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1T Summer Term

Maths

In our Maths lessons this term we have leant how to weigh objects with cubes and compare objects that were heavier and lighter. We learnt that the word "mass" means how much somwthing weighs. 

We learnt about capacity and volume. We have learnt how to identify whether a container is full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty or empty. We have looked at how much water a container can hold. 

We have been learning about counting in 2's, 5's and 10's. We then learnt how to make equal and unequal groups. 

What 1T pupils say about Maths:

"We've been learning to count in fives." -PW

"We learnt to count in tens and twos!" -EB

"We were making equal and inequal groups with 12 bricks." -AC

"When we were outside we were seeing how much water we could put in a container to learn about volume and capacity." -AV


English

In English, we read the story "Mia makes a meadow" and made Idle's very own meadow using paper flowers.

We then learnt new suffixes to add to a root word. We used the suffixes -er, est and -ful to describe Mia's meadow. In our 'toolkit' phase we also learnt to use 'and' as a conjunction to join two short sentences or to add a clause to a sentence.

We produced our own description of the meadow we had made.

We are learning how to use plural suffixes and 'but' as a conjunction to help us in writing a comparison of two plants.

What 1T pupils say about English:

"I enjoyed writing about it[the meadow]." - GH

"We were making our meadow by making paper flowers." - RH

"We used 'but' to join sentences." -AI

"We did changing from singular to plural using suffixes like -s and -es but some are irregular." -HW

 "I like when you read the story to us." -JSTe

"We learnt about the suffixes - er, -est and -ful." -EB

"We used 'and' to join sentences together." -SW

Wider Curriculum 

Science 

In Science, we are learning about plants. We have planted some sunflower seeds and are going to watch them grow over the next four weeks. We need to give them water, keep them in a warm envornment and lots of sunlight. We have also been learning the vocaulary for parts of a plant and using this to label plants as well as comparing different types of plants and trees.

What 1T pupils say about Science:

"Plants grow from seeds and need water and sunlight." - JSte

"A pine tree is an evergreen tree!" - JB

"Evergreen trees stay the same all the seasons, even in winter!" - GH

"We know about different parts: roots, trunk, branches and leaves." - EB

"We've been learning about plants and which parts they have." - ATM

Art

In Art we are learning about Samantha Stephenson who is famous sculpture artist. We have practised rolling, bending, cutting, folding and pressing paper to make sculptures. We are making some mini beats for our meadow using rolled newspaper and paint. 

What 1T pupils say about Art:

"It's 3 dimensional art." - HR

"That lady made a big spider!" - PMB

"We're learning about sculpture." - AC

"We were rolling it [paper]" - IC

"We were taping it when we rolled it." - AG

"We can tape it or glue it." - EH

"I like to make a sculpture." - IK

History

In History we are learning about 3 famous Queens of England. Their names are Queen Elizabeth 1st, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth 2nd. 

What 1T pupils say about History:

"Their names were Queen Elizabeth the first, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth the second." -IB

"We've learned about the kings and princes too. One was Prince Albert and one of the Queens didn't ever get married." - AB

"We've been writing about when they were born and when they died and drawing pictures of them." - EN

Computing

In Computing we are learning how to write using a computer. 

What 1T pupils say about Computing:

"We've been learning to write our names. Its called typing." - WB

"We used the computer. Some of us used the mouse or the trackpad." - RM

"We needed to use capital lock for our first letter in our names." - RB

PE

In PE we are practising games and athletics in preparation for Sports Day and for our MultiSports event, where 8 pupils from Year 1 will represent Idle and compete against other local schools.

What 1T pupils say about PE: