Roman Road Primary School
October 9, 2008
It's A Jungle in Key Stage One
We are really lucky to have a freelance artist working in our school on a Thursday.
Lynda Nelson an artist and book illustrator came into school a few weeks ago to talk to Key Stage One about brightening up their building. We looked at lots of different photos and themes and eventually decided on a jungle.
Over the next few weeks Lynda will be working in our school. We will try and update the website regularly so you can see how it progresses.
Check out our artists websitehttp://www.lynda-nelson.co.uk/
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Baptising Beth Ella
Year One visited St.Andrews Church yesterday to baptise their baby doll.
We had fantastic weather to walk to church yesterday. Mrs Inkster, Mrs cairns and Mrs Miller helped Year One celebrate the baptism of their baby doll Beth Ella. Year one have been learning all about new beginnings and belonging to the Christian church.
We watched a video of a baptism but we wanted to experience the real thing. Father Alan was kind enough to book us in for the real thing.
We chose our own vicar who was lucky enough to be dressed up for the occasion.
We all made promises to look after the baby and the parents and godparents went to the front of the church to make their promises to God.
The sign of the cross was made on Beth Ell’s head using some oil.
We then went to the back of the church where the font was located.
Father Alan showed us how to change Leam Lane tap water into holy water, by blessing it and making a cross in the water. A shell was then used to baptise the baby because a shell was used to baptise Jesus in the river Jordan. And so Beth Ella was given her name.
We then went back to the front of the church, where Ella’s parents were presented with a lighted candle from the vicar.
Then it was time for family and friends to have their photos taken with the special baby girl. First were the Godparents.
Next the doting Grandparents.
And finally the rest of the family who attended the special celebrations.
We said thank you to Father Alan and Mrs Inkster was able to press the button to ring the church bells. It was then back to school where we continued the celebrations with a party and enjoyed a lovely piece of christening cake.
Check out all of the photos from our visit in the gallery, Year One file.
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September 15, 2008
Welcome to Year One - Information
For the school year 2008-2009, Year One will be taught by Mrs Inkster and supported by Mrs Cairns.
We have had great fun already in Year One with our fantastic new class.
Want to find out what we're learning about?
This half term our topics are:
Literacy - descriptions, phonic work, speaking and listening skills and story writing.
Numeracy - counting, recognising and ordering numbers, one more / less, 2D shapes
Science - sorting and naming materials
Geography - Recycling materials
Art and Design technology - sculptures using recyclable materials
Music - rythmns
P.E. - Gymnastics, using large apparatus
R.E. - belonging to groups and communities
P.S.H.E. - making our classroom a happy place to learn.
P.E. is on Mondays and Wednesdays
Reading books to be brought to school every day but they are changed on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Homework will be handed out on a Friday to be returned the following Wednesday.
High Frequency words are checked most Thursdays.
If you have any boxes, plastic bottles, egg cartons and kitchen rolls we would appreciate them being brought into school to help with our art recycling.
We hope this gives a little insight into what will be happening in Year One this half term. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to speak to Mrs Inkster or Mrs Cairns.
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July 18, 2008
Chocaholics Galore!!
Our last day in Year One. We were all very sad to be leaving Year One and Mrs Inkster was very sad to see us leave. But we decided it was time to have some fun. So we set to work chocolate painting. It was messy! It was sticky! It was scrumptious and fun!!!!!!!!!
First we used the chocolate to paint pictures or hand prints. Then when mrs Inkster said we went wild! We were able to lick our fingers and enjoy the chocolate. We loved it! We are sure you can tell how much fun we had by the pictures. More pictures will be uploaded into the Year One Gallery when the chocolate sets.
Apologies to our Mums and Dads for any chocolate on our uniform - but mucky kids are happy kids and chocolaty kids are just fantastic.
Thank you to all of the children and parents for making this a great year.
Mrs Inkster
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June 30, 2008
Key Stage One Sports Day
The children from nursery, reception and year one have the pleasure of inviting their families and friends to their Sports Day. It will take place on Thursday 3rd July 2008 at 9.30am.
