Spring 1 Week 2

Before we look at what's happening next week, let's have a quick look at what we did last week.
It was fantastic to see all the children eager to come into school on the Monday morning bursting to tell us about their Christmas holidays. Also many of the children were excited to share their Learning Log Homework task  and wow! The children have really worked their socks off to produce super work which has included -
 puppet theatres to retell their traditional tales, a decorated story theatre, illustrated booklets retelling the whole story and even a baking session recreating the Gingerbread cottage from the story of Hansel and Gretel.  Many, many thanks to grown ups for all the help and support  you give your child helping them to succeed in their Learning Log tasks. 
Watch this space next week as we will be showing pictures of some of the children's Learning Log work in next week's blog...

In Literacy the children thoroughly enjoyed the story of  'The Three Billy Goats Gruff.' It was fantastic to see the children retelling the story to their partner, ensuring that they included all the sounds that the Billy goats made as they crossed the bridge...


"Tip, Tap,Tip,Tap"            "Trip, Trap,Trip Trap"
         "Bang, Bang, Boom, Bang!"

Also the children have been getting busy in the role play /reading areas  of the classroom retelling their favourite traditional tale. Can you tell which story these children are retelling?
                                           


In Numeracy the children were introduced or reintroduced (Year 2) to the concept of repeated addition, using arrays to help them find the answers to repeated addition questions. For example -

3 + 3 + 3 + 3 =        (repeated addition)

*  *  *  *
*  *  *  *         (array)
*  *  *  *

or using an array to solve word problems such as

4 children have a packet of 3 pencils each. How many pencils do the children have altogether?

*  *  *  *
*  *  *  *         (array)
*  *  *  *

This will lead into the children looking at lot's of or multiples of objects.  Therefore, this weeks homework task - learning 2,5 and 10x table, doubles and halves will be a  big help in developing their understanding of other concepts in maths.
By the way, just a quick reminder that  Miss Golia is holding a Number workshop on Tuesday 14th January in which she will demonstrate how we teach Multiplication and Division - please come along as we know that you will find it beneficial seeing how number is taught in school.

In PE this week the children have definitely been working off the Christmas chocolates and mince pies. Have a look at what they've been up to ...

 

 

 

So on to next week, another busy and exciting week!

ON TUESDAY WE ARE GOING TO SKIPTON CASTLE - YIPPEE!

Literacy 

In literacy next week, we will be looking at the traditional tale, 'The Enormous Turnip!' and comparing it with an alternative version titled the 'The Large Carrot!' Then it's over to the children to think up their own version of the story, deciding how they will change the main characters/ main object in the story. At the same time they will continue to work on their writing targets of using Amazing Adjectives, Super Time Connectives or Smart Speech marks   "  "!

 Numeracy

In numeracy next week, we will be continuing to practice repeated addition! We will use arrays to help us find the answers.  Also we will continue to apply this knowledge of addition to solving word problems.
Can you create arrays for the following repeated addition number sentences?

6 + 6 + 6 =

5 +5 + 5 + 5 =
 

Have a fantastic week :)

The Key Stage 1 Team

New year ...... New Beginnings.....

HI and welcome back to a brand new Year!!!!!
I trust you all had a great Christmas and New Year and santa brought you lots of interesting things.... I am however still waiting for my Chrstmas Present .. i think he got lost somewhere over the Artic!

So to a new year.. this half term our topic is 'Castles, Knights and Princesses'.....with a trip to an actual medieval castle!

Literacy:
This half term we are going traditional tale mad.... reading, ordering, plotting it on a story mountain and making our own comics ... and writing our own versions of the stories.

Here are the stories we are reading if you would like to read with your child.
Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Enormous Turnip
The Magic Porridge Pot
Cinderella
Rapunzel


Children will be working to their target every week and writing their own version of a story. Please ask your child or come and speak to your class teacher about the targets your child has and how you can help them.

Numeracy:
This half term is all multiplication and division...

