Week 5: Week Commencing Monday 25th Nov- 29th Nov  

In Y1 this week:  

In Maths this week we have learnt to become more systematic when looking at number bonds. In English we have completed a narrative in the style of Rapunzel. 

In our Discovery learning we have investigated the strength of materials.  

 
Home learning this week:  

• Read regularly with your child, including practising sight (RR) words.  

• Maths ICT game ‘Save the Whale’ 

• https://ictgames.com/saveTheWhale/.   

• Continue to use Phonics Play https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources  

  and Numbots https://play.numbots.com   

  
Key Information:  

Indoor PE is on Friday and outdoor PE is on Wednesday (weather permitting).  

Please order all school dinners at home.  

Non-uniform Friday 6th December 

Xmas fair Friday 6th December – after school 
  
    

Have a lovely weekend  

The Year 1 Team  

Week 4: Week Commencing Monday 18th Nov- 22^nd Nov 

In Y1 this week: 

In Maths this week we have moved onto writing addition number sentences and fact families. In English, we have focussed on time adverbials and using these in our writing. 

In our Discovery learning we have continued to look at the properties of materials, investigating changing states of solid and liquid.

On Tuesday, we had a fantastic time during our Art Day! All the children enjoyed learning about the artist Wassily Kandinsky, identifying the primary colours and mixing these to make secondary colours.

 
Home learning this week: 

• Read regularly with your child, including practising sight (RR) words. 

• Continue to use Phonics Play https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources 

  and Numbots https://play.numbots.com  

• In PSHE we have focussed on tying shoelaces as part of our ‘staying safe’ learning – please practice this at home so your child can become even more independent. One way to do this is using ‘bunny ears’, link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/something-special-shoelace-song

However, please choose the method that you feel is best for your child.

 
Key Information: 

Indoor PE is on Friday and outdoor PE is on Wednesday (weather permitting). 

Please order all school dinners at home. 

Friday 29^th November ‘wear trainers to school’ chocolate donation for Christmas fair.
 
Now the weather is colder, please can all children have jogging bottoms/warm leggings and socks for their P.E. bags.

If you have any moving picture books, pop up books, lift the flap, sliding pictures, moving wheels, and are happy to share these in class, please can you bring them in during the week. We will look at them during the following week as part of our DT discovery day.

Have a lovely weekend 

The Year 1 Team 

Week 3: Week Commencing Monday 11^th Nov- 15^th Nov

In Y1 this week:

In Maths this week we have moved onto addition and finding fact families using part whole models. In English, we have continued to explore the characters of Rapunzel and the witch, focussed on using ‘and’ in sentences.

In our Discovery learning we have looked at the properties of materials using vocabulary such as smooth, rough, bendy, transparent etc.

Home learning this week:

• Read regularly with your child, including practising sight (RR) words.
• Go on a material hunt around your home. E.g. plastic, metal, wood, etc. Write a list of all the different ones you find.
• Continue to use Phonics Play https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources

  and Numbots https://play.numbots.com

Key Information:

Indoor PE is on Friday and outdoor PE is on Wednesday (weather permitting).

Please order all school dinners at home.

 

Below are the photo highlights of our week in action.

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 1 Team

Week 2: Week Commencing Monday 4th – Friday 8th November  

In Y1 this week:  

In English we have continued to explore our text ‘Rapunzel’ by Bethan Woolen. We have focussed on using new vocabulary and phrases in sentences. 

In Maths, we have identified missing numbers on the numberline and begun to use part whole models for addition. 

In Discovery, we began learning about materials. We have identified different types of materials both in and out of the classroom and grouped objects according to the materials they are made from.  

Home learning this week:  

• Read regularly with your child, including practising sight (RR) words.  

• Log into Phonics Play and play any of the Phase 3 games. 

• Explore Numbots – Log in letters have been given to the children and should be in their book bags .  

 
Key Information:  

Starting on Monday both Year 1 classes will have a 3rd Year student teacher from Manchester Metropolitan University. Ellie Welsby will be in Packham class and Ella-Mae Machnik in Attenborough class. Their placement will run until February. We hope you will join us in welcoming them to our school. 

Indoor PE is on Friday and outdoor PE is on Wednesday.  

Please order all school dinners at home.  
  
 

Below are the photo highlights of our week in action.  

Have a lovely weekend 

The Year 1 Team  

Week 1: Week Commencing Monday 28th October - Friday 1^st November 

In Y1 this week: 

Welcome back to a new half term. It has been lovely to hear about your holiday activities and to see the children at the Spooky Disco.

In English we have begun to explore our new text ‘Rapunzel’ by Bethan Woolen.

In Maths, we have used the symbols of more than, less than and equal to. We have also begun to order and sequence numbers.

In Discovery, we began learning about the seasons and identified a tree that we will observe across the school year, noting changes to its appearance.