The children are very excited at participating in this years sports day! They have all been practising really hard and are raring to go! If you have an hour free we would love to see you cheering us on in our races.
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May 2, 2008
Symmetrical Shapes
This week in Year One we have been looking at symmetry. It is a very hard subject but Mrs Inkster thinks we are fantastic at it.
First we began by taking lots of paper squares and rectangles. We experimented by folding the paper in half lots of different ways. When we had folded it, we opened it up and drew a line down the fold. Then, with our partners we looked very carefully and asked two questions:
1. Were they the same size?
2. Were they the same shape?
If they were this means that they were symmetrical.
We then used lots of other different shapes to see if they were symmetrical. We found that some shapes had lots of lines of symmetry but others didn't have any.
We extended this work by painting and cutting symmetrical pictures. We folded our paper in half and then painted on one side of the paper. Folded the paper again and pressed hard so the image would print. This created a symmetrical picture.
More tricky was cutting a symmetrical picture. Again we had to fold the paper in half and then remember to cut through both sheets of paper at the same time. Some of us created lots of confetti at first but then we soon got the hang of it.
We are now officially experts on symmetrical shapes and pictures.
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April 30, 2008
Book your summer holidays at our travel agents
Fancy a holiday this year, come and book at our travel agents excellent prices on offer!
To link in with our topic of travel and places around the world we have made our role play area into a travel agents and airport.
We have sorted all the travel brochures into the different destinations we might like to visit. Then you can get yourself a booking form and with the travel agents help, they will book your holiday. Tickets for the plane, train , ferry or coach are issed straight away so there is no hanging about for the post. Passports can also be issued here.
If you don't fancy a long holiday you can always book a day trip, there are many places on offer like the war museum, natural history museum, boating trips and many more.
Please remember before entering the airport to have all your luggage clearly labelled as it will be checked by security. It then makes it's way along our conveyor belt and onto the plane. Don't forget to get your passport stamped. Then, take a seat in our departure lounge and read all about Barnaby Bear in one of our books.
If you have time you can always fill in a postcard and post it in the post box or alternatively you can admire the fantastic chalk pictures we created using only half a picture from a holiday destination.
Sounds exciting doesn't it! We love it!
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April 14, 2008
Useful Website Links for Year One
You may enjoy using the following websites at home with your child.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/
Where in the World is Barnaby Bear?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/pushes_pulls.shtml
Pushes and pulls.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/
The Magic Key website, - links with our home reading books.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/
Numeracy activities
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Summer Topics in Year One
Please take a look at what Year One wil be covering over Summer Term 1.
Literacy - Read Write Inc
Writing actvities linked with holidays and travel.
Numeracy - Counting in tens
Money totals
Real life problems
Partition into 5 when adding 6, 7, 8, and 9
Seasons of the year
Science - Forces
We will be lookng at pushes and pulls. If the children have any clockwork or wind up
toys that could be brought into school this would be greatly apprecated.
ICT- Control Technology
Using Roaer and Bee Bot to input information to make it move.
P.E. Gymnastics
Using floor work, small and large apparatus to perform basic actions, different shapes,
taking off, jumping and landing, balancing on our hands and feet.
Geography - Where in the world is Barnaby bear?
Exploring different countries, methods of transport and weather
R.E.- Why is the Bible so important to Christians?
Exploring things that are precious to us and others. Knowing how the Bible is in two
parts. Reading and discusing different stories from the Bible.
PSHE - Looking at some of the feelings associated with close
relationships, particularaly in the family and with friends. Children will think about
feelings of hurt in themselves and others, and how to manage these feelings.
Music - Exploring instruments and symbols that can be used for musical notation.
Design and Technology - Food Hygiene, making and eating healthy snacks. How does food
change when it is cooked or other ingredients are added?
Role - Play Area - we will be making an aiport, travel agents and bureau de change, linked with our topic of holidays and travel. If you have any photos of the children on holiday we would appreciate being able to add them to our Class Holiday Album.
