Year 1

Welcome to Year 1 

Welcome to the Year One page. Our team is Miss Armstrong, Miss Lyne, Miss Lloyd and Miss Owen. If your child is in Year One, please familiarise yourself with this page so you can stay up to date with all the amazing learning taking place in Class 3 and Class 4.

Water Bottles -  Children are required to bring a water bottle each day.  Your child will have access to their bottle during the session in order to keep hydrated.  

Please ensure your child's clothing is clearly labelled to avoid loss or confusion. 

PE

Class 3 - Tuesday AM & Wednesday PM  

Class 4 - Wednesday AM & Thursday PM

Your child will need to have a PE kit in school on those days. As the weather is still cold, your child will need to have a warmer, outdoor kit. This includes trainers suitable for outdoor PE. Earrings must be removed. 

Reading

Children are expected to bring their reading book and diary into school on a daily basis! Children will read with an adult at least once a week. Please record in the diary when you have read with your child at home. 

Homework

New spellings will be given every Monday. Please ensure your childs spelling book is in school on a Monday.

Oxford Owl Online - Reading books

A variety of free Ebooks can be accessed on Oxford Owl. Please login to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and click on class login. Use the following details to login and read your RWI and pleasure books on the ebook library. 

Oxford Owl Login:  

Username: year 1 mesty  

Password: mesty 

Home Learning

If you would like to access any additional home learning click the link below. Here you will find phonics videos (virtual classroom), Maths and English learning and wider curriculum activities. 

https://mestycroftprimary.co.uk/autumn-2-remote-learning/ 

Spring 2 

We've got a busy half term this time in Year 1. We will be learning lots of exciting topics:

• We will be exploring the UK in Geography
• In English we will be looking at Jack and the Beanstalk
• In RE we will be continuing to explore Islam
• In Science we are looking at Spring and Materials
• We are exploring sliders and levers in DT
• In Maths we will be looking at a wide range of topics including doubling and halving
• In PSHE we are looking at healthy me, exploring how to keep our minds and bodies healthy.
• We are going to be singing in Music
• In Computing we are going to create our very own comics!

We also have lots of fun days planned including:

• British Values Day
• World Book Day
• Red Nose Day
• Wellbeing Day

Spellings Week 2

Monday 7th March

thing

things

long

along

again

been

need

feet

keep

queen

Spellings - Week 1

Monday 28th February

end

wind

best

must

last

fast

next

lots

king

going

Spring 1

This half term we are very excited about all of the learning we are going to do in Year 1. We are reading we're going on a lion hunt in English, in Maths we are going to be looking and measurements and in Science we are looking at light and habitats. The wider curriculum subjects are also looking at Muslims in Sandwell, The Two Elizabeths, Goal setting and Matisse's artwork. We are all so happy to see the children back after Christmas and excited for all of the fantastic learning we have to come in 2022.

Spring 1 - Week 5

Monday 7th February 2022

let

run

had

bad

top

us

fox

box

hot

sun

Spring 1 Week 4 spellings

Monday 31st January 2022

am
did
man
ran
cat
dog
red
bed
fun
sat

Spring 1 Week 3 spellings

Monday 24th January 2022

put
could
house
old
too
by
day
made
time
I'm

Spring 1 - Week 1 spellings

Monday 10th January 2022

don't

come

will

into

back

from

children

him

Mr

off

Autumn 2 - Week 7 = Spellings

Monday 13th December 2021

do
me
down
dad
big
when
it's
see
looked
very

Autumn 2 - Week 6 = Spellings

Monday 6th December 2021

not
then
were
go
little
as
no
mum
one
them

Autumn 2 - Week 5 = Spellings

Monday 29th November 2021

what

there

out

this

have

went

be

like

some

so

Autumn 2 - Week 4 = Spellings

Monday 22nd November 2021

that
with
all
we
can
are
up
had
my
her

Spellings AUT 2 Week 3

Monday 15th November 2021

was

you

they

on

she

is

for

at

his

but

Spellings AUT 2 Week 2

Monday 8th November 2021

the

and

a

said

in

he

I

of

it

Spellings AUT 2 Week 1

Monday 1st November 2021

cried
boy
girl
first
where
who
why
which
white
take

Autumn 1 - Week 2

English - To continue our transition into year 1 this week we started our project looking at The Gruffalo. We were really excited that it was written by the same author as our reading spine book - The Monkey Puzzle and lots of us were already familiar with this story. We completed lots of fab learning throughout the week based on The Gruffalo:

• We read the story together as a class using actions to help us remember the words
• We watched the BBC adaptation and created some Gruffalo masks
• We created a story map to see if we could sequence the story - working together like the busy bees
• We used our masks and story maps to role play the story in groups.

Maths - This week we were looking at counting and ordering numbers. We practised our number formation, counted forwards and backwards to 20 and we practised recognising and ordering numbers between 0-20. We also had lots of fun creating numbers using the manipulatives we learnt about last week. Miss Lyne and Miss Armstrong were very impressed by our super mathematicians in Year 1.

Science - This week we started looking at our Science topic for this half term - Ourselves. In this topic we are learning all about our 5 senses. We were all able to identify which of our body parts help us with each sense and then we went outside onto the field to see what we could feel, smell, see and hear. We came up with some fantastic ideas and we were able to link our learning back to our English lessons by using some fantastic adjectives to describe the things we found.

Autumn 1 - Week 1

Welcome back!

This week we welcomed the pupils back to Mesty Croft, where they met their new teachers for the first time since transition day and spent the first week in their new classroom. It has been so much fun getting to know our new Year 1 children.

We explored the story 'The Cautious Caterpillar' in our English lessons this week. This really helped us to explore our own emotions about coming back to school and seeing everyone, as well as thinking about all of the new changes in school. All of us said we felt a little bit nervous to come back on the first day, but the story showed us that change can be a good thing. Later in the week we reflected on our time in Reception, thought about our favourite topics and set our goals for this year.

In Maths we explored the different manipulatives that can help us when counting, adding, subtracting and lots more. We had a lot of fun using all of the different resources including; double-sided counters, dienes, cubes and numicon. 

Week 2 

Spring 2 - Week 1

Happy Half Term!

Well done Year 1, we have officially made it to Half term!  We are so incredibly proud of all your hard work and efforts this past term, you have all shown great determination. We have loved looking at all your assignments, pictures and photos.

A big thank you also to parents and carers who have been so supportive throughout this time, we really do appreciate it.

We wish you all a very happy and safe holiday, and we will see you back online on

Monday 22nd February.

Here are some Half Term activities you can complete if you want to! 

Safer Internet Day will be on the 9th February 2021

Safer Internet Day 2021 will be celebrated in the UK with the theme: 

An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world

Watch a live lesson on reliability online.

There is one from the BBC here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/safer-internet-day-live-lesson/zdh2wnb

Or, there is a special one from Liverpool F.C (featuring some famous faces) here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS06hrRvOLU

Listen to Detective Digiduck: childnet.com/detective-digiduck

A duck called Digiduck who loves to go online. It’s called ‘Detective Digiduck’ and it’s all about using the internet to find things out.

Children's Mental Health Week 2021

This week is Children’s Mental Health Week and the theme this year is ‘Express Yourself. Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas, through creativity. This could be through art, music, writing and poetry, dance and drama, photography and film, and doing activities that make you feel good. For Children's Mental Health Week 2021 we will be encouraging children (and adults) to explore the different ways we can express ourselves, and the creative ways that we can share our feelings, our thoughts and our ideas. 

 Monday 1st February 2021 9am  Virtual assembly Oak National Academy

Children's Mental Health Week 2021 Virtual Assembly - Assemblies - Oak National Academy (thenational.academy) 

We have also attached a set of challenges for you to complete if you wish to do so! You could email pictures of your work to your teachers. 

