Year 1 & 2 Class News

Disco fun- 1A

What a super day we’ve had! We danced our socks off at the Summer disco then enjoyed refreshments and sweeties back in our classrooms. We have enjoyed spending time playing on the school field today in the sunshine too.

Perfect puppets

This half term we have been learning to sew in Design and Technology. We practised an overstitch (whipstitch) and running stitch. We did this using boards, binka and then finally our puppets.

We have been learning about many different designers such as Peggy Porshen, Emily Roebling and Anya Hindmarch.

When reading about these designers, we noticed something important. All of the designers planned their designs before making them. They then made the design and evaluated it. They checked it was fit for purpose and then made changes or improvements where necessary, so we did the same!

Here are our finished products! Everybody in 1A is super proud of their puppet. Next week we will be sending them home!

Reading : The Owl and the Pussycat

We’ve used the Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear as our ‘Poem if the Week’ this week. We’ve used it in some English lessons too – to read with prosody, find rhymes, imagine the characters and wonder about the setting.

Help at home by reading or listening to poems together.

Design Technology (food) – 1,2B

We did our summer term DT (food) learning this week. We were making wraps. There was washing, cutting, slicing, arranging and rolling involved! We love these sessions and quite a few children tried ingredients they’d not had before.

Help at home – The recipe was sent home so have a go doing some food preparation at home.

Spellings for testing on Friday 17 July

Living and Learning – Body Image

In Living and Learning we’ve been discussing body image.

We’ve thought about what our bodies do for us and talked about the importance of being kind to ourselves. We’ve practised saying positive things about ourselves, whether that’s to do with our physical appearance, our talents or our personality.

Help at home by talking with your child about how amazing our bodies are and what they do for us. You could also use this YouTube link to listen to the story Your Body is Awesome, which we listened to in class.

DT Cooking – 2C

We enjoyed making wraps this week with a variety of different fillings – recipe sent home today if you would like to recreate these at home!

We talked about how we stay safe, washing our hands before touching any food and being careful with the equipment.

Help at home by preparing food together and feel free to share any photos with school.

DT Cooking – 1A

We had a brilliant time making wraps in our DT cooking learning yesterday.  First we spread either houmous or cream cheese onto our wraps. Next we used a bridge or claw grip to chop our cucumber, tomato, lettuce and pepper. Then we added ham, cheese or both to our wraps. We assembled our wraps and finally rolled them up before eating.

Each child has been sent home with a recipe from their learning. Help at home by making a wrap, or similar at home. Discuss what your child liked/ disliked and see if you can swap some of the ingredients!

Year 1 Maths

This Maths unit is all about money in Year 1. First of all, we learned how to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. After this, we learnt about 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p. We know how to identify them and know that each amount can be made using different coins.

‘5p and 5p makes 10p.’ (HE)

‘1p and 5p makes 6p’. (LD)

Help at home by asking children to help you count coins. Can they make the same amount using different coins?

Challenge – make 20p

PE – yoga

2C and 1,2B did their PE lessons indoors this afternoon due to the weather –  bit of Cosmic Kids Yoga. (This is a YouTube link. Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog along the play bar and turn off autoplay – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.)

Year 1 and 2 have been going through our Sports Roundabout so we’re ready for the big day on 3 July. Don’t forget to check bags for your child’s letter and to find out which team they’re in.