The Pig In The Pond

Handwriting

Today we have been practicing our handwriting.

Here is a short video from a long time ago (when most of the teachers and parents were children) all about handwriting

Little Red Riding Hood

This week we are learning about the story of Little Red Riding Hood

Here is a short cartoon

Year 1 have been on a listening walk.....take a look

Cover arrangements for 1J

Dear Parents/Carer

Unfortunately, for medical reasons, Mrs Jones will be absent from school for 2 weeks prior to the Easter holidays.

Cover arrangements have been put in place with Mrs Dhadwal and Mrs Murphy teaching the class during this period. Both teachers are very experienced and known to the children.

Should you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to speak to Mrs Walsh (Headteacher) or Mrs Jones.

Doubling Numbers

This week it is Mental maths week.

on wednesday we learnt about doubling and halving numbers.

This is a great game to help think about doubling numbers.

Click here to play a Doubling game

Gifted and Talented

On Thursday we had a Gifted and Talented assembly and Avneet (1J) and Aleesha (1M) gave a fantastic display of 'hula hooping'

Weighing

This week in numeracy we have been learning about weights and how to use weighing scales

If you would like to have a go at a great game, all about weighing, then use the link below

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/measurements/fs.shtml

Hansel & Gretel

This week we have been learning the story of Hansel and Gretel.

1J's Spider Poem

We wrote this poem in 1J

Mary the spider is big and hairy
She moves very fast and can be scary

She has 8 hairy legs and 4 big eyes
She spins her web and catches flies

At night-time Mary creeps through the house
We cannot hear her because she's as quiet as a mouse

Data and Tally Charts

This week in year one we are going to see how we can use tally charts and pictograms to show data.

This is a great game from the BBC website.

Animal Island Data

China Week

We have had a busy China week

On Friday we dressed in red.

1 to 10 in Mandarin

This week in year 1 we will be learning to count to 10 in Mandarin.

Valentines Mansion

On Tuesday Year one went to Valentines mansion. 1J went in the morning, and 1M went in the afternoon. Here are some pictures from the morning visit. Thanks to Mrs Elliott for the photos.

Cat flushing the toilet

It's been a busy week - so here is something fun

Science - What is waterproof?

In Science this week we have been learning about things that are waterproof.

We used this website to help us think about different objects and materials.

Sorting and Using Materials

Subtraction using a number line

This week we have been using number lines to work out simple subtraction sums

Here is a video to show how to do it

Aaaarrgghh! Spider!

This week we will be reading 'Aaaarrgghh! Spider!' by Lydia Monks.

If you would like to find out more about the author her website has lots of information.

http://lydiamonks.com

You can also read an excerpt from the book at Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Aaaarrgghh-Spider-Lydia-Monks/dp/0618737510

Exploring the forest

On Thursday we took a visit to the forest and nature area.

Here are some pictures

Making a Stickman

Everybody loved the story of 'Stickman' so much that we just had to have a go at making our own version of the lead character.

It was very hard. We used glue, sellotape, googly-eyes, and sticks from the field.