Next Week...

Literacy

In Literacy we are looking at an Animated Tale called 'Something behind the curtain'. We will be exploring different emotions, settings, characters as well as making predictions about the story and writing a letter to the 'thing' behind the curtain! You could practise writing a letter at home. You could write to someone in your family or a friend at school!


Numeracy

In Numeracy we will be learning all about data handling! We will be looking at, and using, tables, lists, pictograms and tally charts to gather and display information.

You can practise using a pictogram at home on the link below. Ask a grown up to help you!

Create a pictogram

You can also practise reading pictograms on this link...

Reading Pictograms


Topic

In topic we will be making a sound story about a journey. We will be thinking of all the sounds you might hear on a journey and how we can create those sounds using instruments and our bodies. We will also be following instructions to make our very own car! We will be following our learning from last week where we made predictions about how to make a train move faster, and seeing if we can predict what will happen when we race our cars!

A very creative week!

We had a very creative week in Year One last week! In Literacy we made our own 'creatures' to go behind the door in our story 'Knock, Knock, Who's there'. We used lots of junk modelling and playdough to make our creatures so we could make them very 'descriptive'. Some people made scales by pressing straws into the playdough and some people used straws for spikes! Lots of our models were very sparkly - the classroom looked like Christmas had come early with glitter everywhere! We then described our models putting our describing words in sentences. Here are some of our creatures - can you spot yours? 

 
In Topic we have been learning all about trains! We have been looking at trains 'through the ages', we looked at pictures of early trains and even thought about what people used before trains were invented! We sorted pictures of 'old' and 'new' transport and we practised our computing skills by creating pictures of trains using a painting programme. Here is Amaelia's amazing picture - look at the detail of the driver ringing the bell!

In Numeracy we have been learning all about shapes and patterns. We have learnt about the properties of shapes and have been writing facts about shapes in our books! We have made lots of patterns using unifix cubes, peg boards and shapes. Here are some of our patterns...

In RE we looked at the Creation Story. We made a story map to help us remember what happened in the story. Can you retell the story? 

It's October already!!

Literacy

This week we will be looking at the story 'Knock Knock! Who's There?' by Sally Grindley. We will be using the book to help us think of lots of describing words and how we can use these in our writing. Can you think of any describing words? You could practise by describing your favourite toys at home! 

Numeracy 

This week we will be looking at shapes and patterns. We will be looking at the properties of 2D shapes and going on a walk around school to see what shapes we can spot! There are some games on education city to help you learn about shapes! What shapes can you see on your way to school? 

 We will also see if we can find patterns and will have a go at continuing and creating our own patterns too! Here is a great idea for practising patterns at home... have fun! 

Numeracy - Numicon

In Numeracy we have been busy adding up! We been exploring the magic of 'numicon' to help us with our adding and developing our understanding of number! We have been laying the tiles over a 'target' number to see what numbers 'go into' that number. Here you can see that 3+1+6=10! It's very clever and very fun to use! 

Are we nearly there yet?

As part of our topic we have been thinking about journeys we have been on. We thought about somewhere we had been and how we got there. We used lots of different objects to print with to create these lovely transport pictures and then we wrote about our journey! Can you spot yours? 

Guided Reading

We have been working hard in Guided Reading. We each have a Reading Journal where we collect all of our independent learning! We have lots of different activities to do throughout the week. We might be listening to stories, finding books from clues in the book corner, following instructions to colour in a picture, playing literacy games, completing a journal task, reading with Miss Burge or on Reading Eggs. Guided Reading is a very busy part of our day! We love it! 

PE - How many different ways can you travel?

In Gym we have been thinking about how we can travel, balance and roll. Here are some pictures of us travelling in different ways. We have been trying to link our movements too!