Year 1 - Alder

Alder Class

Welcome to Year One!

Teacher - Miss Maw

Teaching Assistant- Mrs Dawson

A MASSIVE well done to all the children in Alder Class!

The children have settled into Year 1 beautifully and are already enjoying exploring a new classroom, learning new things and having lots and lots of fun! Thank you for all your support we are very proud of everybody!

Our Topic this half term is  Bob The Builder

This half term in Year One we are going to be builders! We have an action packed time planned! We are starting off by retelling the familiar story of the '3 Little Pigs' leading on to the children having the chance to design, make and  evaluate their own houses that the big bad wolf cannot blow down! In Art we will be learning about the famous artist Paul Klee, we will be looking at his block printing pictures and creating our own through the careful skill of printing. Science is all about investigating different materials ,we  enjoy different  material hunts and make material pictures to show what we have found out. In addition to all this Bob will be helping us to stay safe when using the internet by asking us to take part in his big quiz! Through drama and music we are going to challenge ourselves to bring Music alive by re creating the Bob the builder song with musical instruments. Look out for our big build day in school where we will spend the day building something special and amazing!!!!

Next week in Year 1: Week beginning 14th October 

English- Instructional Writing and its features

Maths- Addition

Alder Class Reminders

 Monday - full inside PE kit is needed.

Tuesday- full outdoor PE kit is needed.

Any questions or concerns about PE kit please see Miss Maw or Mrs Dawson

All children need a named water bottle in school 

Children in Year 1 are offered fruit every day, if you would  your child to bring in a snack for playtime please can it be healthy- fruit, cereal bar, crackers etc No sweets, chocolate or nuts.

 Please could homework books  be handed in by Wednesday, this allows time for teacher marking and preparing homework for the following week (there is a big red box in the classroom doorway) for the children to put their books in.

The children will be give spellings to learn after the half term holiday.

As the weather is getting cooler please ensure your child has a warn coat in school for playtimes and for any outside learning.

HELP

Please, please, please can you name all items of your children's uniform and their belongings. We work very hard everyday to help the children be independent and responsible for their things and if jumpers and cardigns are named we can find any lost items easily.

Alder Homework

This week our homework is all following instructions

Read and colour the shapes

Write some instructions for your game of Simon Says

Read the instructions and decorate the star.

Please make sure homework books are  returned to school by Wednesday to allow  time for marking and preparation for next week's homework task to be ready for Friday. Thank you!

Alder Class Assembly

We are looking forward to our class assembly on the  Wednesday 6th November at 9.05am We will be sharing some of what we have been learning about and also singing some of our favourite songs.