On Friday when we returned from lunch Miss Draper’s chair had disappeared! All that was left were a few dusty hand and foot prints. We set about trying to solve the mystery and luckily for us some detectives came in to help us. They shared with us what they look at to solve mysteries. We learnt that we would need to look at hair and eye colour, height, hand and foot prints. To help us, we also made some magnifying glasses so we could look at clues up close. During the afternoon, the detectives sent through some additional clues. We now had a list of four possible people responsible. Looking carefully, we were able to identify a couple of the eyes and hair styles. By the end of the day we had discovered where Miss Draper’s chair had disappeared too!
Perhaps you can share your findings with your parents!
We have been showing high learning zones this week in our Literacy and Maths lessons. In Literacy we have been writing out our innovated text about “The smartest crocodile in the pond”, using sound mats to help us. We also have our very own Snappy the Crocodile in class! Feel free to take a look. In Maths we have been solving addition number sentences. We have also been looking at our number bonds. Number bonds are what we will be focusing on in our Flexibility & Fluency maths sessions – can you practice these at home?
0 + 10 = 10, 1 + 9 = 10, 2 + 8 = 10, 3 + 7 = 10, 4 + 6 = 10, 5 + 5 = 10, 6 + 4 = 10, 7 + 3 = 10, 8 + 2 = 10, 9 + 1 = 10, 10 + 0 = 10
Today we have been learning our number bonds to 10. To help us we listened to the “Number bonds are pairs of friends” song. Check it out at home and use these lyrics to help you:
Number bonds are pairs of friends and together they make 10
They stick together until the end
They make 10 they make 10
9 + 1 number bonds are fun
8+2 maths is good for you
7+3 can you sing with me
6+4 lets sing some more
5+5 makes me feel alive
Number bonds are pairs of friends and together they make 10
They stick together until the end
They make 10 they make 10
We have had a great few weeks and are already using our determined muscles! Here is a little update of what we’ve been up to so far:
Literacy
We have learnt our “The Smartest Giant in Town” text map, adding lots of actions to help us remember it all. We have also been writing the text out, making sure to use our always success criteria (full stops, capital letters, fingerspaces, robot arms)! We have also been practicing writing on our new handwriting lines – we have had to be very determined with these!
Maths
We have been using the language of more and less than in our lessons this week. We have been selecting a number from our hundred square and then working out what one more or one less would be. We have also been practicing reading and writing numbers as words e.g. one, two, three. Some of the numbers are very tricky so we have been playing snap to help us – this is something we could continue to practice at home!
Project
This week we started our new whole school project with Wilmott Dixon, looking at Sustainability. We have been looking at what sustainability is and how we can improve our school environment. We enjoyed going on our nature hunt where we had to look closely at our environment. We have been challenged to design a plant bed and we are currently investigating which materials would be best. We’ve narrowed our options down to clay, plastic, wood or glass. What do you think would work best? Perhaps you could investigate at home and share with us what you have discovered!
In Writing we have been reading lots of different Julia Donaldson stories. We particularly like the Scarecrows’ Wedding. We used these books as inspiration for our own book characters. Take a look at some of our creations!
The children have settled fantastically well into Year 1 this week!!
The home learning about our key author has been amazing to see (photos to follow soon)
We have also enjoyed listening to all their holiday adventures
Keep up your high learning zones and not getting into the ‘danger zone!’
Countess Way Year 1 Team
When we arrived at school on Tuesday we found a mysterious broom hanging in our classroom and glittery footsteps all around school. They have returned today. We have been wondering where they have come from. Some of us think they belong to a witch or wizard but perhaps they belong to a magical rhino!
Please click link below to view this weeks home learning.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GNus6UTgmYOvyeF5xWEpfJgapS1Ki_3nHv2zDTFBJq0/edit?usp=sharing
Don’t forget to bring your home learning in on Wednesday 25th May we will be sharing it during check in circle.
Year 1 Team