We will be ensure children can count in 2, 5, 10's - double and halve and know their multiplication facts.
I will be running a club on Friday lunchtime where children can go against the clock in a quick fire round to test their mental maths skills. Pass and they get a prize and a head teachers award!!

Look out for the home work to learn the facts...

I will be running a numeracy afternoon where we I will run through how we teach multiplication and division on the 14th January in Class 2 after school..


Guided reading and phonics:
The sounds we are concentrating on is /ee/ and /igh/ i will end out a sheet with the alternative speelings and words for the children to learn in week 1.

Please look out for this and help your child learn the spellings.

Guided reading is all about traditional tales and we will be learning to retell and sequence and read with emphasis lots of different traitional tales.


Topic:
We will be learning about Castles and the features of castles, life in castle and the battle of 1066.

It is going to be a quick half term ... with lots of exciting things happening...
Please remember to come in and have conversations with staff... we do enjoy it and look forward to your feedback!

Miss Golia
Key Stage 1 Phase Leader

Week 5!

It is Week 5 this week and the start of December! I hope everyone enjoyed opening their advent calenders this morning :)

Last week, the children very much enjoyed designing their own character for the story of Can't You Sleep Little Bear. We had Little Owls, Little Foxes and even a Little Eagle.

Next Week ...

Literacy:
In literacy this week, we will be enjoying different Paddington Bear stories and exploring some of the different adventures he has been on. Paddington certainly is a curious bear and, over the next two weeks, the children will have the opportunity to create their own adventure for Paddington Bear to enjoy!

We will be watching these two clips this week:
1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMZPEUR9As (Please Look After this Bear)
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCPnsqxDKf4 (A Bear in Hot Water)
3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MIxqPBrJq4 (Trouble at the Beach)

Please share and enjoy these clips with your children to help them become more familiar with the adventures of Paddington Bear. For more Paddington Bear resources and fun games, visit: http://www.paddingtonbear.com/.

Numeracy:
In numeracy this week, we will be continuing to become subtraction superstars!! Children will be using the malteaser method to help them calculate subtraction problems.

Also ... Last week the children enjoyed making Christmas crafts and cards for the Christmas Fair on Wednesday 4th December. These crafts will be on sale on their class stall as well as a fun game for you to come and play. We look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Fair .... please do come and say hi! In addition, we have a whole school pantomime to enjoy on Tuesday morning. We will be watching Sleeping Beauty which should be lots and lots of fun.

Have a super week!
The Key Stage 1 Team :)

Autumn term 2 week 3

What a busy week we have had!

 

In Literacy the children have certainly enjoyed listening to the story of 'Can't You Sleep Little Bear?' We have talked about feeling scared and thought of amazing adjectives to describe lots of different woodland creatures such as prickly hedgehogs and sly, cunning foxes. This is in preparation for next week when the children write their own story based on a character of their own.More of that later.....

 

In Numeracy we have continued to practice mental maths and addition using partitioning and the column method. It is good to see that the children are growing in confidence and have even tackled adding 3 numbers together ! This is the focus of the homework and once again we thank you for supporting your child in this as it really does make a difference.

 

You may have noticed your child coming home singing songs? Yes it's that time of the year again -we have started rehearsing our Christmas production! The children are as enthusiastic as ever and we know it will be wonderful. Please could we ask that if your child has a speaking part they practice at home? All the children concerned have taken words home with them, however if these have been mislaid we can provide a copy. Also, we have been busy making Christmas cards and decorations for the Christmas Fayre. How many shopping days are left?

 

Now what have we got in store for next week?

 

Literacy

In literacy the children are going to be thinking about the beginning, middle and end of the story 'Can't You Sleep Little Bear?' They will sequence pictures from the story and write super sentences to go with them. The idea is that they will then write their own version of the story with different characters.

 

Numeracy

In numeracy this week, we will be moving onto subtraction using maltesers. Miss Golia briefly outlined the method in the recent meeting. The idea is that the children partition the first number and then cross out the number to be taken away. The remaining maltesers are grouped together and then counted to give the answer. We will also be working with money.

