Story Making

Check out the new Story Making page on the blog...

Science - Forces...

We have been looking at push and pull forces to help us with our Literacy work... We have played this game in class and the children asked for it to go on the blog, so here we are..!

Push and Pull game

Numeracy - Measuring...

In Numeracy this week we have been comparing heights and lengths of objects around the classroom. We have been careful to use the words longer and shorter when talking about length, and taller and shorter when talking about height.

Over the week we will be measuring objects using 'non standard' units such as unifix cubes, paper clips and pencils, and using our results to compare the lengths of things. 

Literacy - Non fiction books...

In Literacy this week we are looking at the features of non-fiction books, and we are even making our own class non-fiction book! We have been exploring push and pull forces, and where these happen in the classroom - opening drawers, shutting doors etc. Today we looked at adding labels to scooters as we saw lots of information books have labels to tell us more about the pictures or objects.

During the rest of the week we will be exploring what forces we use when we are on the bikes and scooters, and how we can show this using 'captions' in our non-fiction book. 

Numeracy....making pictograms

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Pictogram-Favourite-Snack-462

Reading...

Please find some helpful pointers under the reading tab on the blog which will support you in hearing your child to read at home. You will have noticed that some of the reading books in school have lots of tips of the inside and back cover which are also very useful!

Science - floating and sinking...

As part of our topic work we looked at boats today. We had investigation sheets and we had to predict whether or not different boats would float or sink! We did very well with our predictions, and remembered that it is not as easy as light things float and heavy things sink! We even had a go at making our own boats out of plasticine, which went rather slimy when we put it in the water...things got rather messy in year one today! Lots of people made some brilliant models of boats out of playdough, and even put masts and sails on them! I turned round to see a train coming in to the station in the role play... everyone had assigned seats and even tickets were being collected.. (although I think there was a little bit of confusion over the directions!) 

Numeracy - Some games for you to play at home..

If you want to practise your shapes or patterns at home, there are some games on education city, or click on the links below...

Shape game 1

Shape game 2

Shape game 3

Shape game 4

Numeracy - Patterns everywhere!

We have been going pattern crazy in year one this week! We reminded ourselves of shape names, and looked carefully at each one counting how many sides and corners each one has. Then we looked at patterns, and we've used; paint, shapes, sponges, coloured tiles, unifix cubes, peg boards and lots lots more! We have even been looking at number patterns! Check out the 'Super work' page for some excellent patterns and hard work!

Topic - Train station!

We had a vote about what we wanted in our role play corner, and decided on a train station. We then had a think about all of the things we would need inside it...

Numeracy - having fun with shapes!!

We have had lots of fun today with shapes - we had to find them in the bubbles and we draw them in the paint. We took our clipboards and went for a walk around school looking for as many shapes we could find! There are lots of shape games to play on mycity too!  

Numeracy - number bonds!

In Numeracy this week we have been looking at number bonds and addition. We learnt how to write 'number sentences' and different ways to 'count on'! We are going to keep practising our adding up in class but next week are moving on to explore shape and pattern. There are lots of games on 'my city' that you can play at home. See how many different shapes and patterns you can see when you are out and about - I bet there are lots on the way to school!

Literacy - lots of brilliant writing!!

We have been very busy writing stories in literacy! We used our story making skills to learn the story of 'The Tiger who came to Tea' and then we decided to change the characters and the setting and write our own stories!



We started by changing our class story map with post it notes, and then we created our own with a partner.



When we had finished our story maps we were ready to write up our stories. We looked at our 'top tips' for writing which include finger spaces, capital letters, full stops and listening carefully to the sounds in the words we are using.

Our stories were so brilliant that Miss Burge asked Mr Lavis to come and read them! We then finished them off by designing a front cover!

Mr Lavis fainted...

The independent writing in year 1 was so good - Mr Lavis fainted!! He
was overcome!!

What a clever bunch!