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Y1 Weekly Update: Monday 24th  October - Friday 28th October 2016

	This Week	Next Week
English	We designed aliens and described them.	We will spell out cvc words and use these to write sentences.
Maths	We have counted in tens and twos and have halved shapes by folding them.	We will be doubling and halving numbers to 20, working out which numbers are odd and even and ordering and spelling the days of the week.
Topic	Y1C have been very creative and have used their imaginations expertly.  I have been particularly impressed with out they made houses, meals and toys for soft toy animals.	We will be continuing to use our imaginations to express ourselves. Also, we will spend time learning the lines of the production songs.
PSHE	We have talked about sharing again and talking nicely to others.	We will talk about how important it is to be honest.
Optional homework	Complete any of the activities on: https://k-5resourcepage.wikispaces.com/file/view/Creative+Activities+for+Gifted+Readers.pdf
Notices and Events	Please be aware that, as per the school policy, if a child cannot swim, they will need a doctor’s note. No swim = no play: If a child cannot swim, they will not be able to play.   Homework will be given out on Monday and is due in on Friday.  I update the Abacus Maths games every week.  This is the only Maths homework given so please make sure your child does play the games.   Mr Renie’s weekly newsletter is posted on  http://ascoteypynews.blogspot.com/ . You are still welcome to come and chat to me about your child on Mondays between 3.10pm and 4.00pm.

 

New Inquiry Unit

As part of our new Inquiry unit, Y1C used their imaginations to create houses for some of our toy animals.

Halving shapes

We have been folding shapes to cut them in half.

Guided Reading

Children have been decoding in order to read words.

This week's homework

Maths	Play any of the games already on your abacus account for at least 20 minutes.  If you cannot remember your login, ask Mrs O.
English	Read the story sent home and complete a book review.  Please return the book to receive a new one as soon as your child has finished their book.
Phonics	This is a worksheet based on looking at which letter comes first.
Spellings	This week’s spelling words contain the b sound looked at throughout the week.

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Y1 Weekly Update: Monday 10th  October - Friday 14 th October 2016

 

	This Week	Next Week
English	We were very inventive and made some awesome robots!	We will look at sentence level work.
Maths	We practised counting, comparing and ordering numbers.	We will count in tens, compare and order numbers again and will half shapes by folding them.
Topic	We finished our posters and bravely presented them.	Our next unit is ‘How We Express Ourselves’. We will be using our imaginations to create a vehicle, animal, toy, meal and story.
PSHE	We completed role plays about how to manage our emotions.	We will talk about how important it is to be honest.
Optional homework	Find out about another country and record three facts that you discover.
Notices and Events	Please be aware that, as per the school policy, if a child cannot swim, they will need a doctor’s note. No swim = no play: If a child cannot swim, they will not be able to play.   Homework will be given out on Monday and is due in on Friday.  I update the Abacus Maths games every week.  This is the only Maths homework given so please make sure your child does play the games.   Mr Renie’s weekly newsletter is posted on  http://ascoteypynews.blogspot.com/ . You are still welcome to come and chat to me about your child on Mondays between 3.10pm and 4.00pm.

Robots

Y1C discussed shapes whilst making robots.

This week's homework

Maths	Excellent Estimating: Choose a sensible estimate for a set of up to 30 objects.
English	Read the story sent home and complete a book review.  Please return the book to receive a new one as soon as your child has finished their book.
Phonics	This is a worksheet based on the short a or short o sound.
Spellings	This week’s spelling words contain the sounds looked at throughout the week: o, a, k, u and b.

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Y1C Weekly Update:  Monday 10th  October - Friday 14th October 2016

 

	This Week	Next Week
English	We have followed pictorial instructions.	We will be following instructions to make robots.  Please bring in modelling equipment in order for us to make these on Tuesday!
Maths	We have used number lines to subtract.	We will be comparing and ordering numbers, working out which numbers are larger and smaller, counting in multiples of 2s and 10s and finding halves of shapes.
Topic	We have planned out our posters.	We will be finishing our posters and presenting them.
PSHE	We discussed the supports we have around us.  We also thought about what responsibilities we have.	We will think about how we can responsibly manage our emotions through role play.
Optional homework	Imagine where your robot could go.  Draw a picture, cartoon or write a story about this.
Notices and Events	Our school trip was a success - everyone had lots of fun! As mentioned above, we will be following instructions to make robots out of junk.  Please collect and bring in as many newspapers, milk bottles, plastic lids, cereal boxes and any other clean junk you have lying around at home.  Photos will follow! The  charity fair will be on Friday 14th October.  The stall we will be running is ‘Guess The Teddy’s Name’.  If you have any teddies that could be used for this, please bring them in.  Thank you. Please be aware that, as per the school policy, if a child cannot swim, they will need a doctor’s note. No swim = no play: If a child cannot swim, they will not be able to play.   Homework will be given out on Monday and is due in on Friday.  I update the Abacus Maths games every week.  This is the only Maths homework given so please make sure your child does play the games.   Mr Renie’s weekly newsletter is posted on  http://ascoteypynews.blogspot.com/ . You are still welcome to come and chat to me about your child on Mondays between 3.10pm and 4.00pm.

Story predictions

After reading the first part of a story, Y1C predicted what happened next.