Home learning this week: 

• Read regularly with your child, including practising sight (RR) words. 

• Log into Phonics Play and play any of the Phase 3 games.
• Play the Maths interactive game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering

Key Information: 

Indoor PE is on Friday and outdoor PE is on Wednesday. 

Please order all school dinners at home. 
 
Dates for your diary: 

• Thursday 7^th November – Dress like a Rock Star Day

Below are the photo highlights of our week in action. 

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 1 Team 

Week 7: Week Commencing Monday 14th October - Friday 18th October  

In Y1 this week:  

What an amazing Harvest Assembly the children performed on Wednesday! Thank you to everyone who came; we hope you enjoyed it. We are very proud of how the children learnt their lines and songs.  

In Maths this week we have been developing our understanding of comparing numbers using the vocabulary greater than, less than and equal to. We have extended this to look at the associated symbols. In English, we completed our re-telling of Old Bear. 

In our Discovery learning, we continued our topic ‘Are new things always better? by looking at space travel and the impact of changes in transport over time.  

  
Home learning this week:  

• Read regularly with your child, including practising sight (RR) words.  

• Log into Phonics Play and play any of the Phase 3 games.  

• Holiday Project: Learn and write about a famous person in transport. You could choose from people such as: 

• Tim Peake 

• Wright Brothers 

• Henry Ford 

• Montgolfier Brothers 

• Bessie Coleman 

• George Stephenson    

Or any other person you find that interests you! Bring your work in on Monday 28th October. 

  
Key Information:  

Next Half Term P.E.   

Indoor PE is on Friday and outdoor PE is on Wednesday.  

Please order all school dinners at home.  
  
Dates for your diary:  

• 30th October – PTA Spooky Disco 

• 31st October – Individual School Photo 

Below are the photo highlights of our week in action.  

Have a lovely half term holiday  

The Year 1 Team  

Week 6: Week Commencing Monday 7th October - Friday 11th October

Thank you to everyone who came to Parent meetings this week. It was lovely to meet you all and talk with you about your children.

In English this week we have continued our work on Old Bear by beginning to write a re-telling of the story. We are working hard to include full stops, capital letters and to extend our sentences using and.

In our Discovery learning, we continued our topic ‘Are new things always better? by looking at how aeroplanes have changed over time and learning about Bessie Coleman & Amelia Earhart.

Home learning this week:

• Read regularly with your child, including practising sight (RR) words.
• Log into Phonics Play and play any of the Phase 3 games. We are recapping the Phase 3 sounds from Reception. Reading Robot is one of our favourites in class. The password for this was shared via Tapestry last week.
• Use the free learning game Bee More or Less on the website ICT Games to explore one more and one less within 20. Please follow this link: https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/beeMoreOrLess/index.html you can extend this to 20 by changing the slider at the top.

Key Information:

Indoor PE is on Tuesday and outdoor PE is on Thursday (weather permitting).

Please order all school dinners at home.

Dates for your diary:

• PTA Pumpkin Patch Saturday 12^th Oct
• Wednesday 16^th October Harvest Assembly 9am – food donations welcome.
• PTA Spooky Disco Wednesday 30^th October

Below are the photo highlights of our week in action.

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 1 Team

Week 5: Week Commencing Monday 30^th September - Friday 4^th October

We have really enjoyed our Art Day this week, looking at Giuseppe Arcimboldo. In English this week we continued our work on Old Bear by writing a character description for him. We were great at thinking of adjectives and then applying them

in our sentences. We worked hard to include full stops and capital letters.  

In Maths, we have focussed on counting forwards and finding one more of a given number. In our Discovery learning, we continued our topic ‘Are new things always better? by looking at how cars and buses have changed over time.

Home learning this week:

• Please read with your child regularly throughout the week, including asking comprehension questions and practice sight words.
• Write a description of your favourite toy. E.g I like my unicorn teddy the best. It has sparkly eyes and a big horn. It feels fluffy and soft. This can be brought in to share with your class.

Key Information:
 

• Please remember to send you child’s reading books into school each day. Library books only need to be returned to school on Mondays.

• This term our PE days are Tuesday and Thursdays.

Dates for your diary:

• Our Harvest Assembly is on Wednesday 16^th October involving all of Y1. We welcome food donations (no fresh food please) for the food bank ‘The Pantry’ in Marple. Please bring donations in on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 14^th-16^th October.
• Parents meetings Tuesday 8^th & Wednesday 9^th October

Have a lovely weekend.

Week 4 :  23^rd  September - 27^th September

A big thank you to all those who attended the Reading and Phonics meeting. We hope you found it useful, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher if you have further questions.  

In Y1 this week we have:

During Maths this week we have been recognising numbers as words. We used tens frames in the form of train carriages and had to match the numeral, word and then add the correct amount of passengers.  