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April 2, 2008
Mrs Miller visits Year One
Did you know Mrs Miller went to Roman Road Primary school when she was little? She visited Year One this week to talk to us all about her time at Roman Road primary school.
We have been learning all about schools in the past. We thought of three questions each we would ask Mrs Miller. We wrote them down and even used question marks. On Tuesday after lunch Mrs Miller came to visit.
We were all ready with our questions. She was very impressed with them. Some of the questions we asked were:
1 Did you ever get the cane?
2 Did you have a register?
3 What were your teachers called?
4 Did you use paper towels?
5 Did you write on chalk boards?
6 What did you play with?
7 Did you do Read Write Inc?
8 Did you do swimming lessons on the floor?
9 What did you wear?
10 What lessons did you like?
Mrs Miller answered all of our questions. Then she showed us some of the games she played at school. They were:
Cannonball
Pick up sticks
Chucks
Spinning Top
2 and 3 Baller
Lacky Bands
We are getting so good at knowing all about schools in the past and hopefully we will learn a little more about them in the Summer when we go on a school trip.
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March 28, 2008
Playground games from the past
In Year One we are studying schools for our history topic. In this picture we had great fun playing marbles. It was much harder than it looked to get close to the jack.
We have been looking at how schools have changed. We have looked at the uniforms the children wore, what the lessons were like and the terrible punishments the children received if they were naughty.
This afternoon we went outside and played some playground games from the past. These also included Mrs Inkster, Mrs Cairns and Mrs Dunn's favourite games from when they were little.
In this photograph the girls are enjoying skipping and chanting rhymes at the same time. Mrs Cairns loved to skip and she even gave us a demonstration.
Some of the children enjoyed trying to roll the hoops around the yard. We have plastic hoops but they used to be made of metal or wood.
Mrs Inkster's favourite games was elastic bands or "lacky bands". She showed us how to tie them together and then we played games with them. You had to jump really high.
Mrs Dunn showed us al how to play cats cradle. We found it extremely tricky but with a little help some of us managed to do the first one.
We had a great afternoon and look forward to finding even more interesting facts about schools in the past.
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Playground games from the past
In Year One we are studying schools for our history topic. In this picture we had great fun playing marbles. It was much harder than it looked to get close to the jack.
We have been looking at how schools have changed. We have looked at the uniforms the children wore, what the lessons were like and the terrible punishments the children received if they were naughty.
This afternoon we went outside and played some playground games from the past. These also included Mrs Inkster, Mrs Cairns and Mrs Dunn's favourite games from when they were little.
In this photograph the girls are enjoying skipping and chanting rhymes at the same time. Mrs Cairns loved to skip and she even gave us a demonstration.
Some of the children enjoyed trying to roll the hoops around the yard. We have plastic hoops but they used to be made of metal or wood.
Mrs Inkster's favourite games was elastic bands or "lacky bands". She showed us how to tie them together and then we played games with them. You had to jump really high.
Mrs Dunn showed us al how to play cats cradle. We found it extremely tricky but with a little help some of us managed to do the first one.
We had a great afternoon and look forward to finding even more interesting facts about schools in the past.
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March 25, 2008
Celebrating success in Literacy!
We love reading and spelling!
All of the infants in Roman road are working on reading and spelling their 300 key words. We learn them as part of our homework. It is very tricky, but our teachers have made it easier for us by splitting the words into groups. We have Copper, Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.
Every time we achieve and award, we receive a certificate in whole school celebration assembly on Friday.
We all love achieving our awards...they are FAB!!!
by Miss Allen
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Beans, Seeds and Plants
In Year One we have been learning all about plants.
We have been looking at the parts of the plant and learning their names and the jobs they do. Mrs Inkster is so impressed with our knowledge and she thinks we have green fingers.
We have also planted broad bean and sunflower seeds. They are growing fantastic and it is now like a jungle in our classroom. We are hoping to take our broad bean plants home soon. The sunflowers are going to be planted around the school and we are then going to measure them in maths and see who has grown the largest sunflower.
