In Robin Class we have Years 1 and 2.
(scroll down to see weekly updates, class information and photographs)
2017/18
Welcome to a new and exciting year of learning in Robins Class!
In the mornings Year 1 and 2 are taught by Mrs. Hartley. We have 14 children in our class and are supported by Mrs. Hill.
Welcome back to the Spring Term. Robin's class have a new teacher: Mrs Hartley, and have spent the first few days getting to know her.
This terms topic will be Dragons, Knights and Castles. We will be looking at the features of castles as well as making our own castles. Please make sure you check back on this page to see what we have been learning each week!
Week beginning 30th January 2017
This will be a very exciting week in Robins class as we will be going on our class trip to Warwick Castle!
In Literacy we will be writing our own version of Jack and the Beanstalk. We will be keeping the same structure of the story and changing certain elements (innovating) to make the stories our own. We will think carefully about any changes we have made to the story by drawing a story map of our new story and practise retelling it to our friends before beginning to write our new story.
In Maths we will be thinking about the relationship between addition and subtraction. We will be finding fact families for related addition and subtraction facts and using this to help us to find missing numbers.
Week beginning 23rd January 2017
In Literacy this week we are continuing to practise our story telling, using our own story maps to help us to retell the story. We will be making our own puppets for Jack and the beanstalk and practising them carefully before performing them to the class. We will writte a character description of the giant using our class word bank.
Year 2 have been learning about suffixes. This week will be learning the rules for adding suffixes to nouns to make them plural.
Year 1 will be learning the sounds igh and ay.
In Maths we will be learning about subtraction and different strategies we can use to help solve calculations and word problems.
Week beginning 17th January 2017:
In Literacy this week we are using the talk for writing approach to help us to retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
We are learning different actions and we are drawing our own story maps which will help us to learn the structure of the story. We will then use our maps to help us retell the story as a whole class and in small groups.
We will be thinking about the job of an adjective in a sentence. We will create our own word bank of adjectives and phrases to help us write a character description of the giant.
In Numeracy this week we are learning about addition. We will be using concrete resources to help us to understand what addition means. We will be thinking about the different strategies we can use to solve addition problems e.g. mental strategies, pictorial strategies or concrete resources.
During this week (beginning 05-12-16) we have:
Click here to listen to the story again!
Click here for a selection of Christmas games.
During this week (beginning 28-11-16) we have been learning:
Click here to listen to the story again!
Click here to make your own character.
Click here for an online activity to support our learning on word problems.
During this week (beginning 21-11-16) we have been learning:
Click here to listen to the story again!
Click here to make your own character.
Click here for an online activity to support our learning.
Click here for another activity to support learning about measuring length.
During this week (beginning 14-11-16) we have been learning:
Click here to complete an online activity following instructions to make a bear dance!
Click here to write your own instructions for different activities.
Click here for a selection of money activities.
Click here for simple addition of money.
During this week (beginning 07-11-16) we have been learning:
Click here to complete an online instructions activity.
Click here to watch a short clip about what happens if instructions aren't followed.
Click here for an ordering game - choose the level of difficulty
Click here for a sequencing game - again choose the level of difficulty.
Welcome back after the half term break, I have enjoyed hearing all about the amazing trips you have been on.
During this week (beginning 31-10-16) we have been learning:
Click here to watch another version of the story.
Click here for a place value game using tens and units representations.
Click here for a place value game using hundreds, tens and units
During this week (beginning 17-10-16) we have been learning:
Year 1: Click here for a time game
Year 2: Click here for a time game
During this week (beginning 10-10-16) we have been learning:
Click here to listen to another version of the story.
Year 1: Click here for a subtraction game (remember to choose subtraction)
Year 2: Click here for a subtraction game
Click here to watch a clip about our senses
During this week (beginning 03-10-16) we have been learning:
Year 1: Click here for a subtraction game
Year 2: Click here for a subtraction game
Click here for an online activities about 'ourselves'.
Click here for an online activity about 'Sound and Hearing'.
During this week (beginning 26-09-16) we have been learning:
Click here for a shape game (on the hard pictures, you need to resize the shapes too).
Click here for a shape game where you can experiment with tessellation and pattern.
Click here for an online activities about 'ourselves'.
Click here for an online activity about 'Sound and Hearing'.
We have taken part in a firework safety poster competition thinking carefully about what we might see, hear and smell at a bonfire.
During this week (beginning 19-09-16) we have been learning:
Click here to create your own character.
Click here for the adding game.
Click here for an addition game - choose your own level of difficulty.
During this week (beginning 12-09-16) we have been learning:
Click here for a labelling activity - click on classroom labelling
Click here to create a family portrait which can be labelled.
Click here for a place value activity.
Click here for the adding game we played in class.
Welcome back to a new term.