In PSHE we talked about ways to keep ourselves and our friends safe online. Children shared the many different ICT devices that they are fortunate to have at home and we learnt about ways to keep safe and what to do if anything makes us feel uncomfortable. We shared who our trusted adults are and the importance of talking to adults if ever we are unsure. Great ideas Y1.

Home learning this week:

• Please read with your child regularly throughout the week, including asking comprehension questions and practice sight words.
• Phonics Play (details will be sent via the office). https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

We suggest this week children consolidate their understanding phase 2 and Phase 3.

Key Information:
 

• Please remember to send you child’s reading books into school each day. Library books only need to be returned to school on Mondays.

• This term our PE days are Tuesday and Thursdays..

Dates for your diary:

• Our Harvest Assembly is on Wednesday 16^th October involving all of Y1.

Have a lovely weekend.

Week 3  16th - 20th September

Dear Parents and Carers

We have had another jam-packed week in Year 1! On Tuesday we had a visit from the Canals & Rivers Trust. Katie led a workshop that took the children through the development of the canals, explaining why and how they were made. In English, we have continued to explore the story of ‘Old Bear’ and in Maths we have focussed on representing numbers within 10 and extending this to 20 as a challenge.

Homework: 

• Please read with your child on a regular basis, signing their Reading Record each time.
• Please follow the link to a free Maths resource. Please choose games in the age range 5-7 years to practice counting with your child. This can be numbers to 10 then extend to 20 if your child is confident.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

• Complete the Discover Marple Locks activity sheet – follow the link to our website
• Complete the ‘Make your own canal boat’ project – children should have their boat in their book bag. Instructions for cutting and gluing are on our website in ‘Homework resources’.

Important information:

• If you have any questions, queries or need to pass on information to your child’s teacher, please talk to them directly or send an email via the office.

• Please remember to send you child’s reading books into school each day.

• This term our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday.

• Please don’t forget to order your child’s lunch at home.

Dairy Dates:

Thursday 26^th Sept: Phonics information meeting 2.15pm & 5pm

Please sign up as soon as possible via the email from Admin.

Wednesday 17^th October: Year 1 Harvest Festival Assembly 9am (You do not need to sign up for this, just come on the day but no more than 2 adults per child please.)

Enjoy the weekend!

Year 1 team

Week 2: 9th - 13th September

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a busy week it has been! Now that we have had a full week in school together, we can see that the children are showing a really good understanding of the expectations of Year 1. On Tuesday we had a visit from Christians in Schools Trust, as part of our RE curriculum. The children explored the meaning of ‘Belonging’ and began to recognise symbols of belonging in the Christian faith.

To see some photographs of learning in action from this week, please visit our website. Follow the link below to discover our class page; where we showcase learning and share all of the excitement going on in class.

Website link:

https://www.ludworth.org.uk/year-group-pages/
 

Homework: 

• Children will be bringing a phonic reading book and library book home on Monday. Book change in Year 1 is each Monday. Library books can be kept at home throughout the week and retuned each Monday.
• Please follow the link to a free Maths resource. Please choose games in the age range 5-7 years to practice counting with your child. This can be numbers to 10 then extend to 20 if your child is confident.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

Important information:

• If you have any questions, queries or need to pass on information to your child’s teacher, please talk to them directly or send an email via the office.

• Please remember to send you child’s reading books into school each day.

• This term our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday.

• Please don’t forget to order your child’s lunch at home.

Dairy Dates:

• Reading and Phonic Meeting Thursday 26^th September. There will be two sessions available 2.15pm-3.00pm & 5pm- 5.45pm. Sign up information has been sent via the office.

Enjoy the weekend!

Year 1 team

Week 1 4th September -6th September

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back to school! We have really enjoyed the last few days getting to know your children. They have shown great adaptability moving into Year 1 and have settled in well.

Homework: 

• Children will be bringing a phonic reading book and library book home on Monday. Book change in Year 1 is each Monday. Library books can be kept at home throughout the week and retuned each Monday.

Important information:

• Please could we politely request that you do not read the 2 books mentioned in the English section of the Year 1 Newsletter with your child. We read these books in sections over a period of weeks during our English lessons and it may reduce the learning impact if children have read the complete text at home in advance.

• If you have any questions, queries or need to pass on information to your child’s teacher, please talk to them directly or send an email via the office.

• Please remember to send you child’s reading books into school each day.

• This term our PE days are Tuesday and Friday.

• Your child no longer needs to bring Wellies into school.

• Please don’t forget to order your child’s lunch at home.

Dairy Dates:

• Reading and Phonic Meeting Thursday 26^th September. There will be two sessions available 2.30pm-3.00pm & 5pm- 5.30pm. Sign up information will be sent via the office shortly.

Thank you for all your support transitioning your children into Year 1. We look forward to working with you over the course of the coming year.

Miss Morten & Mrs Welsh