Keep an eye out and see if you can spot them.
Photos to follow soon.
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February 6, 2008
Tens and Ones
Today we have been using some exciting equipment to help us count in tens and ones.
We have been partitioning numbers into tens and ones. First we thought about how many tens there were and then how many ones. This means that twelve has 1 ten and 2 ones. Then we used base equipment to show the correct amount.
It was tricky at first because we all kept saying we didn't have enough ones. Thankfully Shannon knew how to do it and she showed us how to work it out. After that we were great and could even partition 59 and then show it with our base.
We are really trying hard in Year One.
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Tens and Ones
Today we have been using some exciting equipment to help us count in tens and ones.
We have been partitioning numbers into tens and ones. First we thought about how many tens there were and then how many ones. This means that twelve has 1 ten and 2 ones. Then we used base equipment to show the correct amount.
It was tricky at first because we all kept saying we didn't have enough ones. Thankfully Shannon knew how to do it and she showed us how to work it out. After that we were great and could even partition 59 and then show it with our base.
We are really trying hard in Year One.
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February 3, 2008
Weaving
Look at our weaving! We have been learning all about different materials and how they can be used in art.
We started by looking very carefully at pieces of fabric with a magnifying glass. We could see that the material had lines going down as well as across. We experimented with the techniques of weaving using sugar paper.
Mrs Inkster told us this was called the weft and the warp. We got a weaving board and made the warp with wool.
We were then given lots of different pieces of fabric to use in our weaving. We had to carefully measue our lengths so that they were longer than the board. Then we got going with our designs. It was tricky to remember if we had to go over and under, or under and over. But we got there in the end with lots of help from our partners.
We will hopefully be showing our work around school. Come and have a look.
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February 1, 2008
Mrs Grinlings Sandwiches
In Year one we have been giving instructions at how to make a sandwich.
First we washed our hands.
We got two slices of bread and buttered it.
Then we added some ham or turkey.
After that we cut the bread with a knife.
Finally we ate it. Yum, yum!
We are sure Mrs Grinling would have been very proud of our tasty sandwiches.
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January 23, 2008
Year One - Spring Topics
What are we doing in Year One this half term?
Literacy - Read, Write Inc activities
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
Numeracy - Telling the time
Money problems
Doubling numbers
Number bonds to 10
Science - Light
R.E. - Stories Jesus Told
ICT - Word processing skills
Geography - Road Safety
P.E. - Games - catching, bouncing and hitting a ball.
Art - Using materials in artwork
Music - rhythm and beats.
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Kid Pix4
Look what we have created in ICT.
We have been using the program Kid Pix4 to create some stunning work. Take a look at some of the pictures we made. We used the setting from The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch. Can you see the wire that Mrs. Grinling uses to send the food to the lighthouse? Or how about Mr Grinling's boat crossing the sea. We have many more excellent pictures in the classroom on display. Well done to everyone for fantastic ICT work.
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Kid Pix4
Look what we have created in ICT.
We have been using the program Kid Pix4 to create some stunning work. Take a look at some of the pictures we made. We used the setting from The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch. Can you see the wire that Mrs. Grinling uses to send the food to the lighthouse? Or how about Mr Grinling's boat crossing the sea. We have many more excellent pictures in the classroom on display. Well done to everyone for fantastic ICT work.
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Retelling a story
We have been retelling the story of the Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch.
After reading the story and enoying playing in the role play area, we got to work writing the story using the main points. We amazed ourselves and shocked Mrs Inkster and Mrs Cairns at how fantastic our work turned out to be. We have displayed them in the classroom for all to see, but we hope you enjoy reading these two excellent stories now. Well done Paige and Ellen!
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
In Year One we are using te story of The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage to help us with our science, literacy and ICT.
We began by reading the story which everyone in class enjoyed. We shared our ideas on what should go in the role play area and decided on Mrs Grinling's kitchen, a boat to cross to the lighthouse and a comfy settee for Mr. Grinling in the lighthouse.
