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St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Hotwells Primary School - Class 1 Page

Mrs Sue Houghton - Class Teacher

Miss K Bradshaw - Class Teaching Assistant

timetable 2 Jan 22.pdf

Curriculum Letter Jan 22.docx

Meet the Teacher template 2021-2 copy.pptx

Curriculum Letter Sept 21.docx

Homework

Spellings and Learn-its will be sent home on a Friday and tested the following Friday.

Please make sure the children are practising their spellings and Maths learn-its every week.

PE

Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday - the children can come to school in their PE kit on these days.

Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge organisers show you the facts and information we will learn for each subject, each term.

MESSAGES

If you have any junk modelling items such as cardboard food boxes, tubes and egg boxes, please could you send them in? The children are loving creating masterpieces and we have run out of boxes.

Please encourage your children to practice their 10 times tables, they are getting really good at them!

Next we will move on to 2's and 5's, so you can look at those too!

We say:

1 times 10 is 10

2 times 10 is 20

3 times 10 is 30

4 times 10 is 40

5 times 10 is 50

6 times 10 is 60

7 times 10 is 70

8 times 10 is 80

9 times 10 is 90

10 times 10 is 100.

Handwriting

T-L-5931-Cursive-Alphabet-Letter-Formation-Poster-Upper-and-Lower-Case_ver_4.pdf

Above is an example of the cursive letter formation we use at St Anne's. Handwriting is one of the areas we assess in Literacy, please practice at home with your children.

t-n-4111-y2-multiplication-display-posters-2-5-3-and-10-times-tables-ks1-_ver_5.pdf

Summer 2 - June 2022

Knowledge Organisers

music KO Y1 Summer 2.pdf

knowledge organiser computing Summer 2 SH.docx

Knowledge organiser geography Summer2.docx

Knowledge organiser ART Summer 2.docx

Curriculum Letter June 2022.docx

Week beginning 27/6/22

It was lovely to watch the children enjoying sports day. The sunshine bought out the best smily faces in Year 1. Well done to all the children!

In Literacy, we have been creating our own new species of animals for Non-Chronological reports.

Week beginning 20/6/22

This week the children have begun writing their Non-Chronological Reports. They have found out all sorts of interesting facts about tigers and are doing a great job of sorting the relevant information into categories.

Excitingly, we have begun Sports Day practice, the children are amazing at running, jumping and throwing - Olympics here we come!

We had a lovely joint ICT lesson with Year 2 this week, we shared our knowledge and created algorithms to make two sprites move and have a conversation!

Week beginning 13/6/22

The children loved our trip to the Thatcham Discovery Centre. We were pond dipping, identifying water creatures, classifying insects and other mini-beasts and held a very tickly creature that was a bit like a caterpillar. The weather was lovely and great fun was had by all!

week beginning 6-6-22

During this week Year 1 have been completing the Phonics Screening. They should be very proud of themselves, they all worked really hard and have shown how their phonics knowledge has improved. Well done Year One!

We have begun learning about weight, mass and measurements this week in Maths. In ICT the class have written algorithms to make two sprites (characters) dance together. Geography saw us begin our unit about the coast of the UK, the children have remembered their learning from last term about the countries in the UK and have now included the stretches of water around the coast of the UK. We have also written postcards to the children in Ol Moran, it'll be exciting to see how long it takes for our post to get to them and replies to return.

Summer 1 - April 2022

Knowledge Organisers

knowledge organiser ART summer 1 Alma Thomas.docx

Knowledge organiser Geography Summer 1.docx

knowledge organiser computing Summer 1 SH.docx

Curriculum Letter 29 April 2022.docx

PLANTS year 1 knowledge organiser SH.docx

Summer 1 Topic - Our Garden

Our story - The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson

Week beginning 23/5/22

Year One have been finishing their amazing Fairy stories this week. We have had dark green frogs looking for new lily pads, fairies looking for new pink purses and brave knights searching for shiny new swords. The class have worked really hard and should be very proud of their work.

The class knowledge about music composition is developing every week. This week we learned about instruments in an orchestra, Mrs Toole even showed us the inside workings of the piano as she played.

