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)
We Are Going On A Tree Hunt!
We decided to put our scientific knowledge to the test with a walk through Middleton Woods. We worked in teams to find different trees and we used what we have learnt so far to describe them. We identified the trunks, roots, branches and leaves and described what they were like. We also spotted lots of deciduous and evergreen trees. Finally we used our leaf spotter sheets to name the trees we found. We are now tree experts!
We know that we are very lucky to have lots of trees growing in our school grounds but which one has the largest trunk? We decided to use tape measures to measure around the trunks of the trees we found and we wrote each measurement down so we didn't forget. We discovered that one of the silver birch trees has a thin trunk because it is only 10cm around. One of the trees we found was 109cm all the way around!
Celebrating Christ the King
Today we led the whole school in our worship all about a special day when we celebrate Christ the King. We took our responsibility very seriously and respectfully; everyone was very proud of us. To make sure that everyone celebrated with us, we chose to end with one of our favourite songs. Watch and listen to the video carefully and you will hear our friends in other classes joining in too!
Partner Reading
Friday is one of our favourite days of the week as we are excited to have our first read of our new home reading book. We have just started partner reading and we know that we each have a job to do. We take it in turns to point to each word for our partner to read and we listen carefully so that we are ready to help our partner if they get stuck.
We read each sentence three times. The first time we read, we might have to segment and blend new words. The second time, we are more accurate and fluent. The final time, we can add expression when we read. Reading like this helps us to understand more about what we are reading.
Brilliant Mr Burt!
This half term we have continued our singing lessons with Mr Burt. We think Mr Burt is amazing and he has really helped us lean how to sing using our voices in different ways; it is always our favourite part of Thursday.
Have a watch and a listen to the videos below and we're sure they will put a smile on your face too.
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.