Trotts Hill Primary School and Nursery
Welcome to Year 1
Mrs Dent and Mrs Paice are the class teachers and Mrs Masterson is the classroom assistant, and will be supporting in class every morning and most afternoons.
We are looking forward to welcoming the children back to school and have lots of fun learning planned. In Year 1 we will be building on all the skills developed in Reception and developing our skills further through new topics and stories.
This year we will cover a variety of skills, knowledge and understanding including the following topics:
The children will be participating in PE on Tuesdays and Fridays in Autumn 1 and 2. Their PE kits should be in school every day. Wellington boots also need to be brought into school to remain here so that the children can take part in our fantastic OPAL lunchtime playtimes.
Reading books and reading records will also need to be brought into school every day. The children will be asked to place them in the reading box when they come in. Please continue to read with your children as much as possible at home and make a note in the reading record when you do.
Spelling words will be sent home to learn on a Thursday (based on the weeks Phonics lessons) and will be tested the following Friday. We thank you for all your support in helping your child to practice and learn these words. We encourage the ‘Look, Cover. Write, Check’ method.
We look forward to an exciting year ahead in Year 1.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - Mrs Dent
Thursday and Friday – Mrs Paice
The children practised their listening skills, and played a game testing their sense: to hear.
Year 1 had a lovely time creating bird feeders using waste items; milk bottles, old fruit and string.
The children looked at teen numbers using base ten
The children continued to practise number bonds to 10 using their oracy skills.
The children thought about what materials would be efficient to make a waterproof coat for Rudolph
The children created different 3D shapes using play d'oh
The children practised orally rehearsing their plans linked to the Lion.
Year 1 entered class to quite a surprise on Monday. Someone had made a mess in the reading area. They had left three bowls, three spoons and porridge oats. The children had to look at the evidence and predict who it was and why.
Year 1 looked at same items that were made from different materials. The children thought about their uses.
The children completely immersed themselves in our Fairy tales day. They completed lots of fun activities linked to different stories.
Year 1 had a wonderful time at Hertfordshire zoo. The children investigated different dinosaurs and even found the dinosaur that they had learned about linked to Mary Anning! The children then completed a dinosaur Jurassic workshop. After a delicious lunch, the children braved the weather and found lots of different animals! The children showed exemplary behaviour throughout the day and had a fabulous time!
As part of Hello Yellow day the children doodled their different feelings and listened to types of different music when they doodled.
They thought about their different feelings.
Year 1 had a fantastic road safety workshop learning about people who help us in and around the road. They thought about the different people who help us and how they help us when we need them. The children thought about their own safety in cars too.
Finally the children had a chance to sit in a police car, listen to the sirens and beep the horn!
Year 1 enjoyed being outside in the forest school area. They made conker necklaces.
Year 1 investigated the natural environment to find materials that would be good to use as dinosaur skin. The children will use the materials to complete rubbings using crayons.
The children had a very immersive and exciting dinosaur explorer day.
The children started the day making dinosaur skeletons and then skin. In the after noon the children hunted for dinosaurs and created footprints around the school.
Year 1 had a fantastic time learning about different foods. They read the hungry Caterpillar and then created their own colourful caterpillar using different fruits and vegetable. The children then tried the food. They tried to challenge themselves to try new foods.
The food they tried were: red, green and yellow peppers, tomatoes, spinach, radishes, grapes and oranges.
Year 1 thought about different feelings and acted them out for the class to guess.
Year 1 investigated different vocabulary linked to position and direction. They gave each other directions and instructions using cubes.
Year 1 had a fantastic time on their school trip finding animals and dinosaurs.
Year 1 used different blocks to quarter numbers equally.
Year 1 investigate Sophie Munns and Andy Goldsworthy. They recreated their own artwork in the outside environment.
Year 1 investigated some flowers. They looks for the different parts, sketched them and then labelled what they saw.
Year 1 looked at a new book today. They had to use their oracy skills to make predictions about the book and what they thought it was about. The children were encouraged to challenge each other with their ideas.
Year 1 had an exciting morning. They arrived to school to find a crime scene cordoned off. They have spent the week looking at evidence and figuring out who the suspects are!
Year 1 had a great Fairy Tale day investigating different books.
