1JV
Week commencing 7th April 2025!
1JV have had a great last week of term. Although it was a short week, they have managed to fit lots in. In English they have finished their church visit recounts and written about the toy museum. In maths they have explored 2D and 3D shapes. In RE they looked at the features of a mosque and in PSHE they have looked at keeping healthy.
They also managed to fit in an Easter Egg hunt.
I am very proud of the way year 1 have worked this term and of their behaviour when they were representing Quarry Hill Academy at the toy museum. Great work. Enjoy the Easter break. See you on the 23rd April.
Week commencing 31st March 2025!
1JV have had another great week. They have written recounts in English. In maths they have practised choosing and using the correct operation. In science they have completed the spring page of their seasons diary. In RE they have explored the Easter story and the symbols associated with it. PSHE saw the children acting out the different jobs around the school. Finally in art they have finished their weaving patterns.
Well done year 1.
Week commencing 24th March 2025!
1JV have had an amazing week. They have written their innovated versions of ’Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ in English. In maths they have been investigating data and organising information onto tally charts, block diagrams and pictograms. In PSHE they have written about the jobs they would like in the future. In Art they have made their weaving patterns and in science they have explored some plants and flowers and labelled pictures of flowers. They also looked at the jobs of the parts of the plant.
In history 1JV have sorted pictures of the features of old and new toys.
Fantastic work 1JV. Keep it up.
Week Commencing 17th March 2025!
1JV have had a fantastic week. In English they have immersed in the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’, and are going to innovate and write it next week. In maths they have explored telling the time on an analogue clock and looked at position and direction. In science they went on a flower hunt around the school, identifying some wildflowers. In RE they have looked at some symbols that tell the Easter story and in PSHE they have tried to work out which job is most important in the community.
Fantastic work year 1. Have a great weekend.
Week commencing 10th March 2025!
Year 1 have had a busy week. They have been solving mental calculations in maths. In English they have written spring poems an in history they have compared old and new dolls and teddy bears. In RE they have written the Easter story and in PSHE they have explored what qualities you need for certain jobs. In art they have painted plans for their weaving piece of work.
1JV have enjoyed making rockets for science week and there have been some fantastic entries for the competition.
Great work year 1. Keep it up.
Week commencing 3rd March 2025!
1JV have had another great week. They have been practising solving addition and subtraction questions in Maths. In English they have independently written their innovated ‘Lost in the Toy Museum’ stories. In science they have experiment how to make a strong bridge from paper and in History year 1 have been investigating toys that their parents may have played with. In RE 1JV have written about Ramadan and Eid and in PSHE they have been thinking about their strengths both at home and in school. For the pattern topic in art everyone made a paint stamper and printed some amazing patterns.
Great work 1JV. Keep it up !!
Week commencing 24th February 2025!
Welcome back. I hope that had a relaxing half term.
Year 1 have been working hard after their break. This week in English they have described ‘Bunting’, the main character in the new story ‘Lost in the Toy Museum’. In maths they have been practising place value - partitioning numbers in tens and ones and looking at the value of numbers, greater than and less than. In science they have explored waterproof materials that would be suitable to make an umbrella. In History 1JV have started the new topic of toys and have been looking at some toys and sorting them from past to present. PSHE has continued with internet safety awareness and RE started looking at different reasons people have celebrations and festivals.
Great work year 1. Keep it up.
Week commencing 10th February 2025!
1JV have had a great week. They have written innovated versions of ‘The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me’ and have made amazing progress with their independent writing. In maths they have been multiplying using arrays. In science year 1 have explored waterproof materials and made bots. They predicted which ones would float or sink. In PSHE we have focussed on internet safety and in RE looked at feature of Judaism.
Fantastic work 1JV. Have a fantastic half term and I look forward to seeing more fabulous work throughout next term.
Week commencing 3rd February 2025!
1JV have had another great week. The have been learning the story of the Giraffe, The Pelly and Me ready to write and innovate it next week. In maths we have been recapping our year 1 learning in our assessment week. Everyone has done really well. Following our Church visit last week, 1JV have written about the features in the Church and in PSHE we have started learning about internet safety. In geography we looked at landmarks in France and worked out which were human features and which were physical ones. In science we explore absorbency and tested which kitchen towel was the most absorbent.
Great work year 1. Keep up the hard work.
