Group 1
some
oh
Mr
day
Mrs
if
Mrs Day gave us some sweets.
Group 2
some
Mrs
day
Mr
if
people
One day some people will ask for help.
Group 3
some
children
Mrs
could
house
day
Some children could use a day at your house.
The children will be tested on these on Monday 5th December.
Talk homework
Talk to your grown-ups about the word ‘bendy’. What materials have the property of being ‘bendy’?. Find some objects around the house and predict if you think that they will bend or not. Which materials are good at bending? Which materials are not so good at bending? Why/why not?
Reading
Thank you to everyone who has been logging their reading on our new Boom Reader app! Please ensure that you are reading EVERY DAY with your child and logging it on the Boom Reader app.
Please make sure that you send your child into school with their reading folder every day as We will be reading with your children in school at least once a week.
Spellings
Please continue to practise your spellings over the weekend, they will be tested on Monday.
In English this week the children have been working hard on writing sentences that have been dictated aloud to them. We have been focusing on using our ears to hear every sound in each word, using a phonic mat to find the matching sound and writing the grapheme down to form words and sentences. We will continue to do this weekly to support the children’s confidence in writing more independently.
In Maths this week we have been looking at Fact Families! The children have been given a part-whole model with a whole and two parts. The children have understood that a part + a part = the whole. They have also understood that when we take a part away from the whole, it leaves the other part. The children have built up their understanding and can now write four addition and subtraction facts to form a fact family!
For example:
2 + 4 = 6
4 + 2 = 6
6 – 2 = 4
6 – 4 = 2.
The children have worked so hard and can even find the missing part, using their knowledge of fact families to help them.
In Science this week we investigated the property of ‘bendiness’ in different materials. We found different objects around the classroom and predicted whether we thought they would bend or not. The children then tested the bendiness of the materials and recorded their findings. We learned that metal is the least bendy as it is super strong, and that paper is really bendy as it is very weak. We also learned that some plastic is bendy and other plastic isn’t – plastic is a very versatile material!
We have begun our Skills Builder project ‘Special Delivery’ in which we will be working in teams to sort and deliver the school’s Christmas cards this year. We worked on our listening, teamwork and leadership skills this week and will continue this on the build up to Christmas!
The Year 1 email address in a direct way of contacting the Year 1 Teachers: year1@buckdenacademy.org
Have a fabulous weekend, we hope to see you at the Light Switch on on Sunday!
Best wishes,
The Year 1 Team
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and |
my |
my |
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it |
that |
what |
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my |
out |
there |
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at |
this |
out |
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for |
be |
this |
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I |
have |
have |
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My mum and I went for a walk. |
That has to be my best work. |
What is out there? My mum told me this is my best work. |
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put |
very |
looked |
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old |
put |
very |
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by |
saw |
people |
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as |
make |
put |
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no |
by |
could |
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so |
come |
saw |
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He said no by the old man. |
I was very happy when I saw mum come by. |
They all looked very happy after school. |
Talk homework
Talk about what we have been learning about in Maths this week. Addition is where two numbers are put together to find the total amount. Talk about the different ways and resources you can used to add two numbers together.
Reading
Thank you to everyone who has been logging their reading on our new Boom Reader app! Please ensure that you are reading EVERY DAY with your child and logging it on the Boom Reader app.
Please make sure that you send your child into school with their reading folder every day as We will be reading with your children in school at least once a week.
Spellings
Please continue to practise your spellings over the weekend, they will be tested on Monday.
We have had a busy week in Year 1!
In English we have been exploring poems and looking in detail at the language used to create an image. We have written a shared poem about Mud, using the children’s ideas and vocabulary to paint a picture in the readers’ mind.
In Maths this week we have introduced addition. We have practised adding two numbers together by counting them all (using resources to support us), by adding the second number to the first number, and using a number line to find the first number and count on in ones to find the second number. Today we solved word problems and the children were super maths detectives in finding the information and solving the number problems.
On Thursday we went on a walk around the village to identify the different types of industry in Buckden. We walked via the shops, to the library and the pre-school, past the tennis courts and the bowling green, down to the Church and the Towers, passing the Lion and the George Hotel on our way. On the way back, we spotted the dentist and of course, the school as part of Buckden’s industry. We talked about the different services these building provide for the community and the children behaved wonderfully, they were a credit to the school.
The Year 1 email address in a direct way of contacting the Year 1 Teachers: year1@buckdenacademy.org
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 1 Team
Please see below this week's spellings.
After assessing the children on the first 100 High Frequency words before half-term, we have looked over the results, as well as the children's English books and picked out the gaps in the children's knowledge.
We have started with the first words on the list which are easier to spell, however these words will get progressively more difficult as we move down the list.
The children have been grouped, and you will find their spellings in their reading folders.
Please learn the spellings as well as the dictation sentence as this will be a part of the spelling test on a Monday.
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said |
said |
said |
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the |
of |
of |
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he |
they |
they |
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of |
are |
with |
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on |
up |
are |
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we |
had |
had |
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He said we go on first. |
They said they had to put their hand up. |
They said they had to put their hand up. |
The children will be tested on these on Monday 14th November 2022.
Kind regards,
The Year 1 Team
Talk homework
Look at some different objects around the house. What material are they made of? How do you know? Can you think of any words to describe what they are like? i.e. Opaque, smooth, bumpy, hard, shiny.
Reading
Thank you to everyone who has been logging their reading on our new Boom Reader app! Please ensure that you are reading EVERY DAY with your child and logging it on the Boom Reader app.
Please make sure that you send your child into school with their reading folder every day as We will be reading with your children in school at least once a week.
Spellings
Please continue to practise the days of the week. Remember, they start with a Capital Letter because they are a Proper Noun!
On Monday, the children put their design and technology skills to the test when we asked them to create their prototype of a school table using cardboard and ‘tabs’ to join the table-top to the table legs. We found that the table-top had to be small enough to be supported by the legs, and the stronger the join, the stronger the table.
In Maths this week we have been looking in more detail at the number bonds to 10, including thinking about patterns in numbers – as one bond gets bigger, the other bond gets smaller.
We have started looking at poetry in our English learning this week. We have learnt that a poem is a snapshot of a moment in time that uses lots of interesting words and phrases to really describe what is happening in that moment. The children drew what they saw in their ‘Minds’ Eye’ as we read them a poem called ‘Out and About’, and we ended the week writing about what we ourselves enjoy doing when we are out and about!
If you have not yet signed your home-school agreements that we sent home, if you could please sign and return them to us as soon as you can, that would be great. If you need a new home-school agreement please get in touch.
The Year 1 email address in a direct way of contacting the Year 1 Teachers: year1@buckdenacademy.org
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 1 Team
This weeks spellings will focus on the days of the week.
Each day should start with a capital letter.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Practise writing the sentences:
On Monday I tried to count to ten.
On Tuesday I had fish for tea.
On Wednesday I had to play football.
These spellings will be tested on Monday 7th November.
The children will be sent home with them tomorrow.
The Year 1 Team