Our potatoes and runner beans are growing brilliantly, the rain showers have been very welcome by our potato planting bed!

Jubilee day was fun and exciting, we decorated crown and flags and ate LOADS of cake! We hope you enjoyed our Twist dance as much as we did!

I am very proud of how hard the whole class have worked this term, well done Year 1!

Week beginning 9/5/22

This week in Music the children were a 'Human music machine' conducting the music with their body movements.

We are continuing our growing theme in Science with planting runner bean seeds - we can't wait to see them grow!

Maths has seen us start learning about measurement, we found getting ourselves into height order really tricky!

Week beginning 26/4/22

This week we have been exploring the features of Fairy Stories, who are the characters, what could the setting be, what problems do they encounter?

In Music, we have composed music using the glokenspiels.

Week beginning 3/5/22

We have started the week learning all about potatoes in Science. We have looked at seed potatoes, talked about what is made from potatoes, what they need to grow and finally we have planted a whole bed of seed potatoes - now we just wait for them to grow!

The class were also very excited to be able to have the chicks in class today.

It was wonderful seeing the whole school outside enjoying the beautiful weather during outside day!

We are reading The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson, below are the pictures the children are using to retell the story.

Spring 2 - March 2022

Knowledge Organisers

knowledge organiser ART spring 2 monet.docx

Knowledge organiser History spring 2 fire of London.docx

a river.pub

knowledge organiser computing Spring 2 SH.docx

Literacy

A River: Amazon.co.uk: Martin, Marc, Martin, Marc: 9781783704330: Books

This term in Literacy we will be reading the book A River by Marc Martin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRcKPpqeKx4

Week beginning 7/3/22

In History we have been creating houses from the time of the Great fire of London in 1666.

Outside using our senses to describe the playground, vegetable garden and field.

Our Spring 2 assembly - the children were so excited to share their work!

Week beginning 14/3/22

Year One were amazing this week on our walk to the river. We used our senses to describe what was around us. We saw a wet, bumpy bridge, lots of big, white swans and the very loud weir!

Today we reenacted the Great Fire of London. Our fire started in the bakery on Pudding Lane and quickly spread through all the buildings. We now understand how quickly a fire can spread and how difficult it is to put it out. Our little buckets were too small to hold enough water, we couldn't get close enough because of the heat and the river was too far away so our beautiful city burned.

Week beginning 28/3/22

Year 1 are becoming fantastic composers. They have been composing class pieces to famous classical music using hand drums, shakers and guiros.

Beautiful recounts are being written this week following our walk to the river.

Topic - Rivers

Curriculum Letter March 22.docx

timetable March 22.docx

This week the children loved our balancing PE lesson, they all want to do it again!

Week beginning 28/2/22

Author visit

We took time to think and imagine our own stories, settings and characters during a visit from author Kate Poels.

World Book Day

The children have had a lovely, exciting day thinking about all the stories and book characters that they love. Year 1 have created their own character and setting for an adventure, book marks for their reading books and even became authors (along with Year 2, EYFS and Nursery) to write their very own original story.

Week beginning 21/3/22

Wednesday morning we had a very exciting visit from the crew of White Watch from Caversham Fire Station. They showed us all around the equipment on the fire engine, explaning how and when it is used. Then we had a talk in the classroom about uniform, tasks they carry out and how fire fighting is different from during the time of the Fire of London.

Music this week saw the children working together to compose and conduct.

Week beginning 4/4/22

Music this week the children have been composing, reading scores and conducting - they have learned so much this term!

In RE we have been learning about Holy Week. The children have acted, discussed feelings and reasons why each event happened, they then produced amazing recounts of the week.

Year 1 have worked so hard this term, they have earned a movie and treat morning.

Spring 1

Topic: Animals

Literacy

This term, in Literacy, we will be looking at the books of Dr Seuss, starting with The Cat in the Hat.

