Willow (Year 1)
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Willow Class
Hello and welcome to Willow Class!
My name is Miss Brunt and I am the Year 1 class teacher.
We are lucky to have the support of a fantastic Teaching Assistant, Miss Lane. Together, we work hard to ensure that our class is a happy, warm and welcoming place, celebrating each child's successes and building resilience in learning. We have a stimulating and varied curriculum, and we are really excited for all adventures in learning we will have this year!
I really enjoy planning for lessons - especially creating the resources and thinking about all the songs we can learn in worship time! My favourite lessons to teach are RE, Literacy, History, Art and DT - and I am really enjoying teaching Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Phonics!
In my spare time I enjoy painting and drawing, listening to music, reading, watching films and being with my family (especially my nephews and niece!), walking my dogs or just chilling with a nice, warm mug of Vimto. My favourite books to read are the Hairy Maclary series, the Harry Potter books, The Lord of the Rings and anything with a bit of fantasy in it. I have two dogs - Bo and Bean, a bearded dragon named Bay and a leopard gecko called Beni. One day, I hope to visit the Scottish Highlands in an EV Camper Van with Bo and Bean.
Willow Celebration Gallery
Keep an eye out for a note from my teacher! When Miss Brunt or Miss Lane spots your child doing something which reflects our school values or aspires to achieve in their personal learning journey!
Our School Values
Our Reading Worm Challenge! Every time you read for pleasure (at home - parents, please write in your child's reading record - or in school) we will move your name along the Reading Worm. When you reach it's head, you'll earn a certificate! Let's see how many time you can reach his head in one term! Good Luck!
Writing Creatively
Look out for examples of our fantastic creative writing on this page! Each week, we will let our imaginations run riot as we tell stories, report on fantastical news and spin amazing tales of adventure and exploration!
Roger the Roving Red Panda
Roger the Roving Red Panda! The hope is that Roger will with a different child in Year 1 each weekend – and over the school holidays – and encourage use of language, literacy and locational knowledge, as well as building a sense of responsibility in caring for Roger.
Roger would love to listen to your child read their books to him, or join you if you go out. It would be brilliant if your child could write a short diary entry in the book which will go home with Roger (e.g. Today, we went to Tesco in Lydney. Roger rode in the trolley! When we got home, I read to him.), take photos or draw pictures of Roger. Roger can then come back to school on Monday, with his book, and your child can share their adventures with their class mates! Roger's friend, Hugo the Hippo, was a great success last with last year’s Year 1s, going on holidays and trips around the Forest of Dean, playing with the children and their families and embedding literacy skills! It is our hope that this success will be repeated with Roger this year.
Homework! Go to Purple Mash and Numbots for your homework - launched every Saturday for the following week!
Autumn Term 2023
in Willow Class
This terms value is
Respect
P.E. will be on Tuesday from 3rd October 2023.
Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit - a white t-shirt, blue or black shorts or PE skirt or plain jogging bottoms, socks and trainers or plimsolls or daps.
Thanks!
Autumn Term 1
Our Class Texts - Autumn 1
Our Author of the Term
Dame Lynley Dodd
Dame Lynley Dodd was born in Rotorua, New Zealand in 1941. She is a children's author and Illustrator.
She is famous for writing and illustrating rhyming stories about Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinki!
The Hairy Maclary books are one of Miss Brunt's favourites to read aloud to her class and to her nephews and niece.
Our Guided Reading text this term is...
Marvellous Maths!
Our adventures into Maths in Autumn Term 1, we will cover Place Value within 10, Addition and Subtraction within 10 and Geometry: Shape.
In Autumn Term 2, we will cover Place Value within 20 and 50, Addition and Subtraction within 20, Measurement: Length and Height, and Mass and Volume!
In maths, we are counting forwards and backwards from 0 to 10.
Here is a book which can help us with our learning!
Wednesday 13th September 2023 - LO. To compose a sentence orally.
We have been practicing orally rehearsing sentences before we write them down.
The frog on a log.
The frog on a log.
Wednesday 20th Septe,ber 2023 - English - Lesson Objective. To name the letters of the alphabet in order. To think aloud as I collect ideas.
We know the alphabet! Here is a video of us singing the alphabet song. We then collected our ideas on white boards after we watched a video all about frogs!
25.09.2023
This week, in maths, we are looking at Greater than, Less than and Equal to challenges! This fun little song will help us get to grips with the symbols <>=
Week beginning 25th September 2023 - We can use greater than, less than and equal to symbols in maths!
Using Number Lines
We have been using Number Lines from 0-10! We can add the missing numbers and count how many jumps - or intervals - between numbers.
To support our learning, we have used this video to support our counting skills!
