It’s hard to believe this is our final piece of Year 1 homework! What an incredible journey it’s been – we are so proud of how much you’ve grown, learned, and achieved this year. From our very first phonics lessons to writing full explanation texts and exploring history and design! This week has been full of excitement (and a bit of sunshine too!). We’ve been keeping cool in the heat by drinking lots of water and staying in the shade during playtimes. On Friday, we joined the rest of the Middle Phase for our final assembly of the year – it was such a special moment to look back on all we’ve accomplished.  Well done to our readers and certificate winners. In RE, we looked at what it means to be part of the country 'England', thinking about symbols, landmarks, and what makes us proud to belong.  In History, we created a commemorative train to celebrate the famous Rainhill Trials – our carriages were full of colour and imagination! Over in DT, we became smoothie chefs, tasting lots of different ingredients to find our favourites – strawberry and raspberry were a big hit, but figs weren’t quite as popular! And of course, a huge well done to those performing in the Year 6 production – we loved singing Hakuna Matata and being part of such a joyful show!

In English, we wrote non-fiction explanation reports all about how sunflowers grow – we’re becoming expert information writers! Then we compared our first piece of writing in Year 1 to our most recent and were blown away by how much progress we have made! 

In Maths, we explored halves and quarters of shapes, objects, and even quantities – tricky but fun! We used counters to share into 4 equal groups, then checked that the groups were the same size. 

What a year it’s been – well done, Year 1!

Writing:

Can you write a letter to your teacher next year? Think about including the following.

• Trips/experiences
• Friendships
• What you enjoyed learning about. 
• Do you have any questions for next year?

Maths

Can you count out an amount of an object (rice, pasta, cereal), can you split the whole into halves and quarters? What do you notice about the numbers that you cannot share into equal groups? 

Optional task: 

Littlehampton Beach! - please can you write a list of what you need to bring to the beach?

Information and Key Dates:

Year 1 Littlehampton Beach trip - 15th July

Last day of school -  17th July