Year 1 News

We are super proud of all the children who worked so hard in their assessments last week! All of their hard work is showing and they have learnt so much since they started in September. We are very happy teachers!

This week we are continuing to learn about measurement by looking at mass and volume. The children used concrete materials (everyday objects, cubes, scales) to support them with their learning. They were really Tough Tortoises!

As Team Ants we will be learning about road safety in PSHE.

Year 1 will be making musical instruments this week out of cardboard and plastic bottles. The children have worked as Resourceful Squirrels in music using resources to help them decorate their own instruments.

Our Wise Owls are working hard in RWI. They are following their groups books for the week. There are spellings to go out on Friday this week as normal in their homework books.

Reminders from your teacher:

  • Please make sure you bring your P.E kit on a Monday ready for the week
  • Remember ‘Reading is the golden thread to learning’ so please read at least 3 times a week.
  • Spellings are sent out on a Friday in their red homework books.

 

Important Dates

11th March-15th March Focus Attendance week

20th March- Explorer Dome visit

Easter Break – Monday 25th March – Friday 5th April

 

Our Value for this half term is: Persevere

At Ladygrove, we encourage children to be Tough Tortoises. This means that we never give up when we find things difficult.  We use the resources around us, think harder and keep going until we reach our end goal. Through being Tough Tortoises, we learn to persevere.

This week we are completing assessments in maths, reading and writing. In maths we are ending the week looking at mass and volume. The children used concrete materials (everyday objects, cubes) to support them with their learning. They were really Tough Tortoises!

As Team Ants we will be using our bodies and equipment safely in PE.

Year 1 will be making ‘mothers and others’ day cards this week to celebrate the special women in their life. The children have worked as Resourceful Squirrels in music using resources to help them make their own instruments.

Our Wise Owls are working hard in English to complete a Chance to Shine on retelling the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Please remember there are no spellings this week due to assessment, they will continue as normal next week.

Reminders from your teacher:

  • Please make sure you bring your P.E kit on a Monday ready for the week
  • Remember ‘Reading is the golden thread to learning’ so please read at least 3 times a week.
  • Spellings are sent out on a Friday in their red homework books.

 

Important Dates

7th March World Book Day (Dress up if you can!)

11th March-15th March Focus Attendance week

20th March- Explorer Dome visit

Easter Break – Monday 25th March – Friday 5th April

 

Our Value for this half term is: Persevere

At Ladygrove, we encourage children to be Tough Tortoises. This means that we never give up when we find things difficult.  We use the resources around us, think harder and keep going until we reach our end goal. Through being Tough Tortoises, we learn to persevere.

Year 1 News

This week we are working hard in maths on fractions. We started the week looking at making halves, then moving onto quarters. The children used concrete materials (shapes, dienes) to support them with their learning. They were really Tough Tortoises!

As Team Ants we will be using our bodies to create music, we are going to work together to stay in time.

Year 1 are looking at primary colours in art this week and how we can change a colour by mixing them together. The children have worked as Resourceful Squirrels in P.E, making sure they are safe and using equipment appropriately.

Our Wise Owls are working hard in their new phonics group in RWI, this is helping them in their writing for other subjects. Please remember to complete their spellings on a weekly basis to prepare them for their spelling tests on a Friday.

Reminders from your teacher:

  • Please make sure you bring your P.E kit on a Monday ready for the week
  • Remember ‘Reading is the golden thread to learning’ so please read at least 3 times a week.
  • Spellings are sent out on a Friday in their red homework books.

 

Important Dates

2nd March Year 2 Cake Sale

7th March World Book Day (Dress up if you can!)

11th March-15th March Focus Attendance week

20th March- Explorer Dome visit

Easter Break – Monday 25th March – Friday 5th April

 

Our Value for this half term is: Persevere

At Ladygrove, we encourage children to be Tough Tortoises. This means that we never give up when we find things difficult.  We use the resources around us, think harder and keep going until we reach our end goal. Through being Tough Tortoises, we learn to persevere.

Year 1

This week we have worked hard in maths on the concept of money and time. We started the week looking at bank notes and their place value and will finish by looking at telling the time. The children used concrete materials (money and clocks) to support them with their learning. They were really Tough Tortoises!

As Team Ants we have worked on using kind words to each other, and working as a team in English to create word banks.

Year 1 have been testing fabrics in Science to see which ones are the most waterproof. In addition, we have been finishing our moon buggy’s in DT. The children have done a wonderful job! The children have worked as Resourceful Squirrels in music to listen to bhangra music and practice this as a year group.

We have all been blown away this week by our Wise Owls as they have worked hard to learn their new sounds for the week in RWI. Please remember to complete their spellings on a weekly basis to prepare them for their spelling tests on a Friday.

Reminders from your teacher:

  • Please make sure you bring your P.E kit on a Monday ready for the week. Our new P.E days are Monday and Thursday.
  • Remember ‘Reading is the golden thread to learning’ so please read at least 3 times a week.
  • Your children’s numbots login will be stuck into their reading record for them to have a go at home!
  • Purple mash logins will also be sent out this week.
  • We are hoping to have a planetarium dome visitor this half term and a letter will be sent home soon.

