Friday 21st November 2025
This week in maths we have been learning about subtraction. We started the week by reading and writing subtraction number sentences and using tens frames and counters to find the answer. We then moved on to drawing counters to support our working out, then finally we have been solving subtraction word problems.
In English we began our new Talk 4 Writing unit based on the story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. We have been learning the story using symbols and actions as well as beginning to generate interesting vocabulary that we will be able to use in our own stories later in the term.
In geography we have been learning about different types of weather and which types typically occur in the different seasons.
The children also enjoyed participating in a positive noticing day for Agents of Change. All the children got fully involved in the day and some lovely tags were exchanged identifying positive things that had been noticed about each child by the adults and their peers.
Friday 14th November 2025
This week in Year One we have begun rehearsing our Christmas Nativity. Our teachers are very impressed with how quickly we have learnt the songs and actions to go with them.
In English, we have been writing the final paragraph for our information text about ice giants – where they live. We are now looking forward to our next Talk 4 Writing text, which will be a story called ‘Lost and Found’.
In maths we have been answering word problems involving addition. To do this we had to read the problem, identify the important information and then draw our working out to find the answer.
In science, we continued to learn about seasons with a walk around the school grounds to see if we could spot any signs of autumn.
Finally, we began our D & T unit. We will be designing and making a healthy fruit dessert so this week we tasted different fruits to see which ones were our favourites.
Friday 7th November 2025
A very busy first week back for Year One with lots of new learning and challenges taking place both inside and outside of the classroom. It was lovely to see lots of team work happening in the outside area this week as the children got reacquainted after the half term break.
In English this week the children began their innovation of the tree giants information text. The version they wrote alongside the teacher was all about ice giants, describing what they looked like and what they liked to eat.
In maths, we continued our work on addition with numbers to 10. The children used part part whole models to support their working out using practical resources and pictorial representations.
The children began their geography topic entitled ‘Whatever the Weather’. This week we looked at the globe and maps of the world. We identified the equator, the North Pole and the South Pole and then learnt that hotter countries are found closer to the equator and that it gets colder the further away from the equator you are.
Finally, in phonics this week the children began to learn the Phase 5 phonemes, this week’s tuff tray challenge was to read and sort a variety of real and nonsense words.
