Y1- Hedgehog Class

Hi everyone

How are we all coping with being in virtual lockdown? Have many of you been joining in with Joe Wicks PE lessons every morning? Myself and Eliza started but she gave up pretty quickly. My lord I was aching on Tuesday! I have to confess looking after a 4 year old and a 1 year old has proven quite a challenge at times....give me 26 five and six year olds any day!

Anyway Please! Please! stay in touch via e-mail. I have heard from a couple of parents and that's been lovely. I know it's only been a week but I'd love to know what you guys are up to. 

I have added another set of tasks to the Home Learning Tasks block below and as promised and I will do so every week, probably on a Friday, but most certainly by Mondays.

I will also continue to include any useful web pages/sites as I hear or come across any and I hope these prove useful and are of benefit. For those of you on Facebook there are lots of things popping up all the time, Family Lockdown Tips and Ideas is a good one.

Here is my e-mail again so please feel free to ask questions or just day Hi and I promise to get back to you ASAP

Please Please stay safe!

Regards

Mr Jones

jjones@palmarsh.kent.sch.uk 

Useful info

www.facebook.com/playhooray.uk/ 

www.st-gregorys.kent.sch.uk/history-1/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/

https://facebook.com/events/s/live-a/virtual-zoo-day-at-ches/.2287733068192442/?ti=cl

Welcome to the Hedgehog Class page

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas!?

Seems like only yesterday that we were having our class parties and I was parading around the hall as one of East 17! 

Anyway welcome back.

If you are reading this with your children then they may have seen the item on the Homework for this term about looking for the photos on this page. If so then they must come and see me for 5 house points! They must give me the secret password which is Baldric. They must not share the password as we don't want others getting house points for free :-)

Year 1 Terms 3 and 4

English - 

We shall be continuing with Phonics as we did last term. All children have made great progress since we started the Read Write Inc scheme and I am confident they will continue to do so. These sessions are all encompassing, focusing not only on reading and decoding, but spoken language and writing also. As stated before, your child's books may seem easy to read, but they have been learning them for sometime and they should therefore be able to read them easily, but more importantly, understand them too. 

We have a new topic for the next two terms, Knights, Castles, Dragons and Princesses. Our question is; Why are dragons and knights always fighting?

If you children have any books or other items they want to bring in and share that would be great and thank you in advance!

Maths - We shall be continuing with addition and subtraction, started last term, consolidating learning and honing these skills. We shall be looking at place value in numbers up to 50 and also looking at measures including weight, volume, height and length.

Science - Seasonal change - looking at the differences between Autumn and Winter then moving onto Everyday Materials, looking at what things are made from and their properties.

PE - Hockey - hand to eye co-ordination, grip, running with a stick and scoring plenty of goals are on the agenda.

Topic - Knights, Castles, Dragons and Princesses

Question: Why are dragons and knights always fighting? Our studies will include a look at Henry VIII, castles in all four countries of the UK, Map work and compass points, learning to play the recorder, cooking Tudor style as well as designing our own dragons and Coat of Arms.

Trips over the coming terms will be to two castles, details of these will follow.

All our learning will be based around answering our question.  All work in other curriculum subjects, History, Geography Art and DT will be linked to the topic and our aim will be to answer this question. 

Weekly Routines

Wednesday is PE and Forest School day (alternate weeks)

Please can children have a complete and named kit in school

and those children with earrings have these taken out for PE days! On days when it is Forest School, please can children bring in appropriate clothing for working outside.