A visit from PC Karl!

We had a special visit from PC Karl this week! He came to talk to us about 'Stranger Danger'. PC Karl taught us that someone we don't know is a stranger and that they don't always look like they do in films or stories.

We learnt that if a stranger ever asks us for our name or offers us sweets or other nice things then we should do three things:

1. Say NO!

2. Walk (or run if it is safe!) away

3. Tell an adult that you know what has happened straight away! 

We also talked about how important it is at this busy time of year to stay close to our families and adults if we are out and about. We talked about getting lost in shops and busy places and if this did ever happen then you should stay inside the shop and tell an adult who works there that you are lost; they will be able to help you find your family. 

Year 1 had some very sensible answers to PC Karl's questions and knew lots about keeping safe! 

Stars of the Week - 21st November 2014

The Year 1 Stars of the week this week are Maisie and Henry!

Henry has been doing excellent measuring in numeracy and has been using cubes and other objects to measure the length of items in our classroom.
Maisie has been writing some excellent sentences to give information about the Bog Baby!

Well done Maisie and Henry and the rest of the children in Year 1 who have worked very hard this week!

The Bog Baby!

We have been reading 'The Bog Baby' and have drawn story maps to help us retell the story.

Can you use the picture of our story map below to retell the story to your families? 

Here are pictures of us creating our own story maps with a partner: 

Stars of the Week - 7th November 2014

As always it was a very difficult decision to just choose two stars in Year 1!

We chose Maisie for her excellent work in phonics this week; she has been learning how the same sounds can be made in different ways.

Miss Smith also chose Lewis this week for his excellent work in Guided Reading. Lewis was very excited to read the 'Bear Hunt' and worked hard to apply what he has been learning in his phonics to his reading. 

Well done Lewis and Maisie! 

The Bog Baby

Today we listened to part of a story called 'The Bog Baby' written by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward. 

In the story two sisters go fishing in a magic pond in Bluewood Wood and catch something that they didn't expect to; a Bog Baby.

We listened to a description of the Bog Baby and we tried to picture it in our minds as we couldn't see the pictures. We worked with a partner to make a model of the Bog Baby using the picture that we had in our minds.

This is the description that we had: 

These are our models: 

When we had finished our models we finally got to see a picture of the Bog Baby! 

 

Do you think our models look like the real thing?

Fireworks!

We have had a fireworks theme this week to celebrate Bonfire night!

We experimented with different objects to print in paint to make firework pictures; we tried forks, cotton buds, scrubbing brushes, potato mashers and fly swats.

We also followed instructions to make a paper rocket and then we wrote our own instructions using time words and bossy words! 

Finger spaces!

We have been working hard to use leave spaces between our words when writing and have been using some fun things to help us! 

Can you find the pot of finger space helpers in the classroom to see what other things you can use to help?