Class 4: Blog items
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 11/11/2024
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 4:35pm
This week in Year 1 we have been continuing our learning about the seasons. We have continued to use the book Tree by Britta Teckentrup. Here is a link to a video of the book if you would like to enjoy it at home.
Read Aloud: Tree by Britta Teckentrup
The children created some amazing freeze frames of each of the seaons at the start of the week and have gone on to produce a piece of writing about the setting written as though they were the owl who watches the seasons come and go.
In Maths we have been working on learning our number bonds to 10. This week we have been looking at addition pairs and next week we will be moving on to subtraction.We have used numicon and ten frames to support our learning.
In topic we started our learning about dinosaurs creating a timeline of events from 65 million years ago to the present day and in Science we have continued our learning about seasonal change.
All of Year 1 will be presenting an assembly to parents on Tuesday 19th November at 9 10am and we would love to see you there!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 4/11/2024
Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 2:00pm
This week we have started some of our new topics. In Science we have started learning about seasonal change and in History we have started to learn abour dinosaurs.
In English this week we looked at a lovely book called Tree. Here is a link to a video of the book if you would like to watch it at home.
Read Aloud: Tree by Britta Teckentrup
We have looked at the beautiful illustarations and used them to help us to describe the setting in each of the different seasons. We bacame authors and illustrators when we designed our own big write sheet inspired by the book.Next week we will be writing in character as the owl.
In Maths we have been using ten frames to show and recognise amaounts. Next week we will be using them to look at number bonds and addition.
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 21/10/2024
Date: 25th Oct 2024 @ 8:42am
This week we have had a fantastic Curriculum Week based on Incusion and Diversity.In English we used the book 'All Are Welcome' to do some fantastic drama and poster making. Here is a link to the book so that you can enjoy it at home.
All Are Welcome – Read aloud kids book in fullscreen and with music!
The children have been inspired by Lee Pearson, a paralympic equestrian champion,who can control a horse just by using his hips. We have explored our own talents and realised that we all have different talents that make us special and unique. Lots of children were keen to show off their talents in Mrs Glynn's assembly!
In Maths we have been doing lots of learning about length, learning how to measure with non standard units like cubes and how to use a ruler - maybe you could try doing some measuring at home? Either using non standard units like pasta or beads or with a ruler.
Next term our topic is dinosaurs and there is some home learning linked to this on the website.
Have a wonderful Half Term break!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 14/10/2024
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 4:03pm
This week we have done some fantastic learning about Autumn. In English we read an Autumn poem and wrote our own based on how all five senses are affected by it. We then performed our poem - you will be able to see it when it is Year 1's assembly in Novemeber!
In Science we also focused on our senses, particulary smell and taste. The children tried to guess what was in some containers just by smelling them and tasted sweet, savoury and sour food- they were not very keen on the lime!!
In Maths we have been doing subtraction both practically and using pictures - perhaps you could do some taking away at home?
Next week it is our curriculum week on Inclusion and Diversity until Thursday, then on Friday we have a day celebrating Black History
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 7/10/2024
Date: 10th Oct 2024 @ 4:49pm
This week in Year 1 we have continued our learning based on the lovely book 'The Lonely Beast'.On Monday the children received a letter from the Beast asking for their help to find him a friend. The children used the book to decide what the friend would have to be like - one great idea was that he needed to be adventurous because the Beast loved walking and climbing mountains another one was that he needed to love eating cake and drinking tea. The children have looked at what the features of a letter are and have used them in their own letter.
In Maths we have been adding two amounts together. We started by using counting objects to make sets then combining them and counting again and at the end of the week we have been able to write an equation using + and = and solve it practically. Perhaps you could try this at home with your child?
In phonics we have now moved onto phase 5 and the children are learning to read and write different graphemes and phonemes - we are looking forward to welcoming lots of parents to our Phonics workshop on Friday!
Next week we will be looking at some Autumn poems in English and subtraction in Maths.
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 30/9/2024
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 12:40pm
This week we have been doing some fantastic learning about the book The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. Here is a link to a video of it if you would like to enjoy it at home.
The Lonely Beast - by Chris Judge, read by Mrs M. Dodd (youtube.com)
The children have produced some fantastic character descriptions of the Beast and will be writing a letter to him next week. In Maths we have been finding one less than a given number - first by using sets of objects, removing one and counting the set that remained, then moving onto using a number line. Perhaps you could practise this at home?