To support our learning, we have used this video to support our counting skills!
Art and Design! Friday 29th September 2023. This term we are looking at mark making. Today, we were inspired by Zaria Forman, an artist who works with pastels, to create groups works of art inspired by water.
Adjectives describe a noun
Monday 16th October 2023 LO. To use spoken language to develop understanding through imagining and exploring ideas.
Today, we created our own performance poems based on Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen.
Tuesday 17th October 2023 LO. To collect adjectives about chocolate crispy cakes.
To complete our science topic, we looked at measuring temperatures in degrees Celsius. We measured the temperature of hot, room and ice water. We then measured the tyemperature outside - a balmy 10C!
Autumn Term 2
Our Class Texts - Autumn 2
Nursery Rhymes Week
13th-17th November 2023
During Nursery Rhymes Week, we will be looking at books like Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes by Axel Scheffler, author and illustrator who has worked with Julia Donaldson on books like The Gruffalo!
Marvellous Maths!
This term, we will be exploring addition and subtraction within 10 and Geometry: Shape!
We will look at adding and taking away one more or one less, number bonds within 10 and how to write them systematically, and applying addition + and subtraction - symbols to different number sentences!
In Geometry: Shape, we will learn to recognise and name 2D and 3D shapes, and make patterns with 2D and 3D shapes. Look out for some of our work used practically in Christmas Cards!
Christmas 2023 in Willow Class
Nursey Rhymes 7th November 2023 Wind the Bobbin Up
Nursery Rhymes 7/11/2023 Incy Wincy Spider
Monday 13th - Friday 17th November 2023
This week we learnt a lot about what bullying is and how we can identify it. In PSHE, we understood that to be a good friend, you needed to be loving, kind, use kind words and hands, say sorry and be respectful. We were able to say what the difference is between being unkind, a tease and a bully. We now know that bullying is being deliberately unkind or hurtful and that behaviour is targeted at an individual or a group of people over a period of time and is not a one off.
We all decided that it felt a lot nicer to hear kind words and use kind hands when we are with our friends.
Teddy Bears Picnic Friday 17th November. To mark the end of a very successful 2 weeks looking at and learning Nursery Rhymes, we celebrated by having a Teddy Bears Picnic!
CHILDREN'S BOOK ｜ Orion and the Dark by Emma Yarlett ｜ READ ALOUD.mp4
ORION AND THE DARK - Teaser Trailer (2024) DreamWorks.mp4
When You Subtract with a Pirate (subtraction song for kids).mp4
Subtraction Sam the Pirate Man is helping us with our subtraction because Pirates like to take things away...
Geography - To draw a simple map. We went on to the junior playground and drew simple maps of the grounds in chalk. We located North on a compass.
Religious Education - Be thankful to a Creator God!
Spring Term in Year 1
This term, our value is
Courage
Our texts this term are
Iggy Peck, Architect and Julian is a Mermaid
Our Guided Reading text is
How to Hide a Lion
Our Author of the Term is
Emma Yarlett
SPLASH PAGE - www.emmayarlett.com
Emma Yarlett is an award-winning author, illustrator and typographer based in Falmouth, UK. From her studio by the sea, Emma works with international publishers, brands, festivals and media to create her illustrations and stories.
Emma's self-penned picture books It's Mine, Santa Post, Beast Feast, Dragon Post, Orion and the Dark, Sidney Stella and the Moon and Poppy Pickle have all achieved global success, won numerous awards and led to international book tours, touring theatrical plays and further adaption into other media globally. Her second picture book, Orion and the Dark, has been made into a feature length film by DreamWorks - to be released in 2024. Emma’s bestselling book series Nibbles has sold over 2 million books across five continents, won numerous awards and accolades and has nibbled it’s way onto the bookshelves and imaginations of children across the world.
Emma studied illustration at Falmouth University and graduated with first class honours in 2011. She began work on her first self-penned picture book Sidney, Stella and the Moon whilst still studying at university.
Emma lives in Falmouth, Cornwall with her husband Alex, daughter Beatrix and Coco the naughty puppy.
Orion and the Dark will be released as a film this year on Netflix!
In maths, we are looking at Place Value within20!
Mrs Imm brought in some old toys for us to look at! Some were over 100 years old!
Check out the Gallery Page to see some of our Art Work this term! We have been looking at sculpture and creating works of art out of paper!
For Number Day, on Friday 2nd February, we had lots of fun counting the legs on animals and adding them together!
We looked at the book, How Many Legs? by Kes Gray and Jim Field.
https://youtu.be/gmUY5bXkVKQ
Thursday 8th February 2024
Today, as part of our English work, we interviewed an architect!
Summer Term
This term, our value is Trust.
