YEAR 1 UM
Mrs. U MitchellWelcome to YR1M’s Blog
I am so thrilled about my new class of enthusiastic children. I invite you to join them in their learning adventure. This is a great opportunity to share news and achievements.
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Love 1UM and Mrs. Mitchell
Our Class Blog
How do you find 1, 10, 100, 1,000 more or less?
We have been using our knowledge of place value to find 1, 10, 100, 1000 more or less of numbers beyond 1000. We used place value counters when it got tricky, especially when exchanging. We hope we don't get in trouble for drawing on the tables 🙂
Ordinal number races
We have been using cars and a racetrack to learn about ordinal numbers, and have enjoyed matching the ordinal numbers to the car in each position.
All settled in
Reception have had a super first few weeks in school. They have made new friends, followed our rules and expectations and started small group time work. Well done Reception!
What do we already know about British history?
The children made timelines of all the things that I have learned in key stage one, and then they figured out where the Stone Age would go.
Alexander Calder and cave paintings
Spelling Superstars
Year 4 have been working really hard to learn their new spellings. With this partner work they challenged each other. Who knew spelling could be such good fun?
Apply now for your child’s place in a Primary School in September 2024
If your child or you have friends who's children were born between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 they need to apply now for their place in Reception class at school. We are holding an Open Day on Thursday, 23rd November for prospective parents to come and look...
Musical role play
We had lots of fun reading our new class text and adding musical instruments to mimic the footsteps of Jim and the giant. We used drums to show the thunder of the giants footsteps and a triangle to show how light footed Jim is.
Newsletter 11.9.2023
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Exploring Nursery
The children in Nursery have settled into their new class very well. They have been exploring their new classroom, meeting all the grown -ups and making new friends.
Investigating numbers
We have been investigating two-digit numbers today. We worked hard to represent our numbers using different maths equipment which helped us to recognise tens and ones and the value of each digit.
A Great Start!
Year 4 started to think about their new guided reading text today. We were given the book's title 'Stig of the Dump' and some clues in the form of articles and we had to make predictions about what might happen in the story. There were stones, bones, treasure, furs...