During this first week (beginning 05-09-16) we have been learning about our new classroom (everything has moved around), each other and what we have remembered since last term.
Year 1 click here for a counting game.
Year 2 click here for a counting game.
Class Information
Miss Priddle will be teaching Y1 and Y2 every morning. Miss Slatter will be teaching every afternoon.
Mrs Dearman and Mrs Hill also work within the classroom during some afternoons.
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Your child will be doing PE on Tuesdays and Fridays, please make sure they have their PE kits in school on these days. We recommend children bring their PE kit on a Monday to ensure it is ready. Your child's PE kit should contain shorts, t-shirt, tracksuit and trainers. Please make sure all items are named. |
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Spellings are written in homework books on a Thursday by Miss Priddle ready for practice at home for a spelling test on the following Thursday. |
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Reading practice is essential to develop decoding, understanding and enjoyment of books. Please use the reading record within your child's book bag to record when they have read with you at home - the expectation is that your child reads everyday.
For more information about supporting your child with reading at home, please look at our guidance document. |
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Homework will be given out on Thursday to be brought back to school the following Thursday. Please check your child's book bag for their homework book for an English, Maths or Topic related activity.
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To view our weekly timetable, click on the link below. Please note that this timetable is flexible and may be altered to accommodate special events, trips and extended learning activities.
Curriculum information and website links.
English:
Focus in Key Stage 1 is to acquire skills and knowledge and to learn how to apply them. We are developing our phonic knowledge enabling us to decode texts and apply this knowledge to spelling. We are learning to form sentences correctly with finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. In addition to this, we try to add interesting vocabulary to make our writing more exciting.
Websites which support English development are:
· BBC Bitesize Literacy (click here for link)
· Magic Key Adventures (click here for link)
· ICT games (click here for link)
Phonics:
When your child is learning to read there are two crucial things to learn:
· the sounds represented by written letters
· how to blend the sounds together to make words.
Synthetic Phonics is a statutory part of our English curriculum. Children are taught to read letters or groups of letters by saying the sound(s) they represent - so, they are taught the letter 'l' sounds like 'lllllll' when we say it. Children can then start to read words by blending the sounds together to make a word.
Phonics is taught consistently throughout Key Stage 1 using Read Write Inc. For more information about the sounds that each letter, or group of letters creates, please click on this link to the Oxford Owl website.
Websites which support Phonic progression are:
· Oxford Owl website (click here for link)
· Phonics Play (click here for link)
Mathematics:
Throughout Key Stage 1, the focus in mathematics is to acquire new skills in number, calcuations, shape and space and measures. Topics last for one or two weeks ensuring consolidation of new knowledge and enabling progression within each strand of mathematics. Teaching is often practical with games, activities and computer work offering opportunities to discover new learning and to apply known skills.
Websites which support mathematical learning are:
· Mathszone (click here for link)
· ICT games (click here for link)
· BBC Bitesize Maths (click here for link)
This term Robin Class will be looking at the topic; Brazil and the Olympics. We will be looking closely at the country, the climate, the rainforest as well as the history of the Olympic Games.
We will be looking carefully at the Amazon rainforest and the animals that live there. We will be comparing the climate of the rainforest compare to our climate in the UK.
We will also be planning our very own carnival so look out for more details soon!
Maths: This term we will be using the Olympics as our basis in which to develop our measurement and number skills.
PLEASE DON'T FORGET YOUR SWIMMING KITS FOR TUESDAY AND PE KITS IN ALL WEEK. Please make sure you have trainers or suitable footwear for PE.
Forest School- will begin again on the 10th June. Please leave all Forest School kit in school.
WOW moments-Wow moment forms are on the class page for you to download and print or see Miss Slatter or Mrs Dearman for a form so that you can share your child's achievements with us. These achievements can be big or small. Examples include reading a new word, using their sounds to sound out words, riding their bike, swimming, artwork, sharing with siblings etc.
Robin Class have a special class visitor for the rest of this term: Elfie Jingles our very own Elf! He is here to make sure we are being good and to learn how to behave from Robin Class. Elfie reports back to the North Pole each night before returning to class. He will be with us until the end of term. Please take a look at the photographs below to see what Elfie has been up to!
Day 1: Arrival with letter from Father Christmas
Day 2: Letter from Elfie asking the children to be good
Day 3: Making a Christmas decoration using a paper plate and lots of glitter
Day 4: Making a stick man!
Day 5: Measuring Elf
Day 6: Elfie was taking selfies using the iPad!
Day 7: Making paper chains
Day 8: Trip to the Panto
Day 9: Trip to see Father Christmas
Day 10: Elfie brought us a present for our Christmas lunch
Day 11: Elfie designed a programme for the nativity
Day 12: Elfie has gone missing!
Day 13: Elfie returns with a note.