It has been a very busy couple of weeks in Year One.

First of all we would like to congratulate Mrs Conlon on the safe arrival of her baby boy, Ezra Joseph Conlon!

And welcome to Miss Shaw starting in Turtle class Thursdays and Fridays.

We started off the month with a visit from a dental nurse and learnt a lot about how to look after our teeth.

We have also started music lessons (Turtles first, Pufferfish after Half term) learning tuned percussion.

The children performed a fantastic nativity for their families and friends.

The children enjoyed wearing their Christmas jumpers and taking part in the Santa Dash run.

In RE the children created their own advent wreaths.

In maths the children have been partitioning teen numbers. They have used dienes to identify tens and ones.

In maths the children have been focusing on making teen numbers.

During history the children looked at old and new toys and thought about vocabulary they could use to describe what they are made from. They then grouped the toys. We also talked about how toys have changed over the years.

During maths mastery the children have been using Rekenrek to show number bonds to 10.

In maths the children have been sharing amounts equally and then finding half of even numbers.

In computing the children have been using the paint programme to create a piece of work using squares, lines and primary colours.

In DT the children explored how different toys/objects move.

In computing the children have been continuing to use a mouse on the laptops and they were able to draw a self portrait in the paint programme.

In history we have started our new toy unit. The children enjoyed bringing in their own favourite toy from home. We put them in a circle and the children had to have a go at guessing which toy belonged to which child based on what they know about each other’s interests.

This week the children in maths have been learning how to partition 5, 6 and 7 using part whole models and tens frames.

The children have also been learning about shortest and longest. They ordered objects to show their understanding.

This week the children shared a liturgy with their families- Feeding of the 5000.

In maths we have been making amounts of coins using ten pence coins and one pence coins up to twenty pence.

In maths we have been counting out 1p coins to buy things from the shop. We also practised counting in tens. The children counted objects to make groups of ten.

In computing we have been using a keyboard to type our names. The children learnt how to use the caps lock key to capitalise the letters for the start of their names and then how to use the backspace button to delete if needed.