Welcome to Year 1!

Phonics

This week the children have focused on the sounds ''oi - spoil the boy" "a-e - make a cake" "i-e - what a nice smile."  We practiced putting the last sound we hear in a word between the 'chatty friends'  The children had a go at reading and writing some of these words, using their phonics knowledge. 

English

In English we have continued with our 'writing for pleasure' unit.  The children have finished writing their stories and will be publishing them next week.

Maths

In Maths this week we have focused on, number bonds to 10 using addition. We have started using magma maths on the ipads to complete our maths tasks. We are also using  manipulatives to aid the children to have a hands on maths lesson. 

Topic

This week we have continued with our music unit.  The children have had fun learning to correctly hold a recorder and play the notes B,A and G. They have learnt this through listening then playing. 

Science 

This week in Science we explored the usefulness of different material. We carried out an experiment to test different materials (sponge, newspaper, tissue paper, plastic aprons, plastic beach bucket) to conclude which materials were obsorbent and which materials were waterproof.