HBIS-Year 1 - hbisyear1

This week the children will be learning more about the animals of the rainforest through the story of The Great Kapok Tree.

In Numeracy children will continue to learn more about the properties of 2d and 3d shapes.

Year 1 had a fantastic trip today to the Tropical Butterfly House. 

Some children have recieved invitiations to the early morning Wide Awake Club this week. If your child has received a letter, could you please return your reply slips asap. The club starts next Tuesday. It will run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until the summer, starting at 8:10am

 

If you would also like your child to have breakfast at school please see the office beforehand.

Year 1 are going on an exciting visit to the Tropical Butterfly House on Thursday.
Please make sure your reply slips are returned asap. All permission slips are needed before we go.

This week we are learning the story of Handa's Surprise.

Welcome back to school year 1! We hope you have had a lovely break.

This week's TALK homework is

We would also like to say goodbye and good luck to Nicola Parker today who begins her maternity leave. Good luck! Don't forget to bring your baby in once he/she is born!

Today we saw goodbye to Andrew. Andrew has been helping out in class 4 this term. We liked to say a big thank you!

Well done to all of the Year 1 classes - great assemblies this week!

Today we had a Sport's Relief competition. We had to kick the ball as fast as we could into the goal. Our fastest speeds were recorded.

This week we will continue to learn a Pie Corbett version of the story "Monkey See Monkey Do" using both words and actions. 

Next Thursday is this year's World Book Day. 

Today all classes have been sharing their story telling skills with the rest of the school. Year 1 children retold the story of Rapunzel, accompanying their words with special story signs.

We hope that you have all enjoyed a fun and relaxing half term break. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school in the morning.

Which animal is your favourite and how would you look after it?

Half term is now upon us. We hope that you all have am enjoyable break and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday 20th February. 

When the weather is very cold and frosty the safety surface in the playground underneath the climbing frame can become very slippy and dangerous for the children to play on.

On Wednesday 8th February year 1 will be holding a medieval banquet as part of this term's castle topic. Children may choose to come to school in appropriate fancy dress/clothes if they wish. 

Our current whole school target is to "follow the assembly rules". This means:

This week we are learning to give a recount, using time connectives such as First, Then, Next, After and Finally. We will be giving a recount of how to make lavender bags.

Time for a very important job this week. The water need to be changed and treated with special chemicals in our new trout tank. The tank remains covered over at the moment but we hope to remove the cover next week. Out of 100 eggs, we have 91 babies in the tank!

As they arrive we will update each class page with photographs from the castle trips. 
Some generic photographs of the castle and banquet room are on the Year Group pages.

Just a quick reminder.

Classes 5 and 6 go to Manor Castle tomorrow, class 4 on Friday.

 

Children will need a packed lunch for their trip, plus suitable clothing for a cold and possibly wet day outside,

Following an assembly yesterday all pupils have brought home a leaflet and sponsorship form for "Buddy's Workout." Pupils will take part in a special workout activity in school. You can help to support the NSPCC charity by sponsoring your child. All sponsorship forms and collect money needs to be return to school by 2nd February.

You may have noticed a new addition to the school main entrance. We now have a new fish tank. Currently it is shrouded in darkness whilst the trout eggs hatch. Lila (class 8) and Mrs Carr had a sneaky peek and have discovered that already some eggs have hatched! Hopefully the dark covering can be removed later next week. Do come and have a look for yourself. 

Each year 1 class will be going to visit Manor Castle during school time next week. Letters have already been sent home with further details. Please can you return the completed reply/permission slips as soon as possible? 
Class 4 - Friday

We would like to wish Miss Kelly goodbye and good luck in her exciting adventure in Australia. Sian has worked as a learning support assistant throughout the school and especially in classes 5 and 6 for a while now. However, she is now leaving for warmer climates as she jets off to Australia for an extended visit, before beginning her teacher training in September.

This week we begin to learn the story of Rapunzel. We will learn to recite the story and learn actions for key words in the story. 

This half term year 1 will be learning about castles. They will be looking at the different parts of a castle, how castles were made, and who lived  in a castle.

Welcome to 2012!

Well, school is now finished for 2011 and the chldren have two weeks to have fun, relax and refresh themselves.

We hope all of you have a fantastic break, and that all of those celebrating Christmas have a wonderful day.

We will see you all back in 2012!

Today we have said goodbye to Mrs Hall, who is the current class 7 teacher. Mrs Hall is leaving school to enjoy some quieter days for a while. Mrs Hall has been at HBIS for 9 years and over the years has worked in every year group, and nearly every classroom!

