Welcome to the exciting world of the Wonderful Ones!
We are full of fun, laughter, enthusiasm and love.
There are 27 of us including Mrs Morland, Mrs Walton, Mrs McMenamin and Mrs Cale.
'For the spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but just gives us power, love and self-discipline.'
(2 Timothy 1:7)
Hello Reading Buddies
This week was very exciting in Year One as we met with our Reading Buddies for the first time. We were parterned with a new friend in Year Six at the start of the week and then we found out that we were going on a special visit together to Middleton Library. It was a long way for us to walk but we talked with our buddy the whole way. When we got to the library, we had lots of fun sharing books together and we even found some that we have back in school. All the adults enjoyed reading and sharing books that they had found too.
We can't wait to do some more reading together this year!
Middleton is Marvellous
This half term in geography, we have been learning all about where we live. We know that we live in the city of Leeds in a town called Middleton. We looked at maps and aerial photographs to describe what Middleton is like. We found symbols on some of the maps and we worked out that these were for the restaurants, shops and other important buildings.
Then we put our new found knowledge to the test by going on a walk around our local area. We worked in teams to draw our own maps of what we could see and we used words like left, right, near, far, to describe where places were.
Back at school, we used lots of different materails to make big 3D maps and we used maps and photographs on the board to help us. We used our own symbols such as tyres for the cars in the car park.
We are now experts on Middleton!
We are thankful
Today we led the whole school worship for the first time! We chose to tell everyone about harvest and being thankful for the food we have as this links with our RE topic and our virtue for this week. We decided together on the cloth, candles and objects for our focal point as well as which part of the Creation story we should use.
We used our big, clear voices and Mrs Morland and Mrs Walton were very proud of all of us. Watch the video below to find out more and don't forget to say thank you!
Comparing Numbers
Over the last few weeks we have been learning more about numbers to 10. We started by counting forwards and backwards to and from different numbers. Then we used the <, > and = symbols as well as 'greater than', 'less than' and 'equal to' to compare numbers. We built on this knowledge when we ordered numbers and objects.
Hello Hedgehog
We found a hedgehog scurrying around our outside area today! We were very curious about where it had come from and where it was going so we decided to find out more. We were concerned that it might get hurt so we found out what hedgehogs need and made it a safe place. Hedgehogs are now our favourite animals!
Friday is a very exciting day in Year One because we get to take home a new reading book AND a library book! We visited the library today and we really enjoyed choosing a book and talking about it with our friends. We can't wait to share our library books with our grown ups at home.
Welcome to Year One
It was wonderful to see so many of you at our parents and carers meeting this week, some familiar faces and some new! Please find the PowerPoint below with all the information that we discussed. If you have any questions, please speak to a member of the Year One team.