 

  

Have a great weekend

 

The Key Stage 1 team

 

Autumn term 2 week 3

Firstly, let's have a look at what's been going on in Key Stage 1 this week...

In Literacy the children thoroughly enjoyed the story of 'Peace at Last.' It was fantastic to see the children retelling the story to their partner, ensuring that they included all the sounds that Mr Bear had to try and sleep through.

On Wednesday, Mr Bear ( actually the class teachers) visited the children in class and they had the opportunity to interview him. They questioned how he was feeling in the different parts of the story and all the children were eager to ask Mr Bear their question (although the children did say afterwards - "we knew it was really you and not Mr Bear!")
One of the children asked,
 "Is that why you've got big black bags under your eyes because you couldn't sleep?" (It should be noted that this was a natural effect and not theatre makeup!!!)

In Numeracy the children are really starting to get to grips with mental addition strategies - putting the biggest number in their head and counting on or adding the units then the tens and counting on to find the total.
This was the focus of this week's maths homework and we ask that you keep practising these strategies with your child at home as this is a big help in developing their understanding of other concepts in maths.
By the way, many thanks to all those parents who attended Miss Golias' Number workshop which was on Tuesday after school. We hope that you found it beneficial seeing how number is taught in school.

Well we couldn't have planned our half term topic of All About Bears better as this coincided with our Children in Need activities on Friday. The children looked super spotty and they thoroughly enjoyed placing their pennies on Pudsey's face on the playground; eating their scrummy buns at playtime and then nicely jigging up their lunch taking turns dancing on the Wii!!!
Thank you so much for all your contributions.

Now what's happening next week?

Literacy 

In literacy this week, we will be reading the book Can't You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell .

Our focus in literacy is to continue looking at characterisation and we will be thinking about using AMAZING ADJECTIVES to describe Little Bear and Big Bear's physical appearance and their thoughts and feelings.

Numeracy

In numeracy this week, we will be continuing to practice our calculating skills! We will develop our addition skills by beginning to add three numbers together. Also we will continue to apply this knowledge of addition to solving word problems.
Can you use your mental addition skills to quickly add these three numbers?

14 + 9 + 6 =

23 + 8 + 17 =

(Remember use your knowledge of addition facts for making 10 to help you.)

 

Have a fantastic week :)

The Key Stage 1 Team

Autumn 2 Week 2

Week 2 starts tomorrow and it is another busy week in KS1. This week, we will be continuing with our topic All About Bears! We started our clay work last week and we will be busy this week finishing off our clay bear sculptures. In addition, we will brushing up on our ICT skills and starting some word processing using Clicker 6. We will be writing non-chronological reports about different bears and learning how to put pictures into our documents. 

Literacy 

In literacy this week, we will be reading the book Peace at Last by Jill Murphy. Our focus in literacy is characterisation and we will thinking about using AMAZING ADJECTIVES to describe Mr Bear's physical appearance and his thoughts and feelings.

Numeracy

In numeracy this week, we will be continuing to practice our calculating skills! We will be using malteasers to partition numbers to help us add them together. As the week goes on, we will begin to apply this knowledge of addition to solving word problems. Can you solve the word problem below???

On Monday I ate 21 sweets and on Tuesday I ate 31 sweets. 

How many sweets did I eat altogether? 

Lastly .... please remember it is a training day on Thursday and school will be closed. We will be open again, as normal, on Friday where we will be raising money for Children in Need. 

Have a fantastic week :)

The Key Stage 1 Team

Numeracy online games....

Level 1

Marble maths

http://www.abcya.com/

Funky numbers

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html

Dinosuar maths

http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurDentist/index.html

Level 2

Ghost maths

http://ictmagic.sharedby.co/share/BBvwC1

Level 3

http://ictmagic.sharedby.co/share/VlpfR1

Have fun!