w/c 6th July
Good morning lovelies,
I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
We only have 2 weeks left of Y1!
Here is my brief overview of the next 2 weeks, tomorrow I will post a video just to say hey and explain a few things.
I have put together a little memory booklet for you to complete. I thought it would be a nice way to talk about your time in Y1 and to jot a few things down as a memory. You could do this daily and then that way you can really spend time on your thought, your writing and the picture. (I’ll attach it in a separate post, due to only one file being able to upload at one time).
Have a great day to day and all and I am looking forward to seeing a few of you soon.
Miss Williams
w/c 8th June
Good morning lovelies,
It was a little bit drizzly this weekend, I think the grass definitely needed a big old drink.
Did any of you pop over to South Africa again? I really enjoyed seeing the baby elephants and zebras last week, what a lovely ‘virtual’ day trip.
I really enjoyed seeing all of your crafts, activities, and pieces of work for our Fairy Tales week. You are all so creative and we have some fantastic story tellers in the class too. I think my favourite activity was the fairy bread and it looks like that was some of yours as well.
This week’s theme is of course stemmed around World Oceans Day. So head over to the World Oceans Day site for a jam packed day full of wonderful activities. I will be tuning in to their kick off at 9am.
Happy World Oceans Day all,
Miss Williams
w/c 1st June
Good morning lovelies,
I hope you all had a wonderful half term, enjoying the sunshine and resting?
I went to the beach and was so excited to have an ice cream (you all know how much I love ice cream kiddos).
Wow, it is a new term and a new month- in fact, it is ‘National Fruit & Vegetables’ month.
How are all of your vegetables doing that we planted in school? I have seen quite a few of your vegetables and plants that you have been planting and looking after, what superb little gardeners you are.
I cannot believe we are already in a new term. I have created 2 learning posters for you this term, one in the usual format and another with a week by week theme that includes a breakdown of learning activities (each theme also has a pin board to complement it).
This week’s theme is Fairy Tales. I will be posting daily questions that can be used to form discussion, writing, or drawing based activities. Today’s question is: ‘If I climbed a beanstalk…’
Again, the learning posters, ideas and activities are not compulsory but I do hope you find them helpful.
I’ll be posting on Dojo today so I will see you (virtually) all soon.
Take care,
Miss Williams
w/c 18th May
Good morning lovely beans and parents,
What another beautiful weekend we had, I know it’s supposed to be super sunny this week too.
Thank you for your lovely photos and messages on Dojo. I enjoyed seeing your boats last week, so many wonderful discoveries of what floats and what sinks. I’ve decided, although they’re pretty, I don’t think I’ll be making a boat out of feathers. What do you think?
I am in school this week with the key worker children, so I’ll keep checking in with Dojo, but I might not be able to respond as quickly.
This is the last week of this term and I want to say another BIG well done to you all.
Enjoy the sunshine and take care all,
Miss Williams
w/c 11th May
Good morning lovelies,
I hope you all had a lovely weekend. What did you do to celebrate VE day?
Lots of you have been trying hard on your Learn Its. I have been watching you improve your scores weekly and I am very proud of you all. I have bumped a few of you up as I can see you have completed sections correctly 3 weeks in a row – Yay!
Seeing the activities and the work you have been getting up to puts the biggest smile on my face. Such a lovely array of learning going on, well done to all of you!
I would like to reassure you that the learning poster and activities posted on Class Dojo are suggestions and are not compulsory. Please continue to use Class Dojo to contact me directly as I am here to help and support you all.
Following on from the PM’s speech yesterday evening, we look forward to seeing the children back in school in due time.
I’ll be posting a few more suggestions (some science-related) on Dojo this week, as well as some stories.
I look forward to seeing what you’ve all been up to.
Take care,
Miss Williams
w/c 4th May
Good morning Lovelies,
I hope you are all doing well? It is week 7 I believe.
Parents you are doing fantastically well juggling lots of different things at home. Please do message me via Class Dojo if you have any questions or just needing some reassurance.
Remember learning doesn’t have to be via a text book or sitting at a table writing.
This weekend I have created a Pinterest board for you all. I have found a few ideas that are hands on, play based and away from the computer screens (as I know in some households screens are limited). I have split the pin boards into different focuses, with pins I think are helpful and relevant. I will share the URL on Class Dojo today. Again use if it’s helpful or leave it if it isn’t.
Thank you for sharing your lovely images with me. What busy bees you have all been!
You have all done so much reading and I have loved hearing all of the differences and similarities you have been finding in different fairy tales. On Get Epic alone Year 1, you have read for 4499 minutes and finished 461 books – Team work! I will be posting a read aloud Alice in Wonderland this afternoon, it’s a shorter version than the original, so come and read with me.
Missing you all.
