Over the last few weeks in G Block year 1 have been producing artwork linked to their expedition The Great Fire Of London.
Here are some examples below….
Year 1 GFOL Art
Category : Miss Rodger’s class
Class 6 Phonics
We spent some of our phonics session this morning embedding good practice and establishing perfect partner routines. This is a very important part of our phonics learning as it encourages the children to support each other with their reading.
You did really well Superstars!
Year 1: Phonics
This week we are learning the first Year 1 sound /ay/ ‘May I play?”
Our Shared Reading book is ‘Thank you Sam’.
We now know three ways to write the /ai/ sound:
/ai/ like in rain, paint and train
/ay/ like in play, stay and day
/a/ like in paper, acorn, apron
Class 6 rainbow challenge prize winners
A huge well done to our first rainbow challenge prize winners Blossom and Freya…although choosing their prize tookalmost as long as completing the seven tasks!
Great job ladies!
Class 6’s visit to our new library
Today we paid our first visit to the library and made a poster showing the protocols we need to follow while using our beautiful new reading space. We can’t wait for our next visit!
Class 6 RE
Today in our RE lesson we continued to study what it means to belong. We looked at some symbols that represent different religions and created a symbol of belonging to Class 6…including Juicy of course!
Well done everyone!
KS1: Reading
Today the children brought home their first set of reading books for the new school year. Please encourage your children to look after these books and keep them safe in their school backpacks. This year we are asking that children bring their reading books to school everyday. This is to avoid missing books on Fridays when books are changed and also because staff plan to read your child’s books with them as regularly as possible.
Here are the slides that explain how children learn to read at Green Top School and the types of books they may bring home to share with you. Please take a few minutes to read these slides so you know how we work to support your child on their reading journey.
If you require any help or support please contact your child’s class teacher as we are always willing to answer and questions or concerns you may have.
Click the link below to view the slides:
Year 1 Parents – All Year 1 children brought home the first Year 1 Shared Reading book this week. Children at the expected level will be able to read this book. Next week we will begin our new phonics groups and your child will be placed into a reading group that is best suited to their current ability. Next week your child will be given the shared reading book that is more closely matched to level they are working in their phonics groups. We want children to enjoy reading and to achieve this we want children to read books that are closely matched to their current phonics level.
Year 1: Numbots
Today the children brought home their log-in details for Numbots and TTRockstars. Children are welcome to use both games but at this time of year we find Numbots particularly useful. Children who use Numbots regularly often show greater confidence in their maths skills. The game may appear easy at first but the games are designed to teach children the skills they need in order to be able to answer harder mathematical questions later. Please introduce your child to the game but do not give them the answers to the questions. The games are designed to track your child’s individual progress and if anyone else uses their account it can effect the games given to you child and lead to gaps in their overall progress.
Children can earn certificates for completing the different stages of the game. We also give out special certificates in our community crew assembly for children with the highest number of minutes played/correct answers/stages completed etc. This varies from week to week but one child from each class will be rewarded with a certificate for the chosen reason.
Please watch the video below to find out more about how Numbots can help your child.
You might also find the following guides useful:
KS1 Community Crew!
Well done to all of our amazing role models and our first lot of achievers for the first celebration of the year!
KS1: Visitor
Key stage 1 will be taking part in an interactive drama workshop, which will be delivered by an organisation called ‘The Drama Hut’. It will be taking place at school on Thursday 25th September. It won’t affect any of their lunch time.
The workshop will link directly to their expedition work and will help to enhance their knowledge of The Great Fire Of London, as well as being lots of fun!Â
The cost of this workshop works out to be £6 per child. Please make the payment for this on ParentPay before Thursday 25th September.
Thanks again for your support
Mrs Shaw and the key stage 1 team.
