Year 1

What will we be learning about next week in Year 1? Writing The children will be creating ‘wanted’ posters to help find the big bad wolf who has escaped from the forest! They will be building upon the language learned last week to help them create a vocabulary rich description of the wolf. Phonics We […]

Writing The children will continue to read the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. We will be focusing on character descriptions by describing the big bad wolf. We will be teaching them new, more exciting words to extend their vocabulary and how to use the word ‘and’ appropriately to extend their sentences. Phonics We will […]

Writing From now on, our learning will be topic based (like the rest of the school). Our first topic is called ‘Traditional Tales’, and so, we shall start by focusing on the classic story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. This will involve role play, story mapping and rewriting parts of the story.   Phonics We […]

Thank you to all of Year 1 and 2 for their performances of The Landlord’s Cat. The story was about a Bethlehem cat who becomes curious about Mary and Joseph’s arrival at the inn.  The Year 1 children supported with their beautiful singing and the Year 2 children acted the story out well whilst speaking very clearly. We were extremely […]

Writing The children will be writing and decorating their Christmas cards/letters. They will also be taking part in lots of fun Christmas-related activities e.g. making decorations; listening to Christmas music; playing games and doing lots of Christmas arts and crafts! Phonics We will be finishing Phase 5. The children will be learning the following sounds: i-e (smile), e-e (even), u-e […]

Writing The role play area will be changed into a house, decorated for Christmas. Year 1 will be encouraged to write Christmas cards, letters, stories and notes.  Phonics We will continue with Phase 5. The children will be learning the following sounds: au (author), ey (monkey), and a-e (cake). Maths The children will continue to learn […]

Writing Year 1 will be continuing to write letters and stories, as well as label maps and make signs for our hospital. Phonics We will continue with Phase 5. The children will be learning the following sounds: wh (when), ph (dolphin), ew (screw) and oe (toe). Maths The children will continue to learn about place […]

Writing Chaos is going to strike next week at the Y1 Hospital and the children will need to help treat lots of patients! They will have to use their writing skills to practice writing medical notes, treatment plans, reports – the lot! The children will also watch a video about a little girl’s experience at […]

Science Following our ‘Discover Your Body’ workshop, the children will be continuing to learn about the body and the senses. Around class, they will have the opportunity to participate in various activities that engage the senses, e.g: –       Finding letters and sounds in jelly/spaghetti to make up a particular word –       Smelling different scents and describing them […]