Welcome to Year 1 

Your teacher is Mrs McDonald

Our Topic

Fairy Tales 

🧮 Maths
This week in Maths, we have been exploring 2D and 3D shapes. The children have been learning to name and describe common shapes, discussing their properties, and spotting them in the world around us. They have worked brilliantly on sorting shapes and explaining their reasoning.
Next week, we will be continuing our shape work and applying our knowledge to real-life problems.

✏️ Writing
In Literacy, we have started creating our very own 12 Days of Christmas class book! The children have invented their own fun and imaginative items for each day — including one baby, seven bars of chocolate, and twelve mega dinosaur robots! We have also been singing our version of the song daily, which has brought lots of festive cheer.
Next week, we will continue writing and illustrating the pages for our book.

📖 Phonics and Reading
We are learning new sounds every day in phonics and applying them in reading and spelling. The children have shown fantastic focus and enthusiasm.
Reminder: Please keep reading at home and write in your reading notebooks each time you read!

🎵 Music
In Music, we learned a song called Here in Pudding Lane, which helped us understand more about the events of the Great Fire of London. We also used instruments to recreate the sounds of the fire — crackling, roaring, and the bustling sounds of London at the time. The children loved experimenting with tempo, volume and rhythm.

🔬 Science
In Science, we have been learning about where different materials come from. The children explored how:

• Wood comes from trees

• Paper is made from wood pulp

• Glass is made by heating sand

• Plastic comes from oil

• Metal is mined from rocks beneath the ground
  They enjoyed sorting objects and discussing what they are made from and why certain materials are used.

✝️ RE (Religious Education)
In RE, we learned about the Advent wreath and how it helps Christians count down to Christmas. The children also created their own religious Christmas cards with thoughtful representations of the nativity and festive symbols.

🤸‍♀️ PE (Physical Education)
In PE, we have continued practising our gymnastics skills, focusing on shapes, balance and controlled movement. The children are becoming more confident in their routines — fantastic progress!

Have a lovely weekend! 🌟
The Year One Team