Week commencing 27th January 2025!
1JV have had another fantastic week. They have written non-chronological reports about France in English. In maths they have been finding halves and doubles of numbers and started to learn a method to help to divide groups of objects. In science they explored different types of fabric and what they can be used for. In PSHE we started exploring looking after the environment and thought of ways we can help to look after it. Finally, in RE everyone enjoyed the trip to St Peter’s and St Paul’s church. They enjoyed meeting Reverend Sharon and seeing the features inside the church such as the stained glass windows, the cross and the font.
Excellent work 1JV. Keep it up.
Week commencing 20th January 2025!
1JV have had another amazing week. They have been learning about non-chronological reports and using this new knowledge to start writing facts about France. In maths they have started to look at multiplication and have drawn wonderful arrays to help them. In science they have explored the properties of materials and how an object could be made with different materials. In geography they have investigated what the weather is like in France and made a weather chart. Finally, in DT they have continued making the moving parts for their story book.
It was great to see so many parents at the maths live lesson and I hope it was useful for you. Well done 1JV. Keep up the good work.
Week commencing 13th January 2025!
1JV have settled back into the routine of year 1 really well after the break. This week, in English, they have written amazing innovated stories of The Three Little Pigs. In maths, they have explored measure looking at length, mass, capacity and time. In science, they have discussed the different properties of materials. In RE they have watched a virtual tour of a Christian church in preparation for our visit to St Peter’s and St Paul’s church later this month. In DT the children have started designing the pages for the moving storybook.
Fantastic work 1JV. I look forward to seeing more fabulous work next week.
Week commencing 6th January 2025!
Welcome back 1JV. I hope that you all had an enjoyable break.
1JV have been working very hard this week. In English they have read the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs and made actions to tell the story. Next week they will write an innovated version of it. In maths they have been partitioning numbers and sequencing them. In science we started our materials topic and went on a hunt around the school looking for objects made from different materials.
In DT they started exploring mechanisms that will use to make a moving story book. They made sliders and discussed how they make things move up and down and side to side.
A great start to the term. Well done 1JV. Keep it up!
Week commencing 16th December 2024!
1JV have had another great week. Some reindeer visited the class at the weekend and danced and made a mess. 1JV wrote to Santa to tell him how to look after the reindeer. In maths we have been exploring telling the time and in science we have recapping their animal knowledge. In RE the children have drawn the Christmas Story. Somehow they managed to fit in 2 parties, a Santa dash and some Christmassy games.
I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you on the 6th January.
Week commencing 9th December 2024!
1JV have had another great week. They have written amazing diary entries about the elf visiting the class. In maths they have practised mental methods of addition and subtraction. In geography they explored the compass points on a map. In science they have written their winter seasons page. Finally in art they have been mixing colours with paint to make a fantastic design.
Well done to year 1 for their wonderful performances in the concerts this week.
Week commencing 2nd December 2024!
1JV have had another fantastic week. In English they have been learning about the features of a diary ready to write a diary next week about what the Cheeky Elf has been doing in the class. In Maths we have been assessing what we have learnt so far this term and everyone has done a super job showing me what great mathematicians they are. In Geography we have continued with ‘Our School’ topic and drawn a map of the class and given it a key. In RE we have talked about being kind and what we can do to show kindness. In science we compared animals from the same groups, looking for similarities and differences. On top of this we have been practising our Christmas songs ready for the concerts next week.
Keep up the fantastic work 1JV.
Week commencing 25th November 2024!
Year 1 have had a great week. They have written their own innovated story of ‘Monkey see, Monkey do’ and I have been so impressed with how their independent writing is progressing. In maths they have explored measuring length, mass and capacity. In science they explored what different animals eats and talked about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. In RE they have watched the story of ‘The camel and the ant’ and talked about kindness. In geography they have made used a key to complete maps of a town. Fantastic work 1JV!
Week commencing 18th November 2024!
1JV have had another great week of learning. They have learnt the story of ‘Monkey See, Monkey Do’ ready to write their version next week. In maths they have been practising addition and subtraction and finding missing numbers. In science they have looked how different animals move and in PSHE talked about how using kind words can help if someone is upset. In geography 1JV carried out fieldwork of the school site and made amazing journals to record their findings.
Fantastic work. Keep up the hard work.
Week commencing 11th November 2024!
