What a busy week.

We were given a Christingle by Mr Kelly at assembly yesterday.

We found out about all the symbols and know that it shows us about the love and light of Jesus.

A huge thank you for joining us for INSPIRE today.

We hope you enjoyed working with your child and gained some advice on supporting reading, writing and phonics.

Here is a super phonics link.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Our INSPIRE WORKSHOP will take place next Thursday 29th November at 9am.

Please join us and find out more about  Phonics, Reading and Writing.

In Maths we now know how to sort information and record it in different ways.

We can record on a  pictogram and use an ICT program to help us.

We can use a tally and are learning to count  in groups of 5.

We can read and record a block graph.

Look at our work!

In Literacy we have used time openers and connectives to retell the story of Can't you sleep little bear?

Wealso used interesting WOW words to describe the characters and setting.

 In Science we have learned about Light and Dark. Some light sources are natural~do you know what they are?

 In Maths we have learned to order numbers in different ways.

We can start with the biggest or the smallest.

Light and Dark

Next week in Science we will be investigating which materials can be seen by others when we are out at night. Have a look at your schoolbag or coat. Do you notice anything?

Which materials do you think?

How can these materials help?

Maths Homework.

We hope you  are enjoying your new challenge based on our targets.

Can you order the numbers from the smallest to biggest?

Can you order from biggest to smallest?

http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

In Maths we will be starting a new  unit of work on Data handling.

In class we will be learning some new words~sort, pictogram, block graph, tally, most popular, least popular.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/organising_data/play/

In Literacy next week we will be reading and writing about the story~TheTrain Ride.

Use the link below to listen to the story.

We are looking at repeated phrases and rhyme.

Can you find any split digraphs?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/june-crebbin-the-train-ride/1077.html

"What can you see?"

Don't forget to practise your Maths targets.

Have you been on Mathletics. Let us know what you like about Mathletics.

http://www.mathletics.co.uk/

http://www.ictgames.com/caterpillar_slider.html

http://www.ictgames.com/sasNumberSort/index.html

We can put numbers in order by starting with the smallest or the biggest.

Put these numbers in order starting with the smallest.

12      7      21     6

In Maths we will be finding the difference between numbers using our counting on skills.

What is the difference between 5 and 9?

Next Week

We will be reading and sharing a beautiful story called

Can't you sleep Little Bear?

We will be using time openers, connectives and lots of interesting WOW words.

Enjoythe Little Bear stories.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/jackanory-junior-little-bear-stories/11515.html

Well done children we celebrated Mass in church today The Feast of All Saints.

Tomorrow is the Feast of All Souls and we remember all those who have died and the special name of our school.

Today in our Maths work we talked about our new Maths word~order.

Emmanuel said "You can order some shopping."

Tobi said "You can give somebody an order. Line up please!"

Isabelle said "You can order by putting something in  the  right place."

Wonderful thinking and speaking children!

We ordered numbers starting with the smallest.

We  ordered numbers starting with the biggest.

Have a look at our work below.

We hope you have had a lovely half term and have had a good rest.

Next half term is going to be very busy.

A date for your diary~

THURSDAY 29th NOVEMBER~YEAR ONE INSPIRE at 9am.

Please join your son or daughter for a morning of Reading, Phonics and Writing.

 

Next week we will be working on our new reading targets. We will be looking at patterns and repeated phrases in our reading books and texts.

We will be using some of Julia Donaldson's fantastic rhyming texts.

http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/

Enjoy these superb stories!
Which story do like best?
Let us know through the BLOG!

 

 

HALT TERM CHALLENGE

It is the Year of Faith and Mr Kelly has challenged you to design a poster of a boat or to make a boat to represent The Year of Faith.

This is the 2012-2013 Year of Faith logo. The logo features a boat, which is a traditional symbol for the church. Its main mast is the cross and, with the sails, it forms the initials IHS.

Don't forget to bring your posters and pictures in on Monday 29th October.

During half term have a go with all the activities below.

Maths

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html

http://www.ictgames.com/octopus.html

Literacy

http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaursEggs/index.html

http://www.ictgames.com/wordreader.html

Let us know which games you like!

Autumn

Next week we will be writingour own Autumn poetry.

We have been collecting Autumn objects and we hope you are having fun with your weekend homework project.

On Monday we will be writing poems.

