Year 1 Class News

Library Visit

Posted on Tuesday 11 September 2018 by Mr Roundtree

Today, your child has brought home a book from our school library.

Each week, we will visit the library and the children have an opportunity to take home a book each week. Books will be changed each week at school – this will usually be on a Tuesday.

Have a look at our excited faces at being able to take a book of our choice home!

Living and Learning: I can greet someone politely

Posted on Thursday 06 September 2018 by Mr Roundtree

This Living and Learning statement is the first of the half-term. It launches our theme of friendship, which is one of the Christian values.

‘A friend loves at all times.’ (Proverbs 17:17)

We talked about how to greet someone politely and the different things we could say. We discussed how our tone of voice and body language can influence our greetings. We turned to the person next to us and greeted them.

Here are some of our greetings:

  • Hello, I hope you have a nice day.
  • How are you today?
  • Are you having a nice day?
  • Hello, what are you called?

Living and Learning: I can reflect and look ahead.

Posted on Thursday 19 July 2018 by Mr Roundtree

This week, our living and learning statement is “I can reflect and look ahead”. We talked about what things had gone well this year and what we would like to improve next year.
Here are a few of our comments and ideas:
Nicholas: “Reading has gone well for me this year. Next year, I will try to read a chapter book.”
Jack: “This year I have found it difficult to count in 2’s. Next year, I will get better at counting in 2’s”.
Jacob: “I have got better at maths this year and have answered a lot of maths questions. Next year, I will try to get better at handwriting”.
Joe: “I’ve improved my English – sometimes I can write lots of lines. Next year, I will make my learning better by listening to Mr Mills and Mrs Richardson.”
Noah: “I didn’t always bring my homework in this year. I will bring it in all the time next year.”
Ellie: “I have got better at writing this year. It was rubbish but it’s better now. I will keep trying in year 2.”
Willow: “At the start of year 1, my writing was not on the line and now it is. Next year, I will keep practising my joined up writing and get it as good as the teacher”.
Mikey: “One time, I didn’t get warnings. Next year, I am going to try harder not to get warnings by not being mean to people.”
Brooklyn: “This year, I have too many warnings. Next year, I will be good and be kind to each other.”

Living and Learning: I cope with change

Posted on Thursday 12 July 2018 by Mr Roundtree

In today’s living and learning session, we talked about changes that have happened to us in the last year or changes that we are expecting to happen. We talked about how some of these might be positive or more challenging and the different strategies we have to cope with these changes.
Here are some of the changes that the children are facing and how they are feeling.
“Hannah is going to have a baby, it’s going to be a girl and we’re going to have an extension at daddy’s house. This is an exciting change”
“This year I’ll be 7 and I’ll be going to Brownies.  I feel nervous but it is an exciting change.”
“I didn’t use to fight with my sister but now we fight a lot. This is a bad change that I want to fix.”
“I have a baby sister now. I feel happy.”
“I’m going to play football in September. I’m nervous but I feel good about it.”
“It’s an exciting one. I’ve got a new room. I’ve got a new bed and it’s a big one.”
 “I’ve got my own bedroom now and it’s in a new house.”

The day the classroom quit!

Posted on Friday 29 June 2018 by Mr Roundtree

This fortnight, we have been reading The Day the Crayons Quit.

In this story, Duncan comes into the classroom and discovers his crayons have quit for various reasons. Red Crayon is tired of colouring strawberries, Santas and fire engines; Orange Crayon and Yellow Crayon are fighting over who is the true colour of the sun; Blue Crayon is used too much so it short and stubby and Grey Crayon is fed up of colour such big animals like Hippos and Whales.

This week, we have written our own stories pretending to be different items from the classroom that quit. The children came up with some really imaginative ideas as to why each item might quit. Here is a few examples of our letters to Duncan.

     

Living and Learning: I tell the truth and say sorry if I need to.

