Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
My name is Mrs Beales and I teach Year 1 with the assistance of Miss Sawyer and Mrs Read. If you have any questions then please call school or email me on heatherbeales@stonehill.herts.sch.uk . I will try to answer them as soon as I can.
PE days for Year 1 are Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so please send your child into school dressed in their PE kit and trainers. Don't forget a coat.
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Hello everyone and wishing you a Healthy New Year.
Google classroom will be used as it was for our homeworks. Home learning for the day will be available from 8:30am. Please complete the tasks, or take pictures if needed, and submit them for me to mark. I will respond as soon as I can.
Google classroom can be used to ask me questions about the home learning. I will be on google classroom for normal school hours. I can also respond to emails during these hours. Please don't hesitiate to contact me
Stay safe and take care. Mrs Beales, Miss Sawyer and Mrs Read.
Reading challenge.
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the reading challenge. I am posting your prizes and certificates today. Third place is Ashlyn, second place is Aiden and joint first is Aidan and Bethan. Congratulations to them. Fabulous reading from everyone.
To all the parents, We would like to thank you for all your on going support during this difficult time.
Here is a huge 'Thank you' for you and
here is a 'Thank you' certificate for you too from the Year1 team. Stay safe.
How to log on to Google Classroom

How to upload a photo onto Google classroom for your teacher to see!

Cbeebies Science week
Wellbeing Wednesday led by Premier Sports
Reading.
I am going to add some tips and links for those on the Accelerated reading scheme. Also, all of Year 1 will need to continue practising their letter sounds.
Accelerated reading quizzes and books can be accessed via https://ukhosted56.renlearn.co.uk/2240138
The website for the Accelerated reading book finder which will help children find books at their reading level is https://arbookfind.co.uk
Moon Zoom topic. Spring 1
CRASH! What’s that in the playground? Let’s go outside and take a look. Stand back everyone – it looks like a UFO has crash landed. Find out who might have landed by exploring the craft and investigating scattered scientific specimens. Create a ‘Welcome to Earth’ box for an alien explorer. What can you put in it to help explain what life is like on our planet? Would you like to be an astronaut? You’ll need a pretty sturdy spacecraft if you do. Start off small by making an air-propelled rocket. How far can you make it travel? Find out the names of the planets. There’s Mercury, Neptune, Mars and – do you know any others? I’ve forgotten the rest. Then, an alien is found. Can you help get him home? It’s got the experts in a right kerfuffle. Professor Pong doesn’t know what to do. Are you ready for take off Year 1? Hold tight. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… LIFT OFF!
Other useful links
David Walliams Daily story:
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/
Times Tables Rockstars
Spelling Shed
Purple Mash
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stonehill
Literacy Shed
https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
Classroom Secrets.
https://kids.clasroomsecrets.co.uk
Topmarks.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk
Teach your monster to read.
https://teachyourmonstertoread.com
Useful websites to support Home Learning.
Home Learning ideas.
Phonics
Google classroom login
Year 1 Class Letters and Curriculum Overviews
2019-2020 ARCHIVED
A new one for you to try today. A maths puzzle with code. Use the code to make up your message to email to me. I look forward to your messages. Thank you Iris and Mrs Sheff for this fabulous idea.
Well done Taylor for working out the message. Can anyone else make up one to to email to me? I look forward to it.
Maths puzzle.
Well done to all of Year 1 children, parents and carers. You deserve this.
Here is a message from all of us at Stonehill. You can also find it on the Stonehill facebook page.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c8_JpGm4oBvf9ec9cgESgAmdftA511mZ/view?usp=sharing
Copy and paste this link.
Monday 13th July
Subject | Activity | If you finished: |
English |
This week's English tasks are all about writing Fiction. To listen to a story. The story today is The very Noisy Night. Go to Oak National Academy for today's lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gl-9dkXRNE Here is the link to watch the story. https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroo Reading and Phonics. Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so. Read to an adult or your toy class. This term we are going to focus on consolidating your child's knowledge of all the sounds together. Phonics. Write down all the sounds you can remember and then check with the sound chart from your pack. Revise all set 2 which are: ay, ee, igh, ow, oo as in book,, oo as in poo, ar, or, air, ir, ou, oy. Practise er sound today.
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Spelling Shed to practise known sounds. Try words with ow and ou sounds.
Purple mash punctuation games or try Small town Superheros game on bbc bitesize. |
Maths |
Today we learning to apply knowledge of number bonds. Go to https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-1/subjects/maths/ Please complete a task in your green books. Look for Marvellous Maths ideas sheet below. Challenge: See Maths challenge linked below. |
Choose a game from purple mash to play or try times tables on Times Table Rock Stars. |
Topic. Science or PE |
To be completed at some point this week. Topic activities for this week are focused on learning about scientific experiments and predicting what we think will happen compared to what actual does happen. We tried the volvano experiment (that you can see higher up thepage) shown by Davide. You need vinegar and baking powder. Ask before you try it. You may need some adult supervision. We had some very unexpected results. There are some fun videos and games on the BBC Bitesize webpage that can be found by following this link (scroll down to the Animals section.)
Or choose an activity to do from the Sports day pack.
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Which pet have you got and what do you need to do to look after it? If you don'thave a pet then which one would you like and what do you need to do to look after ? |
Tuesday 14h July
Subject | Activitiy | If you finished: |
English
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The lesson today is To use exclamation marks. Go to Oak Academy for the lesson 3. Please complete at least one task in your green books or on paper. https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-1/subjects/english/
Phonics Practise owand ou sound. . Write it in your book. Say the rhyme underneath the picture on your sound mat. Ask an adult to read it to you if you cannot. Here is the link to the sounds. Ruth Miskin (Read Write Inc) daily phonics speed sounds lessons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?mc_cid=5b8869f543&mc_eid=3d2b84ebff
Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so. Read to an adult or the toy class.
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Spelling Shed to practise known sounds. Try words with ow and ou sound. Purple mash punctuation games or try Small town Super heros game on bbc bitesize |
Maths |
Today we are learning To subtract two digit numbers and ones. Please try one task in your green books or on paper. Go to lesson 2 on Oak National Academy web page.
Challenge: see the challenges below.
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Choose a game from purple mash to play.
Time Table Rock Stars. |
Topic. Geogrpahy |
Try another Sports day activity from the pack. Find out about Ancient China. What can you find outabout the Great wall, Emperors, Terracotta Army and the food. Draw and write in your Green bookor on a pieceof paper.
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Wednesday 15th July
Subject | Activities | If you have finished: |
Phonics and Reading |
Phonics Practise ow and ou sounds today.
Write it in your book. Say the rhyme underneath the picture on your sound mat. Ask an adult to read it to you if you cannot. Write three words with this sound in. Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so. Read to an adult or the toy class. |
Spelling shed to try spelling words with ow and ou sounds. |
English |
Today learn to to write your own story.
Go to English lesson on the Year 1 Oak National Academy page. Please try to complete a task in your green book or on paper.
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Follow up game with the Small Town Super heros. |
Maths |
The lesson today to subtarct two digit numbers andones with regrouping. https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-1/subjects/maths Try the activity and write your answers in your green book or on a piece of paper.
Try either Marvellous maths sheet or challenge from below.
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Choose a game from purple mash to play. Times Table Rock Stars. |
Topic
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Use any material you have available to make a Terracotta soldier. Use recyled boxes or toilet tubes make excellent body shapes. Or see whhat you can find out about The Willow Pattern Plate. Using blue crayon, pencil crayon or felt tip pens to create your own Willow Pattern story on apiece of paper.
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Thursday 16th July
Subject | Activity | |
Phonics and Reading |
Practise ow and ou sounds.
Practice ou. Write it in your book. Say the rhyme underneath the picture on your sound mat. Ask an adult to read it to you if you cannot.
Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so. Read to an adult or the toy class. |
Grammar games on Purple mash.
Spelling shed. Practise ow and ou sounds. |
English |
The next lesson on Information text is Character description: Saint George and the Dragon.
Go to English on Oak National Academy page. Please try one task in your green book or on paper.
Use the 5 point check when you are finished Capital letter Finger spaces Full stop Letters are clear on the line. Have you used and, but or because?
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Punctuation with Small Town Super heroes on BBC bitesize. |
Maths |
To explore addition and subtraction. Go to Maths on Oak Academy page. https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-1/subjects/maths Try to write your answers in your green book or on a piece of paper.
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Choose a game to play from Purple Mash. Challenge someone to a battle on Times Table Rock Stars. |
Computing |
Go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zjpqqp3/year-1-lessons/1 Progress on to the next stage of your coding lessons. |
Purple mash Year 1 has some great games for Year 1 coding. |
Friday 10th July
Subject | Activity | If you have finished: |
Phonics and Reading |
Practise ir, ur and er sound.
Write it in your book. Say the rhyme underneath the picture on your sound mat. Ask an adult to read it to you if you cannot.
Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so. Read to an adult or the toy class. |
Grammar games on Purple mash.
Spelling shed. Practis u-e, ue and ew.ir, ur and er |
English |
Poetry To begin to write your own poem Go to English on Oak National Academy page for instructions. Try a task in your green book or on paper. Please email your completed information book if you want to. |
Punctuation with Small Town Super heroes on BBC bitesize. |
Maths |
Learn to explore arrays: part two. Go to Maths on Oak National Academy page. Year 1. Please write your answers in the green book or on a piece of paper.
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Choose a game to play from Purple Mash. Challenge someone to a battle on Times Table Rock Stars. |
Topic. Art and design |
Art This week we have been only using a pencil and drawing anything we like to look at. Watch the shadows and take a few minutes to watch the light and ark colours on an object. Then draw what you see. Remember to sit and draw it.
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science week 4
Different ways we have been moving.



