As promised, below is a video slideshow of the work the children did for their 'Local Area' homework. I also presented them with special certificates for all their hard work.
At school today we created paper lanterns - we turned off all the lights and used a torch to light them up. They were all absolutely beautiful and would look lovely on a Christmas tree.
We also had our Christmas party which involved DVDs, games, dancing and of course, lots of food!
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year. I have really enjoyed this term in Year 1 and look forward to more fun times in the year ahead. Thank you for all your kind words, cards and gifts, it is very much appreciated.
Hope you all have a nice relaxing break and see you in the New Year,
Mr Devereux.
Thursday 18 December 2008
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Tom Sweep and wonderful projects...
Firstly, a big thank you to those children who brought in their wonderful projects about their local area. Each child has been given the opportunity to do a 'show and tell' of their work to the class. I will endeavour to get images of the children displaying their projects up on the blog by the end of the week.
It's been a fantastic couple of weeks in 1D with lots of interesting work being carried out by the children.
In Literacy last week, we did some work based around a cartoon character called 'Tom Sweep'. Poor Tom was a road sweeper and no matter how hard he tried to keep the streets clean, someone always dropped rubbish on the ground. Using our imaginations, we gathered together a huge amount of information about Tom, his job and his family and this resulted in excellent writing being produced.
In Numeracy, we learned about halves and quarters amongst other things. To help us learn, we had lots of sweets which needed to be shared. First we shared them between two people making halves, then we shared them between four people making quarters.
Science was such a blast! We got lots and lots of different materials and tried to discover which ones were reflective!!! Some children got the opportunity to bring disco balls into the dark area and create reflections on the roof of the dark area by shining torches on the mirrored balls.
In R.E., we have been learning about 'Birthdays' and the special birthday of Jesus which we will celebrate on Christmas day. We spoke about how the Angel Gabriel visited Mary with the message that she would give birth to a special child. We also looked at the story of the Nativity.
All the children are really looking forward to Christmas and we made beautiful Christmas cards today. The children can bring them home tomorrow and share them with you.
Regards,
Mr. Devereux.
It's been a fantastic couple of weeks in 1D with lots of interesting work being carried out by the children.
In Literacy last week, we did some work based around a cartoon character called 'Tom Sweep'. Poor Tom was a road sweeper and no matter how hard he tried to keep the streets clean, someone always dropped rubbish on the ground. Using our imaginations, we gathered together a huge amount of information about Tom, his job and his family and this resulted in excellent writing being produced.
In Numeracy, we learned about halves and quarters amongst other things. To help us learn, we had lots of sweets which needed to be shared. First we shared them between two people making halves, then we shared them between four people making quarters.
Science was such a blast! We got lots and lots of different materials and tried to discover which ones were reflective!!! Some children got the opportunity to bring disco balls into the dark area and create reflections on the roof of the dark area by shining torches on the mirrored balls.
In R.E., we have been learning about 'Birthdays' and the special birthday of Jesus which we will celebrate on Christmas day. We spoke about how the Angel Gabriel visited Mary with the message that she would give birth to a special child. We also looked at the story of the Nativity.
All the children are really looking forward to Christmas and we made beautiful Christmas cards today. The children can bring them home tomorrow and share them with you.
Regards,
Mr. Devereux.
Friday 12 December 2008
Sunday 30 November 2008
Fee, fi, fo, fum!
Last week in 1D was great fun. In our literacy lessons, we continued our exploration of traditional tales. Firstly, we looked at the well known story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" and then we examined the lesser known title "Jim and the Beanstalk". Whereas Jack stole from the giant: gold coins, a hen that laid golden eggs and a singing harp, Jim was a very good boy and helped the giant.
He helped the giant see by getting him giant glasses, he helped the giant eat by getting him giant teeth and he helped the giant look handsome by getting him a giant wig.
The book was a very enjoyable read and we all worked together to make a vocabulary bank of words describing the characters in the story.
We also wrote book reviews and created storyboards using the laptops.
Other exciting work included:
- Looking at odd and even numbers and number sequences in Numeracy.
- Learning about Advent in R.E.
- Drawing a map of our school in Geography.
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend and ready for school tomorrow.
Mr. Devereux
Finally, well done to BrownBear623, BrownBear604, BrownBear625 and BrownBear594 for their Tutpup work this weekend.
He helped the giant see by getting him giant glasses, he helped the giant eat by getting him giant teeth and he helped the giant look handsome by getting him a giant wig.
The book was a very enjoyable read and we all worked together to make a vocabulary bank of words describing the characters in the story.
We also wrote book reviews and created storyboards using the laptops.
Other exciting work included:
- Looking at odd and even numbers and number sequences in Numeracy.
- Learning about Advent in R.E.
- Drawing a map of our school in Geography.
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend and ready for school tomorrow.
Mr. Devereux
Finally, well done to BrownBear623, BrownBear604, BrownBear625 and BrownBear594 for their Tutpup work this weekend.
Friday 21 November 2008
Tripp, Trapp, Tripp, Trapp, BANG, BANG, BANG!
This week we have been examining traditional tales in our Literacy lessons. We have had great fun role playing and writing about 'The Three Little Pigs' and 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'.
We had a big writing day today! I asked the children to retell their favourite one of these tales in their literacy books.
This was very difficult as there was a lot to remember - which house got blown down first? what did the pigs say? what did the wolf say? how does a traditional tale begin? ... on top of this, we really had to concentrate on our phonics to get our spellings right!!!
In Science, we continued to look at 'Light and Dark'. I created a dark room for the children under the table. I passed in objects for them to feel and discover using their sense of touch. Last week some children didn't get a chance to go into the dark space so it was important that those children experienced complete darkness this week.
