Wow what a fantastic week in Year 1, we have been working incredibly hard with our learning this week and we even went on our first trip! Take a look at what we have been getting up to 😊

 

Maths

This week in maths we have been looking at addition!

On Monday we learnt how to use the part, part, whole method with our learning partner. We had to use the counters to represent a number in different ways. On Tuesday we practiced again and filled in our answers on part, part whole models. On Wednesday we learnt to use the part, part whole model to add two numicon numbers together. On Thursday we extended our learning to write the calculation to match the part, part whole model. Today, we have been learning how to develop our problem solving skill of reasoning. We started off the lesson y looking at what happens when we add 0 to a number. We then worked with our partners to use resources to find the answers to calculations when we add 1. We then had to work together to explain what is happening. We were amazing at this!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next week in maths the children will be continuing their skills of addition using the part, part whole model.

 

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week our fact of the week is:

2 + 1 = 3

1 + 2 = 3

Read, Write Inc.

This week in Read, Write Inc. We have met our new RWI teachers. We have been reviewing our sounds and working so hard phonetically reading words. In particular, we have been looking for special friends in our words, saying the sounds and reading the word. Any practise at home reading a word by finding the special friends, saying the sounds and reading the word would be greatly appreciated! We have also been working hard on our handwriting and writing sentences with capital letters and full stops.

 

Thematic

This week we went on our first ever Year 1 trip to Nethercourt park! We were all so excited and showed the Chilton way beautifully our adults were so impressed! We looked at what Nethercourt looked like today in the present and compared it to the past and found out about Nethercourt house and how it had been a manor house, a farmhouse, a vicarage, a civil defence centre and in WWI a military hospital.

Next week we will be continuing our thematic learning ‘My home my town’ and in our history lessons we will be learning about the Ramsgate tunnels.

Grandparent visit

On Friday 4^th October we would like to invite grandparents in to speak to the children about what Ramsgate used to be like and how it has changed over the years . If anyone is available, please email class teacher(s) and we will let you know timings.

Home Learning

Thank you for all of your wonderful pictures of landmarks around Ramsgate and for your fascinating answers regarding the questions we gave you.

 

For this week’s learning we would like the children to find as many ways as possible to make 10. You can use natural resources, like pinecones, pasta shapes etc.

 

Please can Love 2 Learn books be returned each Wednesday and only use one page in their books.

 

Harvest information

Later this term, we will be celebrating Harvest. As part of this, we would like to invite families in to watch our Harvest Assembly. These will take place in the school hall on the following dates:

Tuesday 1st October: 9am Year R and 1 and 2.45pm Year 2 and 3

Wednesday 2nd October: 9am Year 4 and 5 and 2.45pm Year 6

Please enter the school via the main school office.

As part of the celebrations, we will also be collecting food that we will be donating to Thanet Food Bank. We will be taking donations between Wednesday 25th September and Monday 30th September. If you are able to donate, the food bank accepts any tinned, jarred or packet foods that are in date. As a celebration of the donations all children will be entered into a draw to win last years' celebration teddy bears, Kenneth and Susan.

Additional Information

Sports Slam (our additional PE lesson) is on a Monday afternoon. This is where the children can refine their skills they have learnt from their PE lessons the previous week. Please can the children wear trainers and their normal school uniform on this day.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3 will is on every Friday at 3pm this is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for 15 minutes.

Key dates

Wednesday 18th September – EHCP talk for parents at 9am in school hall

Tuesday 1st October – 9am Year R and 1 Harvest assembly for parents

Tuesday 8th October – Flu vaccines

Friday 11th October – Fancy dress Disco Year R, 1 and 2 3.15-4.15pm and Year 4, 5 and 6 4.30pm-5.30pm

Thursday 24th October – Parents invited into look at children’s books at 3.15pm

Friday 25th October – Inset day – School closed to children

 

If you would like to contact us, please feel free to email, alternatively we are available to catch at the end of the day or the start of the day by the door.

Team Cornflower eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sapphire nicki.cotton@chiltonprimary.co.uk and elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk

 

Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Cotton and Mrs Howard