posted on July 22, 2010 20:46 as Year 1
Please download the last newsletter of this year
holywell_primary_school_July_10_number_2.pdf
posted on January 27, 2010 15:48 as Year 1
Year 1 have been making jelly this week. As part of our Literacy work on Instructions, we have been thinking through the steps to make jelly. It was great fun, and the best part was eating it!
First, wash your hands.
Ingredients and utensils ready
Put jelly cubes into the jug
Stir in the hot water
Pour carefully into dishes to set.
EAT!
posted on December 15, 2009 12:55 as Year 1
On Monday 7th December, Year 1 visited St. Chad's Church in Rubery to experience the Living Stable.
At the church, children were invited to join one of the wise men to follow a star to a special stable. At the stable, the children participated in a live retelling of the Christmas Story. They were invited to join in with songs, and they sang "Away In A Manger" beautifully. All of the children enjoyed the experience and wrote thank-you letters to Reverend James the following day.
posted on November 03, 2009 14:12 as Year 1
All the children in Year 1 are settling in well. They have learnt lots of new routines. They have made new friends on the Key Stage One playground and have played with the Key Stage Two Playleaders at lunchtimes.
They have been finding out about themselves, making, painting, building, reading, writing, working with numbers, training with West Bromwich Albion, and writing letters and walking to the postbox to post them.
They have made lots of new friends and discovered the I.T. Suite. They are learning how to log on and shut down, use paint programs and explore the Number and Word Shark software.
Lots of children enjoy Football Club after school on Mondays.
posted on June 04, 2009 15:21 as Year 1
posted on June 04, 2009 14:08 as Year 1
It's official: Year 6 and Year 1 have become reading buddies!
This new initiative not only raises the profile of reading for pleasure, but also gives much-needed reading practice for Year 1 children. At the same time, Year 6 pupils have the opportunity to share their strategies for decoding words and making sense of text. It's certainly proving to be very successful with the children.
On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Year 1 and Year 6 classes join together to read. Every child from Year 1 has a Year 6 partner.
Sometimes Year 6 pupils can practise their reading aloud skills, by choosing a library book to read and talk about with their buddy. At other times, Year 1 children will read books from their book bags.
Fun for all and a real treat!
posted on May 19, 2009 14:59 as Year 1
Year 1 have been very busy recently; here are some Spring highlights:
Gymnastics
We have been working hard to develop our gymnastics skills. We have been climbing, jumping, flipping, travelling and balancing. Best of all though, we liked swinging on the ropes.
Fruit tasting and shopping
As part of our Design and Technology work, we went shopping to buy different fruits to make fruit salad. We walked to Rubery and looked in the shops at the different fruits we could buy. We bought lots of different fruit, including Chinese pears and dragon fruit. We put them together to make fruit salad. We decided if the fruit was juicy, sour, sweet, soft or crunchy. We all tried the dragon fruit but we didn't really like it!
Traffic Survey
In our Geography work we have been investigating the local roads. We have looked at the street furniture to see what the signs tell us. We looked at the different vehicles. We went up to the bypass to see the cars whizzing past. We then carried out a Traffic Survey. We couldn't believe how many cars we saw! We ran out of room to put them on our survey.
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