Miss Williams
p.s. for all of you Star Wars fans, May the 4th be with you.
w/c 27th April
Good morning,
Wow! What a gorgeous sunny weekend we had again.
I am so enjoying this weather, however, I think the weather might be changing this week, so make the most of it today.
Our first week using Class Dojo.
It would be great to see you all in person, but I have been enjoying seeing what you have been up to and it feels like a little community.
I’ll be posting a helpful link on our class story today called an ‘Introduction to Fairytales’. This clip is 4 minutes long and talks about the characteristics and what to expect when you read a fairytale. Great for discussion whilst you’re reading your fictional fairytales.
Parents a big well done for all you are doing with your kiddos, from the photos I have seen, they all look like they are enjoying themselves, learning lots of new skills and being super creative. So on those challenging days remember you are doing great! Year 1 give your adults a big thumbs up.
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Kiddos, remember the challenge I set us last Monday to read 200 books on Get Epic?
You have read 298 books. Wow wow wow! That is 98 more books than my set challenge and 150 more than last week! 
Happy dance moment for all who have read this week (whether online or not).
Keep up the reading guys and I am so pleased you have been enjoying Get Epic.
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Last week I baked something, well I didn’t actually use an oven so does that count as baking? What do you think, maybe I just made something? Anyway, I was inspired by all of the baking posts and thought I would jump on the band wagon, however, I knew it would be tricky to find baking ingredients (I could’t find a single chocolate drop) therefore, I decided to bake something a little different.
These are the ingredients I used, what do you think I baked?
I’ll let you know on Class Dojo later on today.
Missing you all!
Take care lovelies,
Miss Williams
w/c 21st April
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Good morning lovelies, I hope you had a lovely Easter holiday. It has definitely been a very strange holiday, but thankfully we were blessed with sunny skies for the most of it.
What did you all get up to during the 2 weeks? I cannot wait to see your creations.
Hollie what a beautiful Easter wreath and Charlie S what a creative car you have made, thank you for sharing your pictures with me.
This holiday, I have been exploring more of our local area, going biking and walking. I even got back on my longboard. Who else has brushed off the cobwebs of an old hobby they used to enjoy during this time?
I haven’t fallen off my board, yet. But even if I do, I’ll just get back on it and try, try again.
I’m also trying to master a song from Pirates of the Caribbean on my violin. So a lot of perseverance this Easter. What have you been preserving with?
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I’ve been looking at what you guys have been getting up to on Big Maths and Get Epic.
Wow! A lot of determined learners on Big Maths.
Gold stars to all of you who have set out to achieve your personal goals via your Learn its. Lots of improvement in answers and confidence (despite the shorter time). Well done!
I have bumped some of you up onto a different Learn It (if i can see a consistent improvement).
On Get Epic we have read 148 books and read for 1666 minutes! Well done guys, that is a lot of reading, especially as it doesn’t count the books you are reading at home.
Lets try and get to 200 books on Get Epic this week.
 Over the last few days I have recommended a variety of fictional stories. These are basically stories that are made up, like fairytales. I found a poster to help you remember the difference between fiction and nonfiction books (it’s so hard to remember the difference sometimes).
 I recently watched two films:
1. ‘Moana’, definitely adding this to my favourite films list. Moana is made up, it’s a fictional story.
2. A documentary of a surfer. It’s about the surfers life of how she preserved and showed great determination to achieve her goals. Non-fiction as it’s based on real life.
What stories/ films have you read/watched recently which are fiction or non-fiction? How can you tell they are real or not?
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We have a new online classroom, Class Dojo. This Easter I have been looking at an online platform for our learning, so I hope you’ll come and join me. I’ll be posting different messages, learning ideas and other things- so stay tuned. I’m going to upload the music video that Mrs Ling shared with me too, it’s really fun (I like the squirrel with the violin).
You will also be able to see my new Learning Poster for this term. This should help you with what the kiddos should be doing daily, as well as give you a rough idea of topics and weekly ideas. Parents, again, please use this as a guideline and I hope you find it useful and not stressful.
I’ll be posting some sensory activities in the coming week to help with fine/gross motor skills too.
Missing you lots Yr1.
Take care,
Miss Williams
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Easter Holidays
Happy Easter Holiday!
Did you enjoy last week’s reading challenge? Your photos have been putting a big smile on my face, it has been so lovely seeing what you are getting up to at home.
This weekend it has really felt like Spring has sprung. I have seen multiple butterflies, bumble bees and a few birds finding the best sticks for their nests, in fact I saw two Goldfinches in the garden- these birds look like they have a lightning bolt down their wings (superhero birds). What birds have you seen on your walks or in the garden?
I have two exciting projects for you this holiday, now remember this is 2 weeks worth so you don’t need to do it all in one go.
