Friday 16th November

On Tuesday we loved our toy workshop! We had the opportunity to play with a wide range of toys, to think about what they were made from and to consider how toys have changed. We then became ‘archaeologists’ and carefully excavated items. We took turns to describe the item and we sorted them in different ways.  In the afternoon we enjoyed making our own toys and we hope you heard all about it! Thank you very much to all the parents who helped on the day, we could not have done it without you and hope you had fun! Next week we will be writing a recount of our day. 

This week in English we have been poets! First we used our phonics to read some phrases that describe how fireworks look, sound or move. 

We then used our favourite phrases to create poems. The next day we used all our learning to write our own firework poems. We started each line with the word ‘firework’ and tried to use descriptive words that would ‘put a picture in the readers’ head’. Finally, we copied up our poems, using our neatest handwriting. We hope you enjoy reading them when you come to consultation next week.

This week in maths we have been continuing our learning about addition and using the language of addition – add, plus, equal to

On Monday we found all the number bonds of 10.   We used a tens frame to record all the possible ways.  Ask your child how many ways there are to make 10 with 2 parts. We tried to use a system and work logically to help us check we had found all the ways.

0 + 10 =10

1 + 9 = 10

8 + 2 = 10

7 + 3 = 10

Can you see a pattern occurring.  Talk to your child about what they can see.  Can they continue the pattern.

On Wednesday we added 2 numbers together.

We talked about putting one number in our head and counting on from that. 

Some of us challenged ourselves to represent a number sentence in different ways.

On Friday we helped Pudsey Bear add more. Again we put one number in our head and counted on. 

 We also challenged ourselves with this problem.

Home learning

• You may like to play this game at home that we played in school.  Have some pennies in a tin. Tell your child how many are already in there. Then drop in more pennies (totalling no more than 10).  Can they tell you how many are now in the tin? Count to check if they were correct.
• Follow the link to practise numbers bonds within 10 or make 10  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
• Keep practising those addition maths facts as they really help your child in their maths lessons.

Today in science we have been exploring a range of items and first we decided what it was made from. Then we discussed if the items were:

• ·         transparent or opaque
• ·         hard or soft
• ·         bendy or rigid
• ·         rough or smooth
• ·         waterproof or absorbent

We then visited ‘investigation stations’ where we could observe, touch and compare the different materials. We then sorted them according to their properties.

Happy weekend, and we look forward to seeing you on Monday! 

Year One Team

Friday 9th November

On Tuesday we enjoyed our visit from Amy Smith from Sports for Schools. She told us all about representing Great Britain at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games and she inspired to try new things. We enjoyed our circuit too! 

This week we have been listening to, reading and performing firework poetry. We started by listening to ‘Firework’ by Tony Mitton. We thought about how the poet had carefully chosen his words to ‘put a picture in our heads’. We discussed our favourite words and phrases from the poems and we explained why we liked them. The next day worked in groups to perform our poems. We created success criteria to help us make our performances interesting to watch and listen to.

We then read ‘Bonfire Night’ by Tony Mitton and we thought about how the poet had chosen words to describe the colours, noises and movements to help put a picture in our heads’. We then looked at pictures of fireworks and bonfires and thought of a phrase to describe the picture. We wrote a sentence  or phrase to describe the picture, trying to:

·        Hold our pencil correctly

·        Start with a capital letter

·        Use our phoneme fingers to spell the words

·        Use finger spaces

·        Sit our letters on the line

·        Form our letters correctly

·        Finish will a full stop or exclamation mark

Next week we will use our learning to write our own firework poems. If you are coming to the Crabtree fireworks this weekend please try and think of some phrases to describe the sights and sounds!

This week in maths we have been continuing our learning about addition and using the language of addition – add, plus, equal to
On Monday we learnt about addition families and that addition can be done in any order

And that the equals sign doesn’t always have to be at the end.

This is the addition family for 5. All addition families have 4 members.
Ask your child
What is the same about the four addition sentences?
What is different about the four addition sentences?

We then worked in pairs and were given 3 number cards.  We had to find the four addition sentences that made up that family.

Can your child spot the mistake below?

On Wednesday we explored number bonds within 10.  We started with a stick of 6 unifix and broke it into 2 parts. We found all these ways.

We then chose a number between 2 and 9 and found all the addition bonds for that number.   We could use a range different apparatus to help us see the  the number bonds including Numicon, unfix, double sided counters, bead strings, number fans and sorting people.

We noticed that the number 6 has 7 addition sentences, number 7 has 8 addition sentences, number 8 has 9 addition sentences and so on. 

Some of us recorded the number bonds randomly whilst some of us tried to challenge ourselves to work like real mathematician’s recoding in a system to check we had found all the different ways.



On Friday we used a tens frame and two sided counters to show different ways to make a selected number. By turning over a counter each each time it was very clear to see the part, part, whole. 

This week in D&T we explored using salt dough which is what we are going to use to make a decoration for a Christmas tree.  We made shapes with the dough and used different tools to make marks in the dough.

In science this week we began learning about different materials and their  properties. We sorted our toys according to the material they were made from.  Then we thought about whether the material was man-made or naturally occurring.

 

We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you at Crabtree fireworks on Saturday!

Year One Team