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Reception/Year 1 – Miss Evans
Welcome to Reception/Year 1 - Miss Evans!
Croeso! Welcome to our class page! Here you will find lots of photos of all the fun things that we get up to and any important information that we need to share.
Newsletters Miss Evans - Reception/Year 1
Lots of Summer fun...
We had so much fun meeting Dean and his animals from 'Animal Encounters' - we met some fascinating animals and we were all so brave!
We are enjoying our music lessons with Miss Burgess and getting to play lots of instruments...
And we've been busy practising for Sports Day - which is now due to be held on Monday 15th July. We are keeping our fingers crossed that the sun will be shining by then!
Summer Term!
We are ready for a very busy Summer term, where we are hoping to get lots of outdoor learning done in the sun! We've started our newest topic 'Paws and Claws', set up our new vets role play and already learnt about some endangered species through 'Earth Day'. Keep a check on our page for lots of photos of everything happening in Reception/Year 1E this term!
Week beginning 1st April 2019
On Wednesday we had so much fun for Onesie Wednesday! In our class we love getting dressed up!
In maths this week we were looking at weight. First we used the numicon and scales to weigh using non-standard units, some things were very heavy!
Then we got to go outside and use our new outdoor scales - it was so much fun searching for things in the garden to weigh and trying to balance the scales! Fantastic teamwork going on in Reception/Year 1E this week!
Week beginning 25th March 2019
We enjoyed being outside for our phonics work, using the little letter logs to build our own words.
During EPIC time we decided that we wanted to make pirate puppets, it was lots of fun and a great way to develop our fine motor skills - funky fingers!
The sun kept shining, and we managed to get outside for some guided reading with Miss Williams.
In our class we've got lots of budding builders, the construction area is always so busy! Here are some of our superb creations...
Week beginning 18th March 2019
Another busy week in reception/year 1!
In maths we were learning about subtraction, using numicon and subtraction covers to help us visualise our sums before trying to write them. We also used the numicon to find ways to make 10 - thinking about our number bonds - super maths!
We decided that we wanted to make our own pirate ship, and spent some time planning out how we would make it and what it would look like. Then we worked with Miss Seabright and Miss Williams to put our plans into action... we are all over the moon with our new role play area! Ahoy me mateys!!
It looks as if Spring is finally here! So we decided to celebrate World Planting Day by starting a little experiment, we are trying to find out if the beans will grow without soil... We'll keep you updated!
We all really enjoyed our P.E session with Luke the sports coach - we played lots of new games, including tails - so much fun!
Here's an example of the letter formation that we follow in class, so that we can start practising at home too.
Week beginning 11th March 2019
We are enjoying our Monday morning yoga sessions - we are doing yoga in class to develop our core muscles and our gross motor movements... and it's a lovely way to relax too!
In maths we looked at ordering numbers to 10 and 20, and used numicon to help us compare numbers - super job by everyone!
We also had took a visit to our school library, to change the books in the reading area in our classroom. It was lovely to have some quiet time, sharing stories with our friends.
We finished the week off by celebrating Red Nose Day! We absolutely loved the Danceathon, and kept the dance going all day long! Super mix and match outfits, to support a fantastic cause!
Week beginning 4th March 2019
This week we learnt about Fairtrade as it's Fairtrade fortnight - we talked about what fair and unfair means to us, and then we learnt about what Fairtrade means for farmers and how we can spot these products in shops. We had a look at lots of different foods, and sorted them, deciding on our own criteria in groups - super maths!
Then we moved onto learning about Shrove Tuesday... and decorated and tasted our own pancakes - yum!
In maths we were learning about counting in 2s, and made our own number lines using numicon - da iawn!
In P.E we are starting our tennis lessons, and we've started off with balance and hand-eye co-ordination activities - such a super effort from all of the pupils!
On Thursday we enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day - it was a very exciting day, and we ended with a reading session with the Year 6s. It was lovely to see the children engaging in reading, and being able to share their reading with some of the older pupils in our school.
Week beginning 18th February 2019
We had a very busy week just before half term, lots of super learning and working together as a team!
Here we are working together as a team to build a small world structure, and then we used the characters and animals to create little story scenes - da iawn pawb!
