Week 17: W/C 13th July

 

Moving into Year 2…

Week 16: W/C 6th July

Hi team!

Can’t believe this is the last week of home learning as Year 1! It has truly been a pleasure to teach you and to work alongside you, I wish we had more time together in Year 1 but thankfully we will still get to see each other all the time and work together when we do the Key Stage 1 Nativity and I will always see you in the cloakroom! I hope you have enjoyed Year 1 as much as I have and I hope you are so excited to be going to Year 2! This week I would like us to focus on memories and lots of different activities to practice all of the learning we have done in Year 1. Below is a link to your Year 2 transition page so you can have a look at some of the activities Mrs Hemming and Mrs LB would like you to try. There is also lots of information about your new teachers and what your topic might be in September…

Year 2 Transition Page!

PSHE

Below are lots of activities for you to have a go at so you feel prepared for transition. Transition into a new class can sometimes make you feel a little bit anxious or nervous and that is completely normal. I know how brilliant you will all be in Year 2 but for you to feel more comfortable and for your new teachers to get to know you a little better, there are some activities to try below!

Transition Activity 1 Transition Activity 2 Transition Activity 3

 

RE

This week in RE, I would like you to choose your favourite Bible story and draw a picture of it. You can colour it in using any medium you would like e.g. painting, pencils or tissue paper! Anything creative really. Don’t forget to add a caption for your drawing and I look forward too seeing your wonderful art work on Showbie! Remember the stories we have looked at; Noah’s Ark, The story of Blind Bartimaeus, The Paralyzed Man, Jesus Calming the Storm and The Christmas story!

Reading

This week I would like you to have a go at the 2 phoneme spotters below. Phoneme spotters are a great way to embed your phonics learning and to identify the different sounds in different words. Make sure you read the spotters out loud to support your spotting! Use a coloured pencil to colour in the words when you spot the correct sound. Why not think of your own words using the sounds in the phoneme spotters? Write a list of these words!

‘oa’ Phoneme Spotter ‘aw’ Phoneme Spotter

Writing

This week for your writing task I thought we could have some fun completing the ‘If I were an animal, what animal would I be?’ activity! When I saw this I had a really good think about what animal would best describe me and I decided on a dog because they are caring, loving and can sometimes have a hyper 5 minutes! This activity is really good for thinking of some really good adjectives and for practicing writing in full sentences. I can’t wait to read all of your ideas!

What Animal Would You Be?

Below is a link to the BBC Bitesize website with some lessons to support you with your English learning:

BBC Bitesize English

Have a go at this Spag mat below:

Spag Mat

Handwriting

Below are some resources to support you with your handwriting practice. There are 2 for you to work through. Please print these and have a go!

Year 1 handwriting practice High Frequency words handwriting

Maths

Please continue to visit the BBC Bitesize daily maths activities to support your learning at home. Please continue to upload your learning onto Showbie for me to see!

BBC Bitesize

Bitesize Challenges:

This week I would like us to focus on shapes. This will be both 2D and 3D shapes and looking at the properties of these. In Year 2 it is really important to recognise your shapes and be able to name them!

Shape Activity 1 Shape Activity 2 Shape Activity 3

There are lots of different challenges and activities for you to have a go at! I look forward too seeing how you get on when you send them to me on Showbie.

Have a look at JackHartmann’s YouTube channel for some really fun songs and dances to support your maths learning:

Some extra activities to have a go at:

Maths activity 1 Maths activity 2 Maths activity 3 Maths activity 4

Art

This week in Art I would like you to design your own school logo! Think about the colours you might want to include and what pictures you might draw on your logo. It could be a lion to show strength or a dove to show peace! I am looking forward too seeing what logo you come up with and who knows, your new teachers might take a sneak peak and want to put it up in your new classroom!

Design a School Logo

Science

This week I would like you to look at animals that live in the rainforest. I would like you to look at these animals and look at what type of animal it is! Is it a mammal? Reptile? You will need some scissors and some glue for this activity. Make sure you get an adult to check your answers before sticking them down. When you have finished the activity, why not self assess your work using the answer sheet attached?

Rainforest Animal Sorting Activity

Challenge: Write about the habitats and the animals you have put into each habitat, explaining why they belong in this habitat rather than any other. e.g. A polar bear lives in the north pole because it has thick fur to keep it warm and can swim. 

PE

In PE, I would like you to complete one of the events from a triathlon! A triathlon is a 3 event race including running, cycling or swimming! Be creative with your approaches. You could ‘swim’ in your paddling pool or bath, you could run around an open space or your garden with your family or you could cycle in a park with your family. I hope you enjoy these activities!

Challenge: Can you have a go at one of these and time yourself. Then, after a few more days, try again and see if you can beat your score?

Week 15: W/C 29th June

Hello Year 1! Another week of learning has passed us by and how lucky were we with the weather?! It’s been so lovely to enjoy the sunshine and its been so great to see so many of you enjoying the sun! Ophelia has been working hard on her money knowledge and finding change for different objects! Ryker has built a fantastic raft with his dad in the garden, it looks super! Eleanor has been working super hard and has created a fact file all about robins which was very interesting! Danielle has impressed me lots with all of her maths work she has been getting up to at home, the hard work is paying off Danielle! I look forward too seeing all of your excellent work this week and don’t forget, its fancy-dress day on Tuesday 30^th June so please send your pictures through on Showbie!