In the kitchen we can prepare healthy meals for each other. Whilst in the boat we can go fishing, (these fish have words on them we can practise reading). Finally in the lighthouse area we can use torches and stick puppets to retell the story, as well as using different filters to change the colours of the light.
In art and design we made our own telescopes and binoculars. As well as this we made collages of the food that Mrs. Grinling sent to her husband in the lighthouse and we have then attached this on a line just like Mrs Grinling.
We are having great fun in our new role play area. We even have a basket and Hamish the cat!
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Read Write Inc
Across Key Stage One and Year 3 we are using a great new reading and writing scheme.
Every day we are reading and writing with our partners and teaching sticks.
We start the day by learning a new phoneme - this is the sound made by a letter or group of letters.
We then move onto our speed sounds - this is practising reading every phoneme we have learnt so far at speed.
Then we work out the green words with our partner - these are the words that can be blended.
Red words follow - these are words that have grotty graphemes and can't be sounded out.
Next we read the book using a teaching stick to point to the words. We help each other lots.
Finally we concentrate on using the phonemes and our knowledge of the book to complete writing tasks.
All of our teachers are so impressed with our progress and we show our achievements with lots of celebrations. Some of our celebratios are King Kong, marshmallow clap, L'oreal, Elvis, lorry driver and many more. Why not ask for a demonstration we would love to show you and share our success?
To find out more aout Read Write Inc click on the link below.
www.readwriteinc.com/page12.html
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Traffic Survey
Year 1 have carried out a traffic survey.
In Year One this half term our Geography topic is road safety. In class we have been talking about the importance of staying safe near roads. We decided we needed to know how to tell if a road was busy. We compiled our ideas which were looking at the road, listening to the noise of the traffic and finally by counting how many cars were on it. We used a carefully designed chart to record any cars, buses, bikes, vans, lorries and motorcycles that passed. In partners one person took the role of observer (looker) whilst the other recorded the findings (ticker). We really enjoyed counting the traffic and we made a graph of what we found.
Find out more information and play road safety games by clicking on the link.
www.hedgehogs.gov.uk
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Doubling numbers
This week we have ben learning all about doubling.
In class we have been finding lots of ways to remember double numbers. Red and blue group used cubed and then recorded their findings on a sheet. Green and yellow group used dominoes, they then recorded their answers. Envoys from each group moved to another group nd checked to see if their findings were the same. We are getting really good at envoying and checking each other's work.
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November 29, 2007
Reading Around the Solar System
In Key Stage One we are rewarding reading by giving each child some rocket fuel!
Every child has their own rocket. In our sink area we have displayed eight planets and the sun. We all started on the sun. Then each time we read a book at home and at school we gain rocket fuel. This means that our rockets are able to fly to the next star. When we land on a planet we get a prize. When we land on the last planet we will be presented with a special prize in assembly.
Everyone is much more excited about reading at home and at school!
Who is in the lead? Pop into school and find out.
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Guided Reading
Why are we really enjoying reading in Year One?
In Year One we read in partners. We have great fun and are able to help each other with our words. How do we do it?
First we practise our speed sounds - this is all of the phonemes we have learnt. We need to try and recognise them on sight.
Then we build up our green words. These are words that can be sounded out. We do this by Fred talk.
Next we look at the red words. Red words are tricky words and cannot be sounded out and you just need to be able to know them.
Then we read the book. We take turns reading a page each, helping each other if we get stuck. We have special teaching sticks that we use to point to the words, it helps us not to lose our place.
Finally we practise our speed words. These are the words that could be found in the story. It's a race who can read them all the fastest!!!
We are getting so good at our reading everyone is impressed.
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Comparing Length
This week we have been comparing and measuring lengths in Year One. We used string and our feet to compare the length of different objects we found in the classroom.
Red group used a piece of string to measure objects around the classroom. They found an object that was shorter, longer and 'roughly' the same size.
