Year 1 Friday Blog - 21st June 2024

Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 1:43pm

Dear parents,

Welcome to the Year 1 Friday blog!

"Hello, I am Miss Hood! I am going to be your teacher until Summer. I have just come back from teaching for 2 years in the Middle East. I have previously worked in Year 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. I am so excited to be working with you all and I can't wait to have lots of fun and learning."

Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings and lots more.

Thank you for your support with our new weekly blogs. It has been fantastic to hear the children talking about them in school this week. Every Friday the blog will be shared with the class to recap our learning and make them aware of their homework. Moving to online homework has allowed us to become a more eco friendly school. Throughout the week we will be learning about the spelling rule in preparation for the quiz on Thursday.

Homework

Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Question prompts are provided within reading books, coloured book marks and reading records. Asking questions improves key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference.

Phonics - The children are confident in recognising their phase 3 and phase 5 sounds. Please encourage them to apply this knowledge when completing any writing activities at home.

Spellings - Please find this weeks spellings below. In the 'files to download' section you will find an overview of spellings for this half term and spelling strategies to use at home.

Homework folders do not need to be returned to school.

Our learning this week in Year 1

English

This week the children have been learning all about Alfie the Lonely Pirate. We have created actions, completed a comprehension task and created a story map. Next week, we will be looking at the features of the text and how to use these in our own writing.

Maths

This week, we have been learning about place value. We have been focusing on 10 more and 10 less. Next week, we are focusing on addition and subtraction.

To help with counting backwards, encourage the children to join in with the video below.

Computing

In computing, we have focused on coding and programming.

Geography

We have been recapping our knowledge on the human and physical features of the environment.