with a plan to make a change! In Maths, we have been learning to use the Make Ten Strategy to add two 1 digit numbers, and subtract a 1 digit number from a teens number. In Science we have begun to look at the different parts of a plant and what they need to survive. 

Phonics:  /ee/ y. /e/ ea. /w/ wh. 

This week in Year 1 we received a super special letter from Growly Bear, the character in our new text, ‘The Most Loved Bear.’ Growly Bear was lost in our school and gave us clues on where to find him! We went and rescued him and then wrote a letter back to him to say thank you for coming to visit us. In PE, we performed our Toy Story dance to Year 2, and made a moving Traction Man in our DT lesson. In Maths, we have spent the week recapping all of the units we have learnt so far, such as, odd and even numbers, one more and one less, number bonds to 10 and shape! 

We hope you have a lovely break, from everyone in Year 1!

Phonics: i-e, a-e, o-e, u-e.

Tricky Words - pure, sure, love, little.

This week has been full of our nativity ‘I’m Gonna Shine’ in Year 1. We have practised all of our songs and did a brilliant job performing them to the rest of the school and our grown ups! In Literacy, we used our writing skills to write a recount of our nativity and which part we enjoyed the most, making sure to remember our full stops, finger spaces and capital letters within our sentences. In Maths this week, we have been focussing on addition and subtraction. We used resources such as number lines, part whole models and dice to help us work out the answers and write them as an equation. 

Phonics: i-e, a-e, o-e, u-e.
Tricky Words - pure, sure, love, little. 

We have been super busy in Year 1 this week! We have started to look at doubles and halves in Maths, exploring this concept with a range of resources such as numicon, cubes and cuisenaire rods. In Literacy, we are continuing our journey with Traction Man as he visits Granny’s house. We have planned our writing using a comic strip style plan to match our text, before writing a recount of events. In DT this week we have explored different joining materials and created our very own jumping Traction Man!

Phonics: e-e, ew, ie, aw. 
Tricky Words - should, our, house, mouse, water.

This week in Year 1, we have been channelling our inner superheroes and using the vocabulary used in our text Traction Man, to improve our own writing in Literacy. We saved the toys from ice, and we recreated Traction Man’s journey to Granny’s house using our roleplay station! In Maths this week, we have been looking at increasing and decreasing values, using our new vocabulary to describe the number patterns on our stations and using our new Maths book to learn what odd and even numbers are. We have continued to learn our dance routines about toys in PE this week and have enjoyed putting all of our new skills together. 

Phonics: Split Digraphs i-e, a-e, and o-e.
Tricky Words: Mr, Mrs, Ms, Could, Would. 

This week, Year 1 had an exciting visit from Chertsey Museum! They brought a range of toys from the past for us to explore such as old dolls, cars and spinning tops. We continued this learning within our History lessons by researching how toys have changed using books, fact sheets, old videos and ipads to support our research. In maths this week, Year 1 have been looking at numbers within 20 and exploring each number and how it is represented in different ways. In Literacy this week, we have focussed on our text ‘Lost in the Toy Museum’ and describing the toys in our story.

Phonics: This week we have looked at our new tricky words, ‘their, people, oh and your’ and we’ve explored which other graphemes can make the ‘oo’ sound.

This week, we have been following the journey of the Gingerbread Man, as he runs ‘as fast as he can’ to get away from all of the animals. We have been impressing our teachers with our sentence writing, including using finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. In Maths, we have been exploring how we represent numbers to 10 and also doubling and halving our numbers. We are all thoroughly enjoying diving into our ‘Fairytale Forest’ themed half term, and we can’t wait to welcome our parents and carers into our classrooms next week. 
Phonics:  
This week in phonics we have been recapping our digraphs and looking at our tricky words; my, go, so, and by.