Year 1 Countess Way Homework 20.11.15

By V Holloway21st November 2015

Year 1

Home Learning Project

 

Date Set: Monday 23rd November

Date Due: Thursday 3rd December  

 

As we move into the next stage of our topic we are beginning to focus on stories and reading within the school, therefore this week the tasks are themed around our new book of the Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.

For your home learning we would like you to choose from the following options. You may choose to do one task or you may want to try more than one!

 

Option 1

Can I write a poem using wow words?
Success Criteria

  • Pick a topic that’s special to you in autumn e.g. bonfire night, Diwali, fireworks, harvest
  • I can use exciting ‘wow’ words (adjectives)
  • I can write using my always success criteria (capital letters, finger spaces, full stops, robot arms)
 Option 2

World Book Day Competition

This year the World Book Day organisation have set the challenge of  creatively answering the question:
Where does your reading take you?  
You could pen a poem, write a song, direct your own video, make a piece of art or dazzle us with something completely different
Option 3

Can I create a storyboard for the Three Little Pigs?

Success Criteria

  • Talk about the story and the order of the events
  • Draw 4 pictures to show the key events in the story
  • Challenge- Write a sentence to say what is happening in your story
 Option 4

Can I design or create a book corner for our classroom?

Success Criteria

  • Think of all the things that would make a book corner exciting and a fun place to read.
  • You can add furniture and colour to your design.

 

Remember to bring your home learning into school on Wednesday 2nd December . We will be joining together in a circle to share homework. The children will get to talk about their work with the rest of their class and their class teacher. We are looking forward to seeing your learning.
Thank you Year 1 Team.

A big thank you!

By Mrs S Taylor19th November 2015

A huge thank you to all the parents that helped out at Countess Way today making lanterns. It was fantastic to see everyone working in partnership together and the children loved having you in their classrooms helping out. The lanterns are looking fantastic! We are looking forward to seeing you at the lantern festival tomorrow!

Mrs Taylor

A trip to Fen Street

By V Holloway19th November 2015

Yesterday the whole of Brooklands Farm Countess Way went to visit the rest of our Brooklands family at Fen Street to practise our Lantern Festival! All the staff were amazed and proud of every single child’s determination, resilience and enthusiasm as they walked between the two sites. It was also lovely to see the year 3’s and 4’s be such caring, considerate and thoughtful role models to the younger children.

The lantern festival rehearsal was very exciting and we can’t wait to share all our lanterns, songs and dances with you on Friday!

Countess Way Bake Sale for Children in Need

By 15th November 2015

Thank you so much for all the parents that donated and bought cakes at our bake sale this year and especially all of the staff that helped run the sale. It was a fantastic success and we can’t wait to hear the grand total of the money that was raised!

 

 

 

Sit and Share!

By 5th November 2015

In Year 1D we have really enjoyed sharing our home learning with a partner. I would just like to say a big well done to all those that have produced some amazing work from the last two projects. I think we have all learnt so much and it has been brilliant to share our new found knowledge with the class. Keep up the amazing work!

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Great Fire of London Ignite!

By V Holloway5th November 2015

Year 1 on Countess Way had a fantastic day for our Great Fire of London ignite! The outfits and costumes worn by the children were incredible and really helped us feel like we were in the Stuart Era!

Our day started very strangely, with the lights off and the classroom in darkness, only lit by a roaring fire! We learnt that in the Stuart era they didn’t have electricity so had to use candles as lights.

We were then told about how the Great Fire of London started, the teachers were amazed with how much the children knew already!

There were lots of different activities for us to do in the morning:

Candle Making

Sewing
Making Herb Bags at the Apothecary
Bread Making
Writing with feather quills and ink
Throughout the morning, as well as completing our Stuart Era activities, we listened to the rest of the Great Fire of London story.
In the afternoon we wrote a diary entry, just like Samuel Pepys! We use time connectives (First, then, next, finally) to write about our exciting morning!
A massive thank you to the parent helpers who came yesterday and ran some activities for us, we really couldn’t have done it without you!

 

A real example of determination!!

By 4th November 2015

Noah excitedly came to show me his box of determination! He talked about all the great things he was going to put in there to showcase his determined attitude! I was so proud of how well he has developed his year 1 attitude!