Year 1 Weekly News Round-up - 30.09.2022-YR-1

Sep 3, 2026

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Weekly communication for Year 1 families covering daily learning routines and home support. Highlights include at least ten minutes of reading, handwriting letter-formation practice, and bringing a water bottle for outdoor learning. Curriculum updates span autumn equinox science observations, English storytelling with “The Little Red Hen” and story maps, maths number work up to 5 or 10, art focused on London landmarks, and history comparisons through “Now and Then.”

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Learning this week

The Year 1 Team

Weekly News Round-up

Reading for Pleasure Challenge

Year 1 - Student Voice

Our week in Pictures

Learning this week Hello Year 1 families, Thank you for allyour continued support. # The Year 1Team Please read every dayfor at least ten minutes and practise handuriting letterformation. Please remember acout and uater botle everyday.Vital for outdoor learning and play.Merits old Vie:Bousso andViktor Reading Award:UtaSavoy:Nephele and HamzaJ Reading Award:SafwaanGlobe:Kaelan and Briana Reading Award:Poppy # Year i Weekly News Round-up This week brought us the Autumn Equinox.As the leaves surround us,outdoors turn into golden colours and we alsocontinue to notice and observe the changes of the seasons with the weather being part of our year-long Science study.Ifyounotice the temperature change or the forecast changing this week you can see,think and wonder how else we record thosechanges in our world? Meanwhile our English learning has been launched with a new book using action story-telling to re-tell a traditional tale:"The Little Red Hen".Throughout the week,we have been learning the story off by heart,and using our story maps to helpus.Here's a link to help re-cap and help your little ones tell the story at home:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdv.JZD-cplg-Let us know how you get on! Maths challenges have been keeping us on our toes all week!We have been:practising writing numbers in words,countingon from any number and finding missing numbers in consecutive groups.All of our work is looking at numbers to 5 or 10,deepening our knowledge and using our oracy skill to start being able to explain and reason our thinking when faced with amaths challenge:5,_,7,8,9...For instance,we have been practising playing the game"Sh!Sh!What's the missingnumber?",then relying on our consecutive number knowledge to fill in the gaps.Number facts will build great foundationsfor all our math-magicians core development in the coming years. In Art,our London drawing study has continued and we have been looking closely at the London skyline,noticing the shapeswe can see in the makeup of Tower Bridge,Big Ben and our favourite,the London Eye.We used colour pastels on black paperand love the vibrancy of the results-check out our Instagram@willowbrooksrtgst to see some of the results. All week we have been diving deep into History,following looking at London"Now and Then".We made our own familytimeline,discussed new words and phrases,thinking about the "older generation”and making comparisons with today.We'dlove to see any photos of your great grandparents if you have them,we heard about some elders from our Willow Brookfamilies in discussions.We also have investigated how items around the house have changed over time:a tin bath,a dialphone and a gramophone were of particular interest to our budding Historians Finally,we have really enjoyed our Music singing lessons and assemblies where we even sing in Spanish!ICTlessons havebeen a big hit where we have been getting to know our school chromebooks Curriculum clubs have been a popular weekly highlight:Games club,Artist of the Month drawing work and STEM paperwindmills plus the,London Walk on the Wildside challenges,have made our shared areas and classrooms come alive withcollaborative learning on Wednesday after-school. Reading for PleasureChallenge for this week: KSr-Imagine you are a character inthe story.How do youfeel?Use key words and/or write a fewsentences. waul yunathurhe alithera hemesthe ses cal?" Qmtu ofthe Weki“n Lon00n,6v0o00 isdent,and ta m88n8anyone can fiinPadfngton Beu WILLOW BROOK PRIMARY # Year 1-Student Voice Globe-I liked learning the storyabout the Little Red Hen.Ragnar Old Vic-"I loved making my ownwindmill blow to ‘grind the corn'inThe Little Red Hen!"-Bousso Savoy- "I explored myfamily history,oldand new on atimeline!” Hamza WILLOW BROOK P RIMARY # Our week in Pictures The Little Red Hen-Storytelling WILLOW BROOK PR1MARY Our week in Pictures Nephele:I can write a story Art:Our Londo

FAQs

What daily activities are Year 1 families asked to support at home?

Families are asked to read every day for at least ten minutes, practise handwriting letter formation, and remember their child’s water bottle for outdoor learning and play.

What English text and learning approach is highlighted for the week?

English learning focuses on “The Little Red Hen,” using action story-telling, memorisation of the story, and story maps to retell it at home.

Which curriculum areas and specific themes were covered during the week?

Science focused on the autumn equinox and seasonal weather changes; maths worked with numbers to 5 or 10 and missing numbers; art explored London skyline shapes using colour pastels; history investigated “Now and Then” through family timelines and household items’ changes over time.

Sep 3, 2026

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