Links for 15.1.2021

RWI :

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/VZuNaYlW/H8ggDT2r - or

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/yOOCV0h4/lHtIWArn - or

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/pLc8uY23/ytc8iUDl - Red words

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/QgFVMDl8/OuKoTwpn - Hold a sentence

Maths:

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-find-double-and-half-within-20-chhk8d

Maths activity is in assignments

Free choice Friday afternoon task

Links for 14.1.2021

RWI Links 

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/6v3GnrHp/VpdX7vSn - ar

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/NgDzkWHs/RCI9GWQh  - ar

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/Pt5AEnWs/laTeTgeC - red words

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/WM835DIW/qNRshk6I - hold a sentence

Maths

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-complete-and-continue-number-patterns-adding-and-subtracting-1-or-2-ccr38e

Assignment on Teams

PE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOzn2dtDdA - Cosmic Yoga

Science - Assignment on Teams

Afternoon hold a sentence - 

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/WjE7N8Yb/0OilUX5V

Links for 13.1.2021

RWI Links 

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/x0ECkDfq/ny6F6dT8  - oo

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/al0rSYA6/w6fq6Ke8  - oo

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/Zk16fpAZ/7ekOiqER - red words

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/yzE3sxfA/2ikKkN3T - hold a sentence

Maths

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-compare-and-order-three-numbers-within-20-6xj6ce

PE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhHY8mOQ5eo   - Joe wicks 

Links for 12.1.2021

RWI Links 

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/f9RZf7og/aKsEWit9  - oo

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/LsTU0dUq/M9kWCW4y  - oo

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/gPIE7urY/bYAsoxlM - red words

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/bIpBfLPN/yAOhIN3d - hold a sentence

Maths

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-compare-numbers-to-20-6mr36c

PE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM8NjfCfOg0  - Cosmic Yoga 

History

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-has-popular-music-changed-over-the-last-60-years-part-1-c4w30e

Top marks

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/robot-addition  

Links for 11.1.2021

RWI Links 

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/x8ku7boU/eqLuiP83  - ow

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/eGiyo7Tj/E4S6EOwM - ow

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/4Fgn1K1z/2wUXT5df - red words

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/TrjcQFac/kpls331A - hold a sentence

Maths

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-one-more-and-one-less-than-a-number-within-20-ccvkae

PE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dPXtS1aUII - PE with Jo Wicks

Links for 8.1.2021

RWI :

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/ZawZOHlu/uCyb0u4R - igh

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/pkoD8ESA/ez38dr9e - igh

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/FEAfe5yf/GwPdzC39 - Hold a sentence

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/gsyf1Rp9/Rrpbod4x - Red words

MATHS

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-position-numbers-to-20-on-a-number-line-6mw6ac

Maths activity is in assignments

PE link -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rymXdOwW68&safe=active

Links for 7.1.2021

RWI : https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/upDdmzAG/JoFpLALu

RWI: https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/6vdBezG2/krBQmS96

MATHS

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-numbers-to-20-by-counting-ten-and-then-counting-on-6wtkgc

Maths activity is in assignments

Science activity is in assignments

GPS adjective activity is in assignments

PE link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM8NjfCfOg0&safe=active  - Cosmic Yoga

Links for 06.1.21

RWI 

Video 1: https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/76Vh3m7B/TRVxT30c

Video 2: https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/YyEtacQu/dWup3987

After phonics head on over to Oak academy and watch the videos for your maths lesson. Your assignment for Maths is in your teams area, under assignments. You can complete the questions on the document and it will save it to that area. 

Maths Lesson: 

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-count-from-1-to-19-and-match-pictorial-and-abstract-representations-of-these-numbers-chgkjt

12- 1 Lunch 

1 - 1.20 - PE

PE - Cosmic Yoga 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02E1468SdHg&safe=active

7.12.2020

This week in English we wrote a set of instructions on how to make Gruffalo Crumble.

We remembered to use our time words and bossy verbs, to make our instructions very descriptive. 

