Year 1 Update – Week 8
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Monday 22nd October – Children start back after half term
Thursday 25th October – Year One immunisation day
Thursday 25th October – Our first visit to the pitch for P.E.
Tuesday 30th October – Year 6 Bake sale
Tuesday 13th November – Year One Pizza lunch
Book Making This week the children in Year One has been busy making books about play. The children carefully followed instructions on how to make a book with paper. They then wrote and drew pictures about who, what and where they like to play.
Maths games This week the children have been playing many number games to help their understanding of addition and subtraction. Many of the games involve the children using dice, counters, cups and Numicon. Children have also been singing number rhymes and finger plays that have animals or food added or taken away.
Parent-teacher conferences Thank you so much to all the parents who came to school for the Parent Teacher Conferences. This was a fantastic opportunity for teachers to share with you how your children have been doing at school, as well as a chance for us to find out a little about your children at home.
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- How we can get to know each other and ourselves (Connection)
- Different types of learning and play (Form)
- How to make our classroom a place for successful for learning (Function)
The week after the holiday our Who We Are unit will take an arts focus. We will be looking at drawings by Keith Haring and thinking carefully about the messages in his art pieces. The children will have a go at creating their own art models in the style of Keith Haring. The children will continue to think and reflect on what they are learning as they engage in these experiences.
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The focus for this unit will be for the children to be able to:
Recall addition facts for single-digit numbers and related subtraction facts
Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using concrete material (manipulatives)
Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using strategies including part/whole
Recognise patterns in the number system
After the half term holiday, we will finish up our unit on addition and subtraction. The focus of this unit has been numbers that add together to make ten as well as their corresponding number facts. We have been encouraging the children when adding numbers to start from the biggest number as well as think about the connection between addition and subtraction. When learning about addition and subtraction we have been using vocabulary such as minus, take away, subtraction, addition, adding, altogether.
Mathletics:
Please help the children to complete the Mathletics tasks that have been assigned to your child. The children can also enjoy Maths Live and play other children live across the world.
Congratulations to the children who received a Golden Book certificate this week.
1L – Brandon Chen
1P – Ria Kishinchand
1W – Edgar Wan
Make – Do
After half term each Year One class will have a making session with Mr Lowe using the Make-Do equipment. When using Make-Do the children create with large pieces of cardboard and plastic saws, screwdrivers and bolts. Creations do not go home so the children will learn about making and dismantling.
A half term project at home could be: Find an old box or two and get busy making. Use scissors, tape, glue and small pieces of paper or material to attach to the box to make parts.
Here is a clip from youtube to inspire making at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMCKXaFsmCA
Happy being creative during the half term holiday!