The Cat in the Hat: Green Back Book (Dr Seuss - Green Back Book): Amazon.co.uk: Seuss, Dr., Seuss, Dr.: 9780007158447: Books

Week beginning 10/1/22

Literacy

This week Year 1 have been getting to know our new book, The Cat in the Hat. We predicted what would happen, what the characters were like and summarised the story. Georgia, Leo, Kyla and Joseph's work is below.

Science

What an exciting week! An alien rocket crash landed and we had to go an investigate. We discovered Gloop had crashed while doing research into Earth and it's inhabitants. We are now going to be helping the little alien to do his homework!

Chinese New Year

Years 1 and 2 have had a wonderful day learning and celebrating Chinese New Year! We are so lucky to have several families from Hong Kong in Key Stage 1 and today they shared with us the reason why it is an important festival in their culture. We learnt the story of Nian and how he was scared away by firecrakers and the colour red, which is now an important colour during this festival. A big thank you to Miss Gould for a choreographing a wonderful taditional dance for the children to learn in our P.E. lesson. This afternoon the children took part in a range of activities including creating lantern, writing using chinese symbols, using chopsticks and making paper chains. To end such a fantastic day the children tried some chinese food.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Knowledge organisers

Knowledge organisers contain all the facts and skills the children will be learning for each subject during this term.

The cat in the hat.pub

Knowledge organiser Geography Spring 1 field work.docx

knowledge organiser ART spring 1.docx

Y1-Animals-including-Humans-Knowledge-Organiser.docx

knowledge organiser computing Spring 1 SH.docx

Week beginning 7/2/22

We have had a lovely week. The children have been working hard on their writing. They have planned and are learning to pink-pen edit their own version of Cat in the Hat. I am so proud of the work they have produced so far!

In Geography we have identified natural (God-made) and man-made features of Reading - using an aerial map. They knew that the green areas were grass and trees for playing and walking in, and that the grey areas were buildings such as schools and houses. They also found motorways and stations.

Music saw the children learning how to conduct the class orchestra! As well as trying to work together to bounce a sponge heart in time with the music - not easy!

Week beginning 14/2/22

The whole class have finished writing thier Cat in the Hat stories and they are amazing! The children have worked so hard writing, editing and rewriting to produce fab new stories.

With our marble jar full, Friday is treat day. In the afternoon, we will be having a movie afternoon, watching Cat in the Hat with treats. Well done Year 1!

We have been thinking of our mental wellbeing. During Key Stage assembly, we talked about how important our friends are, how kind we should be and how important it is to listen to our friends, not just talk. Then we joined the whole school outside for time to share with our friends before saying our moring prayer together.

Week beginning 5th January 2022

The children have returned to school full of enthusiasm! We have started our term with an art day, the children created dotty flowers for the whole school display in the hall and finished story quilts from last term. We have also been learning about the Christmas story, including making stick puppets and performing Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem and writing as Joseph to explain the birth of Christ.

Week beginning 24/1/22

This week in Literacy we have been using time connectives and innovating The Cat in the Hat, we now have a Dog with a Frog!

Learning about Jesus teaching through parables has seen the children acting out The Good Samaritan and creating 'open arms of forgiveness' when understanding the lessons to be learned in The Prodigal Son.

Science has included describing our body parts and what each part is used for.

Maths has moved on to one more and one less in place value.

Thinking about the weather in Winter had the children dressing for cold weather.

Autumn 2

Literacy

Meerkat Mail Knowledge organiser.pub

This week we have begun our new book 'Meerkat Mail'. The children have been learning all about meerkats and Sunny's adventures to find the 'perfect' home.

Week beginning 15th November 2021

Maths this week focused on subtraction. The children were crossing out how many to take away at the beginning of the week and writing subtraction number sentences and finding missing numbers by the end of the week.

Thank you all for coming to our assembly. The children loved showing you some of what they had learned since September. They may have little voices but they have BIG enthusiasm!

Week beginning 6th December 2021

Preparing during Advent is our main focus this week. We have been opening our class Advent calendar, making lovely clay Bambinellis and, of course, practicing our Nativity play.

Our music lessons on Thursday have been very active, with the children learning a beautiful Christmas song about the birth of Jesus and moving to the music of The Nutcracker.

