Chiddingstone Church of England School
Educating for life in all its fullness - John 10:10
Year 1
13.9.24
Dear Parents,
The children are getting on really well and settling in nicely. We are trying to remember that when we talk in class we don't have to shout. A little practise at home would help, thank you. Though it is quite exciting in class 1!
Here is a summary of this week's learning.
In phonics, we are still going over the previous sounds. I have put a sound mat of all the sounds we are learning this year, in your child's bag. There are quite a lot of digraphs and digraphs as you will see. Have them to hand, so that as I inform you on the sounds of the week you can spot them together in their reading books or in stories you read to them. This week we have covered 'ai, ee, igh, oa, ow, ear, air er, sh,zz, ss in words. The tricky words we have covered are; what, when, he, she, we, me, be, have & love. Having these around the house to play hunt the word would help the children remember them and keep up with our phonic lessons.
In maths we have been comparing and ordering numbers to 10, using the language 'more than, fewer than, greater, smaller and equal to. The children have also been practising to write number the correct way round.
In PSHE we have been talking about the use of devices to go on the internet and how to keep safe. Always tell an adult! I'm sure many of you signed in to the safety course on Wednesday evening.
We have begun our science topic about animals. We have started to put animals into their groups, such as mammal, reptile, amphibian, fish, bird and invertebrate.
For next week:
If you or a family member have a pet, could you please send in a photo, so that the children can sketch the animal. If not, the children can bring in a picture of their favourite animal to sketch. Also, please provide your child with a smooth oval, light coloured pebble, no bigger than 6cm, so that they can paint it to create an animal.
This week the children are bringing home their reading book and a chosen book from our class library. Please make sure that the reading books are returned every Monday. This is really important as we give the books to the next group for reading. The books from our class library will be changed twice a week, Monday and Friday. If your child is enjoying the library book, they can of course keep it for a little longer. In their bags you will find a book mark to keep at home, with questions you might like to ask your child when reading any book. Just pick 2-3 and talk about their ideas.
Thank you for your help
Have a great weekend
Kind regards
Mrs Clare and the Y1 team
13.9.24
6.9.24
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the first class page. The children are settling into class 1 very well and they are enjoying the first topic called Mix It!
This week the children have been mixing paints and finding out about primary colours and secondary colours. They have been looking at the colours in paintings by various artists and discussing how they feel about them. In class 1 we also begin the day with 'Extended learning' which means the children enjoy activities to do with their topic.
In phonics, we are recapping phase 3 sounds, reading tricky words and recognising digraphs and trigraphs in words.
The sounds we are recapping are; ai, ee, igh, oo (moon), oo (hook), ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air & er.
The tricky words that we have been reading this week are; no, go, so, my, by, to, into, out & the.
In maths we have been reading, matching and writing numbers to 10, and counting up to 20 and back again. We have also been finding missing numbers that go between, before or after two given numbers. For example, 5, 6, - ? 7 - 9 ? and so on.
Do keep practising writing the numbers at home, so that the begin and end at the correct place and are facing the correct way round.
This week the children are also learning some of our classroom rules, such as using little voices in the classroom and not shouting out, as well as good listening. They are super at tidying up and looking after the resources, which really helps the staff and gives time for more learning.
Reading will begin on Monday and books will be sent home next weekend.
Enjoy the first week's photos.
Have a good weekend
Kind Regards
Mrs Clare and the Y1 team.