RE

Our RE topic this half term is Miracles. This week I would like us to focus on prayers. We pray lots of times in school, church and at home but I would like you to think about why do we pray? Is it for comfort? guidance? help? This week, I would like you to write a prayer. This is very open ended as I want you to speak to God about what is going on for you in your heart but sometimes its great to write down your prayer and share this. Below is a template to support your writing. I look forwad to seeing your work on Showbie.

Prayer Template

Reading

This week I would like you to have a go at the 2 phoneme spotters below. Phoneme spotters are a great way to embed your phonics learning and to identify the different sounds in different words. Make sure you read the spotters out loud to support your spotting! Use a coloured pencil to colour in the words when you spot the correct sound. Why not think of your own words using the sounds in the phoneme spotters? Write a list of these words!

Phoneme Spotter ai Phoneme Spotter ie

Below you will find a link to the Oxford Owl website with a number of different e-books for you to use at home! You can browse through and choose from a range of  books from Biff, Chip and Kipper to non-fiction stories. Choose a few to have a go at and let me know which was your favourite and why!

Oxford Reading

Writing

This week, I would like you to write a letter for your new teachers in Year 2! I would like you to tell them all about you and how amazing you are! Use the booklet below to write down some of your ideas ready to write a letter. The booklet asks lots of different questions that might be really useful to include in your letter to Mrs Hemming and Mrs LB.

Transition Booklet to Plan

Now its time to write your letter! Think about what you would like your new teachers to know about you. For example, what is your favourite subject? What did you enjoy in Year 1? Do you have any siblings? Any pets? Make sure to use your plan to help with your writing so that it makes sense and it shows how amazing you are as a writer!

Writing a Letter Template Letter Support

Below is a link to the BBC Bitesize website with some lessons to support you with your English learning:

BBC Bitesize English

Have a go at this Spag mat below:

Spag Mat

Handwriting

Below are some resources to support you with your handwriting practice. There are 2 for you to work through. Please print these and have a go!

Year 1 handwriting practice High Frequency words handwriting

Maths

Please continue to visit the BBC Bitesize daily maths activities to support your learning at home. Please continue to upload your learning onto Showbie for me to see!

BBC Bitesize

Bitesize Challenges:

This week I would like us to focus on time. Please have a look at the activities below to support your learning with time. Please make your learning as practical as possible by using clocks and watches in your home and getting to know about how many hours are in a minute, how many hours are in a day and how many days in week!

Time Activity 1 Time Activity 2 Time Activity 3 Time Activity 4

There are lots of different challenges and activities for you to have a go at! I look forward too seeing how you get on when you send them to me on Showbie.

Have a look at JackHartmann’s YouTube channel for some really fun songs and dances to support your maths learning:

Some extra activities to have a go at:

Maths activity 1 Maths activity 2 Maths activity 3 Maths activity 4

History

In History, I would like you to continue looking at toys. This week I would like you to continue use the writing frames to describe the old toys. Using adjectives and full sentences, describe the toys in the pictures. You can choose whichever toy you would like to describe or you can choose more than one! Please remember your capital letters, finger spaces and full stops when writing your description.

Describing Toys Time Word Mat

Challenge: Can you design your own toy? Using toys that you play with as inspiration, can you design and create a toy? I would love to see these creations on Showbie!

Art

This week in Art its Children’s Art Week! This runs for 3 weeks so I am really looking forward to celebrating this with you for 3 whole weeks! Week 1 is all about the Natural World and below I have attached lots of challenge cards to support your art. We will be using the outside to be creative and create lots of different art. Choose as many different challenges as you would like and I can’t wait to see what you make when you upload it onto Showbie!

Land Art Challenge Cards

Science

This week I would like you to look at animals that live in the rainforest. I would like you to look at these animals and look at what type of animal it is! Is it a mammal? Reptile? You will need some scissors and some glue for this activity. Make sure you get an adult to check your answers before sticking them down. When you have finished the activity, why not self assess your work using the answer sheet attached?

Rainforest Animal Sorting Activity

Challenge: Write about the habitats and the animals you have put into each habitat, explaining why they belong in this habitat rather than any other. e.g. A polar bear lives in the north pole because it has thick fur to keep it warm and can swim. 

PE

In PE, I would like you to complete one of the events from a triathlon! A triathlon is a 3 event race including running, cycling or swimming! Be creative with your approaches. You could ‘swim’ in your paddling pool or bath, you could run around an open space or your garden with your family or you could cycle in a park with your family. I hope you enjoy these activities!

Challenge: Can you have a go at one of these and time yourself. Then, after a few more days, try again and see if you can beat your score?

PSHE

This week, I would like you tohave a bit of fun! Below is an activity where you need to think about what rules you would have if you were a king or queen for the day! Think about your values and what is fair/isn’t fair. What would you do for other people? How could you make a difference? Make sure to discuss your ideas with an adult/friend before writing them down. Happy ruling for the day!

King or Queen For the Day

 

Week 14: W/C 22nd June

Hello Year 1! I hope you all had a great week of learning either at home or at school! It has been lovely to see some of your brilliant home learning. We enjoyed a wacky hair day on Thursday to celebrate Mr Cooper’s birthday! It was great to see so many creative ideas. Also a big happy Father’s Day to all of the fabulous dads, grandads and uncles out there! Thank you for everything you do. Ayla created a wonderful Father’s Day card which was beautifully decorated. Elin has worked hard to sort the new toys and the old toys in our history learning. Ryker has worked so hard on his Spelling Shed and managed to reach top of the whole school leader board for his wonderful spelling! Jamie has worked hard on his maths learning, particularly his division knowledge! Well done everybody!