Year 1 investigated and read different Fairytales in pairs. They thought about what characters there are in Fairytales.
As part of our PSHE lesson we were looking at recycling and how we can recycle to reduce our waste and help the environment. The children created their own penpots.
Year 1 performed their song and dance to their parents this week.
Well done Year 1!
Children used the natural environment to find things that are longer and shorter. The children use the correct vocabulary.
Year 1 had great fun in Forest School, exploring our environment in Spring time. We looked at all the differences in the season.
World Book Day: Today the children have enjoyed listening to some of the stories from our 5 best books to read in Year 1. We have shared stories with our grown ups, and talked about our characters. We also created silly shells for Norman the slug after reading Norman the slug with the silly shell by Sue Hendra.
Year 1 had an indoor forest school session. the children investigated different animals and how you can spot an animal by its poo! The children used different materials to create different animal poo and then had to guess what animal the poo belonged to!
The children have been focusing on teen numbers and representing them using different equipment.
Year 1 had a great time at Forest school despite the cold weather. This week the children were given the opportunity to help put out wood chip to create safe walking areas.
Children compared and sorted different 2D shapes. The children worked very well in pairs and discussed the properties.
Year 1 have been investigating 3D shapes this week. They have looked at the properties of shape and built different things using different shapes.
Year 1 visited our local area and found human and physical features.
Year 1 looked at maps and different types of maps. The children created a birds eye view of the classroom.
In DT this week the children have been following their designs and making their moving pictures using different mechanisms.
Year 1 had a wonderful time in Forest school this week. They used a bow saw to saw cookies of wood. Next session they will be transforming them into Christmas decorations!
Year 1 investigated different objects that were the same, but made from different materials. They sorted them and then thought about their properties.
Year 1 had a great morning learning about road safety.
As part of antibullying week, the children wore odd socks, discussed respect and created a respect web to show how important respect is.
Year 1 had a great session with a tennis specialist from Gosling. The children learned different skills. They focused on hand-eye co-ordination and catching skills.
In science the children have been investigating how strong paper is. They had to make a bridge strong enough for the 3 Billy Goats Gruff to cross. The children had to think about how to rest and strengthen their paper and then tested their bridges with toy goats.
This week in science we looked at different types of paper and discussed how their properties were different. We sorted the paper into different categories and used these to create a class collage.
In RE this week we have been talking about creation. We discussed things we have created and it made us feel to complete them, we also thought about how we would feel if someone destroyed our creations. Finally we went outside and found natural resources to create pictures with.
Year 1 have enjoyed visiting Forest School this week. They went on a walk to look at the changes they could see since the last time they were there. The children noticed that the leaves on the trees are starting to change colour and fall from the trees.
Year One have been investigating the number of legs different creatures have. We used the animals and dinosaurs to find different ways to make 10 legs.
In our geography lessons we have been looking at the weather and seasons. This week we listened to the weather forecast for the next week. We then created our own forecast comparing the weather in each of the capital cities across the UK.
In English we have been looking at explanation texts all about bugs. We have enjoyed acting out and rehearsing what we wanted to write about the life cycle of a butterfly.
This week we have been designing, making and evaluating our fruit kebabs in DT. We have learnt to peel, chop and slice different fruits. Our final products tasted delicious.
This week we have been using our understanding of repeated addition to help us to double numbers.
In RE we have been looking at Holy books from different religions and this week we shared some faith stories. We discussed the moral behind the stories and why religious believers use these to guide them in their own lives. We then designed our own covers for a Holy book.
In maths this week we have been learning to count in jumps of ten. We went outside and chose different objects to represent 10 and then used these to help us with our counting.
This week the children have enjoyed taking part in Forest school. They have linked their learning to science as they were identifying the different trees in the school.
This week the children enjoyed a fairytale day and came to school dressed as their favourite character. They had a great time asking each other questions about their characters, going out to the forest school and building houses for the Three Little Pigs and planting beans for Jack.
Year 1 had a wonderful day learning about Knebworth House.
This week in DT we looked at cutting, folding and attaching materials.
This week in DT the children focused on making knots and threading needles. They showed great determination!
Year 1 classified and sorted different animals and discussed reasons why.
In English we have been reading the Jill Murphy story 'The Last Noo Noo'. We found it funny when the main character didn't want to give up his 'noo-noo', and we made our own -'noo-noo snatchers!' Then we used adjectives to describe them.
