Year 1 Class 1
Year 1
How can I support my child at home with their learning?
At Howe Dell, we use Google Classrooms to share home learning with parents. All children have been given a username and password. Please speak to your class teacher if you are not sure how to login.
HOW TO ACCESS GOOGLE CLASSROOM
> On a PC (laptop/desktop computer):
To login to the Google Classroom, pupils need to visit classroom.google.com and log in using the details their teacher has provided for them.
> On a mobile device (tablet/smartphone):
Google Classroom is best accessed through the dedicated Google Classroom app which is available on the App Store.
Maths | My Maths | Times Table Rock Stars | Num Bots
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Phonics and Writing
| Little Wandle https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
| Collins ebooks https://ops.collinsopenpage.com/
| Letter-join https://www.letterjoin.co.uk/ |
Wider Curriculum | Curriculum Visions https://www.curriculumvisions.com/
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Year 1 Curriculum Flyers
Meet the Teacher
Spring Term
1.1 had an amazing time visiting Hertfordshire Zoo. We attended a workshop and continued to learn about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. We loved getting to see all of these animal groups around the zoo.
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1.1 had a great time celebrating World Book Day. We created our own monster and used adjectives to describe it, had a story swap with Year 4, wrote our own books and met the author Luke Temple in our workshop.
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1.1 enjoyed creating their own hungry caterpillar using fruit and vegetables as part of our HCL workshop today.
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1.1 enjoyed making cowboy caviar and tortilla cups as part of Food Festival Week. We continued to practice our cutting skills using the bridge method.
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1.1 enjoyed playing a game to practice counting back from 20 in Maths.
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1.1 have been learning about measures in Maths. They worked in groups to order objects from lightest to heaviest.
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1.1 have enjoyed reading our whole school text 'And Tango Makes Three' in English. Earlier this week they worked together to sequence pictures from the story in the correct order.
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Autumn Term
In DT 1.1 worked in groups and applied their knowledge of ways to join cardboard to build their own structure.
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1.1 were exploring different ways of joining cardboard to see which was the most stable in DT.
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In D&T, the class enjoyed working together to build towers with different shaped foundation blocks. They also took on the challenge of building the tallest tower using the fewest blocks.
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1.1 enjoyed using actions, pathways and counts to create their own dance in PE.
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1.1 used different textured papers to create a surface and they painted this with the primary colours.
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1.1 were working hard to remember their Geography learning about the 7 continents and the 5 oceans. They worked as a group to complete the jigsaw and piece together the continents and oceans.
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1.1 enjoyed using their D&T design to start making their moving pictures using a slot slider.
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In our PSHE lesson we were talking about different feelings and the children drew a picture of something they are proud of.
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1.1 were practicing weaving to create a pattern in D&T.
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1.1 were working hard in Maths. They were making groups of objects and comparing them using our star words, more and fewer.
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