Autumn 1 Week 2 

We’ve had another jam packed week full of lots of exciting learning. In English, we have written character descriptions, we practiced the story Little Red Riding Hood and the Maasai Warriors and created actions to help us remember the story. The children then performed the story for their parents and carers to watch! We continued with place value within 10 in Maths. The children have created a number book with the representations of numbers they know.  In Geography we continued our topic on our local area. We talked about landmarks in Hoddlesden and went on a local area walk. In Science, we thought about what we already know about the four seasons. 
We had our first Art lesson and discussed the sculptures of Samantha Stephenson and used paper rolling to recreate her work. We are very impressed with the artists in our class. In French we practiced colours and discussed how we are feeling. We also had a visitor from Stephen from Life Education who taught us how we can keep our bodies healthy, Harold joined him too!

Autumn 1 Week 1

What a busy first week! The children have settled into school life wonderfully adapting to new rules and routines in Year 1. I am so proud of them. Thank you to all parents for your support too.

This week in English we watched a video about the Maasai tribe and compared their life to ours in Hoddlesden. We retold the story of Little Red Riding Hood ready to begin our new text next week. In Maths we have been learning how to sort, count, group and represent objects and numbers. We have done this both practically and recorded this using counting equipment. In PSHE we discussed our class rules and how we stay safe when using iPads at home and at school. In Geography we were 'local area experts' and spoke about the features of our local area. 

Please ensure you send your child's reading pack with them everyday and try to read as often as possible (a minimum of three times a week). Year 1 is a crucial year for reading so it is important that your child has much exposure to this as possible.

Many thanks for all your support this week. Should you have any concerns or queries please feel free to get in touch. I look forward to updating you on here each week and working closely with you to get the best outcomes for your children.