30 Minute Movement Challenge
Everyone at Stonehill will be joining in! Each day spend 30 minutes being active. This could be walking, running, dancing, baking, gardening, hula hooping.... anything that gets you active. And we want you to share what you are up to. Email in a photo or video of your activity and we can share them on our class page (with your permission of course!).
Time Capsule booklet
Marvellous Maths Sheet
Maths challenge
Maths challenge
Maths Challenge.
Other useful links
David Walliams Daily story:
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/
Times Tables Rockstars
Spelling Shed
Purple Mash
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stonehill
Literacy Shed
https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
Classroom Secrets.
https://kids.clasroomsecrets.co.uk
Topmarks.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk
Teach your monster to read.
https://teachyourmonstertoread.com
Other useful links include:
https://www.twinkl.co.uk (Use code CVDTWINKLHELPS) for a free month access.
https://numbots.com ( Same log in as Time Tables Rock Stars ).
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk (register as a free parent account to access resources such as phonics and handwriting.
Joe Wicks is still here!
Joe Wicks will be streaming a live 30 minute PE session, suitable for KS1 upwards, every weekday morning at 9am. The first session is on Monday 23rd March. Minimal equipment and space is needed. This is a great way to keep your children active at a time when it may be difficult to do so. It looks like fun too! Here is the link to his Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1#
Premier Sports Stay Active
This link will allow you to sign in to the Premier Sports Stay Active site. This has been set up for parents and has lots of resources that you can use with your children to promote physical activity, health and wellbeing and lifeskills. Well worth a look!