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Year 1 Class Blog 2021-2022

Homework - Friday 21st January 2022

20/1/2022

 
Please continue to support your child to learn their sight words, both reading them and spelling them.
Maths:
This week we have been learning about 3D shapes.

Name these shapes and write one fact about them. 


Here is a word bank to help you-
  • cylinder
  • cone
  • pyramid
  • cube
  • sphere
  • cuboid
  • vertices (pointy corners)
  • faces
  • edges
  • flat
  • curved
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Homework - Friday 14th January 2022 + Vidoes

14/1/2022

 
These videos are a little late....but still lovely to watch all the same!  The children worked really hard to learn these.

Here is our Xmas song - Follow the Star and also our Poetry Slam video - Firework Poem.
Please continue to support your child to learn their sight words, both reading them and spelling them.

Maths:
We have been learning about tetrominos (shapes made from 4 squares) and pentominos (shapes made from 5 squares) this week. 

How many different tetrominos and pentominos can you create?

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Happy New Year!

7/1/2022

 
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Maths:
Can you create your own radiating pattern like the ones below?
Label the shapes you have used.

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Homework - Friday 10th December 2021

10/12/2021

 
Maths:
We have been learning about subtraction this week.

Solve these sums.  You can use brain only, draw it out or use some counting objects.

ten take away four equals ___

eight take away six equals ___


six take away three equals ___

nine take away five equals ___

twelve take away two equals ___


Challenge:
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Homework - Friday 3rd December 2021

3/12/2021

 
English:

Please keep practicing sight words with your child and reading every day!

Please learn this poem at home, we will be performing it at the end of term.

Firework Poem
by James Carter
 
Like to be a FIREWORK?
So would I.
 
To DAZZLE like a flower.
To SIZZLE in the sky.
 
With a CRACK and a BANG
and a BIM BAM BOOM!
 
With a WHIZZ and a FIZZ
and a ZIM ZAM ZOOM!
 
And oh, how I'd SPARKLE
RED, GOLD, BLUE...
 
as everyone below goes
AHHHH and
         OOOOH!

Maths:

This week we have been learning about addition.

Solve these sums at home, record them in your homework book.

7 + 3 =

4 + 5 =

6 + 2 =

5 + 6 =

​Try the challenge below.
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Homework - Friday 26th November 2021

26/11/2021

 
REMINDER

Please keep practicing sight words with your child and reading every day!
Please sign your child's Reading Record each time you have read with them at home.

Remember the best readers make the best writers!​

Also - PE kits need to be brought in EVERY MONDAY

Maths:

This week we have been using the symbols < = > to compare amounts and numbers.

Copy and complete the expressions below, remember the crocodile always eats the larger number.
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Challenge:

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Homework - Friday 19th November 2021

19/11/2021

 
REMINDER

Please keep practicing sight words with your child and reading every day!
Please sign your child's Reading Record each time you have read with them at home.

Remember the best readers make the best writers!​
This week was Anti - Bullying Week.  We have learnt what bullying is and the different types of bullying.

The theme of this week is 'One Kind Word'.  Think how you can be a good friend and spread kindness to others.  Draw and label things you could do to be a good friend at break time, at lunch and in class.
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Homework - Friday 12th November 2021

12/11/2021

 
REMINDER

Please keep practicing sight words with your child and reading every day!
Please sign your child's Reading Record each time you have read with them at home.

Remember the best readers make the best writers!​
Maths
This week we have been comparing the length of multiple objects.

What can you tell me about the objects below?
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I could say:
  • 4 rubbers are shorter than 2 pairs of scissors
  • 2 pairs of scissors are longer than 4 rubbers

Find multiple objects around your home to compare length.  You could use forks, spoons, toys, pasta shapes etc.

Draw them in your homework books and write a sentence about which are longer/shorter in length.

Homework - Friday 5th November 2021

5/11/2021

 
Sight Words
​You will find some sight words on post it notes/spelling practice inside your child's homework book
. Please practice reading and writing them with your child every night.
Maths
This week we have been comparing length, weight and capacity.

  1. Look around your home. 
  2. Find 5 things which are shorter than you, list them in your homework book.
  3. Find 5 things which are lighter than your water bottle, list them.

Challenge:
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Homework - Friday 15th October 2021

15/10/2021

 
Sight Words
  • You will find some sight words on post it notes inside your child's homework book, these are the sight words that your child needs to learn
  • Please practice reading and writing them with your child every night
Maths
This week we have been partitioning numbers  - breaking them up into smaller parts.

We used the dice pattern to look at all the different ways to make 5.  E.g.
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Choose 2 colours and explore all the different ways to make 7.  Draw them in your homework books, using the dice pattern below.

​How can you make sure that you have found all of the different ways?
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Reading Challenge
We challenge you to read all of these 10 must reads by the end of Year 1!

  1. Footprints in the Snow - Mei Matsuoka
  2. I Want My Hat Back - Jon Klassen
  3. Q Pootle 5 in Space – Nick Butterworth
  4. Peace at Last - Jill Murphy
  5. Tadpole's Promise - Jeanne Willis
  6. The Lion Inside - Rachel Bright
  7. The Snail and the Whale - Julia Donaldson
  8. The Odd Egg – Emily Gravett
  9. Mr Big – Ed Vere
  10. A Royal Lullabyhullaballoo – Mick Inkpen

We will be sending these books home with the children weekly, please read them with your child.
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