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2.12.2020

This week in Science we went outside and collected leaves. We found leaves that had fallen from deciduous trees. We then used these leaves to draw around and measure! We used our rulers and carefully measured them in centimetres. 

Week 4 23.11.20

Paper Plate Gruffalo

This week we had lots of fun creating a paper plate Gruffalo! To make our paper plate Gruffalo we followed a set of instructions, it was super fun and a great way of to start our new topic; writing instructions. 

Week 3 16.11.20

 Over the weekend, the school had some unexpected visitors!

We found evidence and sent it to the laboratory to be tested but they have sent us some pictures of the evidence they found.

Based on the evidence we decided that it must be the Gruffalo!

Week 2  9.11.20

Maths: representing numbers using objects

This week we have learnt how to represent numbers using objects. Our children worked super hard and although a difficult concept we cracked it! Check out a great example below.

Week 1 2.11.20

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Week 1 - One School One Book

This week we started in our new classes in Year 1. Our learning this week has been based around the story "The Tin Forest". Each year group was asked to complete a range of activities based on the story and then to create a class display. The children loved doing this and enjoyed reading the story. Have a look below at what we created!

Week 2 14.9.2020

This week we started our lessons! In Maths we practised our number formation and in DIRT we practised writing our letters. We got to write in our new books and this was very exciting. We have used this opportunity this week to practise writing the long and short date. We are getting super speedy with this now!
 

Week 3 21.9.2020

This week we have been doing some work on our number bonds to 5. We met Fred 5 the ladybird who helped us to understand how to make different combinations to 5. We used our Maths books to journal, and had a go at making bonds to 5 by using ladybird spots. 

                                                           Week 4      28.9.20

Week 5 - 5.10.2020 

This week we started to learn about Black History Month. We learnt about the story of Rosa Parks and her fight for equality. We discussed as a class what we would have done in her position, and how difficult it must have been to be as brave as she was. We then journalled some facts we had learnt about Rosa. 

Important Message

Please return all school reading books to the labelled boxes by the office before the Summer holiday. Thank you.

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Please find below all tasks for the week beginning 13.7.20.

Scroll down to find the home learning for each day of the week.

Clickable links and tasks can be found below each day's slide.

Don't forget to email examples of your super work and activities!

Well done for all your hard work!

Have a lovely Summer.

See you in September

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Please find below all tasks for the week beginning 6.7.20.

Scroll down to find the home learning for each day of the week.

Clickable links and tasks can be found below each day's slide.

Don't forget to email examples of your super work and activities!

Have a lovely weekend

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Please find below all tasks for the week beginning 29.6.20.

Scroll down to find the home learning for each day of the week.

Clickable links and tasks can be found below each day's slide.

Don't forget to email examples of your super work and activities!

Have a lovely weekend

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Please find below all tasks for the week beginning 22.6.20.

Scroll down to find the home learning for each day of the week.

Clickable links and tasks can be found below each day's slide.

Don't forget to email examples of your super work and activities!

Have a lovely weekend

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Please find below all tasks for the week beginning 15.6.20.

Scroll down to find the home learning for each day of the week.

Clickable links and tasks can be found below each day's slide.

Don't forget to email examples of your super work and activities!

Have a lovely weekend

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Please find below all tasks for the week beginning 8.6.20.

Scroll down to find the home learning for each day of the week.

Clickable links and tasks can be found below each day's slide.

Don't forget to email examples of your super work and activities!

Have a lovely weekend 

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Welcome to a new half-term!

Please find below all tasks for the week beginning 1.6.20.

Scroll down to find the home learning for each day of the week.

Clickable links and tasks can be found below each day's slide.

Don't forget to email examples of your super work and activities!

Have a lovely weekend! 

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Thursday 21st May 2020

PSHE – How to be a good friend: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zs8c87h

Tuesday 19th May 2020

Mental Health Awareness Week 18th – 24th May 2020

Friday 15th May 2020

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English:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkgyvk7

Maths:

Week 1 Lesson 5 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Wednesday 13th May 2020