Green group drew around their feet and then compared them to the rest of the children on their table. They found out who had the longest and shortest foot and were able to order them.
Blue group had three strings of different length, they measured them and then ordered from longest to shortest.
Yellow group drew pictures making sure they had thought about the size. For example they drew a house that was larger than a boy and 3 snakes of different lengths.
We are getting really good at measuring!
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November 22, 2007
Year 1 visit St. Andrews Church
Father Alan met us at the church today. We were very excited and looking forward to learning lots about St. Andrews and what can be found in a church.
First Father Alan allowed us to walk around the church with our partners and talk about what we could see. Then we asked lots of questions like:
What were the blocks of wood on the wall?- 14 stations of the cross
What were candles around the church for? - some were lit for people who had prayed and others were for ceremonies.
We asked why the poppies were in a circle? - This was a wreath to remember the soldiers who had died for our country.
After question time and the chance to talk about the Bible and the stations of the cross, some of use were able to dress up in father Alan's clothes. Don't we look fantastic! We found out that father Alan wears a shirt and dog collar everyday, this is his uniform. On weddings and Christenings he wears a black cossack with a white tunic over the top. On Sundays he wears green, white for Christmas and Easter Sunday, red for Remberance day, and finally he wears purple for Good Friday and sad occassions.
We really enjoyed our visit and Father Alan says we are welcome any time. We look forward to seeing him again soon.
You can see our other photos in the gallery.
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November 6, 2007
Describing 3D Shapes
Year 1 have been describing and sorting 3D shapes. In pairs we described the shapes by looking at how many edges, corners and faces there were as well as the shape of the faces. We worked brilliantly together and were even able to sort our shapes and explain why we had sorted them in this way.
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November 4, 2007
A Baptism in Year 1
In R.E. we have been learning all about people who believe in God. They are called Christians. We spent a lot of time talking about how people who believe in God, belong to a family as well as learning about the special symbols they have, such as a cross and candle.
Finally we investigated a religous ceremony. Christians believe in naming their child in Church before God. We set up our classroom into the style of a church by making pews using our class chairs. We used a bowl of water for the special font and then selected our actors. We had two parents, four Godparents, four Grandparents, the vicar and most importantly the baby (who arrived from the Role Play area). The other children in the class acted as the congregation - it was an emotional occasion for some, who even cried (acting only)! The Reverend baptised the baby by pouring water on her head and marking the sign of the cross. Her parents then showed her off to everyone. The godparents were so proud to be chosen and also had a little cuddle.
Year 1 really enjoyed the lesson and talked about it for the rest of the afternoon. We are looking forward to visiting St. Andrews Church in a few weeks time, where we will get to see the real font. We hope you enjoy reading about how busy we have been. Please leave us a message if you have time.
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What is Fred talk?
This year in Key Stage One, each class has a special visitor called Fred. Fred has come to help with our reading. Unfortunately Fred can only speak in sounds and so it is the children's job to help him understand by saying the words. For example Fred may say c-a-t and the children say cat. This is helping the chidlren to blend words from the sounds they are learning. When reading at home with your child you can ask them to Fred talk the word and then say the word if they are stuck. Remember the more you practise reading the easier it gets!
Photos of Year 1 Fred are to follow.
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October 31, 2007
Writing Labels and Captions
In the first half term we promised photos of our label work. Well here they are!
In this photo we can see that the P.E. cupbaord has no label. Year 1 soon sorted that out.
We have been exploring how labels, captions and signs give us important information.
First we went for a walk around school and found lots of places with labels. Examples were Key Stage One doors - please keep doors closed, Mrs Jones room - Deputy Headteacher and our own classroom had lots of labels and signs giving important information.
Next we found four areas that did not have a label and we took photographs. Mrs Inkster made a power point presentation using the photographs and in guided writing we wrote captions telling people what the photograph was of and what it was used for. Finally, we worked in pairs and wrote our own captions independently. Mrs Inkster was extremely pleased with the results.
