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Willow

July 2023

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  • Friday 14th July 2023

    Published 14/07/23, by Joshua Palmer

    To all the grown ups in Willow and Bramble Class,

    As the final blog post of the year, we wanted to take the opportunity to say a huge thank you to all of you for all of your hard work and support with all of the children this year.

    We are so incredibly proud of how hard the children have worked, how far they have come since joining Year 1 in September, and we cannot believe how ready they are for the new and very exciting leap into Year 2!

    This week we have had a fabulous time making our repurposed items using our old t-shirts. The children were super creative in their designs and the make process was very interesting, the children found cutting the fabric very tricky and lots of children decided that they would need to alter their design to make it a bit simpler. Some children changed their design altogether!

    The children had big ideas, and we ended up with some clothes for toys, some outfits to wear at home over the summer, some toys and beds for cats, dogs and hamsters, baby blankets for siblings, sweat bands and headbands, football shirts, stuffed toys and basketballs. The children then evaluated their final product against their design and talked about what went well and what they would improve if they were to make it again – we decided sharper scissors would definitely be beneficial!

    We also spent the whole of Thursday undertaking our skills builder project, Community Café. The children were put into teams and were tasked with coming up with a theme for their café and a name based on their theme. They were then asked to make menu’s to show what their customers could purchase, decorate their café by making a banner and pictures/decorations for the walls and tables and set up their tables ready for their customers to come and visit! Part of the team were tasked with preparing the sandwiches, biscuits and drinks, which were all sent to the kitchen ready for the waiters to serve the patiently waiting customers.

    Bramble Class came and visited Willow Classes’ cafes, where the children took orders, served their food and ensured that they provided fantastic customer service to their guests. We then switched roles and enjoyed some yummy Jam and Cheese sandwiches, biscuits and orange squash!

    We were incredibly proud of how the children worked together, collaborating and communicating effectively to ensure a smooth service. Some of the children we didn’t expect to showed us their organisational skills, leadership skills and communication skills to work fantastically well within their teams.

    Friday has been a lovely day where we have had the opportunity to make the most of the time we have had left with our wonderful classes – it has been so lovely to chat with them, find out what they have enjoyed this year and to find out what their plans are over the summer.

    We are going to miss the children so much – they are a fantastic group of children with incredible personalities, they are a credit to you all and we have been incredibly lucky to work with them this year.

    I personally will be looking forward to bringing my little boy in to meet the children at some point in the new school year once he has made his arrival and I have settled into life with 2 under 2 - I will miss the children so much and can’t wait to see how they all progress in Year 2!

    Have a fantastic summer break, get plenty of rest, enjoy the sunshine and we look forward to seeing you all in September!

    Best wishes,
    The Year 1 Team

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  • Friday 7th July 2023

    Published 07/07/23, by Joshua Palmer

    Talk homework

    If you haven’t already, please bring in an old white or light coloured t-shirt that you don’t wear anymore (yours or an adults at home) by WEDNESDAY at the LATEST as we will be designing and repurposing an old piece of clothing into something brand new in our DT learning on Friday.

    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.

    Spellings

    There are no spellings this week.

    Handwriting

    Please follow the link below to access LetterJoin, a website which is really useful to support children’s letter formation and cursive handwriting. You can see how we use cursive script by following the tutorials and you can also download handwriting sheets to support your child’s handwriting practice at home.
    The login details are as follows:
    Username: bpa_3
    Password: Year 1

    Twig Science Reporter

    Please follow the link below for lots of interesting Science articles which can be linked to lots of areas of our science learning. Some of our talk homework may be linked to this website so please keep an eye out for future blogs.

    https://www.twigsciencereporter.com/

    Transition week has come and gone and it has been so lovely to have our children back today to talk about all the things that they have been doing in their new classes this week!

    Millie has enjoyed writing a story about the Yellow Submarine.

    Tom has enjoyed doing a treasure hunt where the children had to hunt for facts about John Lennon. Tom could tell us that Lennon was born in Liverpool.

    Ruben really enjoyed being outside, blindfolded on the obstacle course where his partner had to guide him across the wooden equipment using only their voice!

    Emily also enjoyed a treasure hunt to find out all about Vivaldi, the children found out that his first name was Antonio! Dylan found out that Vivaldi was born in Italy! Hayley found out that Vivaldi’s Dad taught him how to play the violin.

    Jack enjoyed learning lots of things about John Lennon. He did not know he was in the Beetles.

    Delilah learnt that Vivaldi wrote more than 800 songs.

    Toby enjoued English, he wrote a story about a picture. The picture showed a storm, the children used their imagination to write a story about getting shelter from a cave finding treasure whilst others went into the deep dark forest.

    Ethan learnt that John Lennon was born on the 9th of October.

    Charlie enjoyed the Science lesson on Thursday afternoon where the children investigated floating and sinking.

    One more week until we spread our wings and leave the Year 1 nest, we are looking forward to making lots of memories with the children over the final few days.

    The Year 1 email address in a direct way of contacting the Year 1 Teachers: year1@buckdenacademy.org.

    Best wishes and enjoy the lovely weather!
    The Year 1 Team

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