Year have been reading the book 'Knuffle Bunny' this week. We pretended to be the main characters - Trixie and Dad, and acted out what we thought Trixie was trying to say. This will help us with our next lesson where we will be writing speech bubbles for the main characters.
Year 1 made some special Christmas decorations - we measured our height using Christmas ribbon and wrapped it around our stockings. Every Christmas we wil be able to see much taller we have grown!
We were so proud of how Year 1 performed in their Christmas show - with loud and clear voices and festive dance moves. Well done Year 1!
In RE we have been learning about prayer. This week we had a visit from Mrs Dogar who came to talk to us about Islam and the Salat prayer.
This week in our History lesson we 'celebrated our sisters' as part of Black History month. We listened to the story Coming to England by Floella Benjamin and then talked about what significant things she has done in her lifetime. We then sequenced events from her story into chronological order.
In RE this week we were looking at the Jewish festival of Sukkot. This is the Jewish harvest festival, so we made some comparisons to the Christian harvest festival. The children went outside to the forest area and created their own mini Sukkahs which we then hung pictures of our favourite fruits and vegetables in.
Year 1 have been having great fun in PE creating and learning a dinosaur dance with Mr. Sapsed. Thye have been thinking about to use travel and speed to represent the movements of dinosaurs.
Year 1 have had such a super start to the new academic year and it has been wonderful to see them all coming in with big smiles in the morning ready for their learning. It's been a busy week and we have done lots of practical Maths activities, labelled dinosaurs, learnt a dinosaur dance, been on a materials hunt around school and much more! Well done Year 1!
In PSHE this week we talked about what it means to belong to a community, the different communities we belong to and the people who help us within those communities. We hot-seated different community figures and had to guess who we were being!
Year 1 have action mats each week and have been learning different games and movements with their bodies.
Year 1 created their own aliens using play d'oh.
Year 1 focused on their listening skills when following instructions. They had to listen out for different instructions and put the cubes down accordingly.
As part of our science topic the children have been looking at their senses. The children investigated taste and smell.
Year 1 brought in their favourite toys this week. The children discussed what their favourite toy was and why it was special. The children were looking at toys in preparation for learning their new book Knuffle Bunny.
Year 1 are currently reading The Last Noo Noo by Jill Murphy. The children created their own NooNoo catchers and described them.
Year 1 investigated different shapes. They learned about 3D shapes. The children created 3D models and then listed the shapes that they had used.
Year 1 had a fabulous time performing their Christmas songs to an audience.
The children went on a walk of the local area and investigated physical and human features.
In maths Year 1 used the same number for their part and had to figure out what the other part and the whole would be.
Year 1 created a class map and thought about where each door, room and table was situated.
As part of our maths/ DT/ Science week the children created balloon buggies using bottles. The children made them and measured how far they would travel.
Year 1 role played and freeze framed different part of the life of Mary Anning. They acted out her childhood, finding fossils and exciting times in her life.
The children worked in teams to order numbers to 30, 50 and 100.
The children completed an investigation testing the strength of paper.
Year 1 investigated the life of Mary Anning and put significant moments of her life on a time line.
Year 1 were representing digits in different ways. Using different equipment, the children had to represent a specific number.
The children enjoyed a dance lesson focusing on musical theatre. The children used a parachute to experience wind and cold air.
Year 1 visited Standalone Farm this week. The children watched pigs being fed, groomed a pony and went on a tractor ride!
Year 1 solved problems adding to 10. They used counters to help them count.
Year 1 made moving pictures using different levers and pulleys.
The children were practising different balls skills in preparation for sports day next week.
Year 1 were learning about their senses and created a mind map in preparation for our poem next week.
Week Commencing Monday 16th May 2022, Year 1 Fairytale Day
This week Year 1 had a Fairytale Day - dressing up as different characters and completing a variety of super fun fairytale themed activities. First of all we used our Computing Skills to design gingerbread houses on Purple Mash. We then completed an amazing Active Maths lesson lead by Sporting Futures. In the afternoon we hot-seated as different characters and made our own fairytale dens in the forest area. The following day we baked and decorated gingerbread men.
Week Commencing Monday 9th May 2022 LI: to make arrays