Thursday 23rd October 2025

Just like that we have made it to the end of the first half term in Year 1! The children have all had a great first half term and should be proud of themselves.

In English, we have continued looking at the 'Toys in Space' story, having a go at writing our own adventure stories. We designed and described our own settings and then thought about a character that the toys could meet there. We then tried hard to write some sentences to tell our different adventures. We will have a go at writing some more stories later in Year 1.

In Maths, we have been focussed on finding the missing part. We looked at using the part part whole model to do this and looked at how counting on from the part we know up to the whole is really helpful. 

  

 

In computing, we have continued looking at creating capital letters on the keyboard, looking in particualr at using the shift key to make them. Out typing skills are coming on and we are starting to find the letters more quickly.

 

Friday 17th October 2025

In maths, we have continued looking at addition. We have looked again at number bonds to 10, looking at counting on from a number to help with our addition and then looked at some different addition word problems. We have been using tens frames and counters to help us. We have also been learning a song to help us with remembering our number bonds to 10. 

In English, we have been looking at the story 'Toys in Space ' by Mini Grey. We have looked at the different characters and what they might be saying in speech bubbles, using our sounds carefully to sound out what we wanted to say. We also designed and described our own aliens that the toys might have met, using adjectives well to describe.

In RE, we used different natural materials to create a mobile that has been made from nature. We then made pledges about what we can do to help look after the world we live in, including looking after nature and making sure that rubbish goes in the bin. 

   

 

Friday 10th October 2025

In English, our focus has been on a non-fiction text about toys and games in the past, linked with our history learning. We looked at answering questions linked to a text and had a go at reordering sentences that had been mixed up. We then looked at teddy bears and how these have changed over time. We wrote descriptions of the old and new teddy bears, thinking about adjectives that can be used to describe them. 

In maths, we have focussed on number bonds. We have looked at different ways to make 5 using part-part- whole models. We have looked at making other numbers up to 10 and worked hard to sort different calculations based on their answers. We then moved on to look at number bonds to 10, something that we will work on learning off by heart. 

In science, we looked at Autumn and the changes that we started to see. We went outside to look for and collect different signs of Autumn. We used pencils and clipboards to mark off the things we saw and even added a squirrel to our sheets after we spotted two! 

 

  

 

Friday 3rd October 2025

What a busy week it has been in Year 1! In English, we have been looking at the book 'Lost in the Toy Museum' by David Lucas. We have looked at making a prediction about where the toys had run off to, ordering the main events of the story and then having a go at writing our own adventures about where the toys could have gone. The class all shared very adventurous ideas!

In maths, we began our topic of 'addition and subtraction' looking at part and part whole models. We checked our understanding of 'part' and 'whole' and then looked at writing a number sentence to show what a part whole model was showing. We then moved on to looking at addition fact families. 

In our history lesson, we enjoyed looking at the toys from Chesham Museum. We talked about the different materials that they were made from and about which was our favourite. Some of the children even decided that they would prefer to have the old toys over their own toys! 

  

  

Friday 26th September 2025

The time really is flying by in Year 1. This week, in English, we have been looking at Miss Cooke's favourite story 'Dogger'. She very kindly let us borrow the copy that she has had since she was little, so we made sure that we looked after it. We made prediction from the front cover about what we thought the book would be about and spoke and wrote about our favourite parts. We then went on to look at Dogger more closely and write sentences to describe him. 

In maths, we were introduced to the greater than and less than symbols. We found these a little tricky at first, but with practice and lots of resilience, we got there! We used them to compare sets of objects and different numbers. We have also looked at ordering numbers and placing them on a number line too. 

In computing, we had our first go at logging onto the laptops. It was a tricky task, and we looked at how to make capital letters, how to use the mouse pad (as touching the screen didn't work) and finding the letters we needed for our names. This is a skill that we will keep practising over the next few weeks! 

 

Friday 19th September 2025

It has been a busy week in Year 1 with lots of learning going on! In English, we read the story of 'That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown'. We looked at the character Stanley in closer detail using adjectives to describe him. We then put our ideas into sentences. As Stanley was Emily's favourite toy, we then looked at describing our own toys. 

In maths, we have been looking at finding one more and one less than a number as well as counting back from different numbers within 10. We have looked at the vocabulary of more and less and checked that we understand what it means. 

In PE we had fun trying to throw a beanbag to hit a target. We used tall cones first, trying to knock them over like skittles. Then we moved to flatter cones where the beanbag had to land in between. 

   

 

Friday 12th September 2025

Welcome to Year 1. The children have settled in well and are getting used to the new classroom routines. It has been lovely getting to know them all! 

In English, we have been looking at labels and captions and how they are used. We labelled a toy box to show which toys were in it. We also wrote our own captions for different images of toys. We have been working hard to use our sounds to write our words. 

In maths, we have been looking at counting on from different numbers up to 10. We have looked at how numbers can be written as words and how they can be represented in different ways. 

In DT, we looked at the story of The Gingerbread Man and how he is chased by different characters. We then created our own sliders to show the characters chasing after The Gingerbread Man. We had to be careful with our scissors when we were cutting the slit for the lolly stick.