We started our Art topic this wek and the children researched the life of Andy Warhol then experimented to create a self portarait with different media!
We have also moved onto phase 5 in our phonics - learning some tricky new sounds. There will be a parents workshop on Friday to allow you to see how phonics is taught to your child and it would be fantastic to see you there!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 23/9/2024
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 1:55pm
This week in year 1 we have been continuing our learning about the book Martha Maps it Out. We looked closely at the main character - Martha - and have thought about both her appearance and her personality. Our Big Write has been a character description to include both aspects.
In Science we have been looking more closely at our bodies and thinking about our senses. We have focused on touch, sight and hearing this week and will be looking at taste and smell next week. We have done lots of activities to develop our understanding of which parts of our bodies we use when using these senses.
In Geography we have been looking at our local area and sorting human and physical features then thinking of similariities and differences between towns and the countryside.
In maths we have been finding one more using practical resources and number lines. Next week we will be finding one less. Maybe you could practise both of these with your child at home using some simple activities here is one idea for you!
Bee Hive - More & Less (ictgames.com)
Next week we start a new book called The Lonely Beast.
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 17/9/2024
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 2:34pm
This week Year 1 have been doing lots of fantastic learning!
On Tuesday we had an amazing opportunity to meet the author Kevin Sinfield who alongside his friend Rob Burrows wrote the book Try. The children heard all about his early life and later life in sport. They then listened to him read his book and answer questions. They were really lucky to meet such an amazing author!
This weeks English learning has been based on the bool Martha Maps it out.
Here is a link to the video if you would like to watch it with your child.
MARTHA MAPS IT OUT 🗺 Leigh Hodgkinson | Read aloud #storyoftheweek - YouTube
The children did some amazing drama learning at the start of the week creating Marthas bedroom with their body's, this helped them to write a settibng description of the bedroom as their BIg Write.
In Maths the chilldren have been ordering numbers all the way up to 30 - next week we will be finding one more!
This week in Year 1... Wb 24th June
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 3:59pm
This week Class 4 have done lots of fun learning!
We have been looking at the story 'No dragons for tea' and learnt all about fire safety! We have created our own Fire safety posters using imperative verbs and we also did some drama creating freeze frames from the story.
In Topic, we have been comparing now and then in relation to firefighters thinking about the differences. We are enjoying learning lots about The Great Fire of London!
We also had so much fun taste testing in Design and Technology, tasting different biscuits thinking about the smell and taste as we will be creating our own healthy biscuits in a few weeks.
In Science, we learnt all about the properties of materials! working in groups, we thought about what each object was made of and how it felt/looked.
On thursday we had a football tournament which everyone took part in and we got to show off our fantastic football skills! Well done to everyone :)
We have had such a busy week full of lots of different learning - we hope you enjoyed reading all about it.
Next week, we will be doing some letter writing to our dragon friends about fire safety and we will also be doing fractions in Maths!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 17/6/2024
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 4:22pm
This week we have been doing some exciting learning linked to our Design annd Technology topic - Biscuits. In English we have looked at recipes and how they are structured. We followed a recipe to make our own biscuits and then we have written our own trying to include all the features that we found in our feature search. Next week we will be tasting a variety of biscuits and deciding what we want to put in the ones that we design and make later in the term.
In Maths we have done some fantastic dividing, starting with hands on concrete examples and moving onto pictorial and more abstract examples - maybe at home they could show you how to share some things around the house equally.
In our History topic - The Great Fire of London - we have created a timeline of the events back in 1666 and are moving onto look at the differences and similarities between firefighters back then and now.
All the children were very excited to share their news from the weekend about how they celebrated Eid and we look forward to seeing them in their Eid clothes on Friday when it is Eid party afternoon!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 6/5/2024
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 12:42pm
This week we have done lots of fantastic learning about Africa in Topic and English lessons. We have researched and created factfiles about African animals in English and in Topic we learned all about life in the African country of Kenya. The children were able to say how the country is similar to the one they live in and how it is different.
In PHSE we have continued our learning about Healthy Lifestyles and talked about why it is important to brush your teeth. All the children had a go at cleaning a set of giant teeth! In RE we looked at the Christian ceremony of Baptism and the sybolism within the ceremeny.
Next week our book is Handa's Surprise and we will be starting off the week by making a fruit salad - and eating it !!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 29/3/2024
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 8:55am
This week we have done lots of fantastic learning based on the book 'The Ugly Five ' by Julia Donaldson. Here is a link to the story if you would like to enjoy it with your child.
