Year 1 Week Ahead Information

Information and reminders

Please could we ask parents to regularly check Class Dojo for messages, learning resources, school messages and updates about what your children have been learning. If you do not have access to Class Dojo, please contact your child’s class teacher.

We are trying to encourage the children to take pride in their school uniform. Please check the school website for more information about the correct uniform attire. It would be great if all uniforms were clearly labelled so that we can return any misplaced items.

PE Term 2 Units:

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday 15th March - EY and Primary workshop and coffee morning; 9am to 10.30am

Week beginning 20th March - Shakespeare Week and School Photos

Week beginning 27th March – ‘Into the Woods’ production – tickets available to purchase now

Tuesday 28th March – Author Neil Griffiths visiting NAIS Pudong for sessions with each Year Group

Friday 31st March – Last day of term

Stars of the week

Year 1A – Lily Britz for writing an excellent letter about the importance of cooperation

Year 1B – Vanessa Wang for trying hard to talk more during lessons

Year 1C – Zoe Peng for using adjectives to describe clothes from the 60s fashion

English

In English, we will begin the week by reading the story ‘The Yellow Submarine.’ The story is an adaptation of the famous Beatles movie which features their song ‘The Yellow Submarine.’ The children will practice orally retelling the story in preparation for doing a written version. They will work as a team to create a story path and create their own story actions to help them remember the story in detail.

Key Focus: using story language to remember key details and events

Mathematics

In Mathematics, the children will solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division. They will calculate answers using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays.

Key vocabulary: calculation, calculate, odd, even, multiply, multiplication, times, product, repeated addition, array, divide, division, groups, grouping and sharing

Topic

Next week, the learning goal we will be exploring will be ‘enquiry.’ We will use the Beatles song  ‘The Yellow Submarine’ as our stimulus.

The children will begin to look at the work of different artists from the 60s. Over the week the children will begin experimenting and exploring how to mix paints and create new colours. We will discuss how different artwork can make us feel. The children will be encouraged to comment on the textures, patterns and mediums used.