What an exciting week we have had!

On Monday a box appeared in our classroom, it looked like a pet carrier but…something had nibbled its way out and gone missing! A letter told us that it was a pet that had come from the pet shop but it was a mystery creature that no one had ever seen before.

In English we made and wrote leaflets to help Mr. Jones, the pet shop owner, know all about this mystery creature and how to look after it. We considered the types of food it might eat, things it might want to play with and even thought of possible names.

In Maths we learnt about 3D shapes and had a go at describing their properties. We then used the shapes to construct houses for our mystery creature to keep it safe while we are looking after it for Mr. Jones.

In Science we were investigating in the outside area to see if our mystery creature would survive in the wild. We soon discovered that it was too brightly coloured and would not be camouflaged.

We were also very lucky to have a special visit from Eva Markestein, Joseph’s mummy. She told us all about her job as a vet and working with small animals. We had a brilliant time listening to the information and even got the chance to dress up as a vet, use a stethoscope and practise bandaging on a toy dog.

After half term our P.E days are temporarily changing.

Ladybirds and Caterpillars will be having their P.E sessions on a Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

Bumblebees will be having their P.E sessions on a Monday afternoon and Thursday morning.

We are also going to start focussing on spellings. Each week your child will bring home a short list of spellings, please can you practise at home as we will be having mini spelling tests the following week. A letter will be in the front of the children’s spelling books with further information.

Please save your shoeboxes!

After half term we are starting a new exciting topic. We will be starting a D.T project and every child will need a shoebox. Please save your shoeboxes over the next couple of weeks and bring them in after half term.

On Tuesday 31^st we are having a WOW day to introduce our new topic officially. Our topic is Enchanted Woodlands so children are welcome to dress up as fairies, pixies, elves and other mystical woodland creatures. Further reminders will follow.

Thank you for coming to parents evening this week. We enjoyed sharing your children’s wonderful learning with you. 

Weekly News

We have had a great week in Year 1 learning about tigers as part of our ‘Paws, Claws and Whiskers Topic.’ We started the week by listening to ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea.’ The children helped to sequence the story on the carpet and then made their own zig zag books which include captions and sentences as well as excellent illustrations. They all worked really hard to colour them in too. Later in the week children worked in groups of 4 and helped retell the story by acting it out.

In Maths we have been learning one more and one less than a given number. First we practised counting forwards and backwards on a number line to help with fluency. Then they used number lines with missing numbers and later had a go at doing it in their heads.

In Geography we continued with the tiger theme learning where the big cats live and also labelled maps with the 7 continents. In Art the children drew and painted some lovely tiger faces.

We have also been busy with Daily Activities which the children do independently. This has included designing a tin of tiger food in case the tiger comes for tea again!

We have stuck the children’s passwords for Education city and Bug Club in their green reading record books on the inside of the back cover.

Please could your child have a spare pair of socks in their PE bag for changing into – especially girls wearing tights.

Could we encourage you to not allow the children to have lots of keyrings attached to their school bags as we are experiencing some difficulties with them getting broken and lost.  Thank you for your support with this.

We wish you all a lovely weekend,

From the Year 1 team

The Tiger who came to tea

Today we have listened to the story of 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea'.  We've had a go at making our own zigzag storybooks.  Some super writing and drawings today.

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