We've had another wonderful week, in Year 1! Read on to find out all about it...

Read, Write Inc.

We have been continuing practising spotting our sounds and then using fred talk to read words. We have also been continuing to use our fred fingers to help us write the words in our books, but not for the red words, because we all know you can't fred a red! We have been working hard on our writing and making sure all our letters are formed correctly. We have been really working on our big writes, keeping diaries at home, writing comic strips, writing postcards/cards, and making up stories at home can really support this. In your child’s reading folders, you will find some set 1,2 and 3 sounds and also some red words. Any practice with these would be wonderful!

Reading

*UPDATE*     Read, Write, Ink home readers will now be changed on Mondays not Fridays. Please continue to remind the children to put their reading folder in the coloured trays so that we can give them new books.

Reading at 3 - Every Friday at 3 our doors will be open for you to come in and read with your child. Please note, this will be for the full 15 minutes and children should not leave any earlier. Their books will be set up and ready for you to come in and enjoy listening to their wonderful reading.

Reading folders - All children will bring home two books, one being a RWI home book. Children are expected to try and read this three times during the week to ensure they are building on their reading fluency. The RWI home books will be changed, by an adult, every Monday.

The other book (with the coloured sticker) should be changed independently by the child themselves - first thing in the morning is a great time to do this!

Please ensure that the reading folders are being placed in the reading-coloured trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this!

Please listen to your child read as much as possible at home and record this in their reading records. Every week, one child from each class will receive a reading certificate in our Chilton Heroes assembly.

Let's practice spotting special friends, fred talk, read the word. Your words of the week are....remember you can break up multisyllabic words into two chunks with your finger to help!

Maths

In Maths this week. We've dived into the world of division and it's been quite an exciting journey!

To kick things off, we revisited the relationship between multiplication and division. It's important for the children to understand how these two operations are connected, and they did a fantastic job grasping the concept.

We then tackled some challenging division word problems. The children really had to put their thinking caps on! We focused on breaking down the word sentences, counting out the cubes required, organising them into towers based on the divisor, and ultimately deriving our answers from the number of towers created. It was a great hands-on learning experience for all.

Throughout the week, we also utilised arrays to support our division understanding. Arrays are a fantastic visual tool that helped the children see division in action and enhanced their problem-solving skills.

I encourage you to continue practising division at home with your child. You could use everyday scenarios, such as sharing out snacks or dividing up toy collections, to reinforce their understanding of division concepts.

Next week we will be looking at fractions!

 

Thematic

This week, we wrapped up our thematic topic 'Everchanging Environments' with a fun and engaging quiz. The children demonstrated excellent knowledge and put in a lot of effort - I am very proud of their hard work!

To ensure that everyone feels confident with the material, we had a review lesson to go over any tricky areas from the topic. We then celebrated our learning by watching clips from The Lion King to deepen our understanding of food chains. It was both educational and entertaining!

Looking ahead, next week we will be shifting our focus to RE (Religious Education).

Home learning

This week we would love for you to practise some division! Here are some questions for you, this can be displayed any way you wish!

10 divided by 2

10 divided by 5

12 divided by 3.

12 divided by 2.

20 divided by 10.

20 divided by 5.

20 divided by 2.

Other news

As individual classes, we worked together to come up with some questions for our new class teacher. We wanted to find out some more information about them and our new year group to help us get ready for our transition days. We were very excited to receive a video message back from our new teacher answering everything we wanted to know. 

For Team Azure from Mrs Winchcombe...

For Team Peacock from Miss Kennedy...

PE is on a Wednesday.

Sports project will be on a Tuesday – Only trainers needed, with full school uniform.

Doors will continue to open in the morning at 8:30am. Registration will be at the slightly earlier time of 8:45am (doors close at this time).

Mrs Howard will be teaching Team Peacock every Tuesday and Team Azure on Monday afternoons.

Dates to remember...

10^th July - Sports day KS2 9-11.30 and Year R/KS1 1.45-3

11^th July - Music evening with Mr Redwood

12^th July - School reports out to parents and school fair

15th, 16th, 17^th July - Transitions days (children to spend these days with their new teachers)

18^th July - Inflatable fun day and year 6 leavers party 3.30-6

19^th July - School finishes at 2pm

Thank you for your support towards your child's learning,

Mrs Winchcombe, Miss Bryson and all the Year 1 team.

 Mrs Poppy Winchcombe – Team Peacock – poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Miss Polly Bryson – Team Azure – polly.bryson@chiltonprimary.co.uk