In the photo below we found that the fire alarm did not have a label but it was important we all knew what and where it was in case of an emergency.
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October 30, 2007
Autumn Topics
Click here to find out more about what we are learning in Year 1 this Autumn.
Second Autumn Term
Science - Materials
I.C.T. - Labels
R.E. - PLaces of worship and festivals
P.S.H.E. - How to be a good friend
Design & Technology - Sliding Mechanisms
History - Homes
P.E. - Gymnastics and Games
Music - Christmas Concert
First Autumn Term
Science - Ourselves
I.C.T. - Introduction to Modelling
R.E. - Belonging
P.S.H.E.- How to make a classroom a good place to learn
Art - Self portraits
Geography - Around our school
P.E. - Dance and Games
Music - Exploring Sounds
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October 29, 2007
Signs in Year 1
In Year 1 this half term we have spent time looking at labels, captions and also signs. We did a lot of work on the highway code and found out that red triangles were signs giving a warning and red circles were signs giving an order.
In class we worked in groups and came up with some fantastic ideas for Class Codes using red triangles and red circles. Mrs Inkster's favourite is the triangle with a picture of her in it. Green group thought of the warning "Mrs Inkster is watching." We have displayed our Class codes in the classroom for everyone to see. We hope you like them too.
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Scruffy Scroggles
Year 1 have been working so hard in ICT this term. We listened to a story about a very lonely monster called Scruffy Scroggles. Why was he lonely? It was because he was a good monster. He never picked his nose, always got his sums right, never put his elbow on the table at mealtimes and never ever, ever, used rude words. So we decided to make some monsters so Scruffy was not lonely anymore.
We used the paint program Fresco and experimented with colours, paintbrush size and even effects. Our work was fantastic. We developed skills suck as click and drag, as well as mouse control. Finally, we displayed all of our work in the cloakroom and Scruffy is now very happy and is not a lonely monster anymore.
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Ollie the Octopus
Ollie the Octopus helps Year 1 everyday with their adding. He is a huge octopus that lives in our classroom and doesn't know how to put on his boots before heading out for the day. Ollie writes on the board how many boots he has put on and how many he needs. Different children then put the correct number of boots on for Ollie and even make a sum. Thank you Year 1 children you are so helpful and are getting very good with adding two numbers.
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September 28, 2007
Science - Ourselves
In Year One we have been learning all about ourselves. We have an exciting hospital role play area to link in with the topic.
Mrs Inkster asked a very important scientific question.
Is the oldest child, the tallest child in the class?
In pairs we make predictions and recorded our answers on the class whiteboard.
Then we went outside and Mrs Cairns and Mrs Inkster lined us up in height order. They even wrote our names on the wall behind us. Then we organised ourselves into age order.
We found that Owen was the oldest, Annalise was the youngest, Jake was the tallest and Shannon was the smallest.
An exciting experiment that let us know the oldest person is not always the tallest. We grow at different speeds and different heights. A fascinating fact!
More exciting work on ourselves to follow soon.
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December 11, 2006
Key Stage One Nativity
Last week the children from Key stage one performed their excellent nativity, The Very Hopeless Camel. After weeks of rehearsals and hard work, the children pulled out all the stops and were a credit to the school. Parents, staff and other visitors were very proud of the children who displayed their talents in singing, dancing and acting. Well done to all children!
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February 13, 2006
Enterprise Scheme
In Year 1 we have been very busy making money! So how did we do this?
First we had an idea, we would run a competition, 'Guess the Teddy Bear's Birthday.' Our teddy was a big supporter of Newcastle United, and he donated a framed football shirt as our prize. We charged £1 a guess and had a big calendar to mark all the entries on. The competition ran for two weeks and at the end we had 214 guesses, that meant that we had raised £214.
By the end of the two weeks we were all desperate to know, when is teddy's birthday? Only teddy had actually known. Well, we found out on the last day before the Christmas holiday, it was 28 November.
The lucky winner was able to take their fantastic prize home, and we hope had a very Merry Christmas.
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