RE

Our RE topic this half term is Miracles. This week I would like us to focus on a new miracle. This miracle is when Jesus healed Blind Bartimaeus. Please watch the video below. Once you have watched the video why don’t you try acting out the story with your family? Take on different roles and act it out. Once you have done that, have a go at the comic strip below to re-tell the story. Make sure you put the story in the correct order and draw a picture to make your work more exciting and easier to follow.

Comic Strip Template

Challenge: Think of some questions you would like to ask the man who was cured. What are you wondering about? How was he feeling? 

 

Reading

This week I would like you to have a go at the 2 phoneme spotters below. Phoneme spotters are a great way to embed your phonics learning and to identify the different sounds in different words. Make sure you read the spotters out loud to support your spotting! Use a coloured pencil to colour in the words when you spot the correct sound.

Phoneme Spotter 1 Phoneme Spotter 2

Below you will find a link to the Oxford Owl website with a number of different e-books for you to use at home! You can browse through and choose from a range of  books from Biff, Chip and Kipper to non-fiction stories. Choose a few to have a go at and let me know which was your favourite and why!

Oxford Reading

Writing

This week, I would like you to write an acrostic poem about summer.  As it is officially summer now (yay!) I would like you to write a summer acrostic poem. Before you start writing your poem, I would like you to go outdoors and get inspired! Go on a summer walk and look for signs of summer. Is it warm? What is the weather doing? What animals do you see? What are people wearing? Write down all of the signs you see as you could use them for your poem later.

Next, have a go at a wordsearch below to help you build up your vocabulary for your summer acrostic poems. If you like any of the words being used, write them down to remember them.

Summer Wordsearch

Now its time to write your acrostic poem! Remember that you have to start your sentences with the letters in the big word SUMMER. I look forward too seeing your fabulous poems!

Summer Acrostic Poem

Below is a link to the BBC Bitesize website with some lessons to support you with your English learning:

BBC Bitesize English

Have a go at this Spag mat below:

Spag Mat 3

Handwriting

Below are some resources to support you with your handwriting practice. There are 2 for you to work through. Please print these and have a go!

Year 1 handwriting practice High Frequency words handwriting

Maths

Please continue to visit the BBC Bitesize daily maths activities to support your learning at home. Please continue to upload your learning onto Showbie for me to see!

BBC Bitesize

Bitesize Challenges:

This week I would like us to focus on money. Please have a look at the activities below to support your learning with money. Please make your learning as practical as possible by using real coins and getting to know the shapes and sizes of each coin.

Money Activity 1 Money Activity 2 Money Activity 3 Money Activity 4

There are lots of different challenges and activities for you to have a go at! I look forward too seeing how you get on when you send them to me on Showbie.

Have a look at JackHartmann’s YouTube channel for some really  fun songs and dances to support your maths learning:

Some extra activities to have a go at:

Maths activity 1 Maths activity 2 Maths activity 3 Maths activity 4

History

In History, I would like you to continue looking at toys. This week I would like you to use the writing frames to describe the old toys. Using adjectives and full sentences, describe the toys in the pictures. You can choose whichever toy you would like to describe or you can choose more than one! Please remember your capital letters, finger spaces and full stops when writing your description.

Describing Toys Time Word Mat

Challenge: Can you design your own toy? Using toys that you play with as inspiration, can you design and create a toy? I would love to see these creations on Showbie!

Art

This week in Art I would like you to draw a summer scene. This could be a park, a beach or a holiday home somewhere! Please use creative and vibrant colours to demonstrate your understanding of this warm season! Why not draw your favourite place to visit when it gets warm? I would draw Brimham Rocks!

Science

This week I would like you to look at animals and their habitats. We are going to be writing animal fact files all about them and their habitats. I would like you to choose your favourite animal and then write all about them, what they eat, where they live and some interesting facts about your animal. This work is differentiated so that you can choose to challenge yourself with any of the activities. Don’t forget to think about what some animals need to survive in the wild and why they might need to live in some climates.

Animals and Their Climates

Challenge: Write about the habitats and the animals you have put into each habitat, explaining why they belong in this habitat rather than any other. e.g. A polar bear lives in the north pole because it has thick fur to keep it warm and can swim. 

PE

In PE, I would like you to complete one of the events from a triathlon! A triathlon is a 3 event race including running, cycling or swimming! Be creative with your approaches. You could ‘swim’ in your paddling pool or bath, you could run around an open space or your garden with your family or you could cycle in a park with your family. I hope you enjoy these activities!

Challenge: Can you have a go at one of these and time yourself. Then, after a few more days, try again and see if you can beat your score?

PSHE

This week, I would like you to focus on what you can do when you feel sad! Feeling sad is a perfectly ok feeling to feel when something happens that makes your heart or tummy sink a little. What is important to do is to think of ways to make yourself feel better when you’re feeling down. Below is an activity to support your thinking of ways to make yourself feel happy e.g. speak to a friend, listen to music etc. You can use some of the ideas in the activity or you can think of your own to write down. Keep smiling!

