Year 1 Update – Week 9
Tuesday 30th October – Year 6 Bake sale
Tuesday 13th November – Year One Pizza lunch
Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th November – School photographs
Monday 5th November – Year One LEAP
Makedo Sessions with Mr Lowe
This week all of the Year One children spent two lessons with Mr Lowe using their creative thinking skills by exploring and experimenting with the Makedo kit. The children were given boxes, plastic screws, saws and screwdrivers to create their own large models. We were very impressed with the children’s imaginative ideas, problem-solving skills and their ability to connect and co-operate with their peers. Some of the amazing models the children made included robots, cars, rockets, elephants and a giant castle!
The Pitch
On Thursday, all three classes went to the pitch to engage in some outdoor physical play. This week the children had the opportunity to explore different sports equipment such as hoops, skipping ropes, tennis balls, footballs and balance stilts. It was nice to see the children connecting with others and coming up with their own games. Next week, all of the children will be put into small groups and will take part in a rotation of games using different types of equipment.
- How we can get to know each other and ourselves (Connection)
- Different types of learning and play (Form)
- How to make our classroom a place for successful for learning (Function)
This week the children have explored the artwork of Keith Haring and have looked at the colours and shapes he used in his art and the messages that he tried to give through his paintings.
Next week, we will continue to focus on the art of Keith Haring and will encourage the children to come up with their own art based on his work. We will look at how they can show connections with others through their art and the children will have the opportunity to cut and stick, paint, draw or model using salt dough or clay.
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This week we have wrapped up our mini unit based on addition and subtraction. The children have had practical experience using number lines and maths equipment to solve addition and subtraction problems. We will return to this unit again later this term.
Next week, we will start a unit based on shape and space. We will start the unit by looking at positional and directional language by playing games, using technology, reading maths stories and giving the children the opportunity to use this language in their learning. The vocabulary we will be introducing will include words such as, behind, in front of, next to, beside, left, right, on, under, forwards, backwards.
Mathletics:
Please help the children to complete the Mathletics tasks that have been assigned to your child. The children can also enjoy Maths Live and play other children live across the world.
Congratulations to the children who received a Golden Book certificate this week.
1L – Hillary Tsang
1P – Christine Shi
1W – Kaitlyn Song
PE – Kaitlyn Song
Mandarin – Lillian Ng – 1W
Kaylee Lui – 1P
Phonics Games
I Spy game – Put a selection of three letter word objects or picture cards on the floor, eg; zip, cup, hat, cap, cat, dog, tap. Use a puppet to say “I spy with my little eye a z-i-p, saying each letter sound individually. Then invite the child to find the object and hold it up.
Sound Buttons – This game focuses on the skill of blending for reading CVC (3 letter) words. Write a CVC word on a whiteboard or piece of paper and put a big dot to represent a button under each letter in the word. Ask the child to say each letter sound as they press the button. Then say the whole word. You could use words such as; cat, pig, pen, dig, dog, hat, cot, dot, sit, sat, pin, jig, fig, nip, not, hot.
