Welcome to the Elm and Olive Year Group Page

July 2021 Bubble Closure Information

Please find activities for your child to enjoy during the bubble closure this week! Keep an eye on this page for videos and live session alerts if you fancy joining in. 

Thursday 22nd July 2021

Live session 10:30am via Google Classroom

The last day is here! We are super excited to see you all at 10:30am on Google Classroom for our live cook-along lesson. Don't forget to bring your banana, melted chocolate and sprinkles! We will also be posting a video on this page with a message from all your Year 1 teachers later today.

Here is a link to the banana ice lollies if you would like to make them at a later date.

www.tamingtwins.com/frozen-bananas-easy-homemade-lollies

Well done Olive and Elm class for a fantastic year in Year One. We will miss you all lots and wish you all a wonderful summer! 

Wednesday 21st July 2021

Good morning Year 1! We have new and exciting activities coming your way today so keep checking this page for updates.

LIVE VIRTUAL YEAR 1 MEET UP 2PM 21.07.21

More details to follow.

Draw a large pair of sunglasses (or use the printable template above) and, inside the lenses, draw some activities that you'd like to do in the summer holidays.

Today, we have a tangram puzzle challenge for you all to try. Each tangram consists of 7 flat pieces. There are 2 large triangles, 2 small triangles and medium triangle, a square and a parallelogram. The goal is to put these 7 pieces together to make a shape. 

The three main rules are: use all 7 pieces, the 7 pieces must not overlap and they must all touch! Good luck with your building; we'd love to see some pictures of your finished shapes. 

Tuesday 20th July 2021

PIRARE TREASURE HUNT- 2PM 20.07.21

Join Mrs Lewis and Mrs Franks at 2pm on Tuesday 20th July for a pirate treasure hunt! We will be streaming live on Google Classrooms. A link and reminder of how to sign in has been sent to your email. If you have any questions, please give us an email!

Captain Lewis Scallywag and Captain Franks Rattlebones

Important Information

• PE is twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The children will need to wear their PE kits for these sessions. Please send your child to school in their PE kit every Tuesday and Thursday.
• Each week we will post the learning for next week on this page. Please check this weekly as it will contain the key learning for Year One and links and ideas to help you support your child at home. 

Virtual Visit!

Olive and Elm classes enjoyed a very special virtual visit to a Garden Centre today! Jack and Sarah from Harlow Garden Centre took us on a tour and showed us the goods-in warehouse and lots of the plant display areas such as the evergreen trees and rose bushes! They also taught us words such as 'chlorophyll' (affects the colour of the plant) and 'variegated' (leaf with more than one colour). We loved hearing all about what Jack and Sarah do each day at the garden centre and how they take care of all the plants. Thank you!

A letter to Year One from Mrs Kennedy- Weeks!

Dear Year 1 children and teachers,

I arrived at school this morning feeling excited about the day ahead. 

As I opened my office door, I saw that something had been left on my desk. I was curious to find out what it was! As I got closer, I could see a note on the front explaining that Year 1 children (within the Year 1 bubble) had created a non-fiction book all about penguins and I was lucky enough to be able to read it!

I then heard a ping and looked at my emails to see that I had received an email from Mrs Franks sharing a non-fiction e-book that had been created by using the penguin reports that children had completed at home!  

Thank you so very much - what a treat for me! 

I am so impressed with all your hard work to create such amazing non-fiction reports all about penguins - one of my favourite animals! The information that you have carefully written, as well as the labelled images have helped me to understand more about penguins. The book is full of fantastic topical terminology that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading. I particularly like the 'Did you know...?' questions which was a very clever way of sharing information.

Did you know that the Emperor Penguin is the tallest of all penguin species, reaching as tall as 120cm in height? How tall are you? Are you shorter or taller than an Emperor Penguin? 

Thank you again for sharing your very impressive learning. 

Keep smiling! 

From

Poem Writing in Year One

Well done to Hayden in Elm class who used rhyming words to write a great poem this week. 

We were inspired by the poem 'The Treasures' by Clare Bevan.

Year One Classroom Layout

In Year One, we have been working on making some reasonable adjustments to our classrooms to help us to support children in their learning.

We have created a carpet area in both classrooms, which will allow for more engaged and age appropriate teacher input. Children will be sat in lines facing forward on the carpet and will remain with their line as they transition to the tables.

The tables have been laid out in a way that ensures that no child is face to face with another child. Please see below for a few photos that show the changes we have made in Elm and Olive classrooms.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding. 

Best wishes from the Year One Team