Ways You Feel Happy

 

Week 13: W/C 14th June

Hello Year 1! I hope you all had a great week of learning either at home or at school! I am enjoying being back in the classroom with some of you and getting to see all of the lovely learning some of you are doing too! It has been a very busy week for everybody and it looks like lots of fabulous learning has been taking place! Seb has been working hard with his big brother learning all about the Great Fire of London! It’s lovely to hear about different year groups collaborating together. Philip has been working hard to build a bird box at home with his dad, I look forward too seeing pictures of some birds arriving to their new house! Henry B has worked hard on his PSHE learning, writing about some of his worries on his worry monster. We know sharing our worries can help us! Emily has been working hard writing a diary entry of her week in school. She used her best handwriting and drew some pictures to support her writing. Well done for all of your wonderful learning!

RE

Our RE topic this half term is Miracles. This week, I would like you to focus on the miracle of when Jesus cured the man who couldn’t walk. I would like you to first listen to this story and ask yourselves the following questions with an adult:

“How did Jesus heal the man?”

“What did he say to the man?”

“What message did Jesus want us to learn?”

Once you have watched and understood the story, I would like you to re-tell it as a comic strip! Using the template below, I would like you to re-tell the story. You can break the story down into different parts and draw pictures above to help the reader to follow your story. Remember to keep the story in the correct order and to take your time with your pictures. I am really looking forward too seeing your work on Showbie!

Comic Strip Template

Challenge: Think of some questions you would like to ask the man who was cured. What are you wondering about? How was he feeling? 

Reading

This week I would like you to have a go at the reading comprehensions below. There are 2 comprehensions for you to have a go at. I would recommend you always start with step 1 as this is simpler to understand before progressing to a more challenging comprehension. Both comprehensions are the same topic but with different styles of questions.

Step 1 Reading Comprehension Step 2 Reading Comprehension

Below you will find a link to the Oxford Owl website with a number of different e-books for you to use at home! You can browse through and choose from a range of  books from Biff, Chip and Kipper to non-fiction stories. Choose a few to have a go at and let me know which was your favourite and why!

Oxford Reading

Writing

This week, I would like you to write me a story! The story will be linked to the reading comprehension task given to you. I would like you to write me a story all about being under the sea! You could be somebody diving under the sea on an adventure, you could be a sea creature or you could even be a sailor! You can go in any direction you wish with your story as long as it involves our ‘blue planet!’ Happy story writing!

First, you need to plan your story out using the story mapping template below. Think about the start, middle and end of your story, the characters and the setting of your story. Make sure you take your time with this part because it will be very useful for your final piece!

Story Writing Plan

Then, it’s time to get writing!

Story Writing Frame

Don’t forget to edit and improve your writing at the end to make sure it is your very best!

Below is a link to the BBC Bitesize website with some lessons to support you with your English learning:

BBC Bitesize English

Have a go at this Spag mat below:

Spag Mat

Handwriting

Below are some resources to support you with your handwriting practice. There are 2 for you to work through. Please print these and have a go!

Year 1 handwriting practice High Frequency words handwriting

Maths

Please continue to visit the BBC Bitesize daily maths activities to support your learning at home. Please continue to upload your learning onto Showbie for me to see!

BBC Bitesize

Bitesize Challenges:

 

This week I would like us to focus on multiplication and division. Please have a look at the activities below to support your learning with these 2 operations.

There are lots of different challenges and activities for you to have a go at! I look forward too seeing how you get on when you send them to me on Showbie.

Multiplication and Division Colouring Multiplication and Division Division Challenges Challenge Cards

Have a look at JackHartmann’s YouTube channel for some really fun songs and dances to support your maths learning:

Some extra activities to have a go at:

Maths activity 1 Maths activity 2 Maths activity 3 Maths activity 4

History

In History, I would like you to continue looking at toys. This week I would like you to sort the old toys from the new toys. Look at the pictures provided and the titles for sorting. Think about how technology might have changed throughout time and use the terminology we have been looking at to describe the toys e.g. this one looks older because of the material used or this one looks newer because it is electronic. Please use the word mat to support you with your historical vocabulary.

Sorting Old and New Toys Time Word Mat

Challenge: Can you design your own toy? Using toys that you play with as inspiration, can you design and create a toy? I would love to see these creations on Showbie!

Art

This week in Art I would like you to design and create your Father’s Day cards! Father’s Day is on Sunday 21st June and it is a wonderful day to show how thankful you are to have your daddies, uncles or grandad’s who are fabulous! Below are some ideas to help you get your creative caps on and make the best card ever for the best dads/uncles/grandads ever! I can’t wait to see your designs and i’m sure your loved ones will love them too!

Science

This week I would like you to look at animals and their habitats. Looking at the backgrounds and the cards of the different animals, match the animal to the habitat. When you have finished that, get an adult or sibling to check you are correct.

Animals to match Different habitats

Challenge: Write about the habitats and the animals you have put into each habitat, explaining why they belong in this habitat rather than any other. e.g. A polar bear lives in the north pole because it has thick fur to keep it warm and can swim. 

PE

In PE, I would like you to complete one of the events from a triathlon! A triathlon is a 3 event race including running, cycling or swimming! Be creative with your approaches. You could ‘swim’ in your paddling pool or bath, you could run around an open space or your garden with your family or you could cycle in a park with your family. I hope you enjoy these activities!

Challenge: Can you have a go at one of these and time yourself. Then, after a few more days, try again and see if you can beat your score?

PSHE

This week, I would like you to focus on courage. Before you start the activity, I would like you to think, what is courage? Do I have courage? How do we feel courage? Courage is something we need to have when we are feeling a little bit nervous about something but still give it a go! Below is a video to help your understanding of courage:

Once you have understood what courage is, I would like you to produce a poster that encourages people to brave! I would like you to write down and draw ways people can be brave and things that they could do to feel courageous and brave in some situations that they might find tricky. Use the key words to write sentences to support people who need helping finding their courage e.g. It’s ok to feel scared sometimes but its important to sometimes find your courage and give it a try!