Posted on Thursday 28 June 2018 by Mr Roundtree

Today, we read the story “Tiddler”.  Tiddler the fish makes up stories about why he is late for school, every day. No-one ever believes these stories. One day,  Tiddler is VERY late for school because he has been captured in a fishing net and got lost. Nobody believes his reason for being late to school.
We talked about how if you tell lies nobody will believe you when you tell the truth.
Lilly : “It’s like the boy who cried wolf”.
We also spoke about when we might need to say sorry.
Evie – “If I tell a lie”.
Everybody makes mistakes that might affect or hurt somebody else and it is best to tell the truth and say sorry.
Fleur  – “I’d say I did it … I’d say sorry.”
Jemima – “It’s best if you tell the truth and say sorry”

Fabulous Library Visit!

Posted on Friday 22 June 2018 by Mr Roundtree

Yesterday afternoon, Year 1 and 2 visited Wetherby Library. Have a look at some of the comments the children made and the pictures of them using the library. They were much more confident in how to use the library this time and more focussed on choosing books that suited/interested them.

Ellie – The library trip was great. I got one of my favourite books called ‘I’ll never let you go’.

Lilly – It was fun walking down the library and getting a Harry Hill’s book.

Jack – I like going to the library because I saw a book that I liked about Kart Racing and Mr Wicks liked it too

Harley – It was really fun and I picked a book about fires, police and bees.

Joe – I like going to the library because there are so many books that I would like to get from there.

Daisy-Mae – I liked going to the library because I found some Beast Quest books and I got to get a Molly Broomstick book. I saw a book about a clown but there were no words in it so I think it would be a good book to make up my own words for the story.

Living and Learning – I can share and include others

Posted on Wednesday 20 June 2018 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s living and learning statement is “I can share and include others”. We talked about what sharing means and how we can include others, both in the classroom and at home.

Have a look at some of our ideas for how we can share and include others.

Jacob: “If somebody said somebody else couldn’t play with them, I would say ‘do you want to play with me?'”.
Willow (talking about if somebody was on their own in the playground): ” You could go up to them and ask them if they want to play”.
Brooklyn: “Including others is saying yes when somebody wants to play”.
Lily: “If somebody was lonely and you said ‘do you want to play?’ they wouldn’t be lonely any more”.

Peter Rabbit’s adventures!

Posted on Friday 15 June 2018 by Mr Roundtree

This week, Year 1 and 2 have been writing new adventures that Peter Rabbit goes on. The children have written some fantastic stories. Here is a snippet of the stories from our class.

 

 

 

The Greatest Fairy Tale

Posted on Sunday 10 June 2018 by Mr Roundtree

This week, we went to Scholes to watch a production called The Greatest Fairy Tale. Have a look at some of the recounts the children wrote about the trip.

Fleur

What a splendid trip I’ve had! Yesterday, I went to Scholes Primary School to watch a show. Year 2 were all partners with reception and year 1 were partners with each other. The hole of school except F.1 went to watch the show. I was partners with Lucas. We went into the hall and a man was trying to read the story but two pigs kept interrupting him. In the story there were only three characters but the main characters were stupid pig, simple pig and clever pig. The story was about The evil queen was changing the fairy tales around. For instance, Jack and the Beanstalk. you should know the tale. It’s about a boy called Jack and his mum were very poor so one day. This was different Jack’s mother’s foot fitted into Cinderella’s slipper so the prince had to take her to his castle.

Evie

What awesome day I had! We went on the coach and I sat next to Louie. When we got there we played tig in the small playground. Then, we went inside the play. The play was about the fairy tales all muddled up. They only had until midnight to fix it. The evil queen wanted to marry Prince Charming but so did Jack’s mother. The big bad wolf ate Little Red Riding Hood, Red’s granny and stupid pig. Then, suddenly snow white heard a knock on the door and it was the 8th dwarf.

Lilly

What an amazing trip I had! On Tuesday, we went to Scholes Primary School. We travelled on a coach. It took 15 minutes to get there. I was partners with Dexter. When we got there we played in the playground. We played tig with Daisy, Fleur, Jemima, Evie and Jessica and it was fun. Then we went into the hall to watch a show. It was 3 characters playing all of the fairy tales. It was funny When the man put the show on Mrs Rowley and when he said do you have any cell phones. Jacks mum marries the prince because the shoe fits but the price was supposed to marry Cinderella.

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