The Ugly 5 - Read Aloud Story (youtube.com)
Our writing has been two different forms of poetry - an acrostic poem and a riddle. The children chose which one they would like to perform to the rest of the class.
In Topic we have continued our learning about Africa, thinking about what the climate is like in the different parts of the continent.
In Science we have continued our learning about plants. This week we learned about where plants come from and even planted our own seeds that have now sprouted and the children will be bringing home.
Next week we will be writing some factfiles about African animals!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 22/4/2024
Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 4:56pm
This week in Year 1 we have been continuing our learning linked to our opic of Africa. In English we have spent another week in the company of Sunny the meercat as he went on an adventure to try an find himself a new home only to find that his old one was actually perfect after all.
Here is a link to the story if you would like to watch it at home.
All the children have written a fantastic retell of the story as their big write this week.
In Maths we have been consolidating our learning about subtraction by using numberlines as well as concrete and pictorial methods.In Topic we have continued to find out more about the continent of Africa by completeing some mapwork.
In PSHE we have been learning about germs and how they spread. We have seen how it important it is that we wash our hands thoroughly with soap frequently!
Next week we will be planting seeds in Science and writing some poetry in English.
Year 1's learning this week...
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 12:59pm
Our first week back after the holidays and Year 1 have been super eager to learn! In literacy, we have been reading the story 'Meerkat Mail' which links to our Topic Africa this half term. We wrote some fantastic character descriptions all about the main character Sunny, using lots of adjectives. This week we also had a go at improving our learning by editing and adding in more adjectives and lots of different conjunctions!
In Maths, we have been re-capping our addition learning, using number lines and we have been adding 2 digit numbers as well as learning how to jump in tens and ones!
This half term, in PSHE, we are looking at healthylifestyles. This week's focus was on germs and how to make sure we do not spread them. We carried out an experiment, showing the difference between using hand soap and not using hand soap. Class 4 had lots of fun!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 11/3/2024
Date: 14th Mar 2024 @ 4:23pm
This week we have done some fantastic learning creating an alternative re-tell of the story The Kiss That Missed. The children introduced new characters and new settings to give their own version of the story - they were very imaginative!
In Topic we have learned about how castles have changed over time and we placed the different sorts of castles on a timeline.
In Maths we have been using numberlines to solve subtraction equations and have solved real life problems in a team challenge game - the winners managed to complte all the questions accurately and showed they were very confident to use a numberline.
On Thursday we had a visit from Madeleine Lindley Bookshop and each child was able to choose a book to take home and enjoy, it is a gift from the Harmonytrust and we hope they enjoy and traesure them!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 4/3/2024
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 4:37pm
This week we have started our learing about Knights and Castles. We used the book 'The Kiss that Missed' for our English learning. Here is a video of the book if you would like to share it with your child!
'The Kiss that Missed' read by Karan Brar (youtube.com)
The children have written a re tell of the story focusing on including exciting verbs and good sentence starters in their writing.
In Maths the children have been doing lots of addition learning, using a number line to support them. Next week they will be moving on to using the same tool to help them with subtraction.
In topic we started to learn about the features of castles and learned some technical vocabulary to describe these buildings. Next week we will be learning about the different types of castlesthat there are in the UK.
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 12:32pm
This week Year 1 have done some amazing learning based on the book Mixed which is about some colours who mix to make new ones ! The whole school have been focusing on writing and in Year 1 we have written a character description and a retell of the story. The writing the children have produced has been amazing and they should be very proud of themselves.
As well as writing the children have done some great drama learning creating a Soundscape of the city where the colours live and creating a Conscience Alley for the colours to walk through to decide whether they should mix or not.
The art work the children have created has also been based on the book and they have done some optical colour mixing based n the work of artist George Seurat. They also became illustrators for the afternoon and created some new characters for the book.
Next week our learning witll be linked to our topic learning about Knights and Castles and we will be reading the book The Kiss That Missed!
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 12:37pm
This week in Year 1 we have been using the text The Kings Pant's to do lots of great English learning. Here is a link to the story if you would like to listen to it with your child.
THE KING'S PANTS 👑 Nicholas Allan | Read aloud #storyoftheweek #kingcharlesbooks - YouTube
Throughout the week the children have designed some special pants for the King to wear - they have been amazingly imaginative! On Friday they wrote a letter to describe the pants to the King - We hope he likes them!