Important dates to remember:

  • Spring half term – Monday 12th February – Friday 16th February
  • PD Day Monday 19th February
  • Easter Break – Monday 25th March – Friday 5th April
  • Explorer dome visit – 20th March 2024

Our value for this half-term is:

 

Year 1 News

This week we have worked hard in maths on the concept of money. We started the week looking at coins and their place value and will finish by looking  The children used concrete materials (coins and dienes) to support them with their learning. They were really Tough Tortoises!

As Team Ants we have worked on using kind words to eachother, and working as a team in PE.

Year 1 have been investigating the best paper to soak up water in Science. In addition, we have been creating our moon buggys in DT. The children have done a wonderful job! The children have worked as Resourceful Squirrels in music to listen to blues music and practice this as a year group.

We have all been blown away this week by our Wise Owls as they have worked hard to learn their new sounds for the week in RWI. Please remember to complete their spellings on a weekly basis to prepare them for their spelling tests on a Friday.

Reminders from your teacher:

  • Please make sure you bring your P.E kit on a Monday ready for the week. Our new P.E days are Monday and Thursday.
  • Remember ‘Reading is the golden thread to learning’ so please read at least 3 times a week.
  • Your children’s numbots login will be stuck into their reading record for them to have a go at home!
  • Purple mash logins will also be sent out this week.
  • We are hoping to have a planetarium dome visitor this half term and a letter will be sent home soon.

Important dates to remember:

  • Spring half term – Monday 12th February – Friday 16th February
  • PD Day Monday 19th February
  • Easter Break – Monday 25th March – Friday 5th April

Our value for this half-term is:

Year 1 News

This week we have worked hard in maths on their multiplication skills. We have practiced counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. The children used concrete materials (dienes) to support them with their learning. They were really Tough Tortoises!

As Team Ants we have worked on keeping our space tidy and being kind/unkind online.

Year 1 have been learning about the properties of different materials in Science. In addition, we have been investigating how moon buggy’s move in our half term topic ‘Moon Zoom’. The children have worked as Resourceful Squirrels in music to listen to blues music and practice this as a year group.

We have all been blown away this week by our Wise Owls as they have worked hard to learn their new sounds for the week in RWI. Please remember to complete their spellings on a weekly basis to prepare them for their spelling tests on a Friday.

Reminders from your teacher:

  • Please make sure you bring your P.E kit on a Monday ready for the week. Our new P.E days are Monday and Thursday.
  • Remember ‘Reading is the golden thread to learning’ so please read at least 3 times a week.
  • Your children’s numbots login will be stuck into their reading record for them to have a go at home!
  • We are hoping to have a planetarium dome visitor this half term and a letter will be sent home soon.

Important dates to remember:

  • Spring half term – Monday 12th February – Friday 16th February
  • PD Day Monday 19th February
  • Easter Break – Monday 25th March – Friday 5th April

Our value for this half-term is:

Year 1 News

This week we have worked hard in maths to explore numbers to 50. The children used concrete materials (dienes) to support them with their learning. They were really Tough Tortoises!

As Team Ants we have worked on keeping our space tidy  and learnt how to be kind to each other.

Year 1 have been learning about Mae Jemison the astronaut in preparation for our new topic ‘Moon Zoom’. The children have worked as Resourceful Squirrels in computing to control their Beebots.

We have all been blown away this week by our Wise Owls as they have worked hard to learn their new sounds for the week in RWI. Please take a look at some of their work below.

Reminders from your teacher:

  • Please make sure you bring your P.E kit on a Monday ready for the week. Our new P.E days are Monday and Thursday.
  • Remember ‘Reading is the golden thread to learning’ so please read at least 3 times a week.

Important dates to remember:

  • Spring half term – Monday 12th February – Friday 16th February
  • PD Day Monday 19th February
  • Easter Break – Monday 25th March – Friday 5th April

Our Learning this Week

This week we have worked hard in maths to find one more and one less than a given number. The children used concrete materials (shapes) to support them with their learning. They were Tough Tortoises!

As Team Ants we have worked on sharing equipment and helping each other.

Year 1 have been working hard to create a habitat for our new pet snail Flash in Science. The children have worked as Resourceful Squirrels to learn routine dance moves in P.E.

We have all been blown away this week by our Wise Owls as they have worked hard to learn their new sounds for the week in RWI.

Reminders from your teacher:

  • Please make sure you bring your P.E kit on a Monday ready for the week
  • Remember ‘Reading is the golden thread to learning’ so please read at least 3 times a week.

Important Dates

  •  21st December PD day – Children do not attend school
  • 22nd December PD day – Children do not attend school
  • 14th December at 9:15-1:30 – Year 1 to year 6 – Pantomime Trip (Treasure Island)

Our Value for this half term is: Tolerance