Year 1
Welcome to a new school year on the Year One blog page.
When the children first arrive in Year One, we strive to adhere to the familiar routines of their previous Reception Class. This is because we understand that children learn best when they feel safe and secure, and they need time to settle in to their new classroom with their new teachers. Our timetable includes daily maths, English and phonics lessons. The children are encouraged to use IT confidently and safely from an early age and they also enjoy lots of physical and creative experiences including PE, music appreciation, art & DT. We encourage the children to learn through exciting and challenging activities with lots of practical and fun experiences.
We have high expectations of your child’s achievements so please help us maintain this by giving us your full support. This means regular reading with your child, encouraging and assisting them with any homework and encouraging them to have a go and try their best.
P.E. lessons in Year One are currently on Friday. Please ensure your child comes in their P.E. kit on this day. If you have any concerns about your child, educationally or otherwise please do not hesitate to ring the school office, to arrange a time where I can talk to you in a safe environment to discuss your concerns.
Thank you for taking the time to read this introduction to our blog. Our class Twitter page will be updated regularly, so please look at it often to view photographs and read about the many exciting things that your child is experiencing in Year One.
Taste testing
Date: 01/10/2014
As part of our work in Science we have been learning about the five senses. This afternoon we sampled different foods which were either sweet, sour, salty or bitter. Some tasted nice and others were…
PE with Mr P
Date: 27/09/2014
On Wednesday afternoons during the Autumn term, another Mr Pearson comes along to teach us games and ball skills. This week Sam the dog came in to join us too. We practised our catching skills. We began…
The Enormous Turnip
Date: 25/09/2014
This week in Literacy we have been reading the story of The Enormous Turnip. We put story pictures in order, did some writing and today we acted out the story ourselves. Even Sam the Dog pretended to…
Number order
Date: 09/09/2014
In our Numeracy lesson this morning we worked really hard at ordering numbers up to 20. We picked random number cards from a pile and put them in the correct order. Once we were good at doing this we…
Welcome back.
Date: 04/09/2014
There have been no formal Literacy or Numeracy lessons this week but the new Year One children have still been very busy. We began the week by introducing ourselves and then sharing our news about the…
End of year treat
Date: 15/07/2014
This afternoon the children joined up with the year two children for a special treat. We went outside and had fizzy pop, crisps and ice cream. Then we did some dancing and played lots of games such as…
Our little prickly visitor
Date: 06/07/2014
This morning we had a little visitor at school. This little baby hedgehog was seen walking across the infant playground. Mrs Dunphy brought the hedgehog inside to keep him safe. We have recently been…
Watching the football
Date: 03/07/2014
This morning our class went to watch children in KS2 take part in a mini world cup tournament. Some of the boys became a little over excited when one of the teams scored a goal!
Maths Challenge
Date: 01/07/2014
This morning we made the most of the lovely weather by having our numeracy lesson outside in the playground. The children took part in a maths challenge. They were put into groups and had to solve a variety…
Race for Life
Date: 24/06/2014
Today the pupils and staff at Sandal Magna ran their own 'mini' Race for Life in the school field to help raise money for Cancer Research.Here are a couple of pictures of the Year One class posing with…