1JV have had another amazing week.
In English they have written their innovated ‘Aargh Spider’ stories. In maths they have investigated shape and in science sorted animal picture into animal groups. In art they have mixed primary colour paints to make secondary colours and in geography they have drawn ‘messy maps’ of the school and the immediate local area.
Fantastic work 1JV.
Week commencing 4th November 2024!
I hope that you all had a great break. 1JV have settled back in school really well after half term. In English they have been learning and innovating the story of ‘Aargh Spider’ ready to write it next week. In Maths they have been looking at place value and comparing numbers. In science they have explore living and non-living things at the start of our animals topic. In PSHE 1JV have thought about who they can ask for help if they are worried about anything and in art the children have been practising paining using different objects.
Fantastic work 1JV. Keep up the hard work.
Week commencing 14th October 2024!
1JV have had a great week to finish their first half term in year 1.
This week they have written instructions on how to brush their teeth in English. They have practised recognising coins and notes for money in Maths and added the coin values together. In science they have started a seasons diary, writing about Autumn. In PSHE they made paper dolls of the important people in their family and recognising that all families are different. RE has been recalling the important facts about Christians.
Finally, everyone enjoyed their day at Wat Tyler Park where the children consolidated their knowledge of the five senses for Science and looked at the historic houses for the ‘British Homes’ history topic.
Fabulous work 1JV.
Enjoy the holiday and see you ready to work in November.
Week commencing 7th October 2024!
1JV have had a great week. They have been writing their ‘Magic Porridge Pot’ stories in English. They have practised partitioning numbers and completed some subtraction calculations in maths as well doing some assessments. In history the children looked at Georgian schools and identified items that belong the past and present schools. In science they have carried out an investigation into the sense of smell and have decided which smells they like or dislike. In PSHE they at how families are different and drew their family.
Well done 1JV. I am incredibly proud of the way you have competed the first assessments in year 1. Keep up the good work.
Week commencing 30th September 2024!
Year 1 have had a great week. They have learned the story of ‘The Magic Porridge Pot, in English, ready to write it next week. In maths they have been adding and subtracting using mental methods. The sense that they were exploring this week, in science, was touch and they had feely boxes to identify what they were touching. In history they wrote about what it was like in a Victorian school and in PSHE they were writing about people who care for them and how they show it.
Fantastic work 1JV. Keep it up!!
Week commencing 23rd September 2024!
1JV have had another amazing week.
They have written the story of Handa’s surprise in English. In Maths they have been subtracting using objects at first and then moving onto a number line. In science they have investigated the sense of hearing and made a line of noises from quietest to loudest. In PSHE they discussed being kind and how it makes others feel. In RE they have looked at the story of Jesus healing the 10 lepers.
There has been lots of fantastic work in 1JV this week and I am very proud of everyone.
Week commencing 16th September 2024!
1JV have had another great week.
In English they have learnt our new story ‘Handa’s Surprise’ and have tasted the different fruits. Then they sequenced the pictures of the story.
In Maths they have been practising adding and in Science they have tasted sweet, sour and bitter foods for our senses topic. In History 1JV have sorted objects from homes into old and new and they have written about some items that were used in Victorian homes.
In DT they have been continuing designing their windmills and in RE learnt the Noah’s Ark story.
Well done year 1. Another amazing week. I am so proud of everyone.
Week commencing 9th September 2024!
1JV have had another great week. They are settling into the routines of year 1 incredibly well. This week they have written the story of ‘This is the bear’ in English and comparing numbers in Maths. In science they have started exploring the 5 senses and focused on sight this week. In RE they have looked at some symbols of the Christian religion. In History the children have ordered homes on a timeline and started to look at some differences between Victorian and modern houses.
Well done year 1. Keep up the good work.
Week commencing 2nd September 2024!
Welcome to year 1.
1JV Have had an amazing week and everyone has settled into their new class incredibly well.
The children have been learning the ’This is the Bear’, story ready to write it next week. In maths, they have been ordering numbers and finding one more and one less of a given number. In history, they have started looking at different types of houses for our ‘British Homes & Schools’ topic. The children have been designing windmills ready to construct them in DT. In PSHE, 1JV have been talking about the school rules and in RE thinking their ideas about God.
I am so impressed with how well everyone has worked and am looking forward to seeing the wonderful work that will happen in year 1.