Find Your Courage Poster

Week 12: W/C 8th June

Hello Year 1! I hope you all had a great week of learning and enjoyed the weather at the beginning of last week! I hope you’re all excited for another week of learning! I am very proud of you all and your commitment to your Spelling Shed learning too! Well done to everyone as we reached 3rd out of all of the groups on Spelling Shed! Hugo has worked very hard with his retelling of Jesus calming the storm with some wonderful pictures! Ayla has become a budding artist and has created a beautiful drawing of her playing football outdoors and a lovely self portrait. Eleanor has been working hard on her shop that she set up at her house, selling groceries to her family and Oscar has been doing lots of active learning with his brother. He has been racing with him to see who can find letters in the garden and fill their buckets with them!

RE

Our RE topic this half term is Miracles. This week, I would like you to think about all of the ways Jesus shows care to people. Discuss this with your family and think of examples of ways Jesus shows care and helps people.

Using the template below, I would like you to think of ways you can help people and that you have done to help people in the past. For example, help your mum with the washing up, give money to charity, help a friend when they fall over in school. You could start your sentence with: ‘I show I care by…’ ‘I care…’ Please write down a few different ways you show care and don’t forget to upload to Showbie!

Showing Care Activity

Challenge: Can you draw a picture of you showing care? You can use different colours and draw different ideas of you showing care if you would like!

Reading

Below you will find a link to the Oxford Owl website with a number of different e-books for you to use at home! You can browse through and choose from a range of  books from Biff, Chip and Kipper to non-fiction stories. Choose a few to have a go at and let me know which was your favourite and why!

Oxford Reading

Why not write a book review about your favourite e-book that you have listened too? Maybe you could share your favourite with a friend or family member and encourage them to have a look at the book too!

Book review

Writing

This week, I would like you to write a diary entry for the week. I would like you to write about all of the learning you do, the playing you do and keep it altogether so that one day you can look back at it and share it with loved ones if you would like too! You could write about how you are feeling, who you spoke to or even how far you walked, biked or ran! Please try and do this from Monday to Friday and you could even carry it on if you enjoy it! Please feel free to share passages from your diary entries but equally if you want to keep them to yourselves that is fine too.

Check List Diary Entry Writing Frame

Below is a link to the BBC Bitesize website with some lessons to support you with your English learning:

BBC Bitesize English

Have a go at this Spag mat below:

Spag Mat

Handwriting

Below are some resources to support you with your handwriting practice. There are 2 for you to work through. Please print these and have a go!

Year 1 handwriting practice High Frequency words handwriting

Maths

Please continue to visit the BBC Bitesize daily maths activities to support your learning at home. Please continue to upload your learning onto Showbie for me to see!

BBC Bitesize

Bitesize Challenges:

This week I would like us to focus on addition and subtraction. Please have a look at the activities below to support your learning with these 2 operations.

Mathopoly Game

Addition and Subtraction workbook Chilli Challenges

Have a look at JackHartmann’s YouTube channel for some really fun songs and dances to support your maths learning:

Some extra activities to have a go at:

Maths activity 1 Maths activity 2 Maths activity 3 Maths activity 4

History

In History, I would like you to continue looking at toys. This week I would like you to look at a variety of different toys and use time language to describe these toys. I have attached a word mat to support your learning and to help you with the spelling of different time words. Please work with an adult to support you with your understanding of the different vocabulary.

Toy Description Activity Toy Word Mat

Challenge: Can you design your own toy? Using toys that you play with as inspiration, can you design and create a toy? I would love to see these creations on Showbie!

Art

This week in Art I would like you to follow the tutorial below to draw heart hands. This is a great idea to remind you that there is love all around you and that you can share your love with anybody you wish too. Follow the tutorial carefully and I am really looking forward to seeing your finished product!

Science

This week I would like you to look at animals and their habitats. Looking at the backgrounds and the cards of the different animals, match the animal to the habitat. When you have finished that, get an adult or sibling to check you are correct.

Animals to match Different habitats

Challenge: Write about the habitats and the animals you have put into each habitat, explaining why they belong in this habitat rather than any other. e.g. A polar bear lives in the north pole because it has thick fur to keep it warm and can swim. 

PE

In PE, I would like you to complete one of the events from a triathlon! A triathlon is a 3 event race including running, cycling or swimming! Be creative with your approaches. You could ‘swim’ in your paddling pool or bath, you could run around an open space or your garden with your family or you could cycle in a park with your family. I hope you enjoy these activities!

Challenge: Can you have a go at one of these and time yourself. Then, after a few more days, try again and see if you can beat your score?

PSHE

I would like you to think about how you are feeling in PSHE. Every emotion is absolutely fine to feel and you are allowed to feel everything you do! Sometimes feeling worried can lead us to feel a bit sad or sometimes angry. Below is a worry monster to help you! I would like you to name your monster (mine is Barry) and then write anything at all that is worrying you onto your monster. Sometimes sharing a worry makes you feel better! When you have completed that, you can either keep it private or share with someone you trust. Why not decorate your monster too? Barry is going to have a rainbow tummy and blue eyes for me!

Worry Monster

Why not have a go at this board game too?

