Year 1 – Venus

Venus Home Learning

Dear parents- Please find here information about weekly set work, using Spelling Shed, Reading Planet and My Maths learning platforms. The allocated activities will be updated each week and a link to the website and a brief overview of the learning objective will also be included. Should you have any issues with logging in or have user issues then please contact:

admin@barlbybridge.n-yorks.sch.uk

Access, scores and progress can be seen by the class teacher and they can provide additional help and support if necessary.

Daily Reading- Reading Planet—–Please read 5 books from the Reading Planet ‘Comet Street’ series from your colour band and take the tests at the end. Can you challenge yourself to read 1 book from the next reading level up?

https://my.risingstars-uk.com/CourseHome.aspx?csid=9781510417700

 

My Maths– Log on and complete the set task- This week on Place Value-evens and multiples

https://app.mymaths.co.uk/myportal/library/11/114/1221

 

Spelling Shed– This week we are looking at spellings with the split u_e digraph. Can you build up your scores? We will update a leader board slot on this page soon.

https://play.edshed.com/

 

Venus Class Newsletter Autumn 2019

Venus-Class-Newsletter-Spring 2020

September 2019

Undertaking a maths investigation.

How many different ways can we group these objects?

Tuesday 17th September

In the Tiger Who Came To Tea, Sophie and her mum have to go shopping to replace all the food that the tiger has eaten. So Venus class went to our local supermarket to help us learn about mapping skills and the landmarks in our local area.

When we navigated our way back to school we created a journey map. We made our own maps and models of the things that we had seen.

Wednesday 16th October

Today we had some incredible visitors to class! Lots of different creatures from snakes to snails and bearded dragons to chinchillas came to visit. We learnt so many facts and we had the chance to hold or stroke them if we wanted to. Well done Venus. You were excellent creature carers!

Thursday 17th October

What a brilliantly busy start to our day today as our parents and families came into school to join us for our curriculum open morning. We launched the next part of our ‘Journeys’ topic by creating a Stephenson’s Rocket using collage. Each team had a section and when it was complete we put all the pieces together. The children had great fun working with their grownups and each other. We look forward to learning all about the Rocket and train travel after half term.

Tuesday 12th November

We had a fantastic day at the National Railway Museum. We had gone to see Stephenson’s Rocket and to explore how trains have changed since its invention in 1829.  We were told the story of the Rainhill Trials and how Stephenson designed the winning entry with the help of his father and the engineer Henry Booth. We learnt about the science behind how steam trains work. We saw lots of famous and interesting trains from around the world including the record breaking Mallard and the Bullet Train, before coming back to school. Thank you Venus for a brilliant day!

Friday 6th December

Venus have been very busy over the last 2 weeks learning songs and lines for our Christmas production ‘Born in a Barn’. We are joining our friends in Earth class for the show with everyone having a part to play. It has been brilliant to watch the effort and enthusiasm that the children have put into their rehearsals and it will be a great show. The final practice is over and now for our performances next week but here is a sneak look at our superstars in action!

Tuesday 21st January 2020-

Our science unit this half term is all about materials. We have been busy exploring and investigating materials and thinking about their names and properties. We went on a hunt around school to look for the everyday uses and properties of different materials. In class we sorted objects according to their properties and used this knowledge to make posters. Super science work Venus!

Tuesday 28th January

We had a special visitor in school today, Dan ‘The Skipping Man’. He worked with us to help us learn the art of skipping. We started with how to hold the rope correctly and then progressed to moving the rope over our heads. We learned two different jumps that we can do before we put it all together and had a go ourselves. It was very cold but the skipping helped us to warm up by using lots of different muscles and getting our hearts beating faster. At the end we came inside to have a game of ‘under the rope’. This is the start of skipping with partners using the big rope. Some of us showed what we had learned in a special assembly at the end of the day. We have bought lots of new skipping ropes so that we can all continue to practise at play times.

Thursday 8th February

We started our day with a very special reading session. We invited our adults to come and share stories and books with us from the school library. We had a great time listening to stories and reading ourselves. We looked at different non fiction books and learnt new facts to share with others. We even had a drink and a light snack before saying goodbye and going back to Venus for our lessons. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us!

Wednesday 12th February

Our design and technology work this term has been to design and produce an object that moves. We were inspired by our learning about Stephenson’s Rocket to make our own version. We worked in pairs to draw a design, think about the materials that we would need and then make and paint the finished piece. We displayed our ‘Rockets’ outside the classroom, just like the real Rocket is displayed at the NRM.

Monday 9th March

In geography we have been learning about the United Kingdom. This has built on our learning about Selby and the local area and differences between towns and the countryside. We looked at flags, national symbols, capital cities and each countries location within the UK. As a team we then had to match the correct information with each country. Our teams collaborated really well and ensured that we had a good knowledge of these national elements.