Wow! What a great first term Oak Class have had. They have all settled well into Year 1 life and enjoyed their school trip to We The Curious!
Here are some of the things we have been busy learning about:
In Maths, Oak Class have been exploring addition, subtraction and part-whole models using the Pictorial and Abstract concept.
In English, Oak Class have been busy taking part in Drawing Club. They have worked hard to deepen character descriptions, setting and imagination through various books including: The Day the Crayons Quit and The Gruffalo’s Child.
In SPaG, Oak Class have been writing sentences, using question marks, verbs, capital letters and the suffix -ing.
In History, everyone has relished the unit of ‘The Big Dig’ which has looked at the legacy of Mary Anning. I have been amazed with how Oak Class has memorised and recalled facts and confidently argued why/why not Mary Anning should have a statue in Lyme Regis. Why not ask your child to tell you some facts? Oak additionally used this in our school trip by making their own fossils.
In RE, Oak Class have looked at the idea of the Creation Story and reviewed ideas of why we should look after our planet.
In PSHE, Oak have explored the unit ‘Being Me in My World.’ In this, Oak Class have had various discussion-based lessons on how to look after each other, themselves and how they can be proud of their achievements.
In Science, Oak Class have explored the unit of ‘Seasons: Autumn and Winter;’ as well starting their ‘Animals (including Humans)’ topic learning about the characteristics of animal groups.
In PE, Oak have all got stuck in learning the skills to throw underarm, overarm, dribble and shoot into a hoop.
In Art, Oak Class have explored the unit of ‘Drawing.’ This has included how to explore line, waves, making art with media and mark making. Oak Class have really been able to explore their creativity, and I look forward to seeing more!
In Music, Oak Class have been appraising, improvising and listening to songs. These have tied in nicely with singing assemblies, and we will also use these lessons to support our learning of our Nativity songs, next term.
In Guided Reading, Oak have been using our learning from daily phonics lessons and Drawing Club to retrieve, make inferences and predict parts of the book to answer questions.
In Forest, Oak Class have used natural resources to make crafts, have built dens and learnt about fire safety.
In Computing, Oak Class have been learning about what technology is, and have explored where to locate different letters and numbers on a keyboard.
Well done Oak Class for all your hard work this term. I am really proud of how you have settled into Year 1. Next term we will be learning lots of new, exciting topics with the addition of the Nativity!
Have a lovely half term break.
Miss Black
WOW! What a great time Oak Class have had already! The children have developed old and new friendships, amazed me with their hard work, started new topics and familiarised themselves with the class mascot, Mr Monkey! A particular interest so far has been the History unit of Mary Anning. We are enjoying learning about fossils. Alongside History, all children have been working extremely hard in Maths to consolidate learning of number including sorting and comparing number groups. Oak have enjoyed our first class novel of ‘The Twits!’ Why not ask us about our learning so far?
Keep a look out on the school Facebook page to see updates about our learning!
Reminders:
PE: Please ensure your child wears their PE kit to school on Thursday.
Forest: Please ensure your child wears their Forest kit (long sleeves and trousers) to school on Wednesday
Homework:
Doodle Maths (20 minutes weekly)
Reading (At least 3 times per week)
Weekly Spellings (to be tested every Friday). These will be put into your child’s reading record every Friday.
As always, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I look forward to an exciting year ahead!