Emotions Board Game

Week 11: W/C 1st June

Hello Year 1. I hope you are well and had a wonderful half term break, you all certainly deserved it! It’s been lovely to see all of the wonderful activities you have been up to in the week running up to the half term break! Juliet has been working so hard on Spelling Shed, getting into the top 20 in the whole school! Jamie kept us all entertained and guessing with his ‘guess the animal’ game on Showbie, lots of you got the right answer! Joseph has been putting his reading knowledge to the test with the 60 second reads, its been wonderful to see you working so hard! Elin has drawn a fantastic whale with a rainbow shooting out of its blow hole! It looked super Elin. Izzy has really enjoyed completing Mr Cooper’s sports day challenge with her siblings, she said it was her favourite part of her Friday! Keep up your fabulous hard work Year 1, you make me very proud!

P.S. I hope you enjoy our Happy Compilation!

 

RE

Our RE topic this half term is Miracles. The first miracle I would like us to focus on is when Jesus calmed the storm. To begin your learning, watch this video so that you know the story and are confident with it (remember we looked at this story when we were learning about the Year of the Word).

I would like you now to think of some questions you would ask Jesus about this miracle. What do you wonder? Use the worksheet below to support your learning and ask 5 questions. Remember, lots of our questions are difficult to answer but we can still wonder and ask!

Questions to Jesus

Challenge: Write a diary entry as somebody on board of this boat. How would they feel? What would they see? Think of your 5 senses and use these to help you describe the events you have witnessed! I would love to see your wonderful diary entires and be able to put as many as I can on the Year 1 shout out page!

Reading

Below you will find a link to the Oxford Owl website with a number of different e-books for you to use at home! You can browse through and choose from a range of  books from Biff, Chip and Kipper to non-fiction stories. Choose a few to have a go at and let me know which was your favourite and why!

Oxford Reading

Why not write a book review about your favourite e-book that you have listened too? Maybe you could share your favourite with a friend or family member and encourage them to have a look at the book too!

Book review

Writing

I absolutely loved some of your letters last week to someone special! They were so lovely and I’m sure they put a smile on the recipients face! This week, I would like you to write a recount of your half term holiday. You could write about an activity you did with your family, somewhere you went on a walk, a favourite film you watched or fun you had in the garden!

First, make a plan of your recount. It is important to plan out what you would like to write about so that your recount makes sense and is in chronological order. Use the planning format to support your learning and make sure you refer to this plan when you are writing so you don’t forget anything.

Planning a recount

After you have made a plan, its time to start writing! Make sure you use your plan to support your recount. Say your sentence out loud first before writing it down to help with it making sense.

Recount writing frame

Once you have completed your fabulous recount, its time to edit and improve! First, read back your work out loud to check it all makes sense and the sentences are not jumbled up! Then, get your plan and check you have included everything. Check to see if you can add anything to make it even more exciting e.g. an adjective! Once you have checked it all through, get an adult to read what you have written and support you with editing and improving anything you’ve missed.

Have a go at this Spag mat below:

Spag Mat

Handwriting

Below are some resources to support you with your handwriting practice. There are 2 for you to work through. Please print these and have a go!

Year 1 handwriting practice High Frequency words handwriting

Maths

Please continue to visit the BBC Bitesize daily maths activities to support your learning at home. Please continue to upload your learning onto Showbie for me to see!

BBC Bitesize

Bitesize Challenges:

This week I would like us to focus on shapes! Below are lots of activities to support your learning of 2D and 3D shapes, as well as their properties.

Chilli Challenges Shape 3D shape activity 2D Shapes Properties 2D Shape Colouring

Have a look at JackHartmann’s YouTube channel for some really fun songs and dances to support your maths learning:

Some extra activities to have a go at:

Maths activity 1 Maths activity 2 Maths activity 3 Maths activity 4

History

In History, I would like you to look at toys! I know how interested some of you were when we looked at the differences in toys from Grace Darling’s time to ours so I thought we could focus on this a bit more.

Discuss with a grown up your favourite toy and ask them what their favourite toy was when they were little. Have you ever played with it? Do they still have it? Upload pictures of you and your grown up with your favourite toys if you can!

I would like you to look at the images of a variety of toys below. Using the word bank, I would like you to match the best describing word to the toy. You will need scissors, a plain piece of paper and this activity sheet. Cut and stick the picture with the word.

Describing Toys

Challenge: Can you design your own toy? Using toys that you play with as inspiration, can you design and create a toy? I would love to see these creations on Showbie!

Art

This week in Art I would like you to focus on pencil work. I would like you to draw your house! I want you to use your 2D shape knowledge to support you with drawing your house! Make sure to include your garden too with some of the things you play with!  I will be completing this activity too so make sure you look out for Miss Mac’s artwork too! I look forward too seeing your artwork. Please feel free to use paint or pencils to colour Please find a tutorial video below to support you.

Science

I would like you to go into your garden or an outdoor space for your science learning this week. Using the table below, I would like you to go out and see which common garden birds you can spot. When you find one, tick it off your table and write down where you spotted it. Don’t forget to upload pictures of you looking onto Showbie and your table! Can you find any other birds that are not on the list?

Watch this video to support you, it will help you to know what you are looking for!

Garden Birds Activity

Challenge: Become a wildlife photographer! Whenever you see a bird in your garden or flying above your house, see if you can snap a picture of it to send to me on Showbie. I wonder who can get the best shot?