We also enjoyed using our new lego resources, where we had to independently follow an instruction card to recreate the animal in the picture - excellent work!
We ended our busy week with a St.David's day performance, we performed our song and dance to 'Mi Welais Jac y Do' to the whole school and it was absolutely fantastic! We showed such confidence and our Welsh singing blew the teachers away - ardderchog!!
Our trip to Swansea Museum
Reminder - We are going on our museum trip this Wednesday (20th February) - please can all outstanding forms and monies be brought into school as soon as possible.
Week beginning 11th February 2019
In maths we were learning all about symmetry, and making symmetrical pictures. We really enjoyed using paint to create a symmetrical pattern on our butterflies!
We also enjoyed working on the rainbow challenges, particularly the funky fingers challenge where we had to make a bead tower. Super independent learning!
Here we are using our natural construction, fitting different shapes together to make different scenes with the characters - lots of fantastic oracy going on!
Wednesday was our Valentine's disco and we had a fantastic time singing and dancing with our friends.
Week beginning 4th February 2019
We had a super week in class last week! Two head teacher awards for excellent learning...
In maths we used non-standard units to measure each other, and then we worked as a team to order our group from shortest to tallest.
We really enjoyed our rainbow challenges this week and we are working much more independently!
Here we are fishing for phonics, to complete the CVC words - super spelling!
Museum trip!
Consent forms for our upcoming trip to Swansea Museum have been sent out, if you need another copy please do not hesitate to ask. The trip is running on Wednesday 20th February, for the morning session, at a cost of £4 per child. This fee covers transport, as well as a museum workshop and should be sent into school in a sealed envelope with your child's name on.
Week beginning 28th January 2019
We love dinosaurs in our class, and enjoyed using lots of different materials in small world play to use our imaginations - the dinosaurs did get a little messy, but we enjoyed making up little stories about them!
Here we are in the 'Funky Fingers' tuff tray, using dough to create letters and numbers and even trying to put the letters in alphabetical order! Da iawn!
Our maths focus was whole and half turns, and using positional language... We absolutely loved using ICT to develop these skills, moving the Beebot around the mat using whole and half turns and trying out the Turtle on JIT5 to park the cars.
We ended the week with a little treat at fruit time! We made fruit caterpillars and they were delicious!
Week beginning 21st January 2019
Another busy week in Reception/Y1E! Here's what we've been up to...
We read the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and worked independently to order the story from memory, then as a class we created a story map to help us tell the story.
We've started using the story to create a diary, as if we were the caterpillar and so far we've already got one Head Teacher Award for super writing!!
It's been a busy week for writing, as we've been practising our spelling words in class too...
And we've enjoyed working independently in the challenge area, using our busy books to complete our activities.
On Friday we were celebrating Saint Dwynwen's day and making cards for somebody special, a lovely end to such a busy week of learning!
Week beginning 14th January 2019
Our newest home learning activities carousel - one piece per week to be handed in on a Wednesday please.
Focus spelling words - sit, pan, nip, pat, sat
On Friday we made some new playdough in class, we followed instructions and used food colouring to make new colours with Miss.Williams! We can't wait to use the playdough for modelling, and letter and number formation.
In P.E on Friday we continued developing our ball skills, first using our feet to dribble the balls around the cones and then using our hands to bounce the ball. We need to remember to bring trainers on a Friday - it will make kicking and dribbling the ball so much easier for us.
In the Seren Yr Wythnos assembly on Thursday we had a huge surprise and our first Rights Respecting Cup winner in the class this year - Da iawn!!
We spent our maths lessons last week looking at doubling numbers, and we've decided that we can use Numicon to help us check our answers. Towards the end of the week we were really confident in mentally recalling the doubles from memory!
We also enjoyed used coloured rice to help us practise our letter formation, we are working so hard on cursive letters and as we know, practise makes perfect!
We are very lucky to have some new construction resources and have enjoyed investigating how we can use Interstar to make different models, including windmills.
On Monday PC Paul Harry came in, to talk to all of our year 1 pupils about playing safe. We had so many fantastic ideas and the year 1s shared what they had learned with reception later in the week - super listening 