 

We will miss her, but wish Mrs Hall all the best for the future.

It was such an exciting morning today! Father Christmas came to school!!!

 

He brought us some presents for our classrooms and we sang him some songs from our Nativity play. It was a fantastic surprise!

 

You can see some photographs of his visit on the Year Group page.

Miss Mikells and Miss Evans set off to the airport for their return to America today. We wish them all a safe journey and hope they will keep in contact once they are back home.

Did you take photographs or video during this morning's performance?

Do you have any photos or clips you would like to share with?

If so, could you please let your class teacher have digital copies and we will try and add more to our website.

You can see some photographs on the Year Group page now. Hopefully a video will be posted shortly.

Today was our Chrismas show. The children performed at the Citadel in front of all their grown ups.  Every child in year 1 had a part in this very special version of the Nativity story. And each and every child did fantastically well. We were really pleased and proud of how well they all did!

This week is a busy one as we do our final rehearsals before Thursday's nativity play at the Citadel. We do hope you can all join us at 10 o'clock on Thursday. You are in for a treat - the year 1 children have done so well with learning their lines and practising their songs.

Christmas workshop: Friday 2nd December is our Christmas craft workshop. If any parents can help out in class please sign up this week.

 

Walk to Citadel:

Monday 5th: Can you help walk the children to or from the Citadel on the afternoon of our nativity practise? If so, please sign up in class this week.

Thursday 8th: Can you help walk the children to or from the Citadel on the morning of our nativity show? If so, please sign up in class this week.

 

Christmas party: Each class is having a Christmas party on Thursday 15th December. There is a signing up sheet in each class where you can indiciate what food/drink/other items you could bring.

All Year 1 children have been sent home with a letter this weekend. The letter tells you what part your child has been given in the play and what clothes/costume they will need.

 

We ask for all costumes to be brought into school for Monday 5th December.

Please ensure your costumes are labelled with your child's name.

 

If you are unsure what you will need, or you are having any difficulties finding a suitable outfit,  please see your child's class teacher or teaching assistant as soon as possible.

This week's topic to talk about is:

 

It is Switch Off Fortnight. How can we save energy?

 

Remember: STOP, THINK, TALK, LISTEN, RESPOND

 

We are now starting week two of Switch Off Fortnight. The Eco Team will be looking for people in school who are doing their very best to save energy around school.

As part of Switch Off Fortnight we have two competitions running in school. Please place your entries in the boxes near the main entrance. Don't forget to write you name and class on your entry.

 

1. Eco Pledge - do you have any ideas on how you could save energy? Write your promise or pledge on the lightbulb entry form for your chance to win a special Eco pencil.

 

2. Switch Off badges - can you design a badge or sticker to remind people about Switch Off Fortnight? Draw you ideas on a small piece of paper for your chance to win a special Eco pencil and see your ideas made into real badges and stickers.

Year 1 would like to say a big thank you to Sheila, our school cook. Sheila will be retiring tomorrow after more than 30 years preparing meals for the infant and junior schools.

 

Thank you and have a happy retirement!

This week we will continue to learn more about America from our visiting students. We will learn about July 4th celebrations and about NASA.

We would like to wish out American students a very happy Thanksgiving!

This week we continue to learn about materials and their properties.

Some of the vocabulary used in these lessons are on our Learning pages for you to download.

Well done to the children of class 4. They had their showing assembly this week and everyone really enjoyed their sings and story telling. Fantastic!

Year 1 welcomes two new classroom helpers for the next few weeks. Miss Mikell and Miss Evans are here all the way from Georgia, USA! They are going to take some lessons and tell us all about America, and we might even be able to speak to some of the children they work with in America soon.

Well done to Year 1. You have helped the school raise lots of money for Children in Need. We loved all your costumes!

Both class 5 and class 6 have had their showing assemblies for their parents and grown upsthis week, and they all did fabulous!

 

Class 5 told us all about weather, the water cycles and even gave us this week's weather forecasts! They finished with a great rendition of Fireworks.

 

Class 6 told us all about their dinosaur adventure, how dinosaurs move, and showed us the dinosaur work they had been doing in class. They finished with their version of "We're going on a dino hunt."

 

We are looking forward to class 4's assembly next week.

On Friday children can come to school in Fancy Dress to support Children in Need.

Children are asked to donate £1 for the charity.

A quick reminder that the year 1 classes will hold their class assemblies over the coming days. You are all very welcome to come and watch. The assemblies will take place at 9:15am and will last approximately 15 inutes.

