Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School
Autumn 1
AMAZING ME! Autumn 1 Knowledge Organiser
PHONICS OVERVIEW for Autumn 1
Week beg 10th October 2022 - This week we will have PE on Monday and Wednesday. Our focus this week is Selston in the past which brings this unit of work to an end. If any family have anything to share such as memories or photos of Selston in the past we would love to hear from them.
A MASSIVE Well done to this weeks Heroes!
WOW what a super busy week we have had! Our reading groups are now established and happen three times a week.
In Maths this week the children have been using the greater than and less than symbols to compare numbers.
The children have been finding out about what school was like in the past.
Map Work - Following on from our walk round Selston the children drew maps of our village.
Friday 7th October 2022 - Looking great on Non Uniform raising money for our amazing Friends of Holly Hill.
This term in Geography the children have been learning about where they live. Today the children identified Selston on a map of the United Kingdom. We also have a Puffin who has parents from Poland so we found that on the world map too.
And a MASSIVE Well done to this week's Puffin Class Heroes.
Wednesday 5th October 2022 - Today in PE the children took part in team games. This was doughnut tag.
Hot dog tag was great fun.
In handwriting we were practising writing long ladder letters.
Tuesday 4th October 2022 - Well done to our first Five Times a Week Reader who had a "dip in the bag"
This afternoon all of Key Stage 1 went on a locality walk to learn about the history of Selston. A big thank you to Mrs Warsop who planned and lead the walk and telling us so much information about Selston in the past.
Monday 3rd October 2022 - Today the children wrote a description of the monster from our core book Not Now Bernard.
Wk beg 26th September 2022 - This week Puffin Class will have PE on Monday and Wednesday.
Our Core Book for the next two weeks is Not Now Bernard
Thursday 29th September - today the children wrote speech bubbles for the characters in Not Now Bernard.
Wednesday 28th September - In PE Miss Bateman showed the children how to move like different animals to strengthen their tummy muscles.
Tuesday 27th September 2022 - In Maths the children have been working on finding one more and one less with numbers to 10.
And we finished with a game of Wacky Races
Today in History we looked at some old photos of Selston. The children were encouraged to ask and answer questions about what they could see.
Handwriting practice - practising curly caterpillar letters
Monday 26th September - Today the children learned the alternative spelling "ay" for "ai" in phonics and practiced counting to 100 with Jack Hartman.
Week beginning 19th September 2022 - This week Puffin Class will have PE on Wednesday
Spellings - all the year one children will bring home spellings each week, these are linked to the phonics the children are revisiting and learning. These will not be tested in isolation but will be practiced in the context of writing sentences in our phonics writing sessions.
Well Done to this week's Heroes
Wednesday 21st September - We played a game called Fire And Ice in PE.
And practised throwing and catching.
Tuesday 20th September - Today in maths the children were counting backwards from 10 and practising writing numbers.
Our text for wks beg 5th and 12th Sept is The Colour Monster
Friday 16th September 2022 - A MASSIVE WELL DONE to our Puffin Class heroes this week.
In English the children sequenced a sentence from The Colour Monster story. They then attempted to write the sentence on a whiteboard.
Our JIGSAW sessions support the children's personal, social and emotional development. This half term our whole school focus is BEING ME IN MY WORLD. Jigsaw Jack is the Year 1 jigsaw piece and we also have Paws the cat.
Thursday 15th September 2022 - Another busy day in Puffin Class. Every day the children do Crocodile Snap to show them how to hold a pencil correctly and strengthen their fingers.
Handwriting practice
Wednesday 14th September 2022 - This half term we re lucky to have Ms Bateman from Next Level Sport delivering our PE. The children are working on ABC - Agility, Balance and Co-ordination.
Monday 12th September - Learning about number using Numicon
Wk beg 12th September
On Monday and Tuesday this week I will be on a residential with a group of Year 3 children which had to be postponed from July due to the heatwave. Miss Webb (formerly Mrs Doxey) will be teaching the class on these days.
PE day will be Wednesday for this half term.
Mrs Cottee
Friday 9th September 2022 - Today we started our reading groups. Your child should now have brought home a reading book please can they be returned daily as we read as a group three times a week.
Wednesday 8th September 2022 - This afternoon the children found out about puffins and took part in some puffin craft activities.
Monday 5th September - We have been drawing our families, writing our names and most importantly catching up with our friends again.
Our new Puffin children have had a super first day.
First Week Back
Our first week back will be all about settling in and getting to know our new class. There will be lots of time for talking, listening to stories and playing with a bit of reading, writing and maths too. The most important thing to me as a teacher is that your child is happy in my class and I value the relationship with you as parents and carers too. Please do come and say hello, it will take me a while to match up children to parents at the end of the day so please feel free to come and make yourself known.
I am looking forward to another exciting year in Puffin Class.
Mrs Cottee
Welcome to our new school year
I am really looking forward to welcoming my new Puffin Class on Monday 5th September 2022. I enjoyed meeting the children in July as part of our transition mornings and I know we are going to have a great year together.