We have had a great week in Year 1 learning about tigers as part of our ‘Paws, Claws and Whiskers Topic.’ We started the week by listening to ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea.’ The children helped to sequence the story on the carpet and then made their own zig zag books which include captions and sentences as well as excellent illustrations. They all worked really hard to colour them in too. Later in the week children worked in groups of 4 and helped retell the story by acting it out.

In Maths we have been learning one more and one less than a given number. First we practised counting forwards and backwards on a number line to help with fluency. Then they used number lines with missing numbers and later had a go at doing it in their heads.

In Geography we continued with the tiger theme learning where the big cats live and also labelled maps with the 7 continents. In Art the children drew and painted some lovely tiger faces.

We have also been busy with Daily Activities, which the children do independently. This has included designing a tin of tiger food in case the tiger comes for tea again!

We have stuck the children’s passwords for Education city and Bug Club in their green reading record books on the inside of the back cover.

Please could your child have a spare pair of socks in their PE bag for changing into – especially girls wearing tights.

Could we encourage you to not allow the children to have lots of keyrings attached to their school bags as we are experiencing some difficulties with them getting broken and lost.  Thank you for your support with this.

We wish you all a lovely weekend, 

From the Year 1 team