PE

Can you make your own obstacle course? Using different objects e.g. cones, bats and balls, can you design and run your own obstacle course? See if you can get others involved and time each other to see who was the fastest. Can you beat your score on another day? Can you beat another person?

I have a very exciting PE lesson for you this week by no other than our very own Mr Cooper. Mr Cooper has created a brilliant resource to support your PE learning. It is an ebook all about a Sports day! All you need to do is get a grown up to help you read it and follow the instructions at the bottom of each page to take part! It is fun and active! Mr Cooper sends lots of big hellos and misses you all! Hope you enjoy this, I certainly did! For an extra challenge, why don’t you see what other actions or exercises you can add in or change to make it trickier for yourself?

Super Sport’s Day

PSHE

I would like you to think about how you are feeling in PSHE. Every emotion is absolutely fine to feel and you are allowed to feel everything you do! Sometimes feeling worried can lead us to feel a bit sad or sometimes angry. Below is a worry monster to help you! I would like you to name your monster (mine is Barry) and then write anything at all that is worrying you onto your monster. Sometimes sharing a worry makes you feel better! When you have completed that, you can either keep it private or share with someone you trust. Why not decorate your monster too? Barry is going to have a rainbow tummy and blue eyes for me!

Worry Monster

Why not have a go at this board game too?

Emotions Board Game

Week 9: W/C 18th May

Hello Year 1. I hope you are well and had a good weekend with lots of rest and play. I hope you had a lovely weekend in the sunshine too. There has been some really super learning going on! Emily has been working really hard on creating Antarctica in a box! It really looked excellent and you can see a lot of work has gone into it! Grace has been enjoying reading at home, choosing lots of books to read for pleasure! It was lovely to hear her discuss with such enthusiasm the stories she has enjoyed! Oscar has been writing a letter to his grandma. He tried his best to make sure his handwriting was excellent and used brilliant full stops and capital letters! Philip had so much fun at home completing the active learning alphabet search! He managed to find an item for all of the letters of the alphabet all around his house! Eleanor has been completing so much learning too! She has been getting creative with her sister, making baby penguins and a shop to practice her money! Well done Year 1, I am very proud of you!

This week is a very special PSHE themed week with the theme of ‘kindness’. We know in Year 1 that it is very important to be kind and it feels good to be kind too!

Here is something extra special to mark the beginning of our themed week.

PSHE

Throughout the week I would like you to take some time to check out the new Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) page, which includes a broad range of fun and interesting activities and offers resources to help children deal with situations they find stressful, how to regulate their feelings and build resilience.

STOP, BLOCK, TELL

This week please remind your child of the “STOP, BLOCK, TELL” message that you shared with your child when we started learning at home.

 

Wellbeing activities

It is so important to look after yourselves at all times, both physically and mentally. Below are 7 well being activities for you to try whilst at home this week. These will make you smile, your family smile and maybe a stranger smile! Remember that smiling brightens up the world and all of your smiles certainly do that!

Fill a Bucket

Do you remember the story we looked at all about feeling a bucket? I would you to revisit this as a family! This story is all about the importance of filling people’s emotional buckets as well as your own.

Do you feel really good after giving/receiving a compliment?

Do you like to make people smile and feel good?

After you have listened to the story, you could choose a bucket in your house to have as your wellbeing bucket. Throughout the week, if something makes you feel happy, you could write this down and fill it up. How full do you think you could get it?

However, if something makes you feel sad, like in the story, your bucket might tip meaning something will fall out! I wonder how full your bucket will be by the end of the week?

Virtues calendar

This month I would like you to ask your children to look at the attached Virtues calendar. This provides a month worth of opportunities/ ideas to build children’s virtues such as character, resilience, gratitude and neighbourliness The ideas are simple, doable and encourage us to be kind on ourselves and others at this difficult time.
Please ask children to choose 5 from the menu- which is one each day and they might like to choose the same or different ones to their siblings.

Virtues Calendar

Sing and Dance!

I know how much Year 1 absolutely love a good sing and dance in the class so I have no doubt this is the same for when you are at home too! Below is the song ‘Happy’ by Pharell Williams. Put this song on nice and loud in your living rooms and have a good old dance together as a family! I guarantee you feel great afterwards!

Mindfulness colouring

These colouring activities are wonderful if you need an escape and want to focus on making something beautiful! I know you have seen that I have had a go at a few of these on Showbie so I would love to see yours too! These colouring activities are extra special though as they have lots of words of encouragement on them!

Words of encouragement colouring

RE

May is an important time for us as Catholics as we celebrate Mary, our blessed lady and how important she is to us. I would like you to take some time to pray using your Rosary, maybe you could make a new prayer area in your house to help you with your quiet prayer and reflection time. You can use this video below to help you revisit the Rosary, I have enjoyed watching the video to support me in using the Rosary, hope it helps you too.

How to pray the Rosary

Below are some good resources to support your learning all about Mary, Mother of God during the month of May.

Mary, Mother of God 1

Mary, Mother of God 2

Mary, Mother of God 3

Mary, Mother of God 4

Reading

Below you will find a link to the Oxford Owl website with a number of different e-books for you to use at home! You can browse through and choose from a range of  books from Biff, Chip and Kipper to non-fiction stories. Choose a few to have a go at and let me know which was your favourite and why!

Oxford Reading

Why not write a book review about your favourite e-book that you have listened too? Maybe you could share your favourite with a friend or family member and encourage them to have a look at the book too!