In R.E. we started a new topic entitled 'Birthdays'. We will be studying this topic for the rest of the term. We will learn about advent and celebrate the birth of Jesus.
The top 3 Tutpuppies at the moment are: BrownBear636, BrownBear574 and BrownBear623.
All can change very quickly though as it's close at top!!!
Have a nice weekend 1D,
Mr Devereux
We had a big writing day today! I asked the children to retell their favourite one of these tales in their literacy books.
This was very difficult as there was a lot to remember - which house got blown down first? what did the pigs say? what did the wolf say? how does a traditional tale begin? ... on top of this, we really had to concentrate on our phonics to get our spellings right!!!
In Science, we continued to look at 'Light and Dark'. I created a dark room for the children under the table. I passed in objects for them to feel and discover using their sense of touch. Last week some children didn't get a chance to go into the dark space so it was important that those children experienced complete darkness this week.
In R.E. we started a new topic entitled 'Birthdays'. We will be studying this topic for the rest of the term. We will learn about advent and celebrate the birth of Jesus.
The top 3 Tutpuppies at the moment are: BrownBear636, BrownBear574 and BrownBear623.
All can change very quickly though as it's close at top!!!
Have a nice weekend 1D,
Mr Devereux
Friday 14 November 2008
Hard at work...
Firstly, a big well done to all the 'Tutpuppies' who worked at home this week. Some of the BrownBear's are scoring really high and I've even managed to play against a few of you!!! ... so watch out for me!!!
In Literacy, we've produced amazing work in the last few days - especially in poetry. We have studied various poems with a focus on verses, rhyme and repeating patterns. I've even seen some children buying poetry books. This made me very happy as it displays a real interest in what they're learning.
In Maths, we looked at the clock - I was very surprised with all the great work done for homework!! The children were brilliant at telling the time, especially the o'clocks and half-pasts. We even managed to do some weighing yesterday and we had great fun measuring today. I measured all the childrens heights... can anyone remember their height?
In Science we have continued to look at light and dark. That was quite exiciting, especially because of the black-out sheet. I think we will use it again next week!
In RE we have been looking at God's creations and we made a collage to celebrate them.
Once again, it's been a really action packed week!!!
I hope you all have a great weekend and I'll see you bright and early on monday morning.
In Literacy, we've produced amazing work in the last few days - especially in poetry. We have studied various poems with a focus on verses, rhyme and repeating patterns. I've even seen some children buying poetry books. This made me very happy as it displays a real interest in what they're learning.
In Maths, we looked at the clock - I was very surprised with all the great work done for homework!! The children were brilliant at telling the time, especially the o'clocks and half-pasts. We even managed to do some weighing yesterday and we had great fun measuring today. I measured all the childrens heights... can anyone remember their height?
In Science we have continued to look at light and dark. That was quite exiciting, especially because of the black-out sheet. I think we will use it again next week!
In RE we have been looking at God's creations and we made a collage to celebrate them.
Once again, it's been a really action packed week!!!
I hope you all have a great weekend and I'll see you bright and early on monday morning.
Tuesday 11 November 2008
Tutpup update
Dear Parents,
I've created an account for each child in 1D on the Tutpup website (www.tutpup.com).
This is a free educational games site which will help children with their maths and literacy skills.
It would be brilliant if you could spend some time exploring this site with your child over the next few days.
I have placed information on how to login to this site in the children's bookbags.
I would be grateful for any feedback by way of comments.
I will be posting more information and photographs of children's work later in the week.
Mr. Devereux
I've created an account for each child in 1D on the Tutpup website (www.tutpup.com).
This is a free educational games site which will help children with their maths and literacy skills.
It would be brilliant if you could spend some time exploring this site with your child over the next few days.
I have placed information on how to login to this site in the children's bookbags.
I would be grateful for any feedback by way of comments.
I will be posting more information and photographs of children's work later in the week.
Mr. Devereux
Friday 7 November 2008
Thursday 6 November 2008
Tutpup
Dear parents, I have been looking at a website which I think is extremely exciting. It is designed to help children improve their numeracy and spelling skills.
Children can compete against each other via the internet or even compete against children in different countries.
Check it out and see what you think!
I will provide more information on using this product soon.
www.tutpup.com
Children can compete against each other via the internet or even compete against children in different countries.
Check it out and see what you think!
I will provide more information on using this product soon.
www.tutpup.com
Friday 24 October 2008
Homes
After promising to put this up all week, I have finally gotten around to doing it. I would like to thank all the children and parents for their hard work over this term. I hope everyone enjoys their week off and come back in November ready for fun and learning.
Apologies if all children's home are not here as I know everyone tried very hard.
Monday 20 October 2008
Homework on homes
The children brought in excellent work this morning based on their homes project. I saw some marvellous model houses and excellent written work.
I will post some pictures of the homes on the blog - so stay tuned!
I will post some pictures of the homes on the blog - so stay tuned!
Sunday 12 October 2008
1D Class Assembly
On Friday, 1D performed the 'Harvest Assembly'. All the children knew their lines perfectly and spoke in nice loud voices. There was also some brilliant singing! I was delighted with all the children and the hard work they put in. I hope they are all very proud of themselves. Well done 1D!
Following Instructions
This was absolutely brilliant - we followed instructions to make cornflour 'gloop'. We used keywords like 'first', 'next', 'then' and 'finally'.
Magnet Time
We learned about magnets and what types of materials are attracted to them. We also tested the strength of various types of magnets.
Tuesday 7 October 2008
Instructional Text
This week we are looking at 'instructional text' in Literacy. Yesterday the children followed instructions and made sandwiches which were extremely tasty. Today we made Rice Krispie cakes... they were very chocolatey indeed!... Pics of our cake making will be put up soon.
Sunday 5 October 2008
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