Mrs Turner
Class Teacher
Mrs Hawkey
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Hutchings
Teaching Assistant
Welcome to Class 1, we are a mixed Recpetion and Year 1 class. We encourage and foster a love of learning by creating stimulating environments and planning exciting activities. We aim to inspire and encourage children to become responsible and independent learners. We listen to the children in Class 1, about what they would like to learn, therefore the children have real ownership of their learning.
Spellings - Issued on Mondays, practised daily every morning.
Our PE day is Tuesday; however, we do ask that PE kits are in school every day to allow for flexibility.
Our Topic – Muck, Mess and Mixtures!
Let’s get messy. Muck and mess are good. In fact, they're marvellous. Dive in and get your hands and feet all sticky and covered in paint. Play with liquids, squish some dough and check out the slushiest and mushiest foods. Pour, mix, stir, splat. How does it feel to get your hands covered in goo? Make a wobbly jelly and draw with wibbly clay. Write recipes, instructions, riddles and poems – there are loads of scrummy words to describe messy mixtures. Work with paint and other squelchy stuff to create a new gallery space. What will you make? How will you arrange it? How will the gallery make you and your visitors feel? Don’t worry about the mess – it’ll always wash.
This half term, we are going to get messy! We are going to investigate different textures with all of our senses and making our own mixtures. We are going to be exploring our outside areas and making some delicious recipes in the mud kitchen! We will read Goldilocks and the three bears, where we will taste porridge and will also write some tasty poems and recipes. Creative opportunities will allow us to explore the artist Jackson Pollock, experiment with marbling and bubble techniques and also explore clay and making clay bowls. We will need our thinking skills for a bubble experiment and learning about animals, sorting and describing them. In RE we will be exploring the Islamic faith and how Muslims follow this religion. In PE we will be preparing for Sports day through learning about different running, jumping and throwing techniques and working together as part of a team. In PSHE/ RSE we will learning about the changes in our bodies, where babies come from and the names of different parts of our bodies.
Help your child prepare for their project:
Why not make a mixture? A potion? In the garden. What would you like to put in your potion? What will you find in the garden? What will your potion do?
Do you have any pets? What types of animals are they? Are they a mammal? Reptile? Maybe go for a walk in the woods? To the beach? What animals do you see or hear? Can you describe them? Did the animals have wings? Beaks? Tails?
Please visit Google Classroom for our weekly spellings and homework grids.
If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to speak to a member of the Class one team.
We love hearing about the stories and wonderful things you do at home, so please make your own observations and add your photos and videos. This is helpful for us in Class 1 to see the learning continue at home, so many thanks in advance.
Click on the Tapestry logo below to access the website and log in.
Below are the Year 1 spelling lists and an overview of the spelling rules/sounds to be taught for each wordlist. At Mawgan-in-Pydar, we follow the 'Shakespeare and More' spelling scheme. The spelling overview explains how this scheme works.
In line with the National Curriculum, these spellings will be taught through daily activities and investigations. There are lots of fun ways to practise these words, to help children remember the spelling sounds and rules. As an additional learning task, please practise these spellings at home. Please note, any additional learning you do at home will support your child’s learning at school.
Word list 5 and 6- Summer Term.pdf
Wordlist 3 and 4- Spring Term.pdf
Wordlist 1 and 2- Autumn Term.pdf
Year_1_Spelling_Overview (4).pdf
Our class toy is Elmer the elephant. Each Friday, he will be taken home by a different child in the class. Please take Elmer on your adventures over the weekend and record what you do. It would be great if you could add pictures/ videos and a write up onto Tapestry so your child can share their weekend news with the rest of the class. This activity helps develop children’s speaking and listening skills.
To ensure we keep safe, we will be sending home a wooden toy that can be easily cleaned. The book, basket and toy will need to be returned on Monday so that it can be cleaned and quarantined for the appropriate time before being sent home again on Friday. Thank you for your support and cooperation.
It would be greatly appreciated if you would endeavour to hear your child read or share books on a regular basis to enhance their learning.
Within the daily routine, we aim to cover as much of our new topic as possible. We hope that your child enjoys their second term in Class 1 and if you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to come and see a member of the Class 1 team.
