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In the eyes of God, every child matters, every moment of every day

In the eyes of God, every child matters, every moment of every day

Year 1

November 2023

Archive

  • Friday 24th November

    Published 24/11/23, by Susan Tarpey

    Talk Homework - In class the children have been thinking about Industry. Talk together about what different industries are in or around Buckden?

    Spellings:  Claw,  Prawn,  Straw,  Lawn,  Some        or         Paw,  Jaw,  Saw,  Claw,  You

    This week the children have continued to look at poetry. As a class, they have written poems about fire, thinking about their senses and which adjectives to use to best describe what they can see, hear, feel and smell.

    In maths we have been using a number line to add and subtract numbers, making sure that we are travelling along the number line in the correct direction.

    Art was a huge hit this week as we have been monoprinting. The children used tin foil, paint and cotton buds to print pictures of animals. It was a big success!

    In PSCHE the children have been talking about what is kind and unkind behaviour. Thinking about how we can display the kind behaviour in school, making sure that we are good friends to one another.

     

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  • Friday 17th November

    Published 17/11/23, by Hannah Murkett

    Talk Homework: Talk to your parents about animals you have learnt in French from the jungle so far. 

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  • Friday 10th November

    Published 10/11/23, by Hannah Murkett

    Talk Homework: Talk to your adults about what you like doing when you are out and about.

    Remember to log all reading onto Boomreader to collect gems.

    Spellings: shirt, twirl, stirs, first, many 

    or

    Spellings: sir, girl, dirt, bird, Mr

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  • Friday 3rd November

    Published 03/11/23, by Susan Tarpey

    Please continue to read at least 3 times a week and log your reading on the Boomreader app.

    Spellings this week:

    toy,  boy,  is,  to,  of,     or      enjoy,  annoy,  said,  they,  of

    This week the children have started their new topic of Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Through this topic we have started to look at maps of Buckden. We have studied both google maps and OS maps, looking at what the maps show us and some of the differences between them.

    In PE the children have started Dance. Over the next half term the children will look at different modes of transport, this week they have been dancing to music, interpreting what it is like to drive a car. We have also started our new outdoor sport of Rugby. 

    In English we have started to look at poetry, especially poems about different seasons. 

    In maths the children have been adding 2 numbers together, writing their number sentences out and drawing dots or using cubes to help them add the numbers together. All the children have been superstars at this.

    During Science we went on a material hunt around the school. Children have started to identify different materials and the properties of those materials. 

    We have started a new topic in French, This half term they will be looking at jungle animals. The children know how to say elephant and lion in french.

    Talk homework - This week see if you can go on a materials hunt around your house. What materials can they name? Think about why certain items are made from particular materials?

     

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