The first is to create your very own Easter wreath, you can make this through craft items, recycled materials, sticks, flowers, paper etc. Whatever you can get your hands on, use your imagination to get and get creative.
The second is to create an animal a-day, but only using your hands or your feet….whaaat?!
Have a look at these ideas:
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Get moving with these Easter inspired action songs:
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We acted out the nativity at Christmas and to finish off our RE topic of ‘Christianity’, here is a children’s clip, from the BBC, retelling the Easter Story (not compulsory).
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PUT A SMILE SMILE ON SOMEBODY’S FACE THIS EASTER
The Easter story got me thinking about kindness. This weekend my friends and family put a big smile on my face, by giving me a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
Over the 2-week holiday, what are ways you can put a smile on someone’s face?
It could be a letter in the post to a family member or friend or maybe you could produce a rainbow for your window? Year 5 and F2 have a rainbow craft on their page. I have also seen these cute little clouds on Pinterest you could make. I have a rainbow in my window to help spread ‘hope’. Have you seen any where you live?
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Kiddos, if you would like to keep doing the Learning Packs then go for it, however, this isn’t necessary as it is your 2 week holiday. Therefore, keep up the reading, start getting creative in Easter crafts and learn something you haven’t done before like washing your bike, baking something (my mummy used to always make Easter Biscuits, I think it is a Somerset thing?) and have a wonderful Easter holiday.
Take care lovelies,
Miss Williams
w/c 30th March
Good morning kiddos and parents,
Well done to you all, you have been officially home learning for 1 week.
Parents really well done to you in these bizarre circumstances. I saw something which I wanted to share with you parents, I have altered the quote/meme to fit our learning packs:
‘If your child* managed to log onto Big Maths today and did some of their pack as planned, let’s call it a SUCCESSFUL DAY!**
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**If you couldn’t log on and things didn’t go to plan, DO NOT PANIC. Let’s call it a ‘LIFE SKILLS’ day!
So there we go parents, let’s call it a ‘life skills day’. As important as their learning is, this is an unprecedented situation, so please do not allow this to become an added stress during this time. You are doing great!
Baking, being outside are all life skills. Who can tie their shoe laces yet?
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask and I will try my best to help.
I have had one question about Big Maths. Our Learn Its are online, which makes it really accessible to all. These are timed automatically and are a weekly thing.
You might have children in the older year groups completing CLICS and Safes, in Year 1, ours are all teacher led, so I tend to mingle these in with our learning.
Therefore, you won’t be able to access these online, it is only the weekly Learn Its.
Maths challenge:
How many number sentences can you make using a 6 sided dice? They could be addition, subtraction or both. Remember the switchers:
2 + 5 = 7
5 + 2 = 7
Double challenge roll two 6 sided dice for 2d +/- 1d number sentences:
23 + 2 = 25
2 + 23 = 25
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So kiddos my challenge for you this week is to read to your special toy each day for 10 minutes- a ‘daily 10’.
Find yourself a cosy place to read, remembering to teach your special toy our reading poem and to read a book for 10 minutes, either:
1. Retelling the story out loud (story sticks/stones etc)
2. Looking at the pictures and using inference to predict what the story might be about
3. Reading the story book word-for-word out loud
Mrs Player has mentioned that on April 2nd it is:
International Children’s Book Day
Make books, read books, go on a scavenger hunt, make story stones etc. Just make sure you are reading on this day. Lots of resources online too parents.
I have made my Youtube playlist for calming music public, so hopefully you can access this for reading (including the calming fish Year 1):
Online platforms for reading:
+ Epic (I have added some books to the class list)
+ Vooks (free subscription for 1 year)
These sites allow the children to read along with the book, developing confidence in independent reading. I can see lots of you have already been using Epic Books, well done!
(Please see the school online recommendations also.)
Have a fantastic week all and remember ‘life skills day’.
Missing you all, stay safe and keep on smiling.
Miss Williams x
p.s. check out Mrs Players message for ’50 things to do indoors’.
Mrs Ling says hello to all of you lovelies and tells me that she has had our morning song in her head all week! It is very catchy, so here you go, maybe you can sing this song to your adults:
w/c 23rd March
Good morning kiddos,
I hope you are all doing well and enjoyed the sunshine we had at the weekend. Joe Wicks will be doing a daily workout at 9am (I think I said weekly on the video) and I highly recommend. Remember we need to wake up our bodies and our brains before we get stuck into learning.
Here is a really sweet poster of ways in which we can stay in touch with our grandparents/elderly friends. It is from one of my favourite teachers ‘Miss Learning Bee’.
My challenge today is to clean out my learning cupboard at school, what challenge will you set yourself today?
1. Move your body with exercise
2. Get out in the sunshine today
3. Set yourself a challenge
Take care my lovelies,
Miss Williams
