Well done!
Congratulations to Archie and Isabella for their election to the school council. I’m sure they’ll do a great job.
Also, well done to all the other children who stood in the election. I was very impressed with all the candidates’ presentations.
Don’t forget the class assembly on Thursday at 2.45pm.
We can write super sentences!
We have been learning even more about sentences. We all know that a sentence needs:
- to make sense
- a full stop at the end
- a capital letter at the beginning
Now we are even adding a conjunction. A conjunction is a word that joins two sentences together. We have been learning to use “but”, “and” and “because”.
Look at our super sentences!
Circus Time
During this term the Year 1 children are investigating the theme of the Circus through maths, literacy, art, music, and drama.
At the moment, we are working with The Blahs Theatre Company developing our drama skills. We are in the early stages of preparing to hold our own circus, a flea circus! This is being linked to our Literacy work on Fantasy.
Have a look at the children hard at work developing their ideas.
Relax and Read!!
In Year 1 we spend time every day reading; it might be reading with an adult or it might be reading independently. Please remember that it is important to read “real” books as well as the reading books that the children bring home; your child will become a much more fluent reader if they experience a wide range of books. There will be a leaflet coming home soon with some questions you can ask your child when they have read a book as it is essential that they understand the different features of the text.
Enjoy some reading time with your child; it is a very valuable and enjoyable time!
What a start to 2011!
We have only been back two weeks and we have done so much already. The children have made a brilliant start to 2011; they are working hard and have learnt basketball skills and circus skills. Ask them what they learnt in the circus skills workshop but don’t let them spin your plates as they only practised with plastic ones!
Born In A Barn
Who was born in the barn one cold and wintry evening? If you come and see our Christmas performance on Tuesday 14 or Wednesday 15 December then you’ll find out. It’s not too late to get your tickets! Come and listen to the singing donkey, various sheep and cows, a wise owl and a very noisy cockerel. Looking forward to seeing you.
Join in our celebrations!
Key Stage One and Foundation Stage Christmas Performance
“BORN IN A BARN”
Who will help me make the bread?
In the story of “The Little Red Hen”, nobody would help her make the bread. She did it all by herself. When we made some bread in Year 1, we worked together as a team and look at the fabulous bread we made.
Moortown Puppeteers
As well as being fantastic playground designers, Year 1 have proved that they are also very creative when it comes to puppets. All they were given was a wooden spoon and some material and they came up with some really different ideas. We were joined by wizards, a werewolf, Harry Potter and many more characters. As you may have noticed, these additions have been brought home as the children were so proud of them. We hope that you continue to enjoy many puppet shows!!
New Literacy Unit
We start a new unit in Literacy this week. In this unit we will be looking at labels. What are they? Can children identify them and then write one of their own? Next, we will explain that lists are used for remembering, for planning or for presenting information clearly. Lastly, we will discuss captions and write our own simple caption.
By the end of the week, the children will have used lists to organise and present information about toys.
You can support your child to use captions next to pictures at home. Here is an example.
Lego is a construction toy.
It can be put together to build a model.
Researching our Design Project
The budding designers in Year 1 are wanting to make their own playground. As part of our research, we went into our own playground to see what designers before us have achieved!! While we were there, we had a bit of fun investigating how to use the equipment!! Watch this space to see our own designs. 
