B'kinghamshire

For term 1, PE will be on Tuesday and Thursday.

Please send your child's PE kit in on Monday, it will be sent home each Friday. Please ensure that all PE kit is clearly labelled with your child's name.

Week Beginning Monday 25th September - This week in Buckinghamshire 1

We continue to settling into our new routines well and our children have been showcasing their superb learning skills this week.

We have continued to read our book ‘The Egg Box Dragon’ and in it the Queen was holding a big tea party. We thought it might be a lovely idea if we could write some invitations to our own tea party. The children all worked so hard and really thought carefully about sounds and how these blend together to make words. Well done Buckinghamshire! I wonder if the Egg Box Dragon will respond to our invitation?!?

In maths we have continued to deepen our knowledge or greater than, less than and equal to. We also started looking at ordering numbers. Thinking about which number was greater and which number was smaller. We used cubes to help us decide which was greater/smaller and then had a go at writing some number sentences for this. The children really challenged themselves with this. Keep practising which way round those numbers go! Next, we moved onto thinking more about the numberline and where the numbers go along it. Maybe your adults could challenge you by asking questions like ‘What is one less than eight?’ or ‘Which direction will you go to find the greatest number, why?’.

In Science this week we have continued to look at direction. Thinking carefully about those positional words like ‘next to’, underneath’, on top of’, etc. Can you play a game of Simon Says at home with a Teddy and instruct your adult to put the teddy somewhere – practise using those positional words.

In History we have looked at significant life events e.g. a birthday or christening. Our children discussed these, why they are important and when it happened. We were specifically focusing on using words such as ‘past’, ‘years’, ‘months’, ‘ago’ and the use of the past tense. Next week we will be discovering all about the use of a family tree. If you have a family tree at home that you would be happy for your child to share with the class then please do let us know!

In exploration time this week the children have really worked hard to practise some trickier skills – we have made some repeating pattern bracelets as well as practised writing questions to the Egg Box Dragon. Such a fantastic week of learning in Buckinghamshire class! We can’t wait to see what the next week brings!

Home learning

Spelling

Please find linked below the list of spellings Year 1 will be practising throughout the year. Strategies to practise spellings can be found on the Oxford Owl website, here.

Reading

Children should read everyday and this should be recorded on Boom Reader at least once a week. Reading books will be sent home on a Friday, please return your child's book on the following Wednesday.

A typical week in Buckinghamshire 1...