We have continued our topic learning about Great Britain learning about human and physical features - next week we will be making some features out of junk as our end of Topic finish! And we will be creating a factfile of all the learning that we have done so far about Great Britain.
Thank you to all the parents who attended the phonics screening test parents meeting - some information for those parents who did not manage to attend will be sent home next week.
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 29/1/2024
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 12:33pm
This week we have carried on with our learning about Paddinton Bear. This week he has gone on a tour of Great Britain, stopping at Mount Snowdon, Blackpool Tower,Edinburgh Castle, Giants Causeway and The Angel of the North. In our groups we have found out lots of facts about these landmarks ready to write a diary entry in Paddington's diary on Friday.
In Science we continued our learning about classifying anaimals by finding out lots of information about amphibians - making posters to share our knowledge.
In our Topic learning we have looked at British weather patterns and created a factfile on Purple Mash to show what each season looks and feels like.
Next week our new book will be 'The King's Pants' and in Science we will be looking at reptiles.
Date: 18th Jan 2024 @ 5:08pm
This week, we have continued looking at the story of The Queen's hat but.. it came all the way to Glodwick! We have been using time connectives and fantastic adjectives to write super descriptive sentences.
In Maths, we have been looking at our number bonds to 10 and 20, using lots of different methods to help us.
We continued with our science learning, looking at Mammals and sorting them.
In Topic, we had lots of fun learning all about British Traditions and will be moving onto look at the countries and captial cities in the UK.
We have had a fun week full of lots of learning!
Year 1 Weekly Blog WB 8/1/2024
Date: 11th Jan 2024 @ 4:00pm
This week in Year 1 we have done lots of fantastic learning! Our book for this week is The Queen's Hat here is a video link if you would like to watch it with your child
The Queen's Hat read by its author and illustrator Steve Antony (youtube.com)
We did some fantastic drama learning using a Story Whoosh to retell the story where we made the shapes of lots of the landmarks in London that the hat flew over on its journey with our bodies. We have written a retell of the story using fantastic sentence starters.
In topic we have started our new Science topic which is all about different sorts of animals. This week we looked at wild and pet animals and next week our learning will be about mammals.
In art we have looked at primary colours and created images with collage and pastels in the style of the artist Mondrian.
Next week we will be starting our topic learning about Great Britain!
P.E. is now on a Friday and we will be doing a half term of learning about gymnastics.
Date: 19th Oct 2023 @ 3:57pm
This week we have had LOTS of fun as it was french week!
We read the story Madeline in Literacy and wrote setting descriptions using our senses which links to our Science learning. We also used our acting skills to perform a story whoosh!
We also learnt our numbers in French!
And our favourite was creating a beautiful watercolour painting of the sunset with the Eiffel Tower in Art.
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 2:18pm
This week Class 4 have done lots of exciting learning!
In literacy, we have created our very own fact files about African animals which link to our Topic Africa! We did lots of fact finding and made sure we knew all of the features of a fact file.
We have found out lots of interesting facts about different African animals.
In R.E, we are learning about 'belonging' and this week we spoke about what it meant to belong to Greenhill Academy!
Some of us also made/designed some crowns at home for the King's coronation! We hope you enjoyed reading all about our learning and looking at the pictures.
Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 7:51pm
This week Class 4 continued looking at the Story One Snowy Night focusing on re-telling the story. We used our fantastic drama skills to create a story whoosh, acting out the story. We really enjoyed re-telling the story through drama. We have also focused on re-telling the story through sequencing and writing using time connectives and adjectives!
In Maths this week we began looking at 2D shapes thinking about their properties and also looking at shape patterns creating our own patterns. We got to go on a shape hunt using the iPads to take pictures of different shaped objects around our classroom.
We also started out new Art topic this week drawing self portraits and portraits of our friends using the same style of art used by Picasso. We really enjoyed our art lessons and created some beautiful portraits!
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 11:36pm
This week Class 4 have done lots of learning!
In Literacy, we continued looking at the story the story The Lonely Beast and we focused on letter writing thinking about the different features!
In Maths, we continued looking at addition looking at number bonds and using the part-whole model.
In Design and Technology, we have really been really excited learning about levers and sliders and have looked at different toys as well as designed our own.
In Computing, we continued to explore Purple mash on the iPads becoming more familiar with the different tools and being able to navigate around it independently to be able to help us when we use it at home.
Overall, we have had a fun and interesting week and are looking forward to Poetry day! :)
