Monday 21 November 2016

Monday 14th November

Whoosh!  Kerpow!

We have continued our Super Heroes topic this week. We talked about super powers and chose which super powers we would like to have - ranging from throwing balls of lava, changing into different animals and invisibility to a good memory and to finish all their homework which we have written across the front of super underpants!!



We have each created our own Super Hero, drawing them and writing all about their costumes and super powers - Dragonfly Girl, Invisible Girl, Leopard Boy, Icey Girl, Kind Girl and Hockey Jeff!!

In maths we have continued learning to tell the time - we are learning   o'clock.

Our handwriting focus this week was  u    y    and e.

In phonics we are continuing to look at tricky words but have also looked at    ow    and   ou both making the sound as in cow.

We are now starting to rehearse properly for the Christmas play. Please make sure that your child is learning their words and practising reading them aloud slowly in a clear voice!!!

We are also learning the songs and all the words. The words to the first 6 songs are here on the Blog (or will be when I find out how to do it!!) - please help them to learn them!!

Look out for information about costumes!!

We are currently offering Parents Meetings where you can come and talk with me about how your child is settling into Y1 and ask any questions you have. Please sign up for a meeting if you haven't already (most days between 15.00 and 17.00)!!





Sunday 13 November 2016

Monday 7th November

Our new topic this week has been Super Heroes!!

We have read SuperTato by Sue Hendra, who saved the vegetables from the evil Pea!! And also The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon (try to guess his real identity!) and we have listened to Charlie's Super Hero Underpants.

Click on the links on the top right to listen to the stories (SuperTato is a different adventure to the one I have in school!).

We have identified everything you need to be a Super Hero (including wearing your under-pants on the outside!!) and made our own 'Splat words' - Pow! Crash! as well as Masks and Super Cuffs!!






We are working hard on our handwriting and have practised 'r' and 's' this week.

In maths we have looked a names and properties of 2D shapes and found lots of them in our classroom!! We have also started to look at how to tell the time using an analogue clock.

2d shapes - square, rectangle, triangle, circle, pentagon, hexagon and octagon
 - how many sides and how many corners











We have also just started to get our Christmas Production going - we all know who we are in the play and we all know our starting position on the stage!!

HOMEWORK - this week Y1 have their reading books and Tricky Words as usual, but they also have their lines for the play - please help them to learn their lines. They need to know who speaks before them too! Please encourage them to read slowly and loudly - but not shouting!

They need to bring their words with them every day!!

And to finish, our Halloween biscuits!!