Welcome new Year 1s!

We've had a lovely rest over the Summer Holidays and we've heard about some of the fun things you have been up to. The Year One team are geared up and ready to hit this new year with a bang!

So far this week we have been working on our fine motor skills

 Some of us use our left hand to write and some of us use our right hand.

Made cars and other creations with kid knex. 

 "I made a necklace."

 Trying to make patterns.

 

 Building with Lego.

"My chain is 15 links long."

"I made a heart shape."

Maths
We've been singing lots of songs that involve counting on and back. Such as five little men in a flying saucer, five little monkeys jumping on the bed and five speckled frogs. I've added the links to some versions I found on youtube so you can sing along at home.

English

On Wednesday we started to think about some of the fun things we got up to over the Summer Holidays. Our main focus was to use capital letters, finger spaces, and full stops. Then we had a news bulletin to share our writing with others in the class.  

"On Tuesday I went to Keenan's house and we played Star Wars."

Science
In the afternoon we started to think about our Science topic for this half term and went in search of plants in the Year 1 garden and around the field.

"These flowers are pretty."

 "Look at this little yellow flower."

 The pumpkins are growing nicely, which were planted last year in the gardening club with Mr and Mrs Boxer.

"Apples on an apple tree."

"The tomatoes are going red."

"I found some roots."

"The leaves are turning brown and falling off the tree."

Geography

We will be learning about our local area this half term. We thought about our route to school by looking at Google Maps; what we passed along the way, such as houses, lamp posts, and post boxes. We tried to remember what buildings we knew were in the village; such as the village shop, the church, school, and the pubs.

After that, we decided to make these buildings to create a map for a display in the classroom. Some built them using Lego and Duplo while others drew them. Lacey put some extra detail into hers by drawing on the roof tiles and Noah gave the church lots of grey stone bricks, he also taught me that the church is over 900 years old. 

"I'm building my house only with white bricks."

It's been a lovely first week back and we're very hopeful for the year ahead. 

Reminder
Year One's "Meet the teacher" session is on Friday 15th September at 9 am. To discuss the curriculum this year, timetable, homework and phonics. It would be lovely to see you there.

Last week of the year! Hasn't it been a great year?

Firstly Mrs Baker and I would like so say a massive thank you for all your support this year to help the children reach their potentials. It would have been a real struggle without all those arguments you had about spellings and sneaking a cheeky reading session on the car journey to school. The impact it had has made a huge difference and Miss Carr should consider herself lucky to have you all next year.

Also thank you for all your kind words in person and in cards, and for the generous presents. I'm thinking about getting some fine motor toys and baskets for the reading area. So the money is going back into the children I teach.

Last week we were lucky to have a performer visit us. We had a Disney sing along. who taught us how to sign to Love is an open door. Then we sang it as a duet. and swapped over.


On Wednesday we all walked in a bit groggy (Miss Morris included as she had a quivering scared dog sharing the bed with her). So to ensure that we had a good night sleep that night we composed a rain song and dance to scare away the thunderstorms.  

The children will explain how we built up the rain sounds and had crashes of thunder and lightening. Otherwise it looks like complete madness.

As teacher, it is a part of my lifestyle and filmed the Tuesday night's thunderstorm so I could show the class. Here is the video I showed the children of the night before's thunderstorm.

Yesterday we had a bit of a party to celebrate the end of the year. 
We played a game of grab the bean bag. Chinese whispers to which Kenny replied "but I don't know any Chinese." Once reassured the game kicked off with the word Pikachu, which turned into ssss ssss sssss around about Lacey and James.
Then we played pass the parcel, with dares on each layer. Lacey performed a beautiful forward roll. Phoenix did a great impression of a cat, and Donny-Lee howled like a husky. We unwrapped all the way to the center when it landed on James.

  

DAB!!!

 Class dab!

 Winner! 

 Finally we tucked into some biscuits and juice and had a boogie on the carpet/dance floor.  

It's been a wonderful year! I've had a great time getting to know all of the children and finding out what interests them. They've all grown, academically but also personality wise, It's been a pleasure to have them and I will sure enjoy my break duty as I'll get to see them all again. 

Have a fun Summer!