For world book day this year we took inspiration from the incredible author Julia Donaldson. Each class chose a different book of hers to focus on, in year 1 we looked at The Gruffalo. We started our day by reading the story, something which we all loved. We learnt a little about Julia Donaldson and the Illustrator of her books Axel Scheffler and had a look at some of the other books they have worked together on, we were surprise to see how many we recognised! 
We then got to work, today we were authors and illustrators. We started by collecting some vocabulary that we wanted to use before sitting down to write our own description of the Gruffalo. We then very carefully illustrated our writing. Everyone worked incredibly hard and carefully created their piece. 

In the afternoon we finished off our books by designing our own front covers, we learnt that front covers need to include the book title and the names of who had made the book. 
After this we all got a bit creative and made a collage of the Gruffalo on  a paper plate. 
We then finished off our day with a visit from year 5 who were kind enough to come and read everyone a book of their choice! 

Today we took part in World Book day and everyone came in either a costume or some comfy clothes to celebrate. Look how amazing we all looked! 

Writing: 
​This week we have been writing about the story Cookies Week which is all about a cheeky cat that gets himself in lots of trouble throughout the week. We've been re-writing different days in the story and even coming up with what Cookie might do on another day. We've been using this to practice spelling the days of the week correctly. 

Math's: 
We have begun learning about addition using a part whole model and other visual structures so that we can clearly understand the relationship between two parts and the whole. We've all found this a little bit tricky and something new to learn but have all worked very hard! 

Velentines day: 
We had a fun afternoon for our last day before half term. We talked about Valentines day and the people we wanted to show we loved them. We all made a valentines day and chose someone to give it too. We then spent the rest of the afternoon doing lots of fun valentines activities like coloring, acrostic poems, bracelet making and creating a heart owl. 

Today we celebrated NSPCC number day! We began our day by learning about NSPCC number day and why we were celebrating it, we all felt very proud to have given money to help out other children. 
We then spent our morning learning more about money, we learnt where money comes from and how it takes hard work to earn. We all chose a job that we would like to do and learnt how much money we would earn in our pretend job! 
After this we learnt about choosing what to spend our money on between things we needed and things we wanted. We first spent money on the things we needed then saw how much we had left for a treat! 

We spent the afternoon taking part in lots of fun activities, we could choose: 
- Number collage 
- number fan design
-Number blocks games
-Number blocks colouring 
- Addition and subtraction hide and seek 
We had a fabulous afternoon which everyone thoroughly enjoyed! 

Writing: 
This week we have be reading the story Little Red Riding Hood and using in to inspire our writing. We have been trying to re-write parts of the story in our own words. We have been including words with the prefix un- in our sentences, its been tricky to learn this new spelling rule but we're going to practice it a lot! 

Math's: 
We have been learning different ways to represent numbers to 10 using visual representations and numerals. We've also been practicing making connections between different representation but still understanding that they show the same amount. 

Visitor:
Today we had a special visitor to teach us all about being safe when crossing or near the road. He showed us Mr Potato head and how all of his body parts help to keep him safe near the road and when crossing. We all got to colour a Mr Potato head in after too!

Writing 
This week we have be reading the story How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We loved the story and enjoyed spotting parts that were different to the movie. In our writing this week we are all pretending to be Cindy and are building up to writing a letter to the Grinch to tell him how we feel about what he's done. 
Maths 
This week we have been learning about shape. We have used pattern blocks to make different pictures. We also used blocks to make a radiating pattern, they turned out beautiful and were worth all the hard work. 
Wider curriculum 
Our clay Christmas decorations are finally set and now its time to paint them...and add a bit of glitter of course, look how amazing they turned out! 

This morning we were all very surprised and excited to find that an Elf had visited our classroom! His name is Pip and he's here to watch that we're all on our best behavior at school from now until Christmas....I hope he doesn't make a mess in our classroom! 

Writing 
This week we all got very special new books, they have proper handwriting lines to help us get out writing looking just perfect. We have continued using the story Dinosaurs in the Supermarket to inspire us. 
Maths 
This week we have re-caped some previous learning. We have practiced counting objects and using ordinal numbers to describe somethings position. 
Wider curriculum 
Its show time! We have been practicing our Christmas performance songs in class but now the stage is up and its time to rehearse. Here is a little look at our set up. We're all really excited!  

Writing
This week we have been learning to spell using the suffix -ing. We have been reading the story Dinosaurs in the Supermarket to inspire our sentences. We have learnt that when you add -ing to a word it changes the words meaning to describe what someone or something is doing.
Maths 
We have been learning about how to break up a whole in to different parts and are beginning to learn how to represent this on a part whole model. 
Wider curriculum 
We have started a new history topic about toys. We have begun this by sharing what toys we have now and  why we enjoy them. 

We have also begun making our calendars to take home at Christmas, here is a sneak peak at what we're making!