Year 1 - Mrs Trigg/Mrs Wright
Welcome to our Year 1 Hedgehog class! The adults in our class are Mrs Trigg (Mon-Wed), Mrs Wright (Thurs & Fri), Miss Stones, Miss Aida and Miss Gardener.
Please use this class page to keep up to date with the latest news and to see what your child has been learning in school. If you have any questions please don't hesitate ask!
Mrs Trigg and Mrs Wright
Important information
> Our PE days are Monday and Wednesdays. Children can come to school in their PE kits.
> Spelling folders to be brought in every Monday.
Helpful Websites
Below are a few helpful websites that can be used to support your child's learning.
https://ictgames.com/
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
https://whiteroseeducation.com/
https://www.ruthmiskin.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
Plant workshop
Thank you to all the parents who came to our plant workshop today! The children had a lovely afternoon and we hope you did too!
Geography
In Geography we have been learning about the United Kingdom. In today’s lesson we focused on facts about Northern Ireland. With our partner we had to find facts on the playground and read them then share the facts with our friends. We even practiced some an Irish dancing! We then wrote our facts down!
World Book Day
Science
Today in Science we planted our own bead seeds! We are going to watch them grow over the next few weeks and see if we can identify the parts of the plant and document each week what changes have happened. We also payed a plant identification game examining wild and garden plants. We even went onto the field to see if we could spot any of these plants!
Maths
In maths we have been looking at measuring objects using non-standards units of measurement. Part of our learning activity today was drawing around our hand and using paper clips to measure the length from our thumb to our little finger! We had lot of different measured amounts!
Today in Art we used junk materials to make hedgehogs.
Maths
Today in maths we practiced our numbers to 100 by playing a game of rolling the dice and moving the amount of spaces and identifying which number we landed on. We then had a competition to see which children could reach 100 first!
Ramadan - Today the children enjoyed learning about the festival of Ramadan. We made lanterns to celebrate!
Science
We used different materials to test if our three little pigs houses were waterproof, water resistant or absorbent. It was fantastic to see all the children engaged and helping to build the houses and test our theories!
Today we had our reward of extra playtime for winning the attendance award for KS1! Well done Hedgehogs!
Maths
Today in maths we looked at partitioning numbers. We split our numbers into tens and ones using part whole models! We could clearly see how numbers are made and used base 10 equipment for really tricky numbers!
Family Learning - this week our family learning group learned about different ways to make learning fun at home. The families all make a board game to promote reading skills. If you wish to attend the next Family Learning session, please let the school office know.
Science
This afternoon in science we tested different materials to see whether they were waterproof and would work as an umbrella. We were super investigators!
Today we enjoyed reading our library books with our friends!
Mini Tennis
Today we were lucky enough to have tennis coaches in and teach us some tennis skills!
Number bonds to 20
In maths we focused on number bonds to 20. We made our own ten frames on the carpet and used triangles to represent numbers to see how many number bonds to 20 we could make!
Science
Today in Science we started our new topic of Materials. We explored different objects and discussed the materials they were made of, then had a material hunt around the classroom to see if we could find different materials.
Super science work Hedgehogs!
Christmas party- The children enjoyed dancing, playing party games and sharing some festive food.
Santa Run - for our Santa run we took part in lots of fun games including working as a team to make different festive shapes such as a snowflake or santas sleigh. We enjoyed working as a team to build a snowman.
Christmas Dinner
Today we wore our crowns for our Christmas Dinner!
Computing
Today in computing we have continued using the programme ‘Sketchpad’ to create our own self portraits. We practiced using shapes and the pen tool and different colours to create our images!
D&T - today in DT we made salt dough and created our own fossil designs.
Local area walk
This afternoon we went on our local area walk discussing all the different homes we could see and everything we could hear. We saw bungalows, caravans and flats! The children have also remembered lots from maths as they were spotting lots of 2D and 3D shapes!
Dinosaur Day Adventures
Children in Need Day - we ran around the field which was had cones set out in the shape of Pudsey bear.
Today we had an exciting visit from Dino Star
Maths - today in maths we enjoyed learning out 2D shapes. We then played this game, where we enjoyed making 2D shape patterns.
RE - Today we talked about the Nativity story and worked as the team to act out parts of the story.
Pudsey Bear came to visit in preparation for Children in Need day on Friday!
Today we spent some time reading out library van books and enjoying reading for pleasure.
English - this week in English we have been learning about Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs.
Today we continued to learn about fossils. We designed our own fossils which we will make out of salt dough next week.
Hedgehog house
As part of our science topic of seasons we learnt about hibernation. The children created a hedgehog house in our nature garden. We filled it with dry leaves and grass to keep the hedgehog warm and used sticks and leaves on the outside to camouflage it!
We’ll be keeping an eye out to see if we have any hedgehog visitors!
Halloween fun!
This term we have been learning about the seasons. We have been looking for changes linked to Autumn. This week we made collages using natural materals.
Reading Cafe
Maths
In maths we have moved onto addition and subtraction and have been learning about part whole models! We practiced using hoops to make a part whole model and objects to represent numbers and wrote number sentences to match. It really helped us understand how two parts added together make a whole!
Space Day
We’ve had a super space day today! We started with our visit from the planetarium where we learnt about the different planets and the stars and it really felt like we were in space! Thank you to all the parents who came in and brought junk modelling materials to make a rocket with your child. What a spectacular space day!
RE - Today in RE we learned about Christianity. We learned about what it means to be Christian and where Christians go to worship God. We learned about the role of vicars and how they help Christians. Below are the photographs of our own vicar peg dolls, make by the children.
Art - Today in art we explored making patterns and textures using paintbrushes and objects. We created art in the style of Eric Carle.
History
Today we learnt about Boston Stump as part of History. We took part in a virtual tour online and discussed all the different features of the church. We then went outside to see if we could find Boston Stump from the playground which we could!
We even had the chance to draw our own Boston Stump!
RE - In RE we talked about churches and looked at stained glass windows. We then had a go at making our very own stained glass window.
Our first day!
We have had a fantastic first day in Y1! We listened to everyone’s exciting adventures they had over the summer and had a chance to showcase our writing and maths skills! In the afternoon we had some fun exploring the classroom, having a bit of a dance and reading a story in our new library! Well done to all the children today! Please don’t forget to sign up to Class Dojo so you can keep up to date with any messages :)