We will be using lots of WOW words to describe what we can see, hear and smell.

Autumn is brown, crunchy leaves.

Autumn is hungry, brown squirrels.

Autumn is wind and rain.

Autumn is fun!

Enjoy this Autumn story about Percy and his friends!

Part One

Part Two

http://youtu.be/DfCyhNdaJG8

 

Part Three

http://youtu.be/J-aSv54rPwM

What do you think?

Well done children we went to Mass today with Father Dan.

Thank you to all the parents who helped us today.

Maths Targets

Do you know the number bonds to 5, 10 or 20?

Have a go with these games to help you.

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html

The Year of Faith

Tomorrow is the start of The Year of Faith.

We talked about how people would know if we had faith. Here  are some of our ideas.

"We belong to the family of God."

"We are baptised."

"We pray and talk to God."

"We go to Mass."

"Jesus is our friend."

" I  am trying to be loving and helpful like Jesus."

Pope Benedict has dedicated the year ahead to FAITH.

What will you do?

How do you travel to school?

We have been collecting information about our classes.

How do you travel to school?

Let us know through the blog.

Next Week

In Literacy we will be reading and writing using the story~

I'm running away.

In Maths we will be learning about  shape.

We will be using new vocabulary~curved,straight, side and edge.

Do you know what they mean?

http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/match_up/shape_match/

 

The Giant Sandwich

  In Literacy we will be continuing our work on time openers, connectives and WOW words using the story The Giant Sandwich.

What do you like on your sandwich?

In RE we will be starting a new unit about Creation.

What do you like about God's Creation?

We will be  learning about St Francis.

St Francis loved God's Creation and wrote a special prayer of praise and thanks.

In our phonics work we have been learning about word endings. Click on the link below and sing along with our new song.
http://youtu.be/C6ljGXMMB-g

Leave a comment and let us know what you think!

We had such a wonderful time in Year One today.We learned about the first miracle of Jesus.

We now know what a miracle is and that God gave Jesus special powers to help others.

Do you know any other miracle stories?

We are recording our work in different ways.

Look at all our lovely work!

We have been learning this song in class.

What did we find out in our Science lesson this week?

Are the oldest children the tallest?

We talked about what it would be like if we were giants....what do you think?

In Science we will be investigating with the help of Discovery Dog.

Are the tallest children in our class the oldest?

How will we find out? What do you think?

In RE we will be finding out about a special celebration in the Bible.

Jesus was taken to the Temple by Mary and Joseph to thank God.

In the Temple they met Simeon and Anna.

On Tuesday you will find out what they said and thought about special Baby Jesus.

What do you think?

What do you see and pass on the way to school?

In RE we are learning about celebrations.Going toMass on Sundays is a celebration. We are going to find out about parts of this special celebration and learn some of the responses.

What is the name of  our Parish Church?

What is the name of our priest?

"The Lord be with you."

"And with your Spirit."

Next Week

In Literacy 1P will be reading and writing using the story~Where's my Teddy?

Click on the link to follow the story.

http://youtu.be/RnMgU3CvnWI

In 1AT we will be reading and writing about The Pizza Princess.

What kind of food do you think the Princess liked?

In our Science work we are learning about our bodies.

What can your hands do?

Inside our skin we have bones to help us.

In Topic we are learning about our homes.

How many rooms has your home  got?

What colour  is  your front door?

Well done Year One for your super start and hard work.

Here are some of the websites we have used in class this week.

We are learning to sound and blend real words and alien words.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

In Maths we will be starting work on our targets.

Do you know pairs of numbers that total 5/10?

Have fun with this game!

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html

 In RE we will be learning about celebrating as a family.

How do you celebrate? What celebrations have you had with your family?



Well done to all Year One we have enjoyed teaching and learning with you this year.

We wish you all a very happy summer holiday and look  forward to seeing you in  Year 2 in September!

Love Year One Staff xxx

Next Week

On Monday we will be performing at Key Stage One Awards Assembly.

In Music we have been singing and playing using different musical elements.

On Wednesday we will bewatching our Year 6 friends in their Leavers Assembly.

On Wednesday afternoon we hope to have our Sports Day~Let's hope for some sunshine!!!!!!!

On Thursday we will be celebratingour final Mass of a busy and wonderful year.

Please join us at 10 o'clock.

On Friday we will be finishing at 1.30pm.