Art

knowledge organiser ART Autumn 2.docx

This term we will be learning about Faith Ringgold, the African American artist. The children will design and create 'Story Quilts' in her style.

Climate change day

Year One have had an amazing day planting trees, making our climate promises and recycling shredded paper to make our own sheets of paper.

Other faiths week

Year One have learned lots about the Hindu faith this week. We had a lovely talk from a Year 2 mummy at the beginning of the week, created posters all about being Hindu and made beautiful Mandalas on Friday.

Advent

Below is the CAFOD Advent Calendar that the children can 'open' each day during Advent. This can help the whole family prepare for the birth of Jesus and Jesus' second coming.

CAFOD Primary advent calendar 2021.pptx

Nursery, EYFS & KS1 Nativity

We are so proud of all our children, they worked really hard to learn their lines, songs and dances for this year's Nativity 'Cockadoodle Christmas', completing two amazing performances at the end of term.

Geography

Knowledge organiser Geography Autumn 2 All about me.docx

We have begun our Geography topic, learning about maps, by creating maps of our classroom. The children did a great job of drawing a birds eye view of the room and labelling items with their own map symbols.

Science

Y1-Seasonal-Changes.docx

The challenge of learning the four seasons and the months of the year, has begun our new Science topic. We have also added to our seasons display board with lovey Autumnal pictures.

Year 1 poppies at Henley Road Cemetery

Nursery, EYFS and KS1 Nativity

Our rehearsals for the Christmas Play have begun, the children are very enthusiastic and will have their parts during next week. Below are links for each of the songs the children will be singing, please encourage your children to listen and sing along with the backing tracks. C-a-Doodle Christmas! [Key Stage 1 ] l Musicals for Children written by Caroline Hoile l Grumpy Sheep Music

01 Track 1 How Exciting.mp302 Track 2 Curly Wurly Tail.mp303 Track 3 A Shiny Bell.mp304 Track 4 Cock-a-Doodle Doo.mp305 Track 5 Maa Knobble Knees.mp306 Track 6 Too Late Now.mp307 Track 7 Dazling Angels.mp308 Track 8 Tiny Child.mp3

Autumn 1

Literacy knowledge organiser

zog narrative.pub

Week beginning 6/9/21

This week in Literacy, we have been learning the story of The Gingerbread Man. Today we retold the story with actions - why not ask the children if they remember the action for each animal that the Gingerbread Man met.

gingerbread man title page.docx

Week beginning 13/9/21

This week we have started our book 'Zog' by Julia Donaldson. The children have loved hearing about Zog's adventures at school. We have been learning to fly, roar and catch a princess, just as Zog did.

Zog - Scholastic Shop

Week beginning 4/10/21

This week we are innovating our Zog story. The children are choosing what happens to Zog after each lesson. He has crashed into a building, got a sore throat and even whispered instead of roaring!

IMG_4953.MOV

The class has also learned the story of Zog with actions, why not ask your child if they can tell you all of the story?

History Knowledge organiser

edited Y1 Castles, Kings and Queens Knowledge organiser T1.docx

In Maths, we have been sorting objects. How many ways can you organise objects into groups? We organised ourselves into groups of boys and girls, brown eyes and other eye colour, skirts and trousers. Can you sort objects at home?

Art

Today we were sketching the nursery sunflowers - just like Van Gogh.

Week beginning 18/10/21

What a busy week! The children have finished writing their own version of Zog, then moved on to learn Julia Donaldson's poem 'One, Two, Three, Blow!' as well as adding actions! Today, the children wrote their own Julia Donaldson style peoms and performed them to a very impressed Mrs Cosgrove.

So much painting! Castles, that were expertly built last week, were painted and 'Van Gough' tiles were completed. They are such a talented bunch!

The class learned how to play 'Bench ball' this morning, I was very impressed with the children's throwing and catching skills, as well as their teamwork!

Art knowledge organiser

knowledge organiser ART Autumn 1.docx

We have been outside to find all the beautiful things that God has created.