Book review

Writing

In English, to keep in line with our fabulous wellbeing week, I would like you to write a letter to someone you care about. Below are resources to help you with your letter. You could write a letter for someone in your house, someone in your extended family or a friend from school or a club outside of school! I’m sure that your kind words and you sharing what you have been up too will make someones day, just like it makes mine to read what you have been up too on Showbie!

Remember to ask an adult for the person’s home address if you choose someone from outside of your home and get your adult to help you with posting your letter. Who knows, you might even receive a letter in return!

Letter writing template Letter writing support

Before you send your letter, make sure you edit and improve it! It is important that you read your work back and check for any spellings that could be changed and any full stops and capital letters that have been missed. Below is a list of the Year 1 common exception words that should be spelled correctly. Check your work back using these words to make sure they are correct.

Year 1 Common Exception Words

Handwriting

Below are some resources to support you with your handwriting practice. Please print these and have a go!

Year 1 handwriting practice

Maths

Please continue to visit the BBC Bitesize daily maths activities to support your learning at home. Please continue to upload your learning onto Showbie for me to see!

BBC Bitesize

The next activity is one of our favourites! It is a Maths Mystery all about being at the beach. I thought this activity would be perfect to complete during our Wellbeing Week as it brings you all together to solve the mystery and I know you all had lots of fun completing them!

Maths mystery!

Some extra activities to have a go at:

Maths activity 1 Maths activity 2 Maths activity 3 Maths activity 4

Geography

I know how much you are all enjoying our Arctic vs Antarctica topic. I would like you to complete some research of the Arctic. When you have found out some key facts, choose your favourite and most interesting fact. When you have chosen this, use the template below of a snowflake to write it on. Make sure you write your fact neatly and big enough for people to read. When you have done this, you can decorate your snowflake! Why not display your snowflake on your living room window! Please send me pictures of you with your snowflake!

Snowflake activity

Art

This week in Art I would like you to focus on pencil work. I would like you to draw your favourite animal! For example this could be a dog, cat, fish or an elephant! I would like you to think about your colour choices too and really think about if it is the correct colour choice! I will be completing this activity too so make sure you look out for Miss Mac’s artwork too! Please find a tutorial video below to support you.

Science

To keep with our Arctic vs Antarctica theme, I would like you to have a go at making snow fluff!

Materials: 1 cup of corn starch, 1 cup of shaving cream and food colouring (optional!)

Instructions:

1. Pour the cup of corn starch into a large bowl. Use a spoon to scoop the shaving cream on top of it. Put 5-10 drops of food coloring on top. Stir to mix.
2. When the mixture looks like grated cheese, use your hands to squish the mixture even more.
3. Pretty soon the shaving cream and corn starch will form a ball, about the same texture as dough.
4. If your mixture is really wet and sticky after mixing, it needs a little more corn starch. If it won’t stick together and falls into pieces, add a little more shaving cream.
5. That’s it! Try sculpting snow angels, snowmen, or make a tiny snow fort!

 

PE

I have a very exciting PE lesson for you this week by no other than our very own Mr Cooper. Mr Cooper has created a brilliant resource to support your PE learning. It is an ebook all about a Sports day! All you need to do is get a grown up to help you read it and follow the instructions at the bottom of each page to take part! It is fun and active! Mr Cooper sends lots of big hellos and misses you all! Hope you enjoy this, I certainly did! For an extra challenge, why don’t you see what other actions or exercises you can add in or change to make it trickier for yourself?

Super Sport’s Day

Week 1: W/C 23rd March

Below are activities, worksheets and documents to support your learning during your first week of learning at home.

While you and your families are at home we will be here to help you as much as we can. We will try and give you activities that enhance the learning that we have been doing at school, and also things that can give you some new life skills.

Non-Fiction Reading Revision Mat

Telling the time

Spag Mat

Year-1-Read-and-Colour-a-Fraction

RE

This week, we think about the story of the Good Samaritan. Can you listen to the story and think about the the following questions?

Watch the Story of the Good Samaritan Here

• Who was the one to stop and help?
• What is the message in the story?
• How can you help others?

Active Learning

We think it’s really important that you try and get as much fresh air as possible, even if its just in your garden. Take walks with your family, take some of the indoor activities that we share with you and try them outside! We are excited to hear about anything you do, and give us ideas to share with our families and friends.

We are very passionate about active learning in Year 1! We love all Burn2Learn activities and any reason to get up and move around. Below are some active ways to get learning.

Get Active – PE with Joe Wicks!

Joe Wicks is hosting live daily workouts specifically aimed at children! Please visit his Youtube page below and join him at 9am every morning!

A favourite of ours in Year 1 that combines active learning and maths is JackHartmann who has lots of fun songs for the children to exercise their body and minds with.

https://www.youtube.com/user/JackHartmann

Useful Links

Below are useful links for you to use when learning at home. Please visit the following websites if you are feeling curious!

Maths

http://www.topmarks.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-collection/z6v4scw

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

https://www.weareteachers.com/active-math-games/

Phonics:

Phonics play have announced they will be letter everyone use all of their games without subscription. To access this, you will need to use the username: march20 and the password: home

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

History:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhpchbk

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/christopher_columbus.php

Music:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zkn4wmn

Reading

Please continue to read 5 times a week and record this in your homework diary.

Please continue to read and use phonics to help segment and blend. The children all have has 2 extra books sent home with them and their library book changed. Please continue to practice reading using their current reading books, extra reading books, library books, phonics tasks and other stories that the children love to read with you!

To extend your reading, why not have a go at answering these questions below about your book?