Welcome to Year One's Class Page!
Meet the staff
Miss Jones Mrs Beardmore
Monday 2nd March
English- Can you retell the story of the Egg Box Dragon to adults at home? What lost items did he find?
Maths- Shape hunt!
Go on a shape hunt around your home. See how many items you can find that are in the shape of a square, triangle or a rectangle.
How many items did you find in each group? Which group has the greatest number? Which group has the smallest number?
Science- Plants
What do plants need to grow? Do you have any plants at home? What plants can you see in your local area?
Spellings- smart, droop, clear, growl, frown, thrill, train, spoon, groan.
General Information
PE is on Monday.
New reading books will be sent home once a week.
Please can all uniform/PE kit be clearly named.
Drinks bottles to be brought in and clearly named. Children can refill them throughout the day. Bottles must contain water.
Virtues: Intentional and Prophetic.
An intentional person is someone who lives deliberately; someone who builds up their own worldview and then tries to live by it. To live intentionally is to march to the beat of a different drummer. Being prophetic is about being seen to do good and about speaking out for what is right. Good news is only good news if it is announced. Being prophetic isn’t about telling the future; it is about living out God’s future for me today.
Catholic Social Teaching: Options for the Poor and vulnerable.
The poor and vulnerable have a special place in the kingdom of God. Christ taught that when we feed the hungry, offer hospitality to the stranger, give clothes to the naked, look after the sick and visit those imprisoned, we are looking after Him.
Our Class saint is St Bernadette.
Our Lady appeared to St Bernadette in Lourdes 18 times!
Our Lady asked St Bernadette to drink from the dirty water in the stream. St Bernadette did so without questioning and the next day came back to find the water was clean. It was later found that the water had miraculous healing powers making Lourdes a place of pilgrimage for many people.
Our Lady told St Bernadette that she wanted a chapel to be built in Lourdes. St Bernadette was strong to her faith even when others questioned her. Due to her love for God and loyalty to her faith she convinced others to build the chapel which is now visited by millions of people each year.
We are going to use Bernadette example for us this year.
Maths: Our topic is length and height.
Ideas for home
- Gather items from around your home. Which item is the longest? Which item is the shortest?
- Can you use a ruler to measure different items around home?
Phonics:
We will be learning all of the phase 5 graphemes.
Reading once a night with your child will massively help to support their progress during Year 1!
English:
Our class is reading The Egg Box Dragon.
Ideas for home
- Practice writing sentences with a capital letter and full stop.
- Letter formation.
- Use phonics to help sound out longer words.
RE
Our Re unit is Lent.
Lent is the period of the liturgical calendar leading up to Easter. It is more popular with mainline denominations, but many Christian groups embrace the traditions of the Lenten season.
It’s a time to focus on God and prepare to remember and celebrate Jesus dying on the cross and rising from the grave to save each of us. Many people decide to “give up” things for Lent to help them remember that Jesus gave his life for us, but you can also “take on” doing good things, just like Jesus did.
Science
Our science topic is Plants.
What do plants need to grow? Can you label the different parts of a plant?
History
We are learning about Kings and Queens.
Geography
We are learning about the UK.
Art
In Art our new topic is called Line.
Music
In Music we are learning about tempo, dynamics, beat and rhythm.
