Wow what a fantastic week in Year 1, we have been working incredibly hard with our learning this week. Take a look at what we have been getting up to 😊

Harvest

A huge thank you for all your kind donations and support coming into watch the harvest assembly.

Maths

This week in maths we have been looking at subtraction!

On Monday we used cubes to help us break numbers into parts, and help us subtract. We looked carefully at the calculation, counting out how many cubes we need, then we broke away the amount we needed to subtract to give us an answer.

 

On Wednesday, we subtracted by using our number bonds and part-part-whole models. We had to use the part-part-whole models correctly with the Numicon tiles and then write a subtraction calculation to match it.

Today, we have been learning how to develop our problem solving skill of reasoning. We started off the lesson by looking at what happens when we subtract 0 to a number. We then worked with our partners to use resources to find the answers to calculations when we subtract 1. We then had to work together to explain what is happening using our reasoning sentence starters to help us.

Next week in maths the children will be continuing their skills of subtraction.

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:

4 + 1 = 5

1 + 4 = 5

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. 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 learnt about Augustus Pugin, a famous artist and architect who lived in Ramsgate in the 1800s. We looked at some of the local buildings he designed and pointed out differences between them and our school and homes. This led into a discussion about gothic architecture and the gothic revival, through which Pugin left a lasting impact on the history of architecture. On Friday we had a very special visit with some of our grandparents coming into talk to us. We loved looking at the photos that they brought from their past and hearing all about our family histories from a time before we were alive. We found out all sorts of interesting facts, such as there used to be an outdoor swimming pool in Ramsgate, but it is now a car park!   

Next week we will be continuing our thematic learning ‘My home my town’ and looking at Geography.

Grandparent visit

Thank you to the grandparents that came in and talked about what Ramsgate was like when they were younger.

Home Learning

Thank you for all of your wonderful home learning this week we loved finding out what some places in Ramsgate were like in the past to now.

For this week’s learning we would like you to draw a picture of a boat. You can colour and decorate it anyway you wish.

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

Reading

From Monday, we will change RWI books each Monday but will not get the children to change their learning zone book on this day. Lots of children are putting their reading wallets in to their bags after changing their learning zone book and therefore the RWI books are not being changed. Please help your child to remember to pop their reading wallet in to the coloured trays in the conservatory on a Monday morning so that RWI books can be changed – thank you!

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 not be on next Friday as it is the children’s disco.

Disco

Year 1 are invited to the Fancy Dress School Disco on Friday. If they wish to go, please send them in a change of school disco in their bags and £3 in an envelope with their name on. The disco is from 3.15-4.15. We ask that you collect them from their classrooms at 4.15.

Key dates

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