Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School
Year 1 2024-25
Welcome to our Headline of the week. This will give you a small taster of some of the learning taking place in your child’s class.
We hope you enjoy reading our Headlines each week.
20/06/25
In Maths this week we used base ten to partition 2 digit numbers to 100. We used the part whole model to represent how many tens and ones were in the numbers and recorded number sentences in our books.
13/06/25
In Computing this week the children were using painting software to create a picture, using a variety of brushes.
06/06/25
In Jewish Studies this week the children learnt about how everyone had a special job in the Mishkan. They thought about their own special talents and that of their friends and how they could work together to create their own special team of talents.
23/05/25. In Geography this week the children learned about key features of the countries in the UK. They worked together to find information about the different countries and shared it with the class.
16/05/25
In Ivrit this week the children loved drawing pictures of their families and then wrote their families names in Ivrit.
09/05/25
In Geography this week the children played a game where they matched the symbols, flags and capitals of the countries in the UK.
02/05/25
In Computing this week the children used Scratch Junior to describe and use instructions to program a character.
25/04/25
In Art this week the children have been learning about Monet. They mixed their own shades of green and used their fingers to paint their landscapes in Monet’s style.
04/04/25
In Maths this week we were busy looking at different coins. We found different ways of sorting the coins before ordering them according to their value.
28/03/25
In Science this week we went on a walk around the school to look for signs of Spring. We took a check list with us and were able to find everything on the list! It was a beautiful Spring day!
21/03/25
In Maths this week we were learning about capacity and volume. The children used mathematical vocabulary when filling cups with water to full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty and empty.
14/03/25
In DT this week, the children have started to sew their hand puppets using a running stitch. They had lots of fun designing a Purim puppet and have explored different joining techniques.
07/03/25
In English this week the children role played a scene from The Three Little Pigs. They considered what the characters might be saying in the scene and added their own speech.
28/02/25
In Maths this week the children learned place value with numbers up to 50. They enjoyed playing a game where they could score 10 or 1 depending on where they threw the beanbags. They played this game to make different 2-digit numbers.
14/02/25
In Maths this week the children have been measuring length. We linked our learning to Tu Bishvat and measured fruit. We started using non-standard units before moving onto centimetres.
07/02/25
In Science this week Year 1 have been learning about their 5 senses. After exploring all our senses, we investigated our hearing by sorting musical instruments from loudest to quietest.
31/01/25
In Geography this week, we practised finding different places on a map. We went around the park, identifying locations on a map of the park and completed a key.
24/01/25
In Maths this week we have found different ways to make numbers to 20 using tens frames, part-whole models and tens and ones.
17/01/25
In English this week we have continued to work on our book Handa’s Surprise. We compared Mill Hill to the village that Handa lives in and wrote our ideas down together.
10/01/25
In Maths this week the children have been practising making numbers 10-20 in different ways and recognising that these numbers are made of tens and ones.
20/12/24
In English this week the children have been reading poems by Shirley Hughes about sand, water and mud. They explored all of these and generated lots of adjectives to help write their own poems.
13/12/24
In Maths this week the children have been exploring 3D and 2D shapes. They have learnt to name them and use mathematical language to describe their properties. We also found different ways to sort the shapes.
06/12/24
In Jewish Studies this week the children have been practising reading Hebrew letters and the sounds in the word Havdalah.
29/11/24
The children sampled different salads in DT and really enjoyed describing the taste. They voted on their favourite salad in preparation for making their own.
22/11/24
The children felt the ice as an introduction to their science topic seasonal changes and their new book Winter Sleep.
11/10/24
The children wrote their own sentences to explain what was happening in The Little Red Hen.
27/09/24
The children have learnt to write number sentences to write out one less than any number.
20/09/24
In English the children followed instructions to make Gingerbread and will go on to write instructions.
13/09/24
The children enjoyed their messy phonic revision task in class! They had to find the sounds dunked into slime to read aloud to revisit the sounds they learnt last year.
20/06/25
In JS this week we made bookmarks for our siddurim. We put the page numbers for all the different teffilot we say each day.
13/06/25
In Science the children learnt about the person who invented lego and considered why the properties of plastic make it a suitable material for lego.
06/06/25
In Maths the children were learning about positional language. They played a game with counters following their partner’s instructions to move them left or right into different hoops.
23/05/25. In JS this week the children enjoyed using their siddurim for the first time. They learnt to use them to follow Teffilah and were so proud!
16/05/25
In English this week the children have been busy designing and making their own leaflets to encourage people not to litter!
09/05/25
In Art the children made a Monet inspired landscape. They added to the background they had previously painted by adding flowers and details with cotton buds.
02/05/25
In Science this week the children did an observational drawing of a plant and labelled the different parts. They spoke about the jobs of the different parts of plants.
25/04/25
In Science the children started their new topic on Plants. They planted their own cress seeds and started a diary to monitor their observations on how the plant changes throughout the half-term.
04/04/25
In Ivrit this week the children have been introducing themselves in Ivrit. They have practised writing it as well as saying it to their friends!
28/03/25
In Maths we completed our learning on capacity and volume. We measured how many cups of water or sand it took to fill different sized containers. Then ordered them according to their capacity.
21/03/25
In DT this week we completed our hands Puppets and started to evaluate them. We considered what we liked about them, what we did well and what we could do better. We were so proud of our finished work!
14/03/25
In Maths this week the children have been introduced to their new topic ‘volume and mass’. They have used the balancing scales to investigate heavier and lighter in the classroom.
07/03/25
In DT this week the children explored ways of joining materials. We linked it to Purim and created hamantaschen by gluing, taping and stapling!
28/02/25
In English this week we linked our learning to our science week investigation. Children learned the story of Hansel and Gretel, did a story map and retold part of the story.
14/02/25
07/02/25
In Art this week we have continued learning about mixing colours. We used all the skills we have learnt so far of creating secondary colours, tints and shades to create Kandinsky inspired art.
31/01/25
In Maths this week, we have been exploring number bonds to 20. We used a part-whole model to partition 20 in different ways.
24/01/25
In Art this week we have learned how to shade by adding black to a colour. We had fun creating our own art work by gradually making shades darker.
17/01/25
In Ivrit this week we have learned some Hebrew letters. We played a game with lolly-pop sticks where we had to work together to build different Hebrew letters.
10/01/25
In Science this week the children have started their new topic of Animals including Humans. We learnt about different groups of animals and looked for animals around our school to observe.
20/12/24
In JS this week the children have been learning all about the festival of Chanukah. They have done lots of Chanukah art including making their own dreidels.
13/12/24
In English we have started to explore some poetry by Shirley Hughes. We listened carefully to a poem and visualised what the poet wanted to portray. We drew what we imagined and underlined the words that helped us.
06/12/24
In DT this week the children made a green salad. They chose which green vegetables they wanted to include and chopped them up safely. Then they tasted their salads and will evaluate them next week!
29/11/24
In English the children planned their own poem based on a poem they read on Winter. They looked at a Winter scene and described it.
22/11/24
In maths the children were introduced to subtraction. They did lots of practical work with the part whole model
11/10/24
The children have built sculptures in the style of Jill Townsley.
27/09/24
The children explored rhyming words in English.
20/09/24
In maths the children played matching pairs to help recognise numbers as words.
13/09/24
In Maths the children collected natural materials. They sorted them into groups and counted them.