 

Class 5: Wednesday 16th November

Class 6: Thursday 17th November

Class 4: Monday 21st November

This week's topic to talk about is:

 

What is your best ever memory?

 

Remember: STOP, THINK, TALK, LISTEN, RESPOND

This week we shall be learning to write about fireworks. Think about all those great WOW words you can use to describe them.

We would like to wish a Happy Eid to all those who were celebrating this weekend. We hope you had a lovely time.

 

 

We hope you have all had a lovely relaxing half term holiday. It is now time to return to school, refreshed and ready to learn again after our break.

 

This week we are learning about Little Red Riding Hood.

School will now be closed for a week. We return back to school, nicely refreshed, on Monday 31st October.

Keep safe and have lots of fun over the half term holiday!

This morning HBIS held a harvest assembly.

 

We would like to say a big thank you to the Gardening and Nature Club for their wonderful fruit and vegetable display, all grown at HBI school!

 

We would also like to say thank you to all the children who helped to raise almost £500 for LEPRA. This donation will help to cure and save 25 children suffering from leprosy.

 

And well done to Year 1 children who led the singing of our harvest song "Cauliflowers fluffy..."

On Monday evening Mrs Carr and Mrs Murphy were invited to a special reception for the Telegraph Environmental Awards ceremony. The judges were so impressed by HBIS's environmental work in school they awarded us the top prize! We beat all of the other schools in Sheffield.

Well done everybody!

Next week is our first Creative Curriculum week. The children in each class have chosen their favourite topic to learn more about.

 

Class 4 will be learning all about space.

Class 5 will be learning all about the weather.

Class 6 will be learning all about dinosaurs.

This week's topic to talk about is:

 

If you could have any super power, which power would it be?

 

Remember: STOP, THINK, TALK, LISTEN, RESPOND

Today our first talk homework was launched in assembly.

Each week the children will be given a talk homework topic. They will bring it home on a sheet of paper.

Try and find time with your child this coming week to discuss the topic given/

 

Remember:

STOP: find a good, quiet time to talk together without any distractions

THINK: make time to think about your ideas before talking

TALK: look at your partner, tell them what you think

LISTEN: listen to each other, don't interrupt, look at each other

RESPOND: ask questions, say what you think

 

and HAVE FUN!

It is our final week of "Under the Sea" and we will be learning the story of The Rainbow Fish.

We will be reading the story, retelling the story through drama and writing, and enjoying a range of classroom activities based on our theme.

In order to help your child with this week's topic - check out the vocab sheets on our Learning page.

Your children have been sent home with a letter about the final week of term. It is one of our Creative Curriculum weeks where the whole week will be themed around one topic. This time each class will chose their own topic. Children need to write down a suggestion for the theme and bring it back to school. The class teacher will then collate the forms an select the top three ideas. The class will then vote on their favourite topic.

 

Please return your forms asap.

This week we will continue with our Under The Sea topic, and we will be retelling the story "The Fish Who Could Wish" with children thinking up their own wishes. What would your fish wish for?

 

Thank you to all parents who came to our Curriculum Evening last night. We hope the evening was of benefit to you.

 

Should anyone need any further information please see your class teacher or teaching assistants.

This week we are beginning our Creative Curriculum topic "Under The Sea."  Our classrooms now have many Under The Sea activities to engage the children in their topic.

Our first story is The Fish Who Could Wish by John Bush and Korky Paul. The children will read the story, learn Pie Corbett actions when recalling the story and write their own version of the story.

Don't forget to look at our Learning page on this website for topic vocabulary which your children will be learning and using during the next three weeks.

This week year 1 are continuing to learn about their senses.

 

We are using poems, stories and describing words to talk about what we can see, hear, taste, touch and hear.

An author called Caryl Hart came to visit the children on Thursday. She read some of her very funny stories. Find out more about what we liked best on our class pages.

This week year 1 are learning all about their senses: touch, taste, sight, hearing and smell.

Check out our learning pages for a download document containing the key vocabularly for this topic.

During this week all year 1 children will bring home a paper bag. They should put three small things into their bag that tells the other children and teachers all about themselves. They should then bring their bags back to school and hand it in to their class teacer.

It's that time of year again! We hope you have all had a lovely summer break and that you are enjoying your last few days before term starts next week. The staff are all back in school now getting classrooms and resources prepared for the new classes. The year 1 classrooms are all looking very exciting right now! We can't wait to meet you all on Monday.

It's our final week before the summer!

 

We have all worked really hard this year and met all of our class targets. Tomorrow we get a cinema treat day and can chose from three films. We are very excited.