Lilies Class 2023-2024

Hello and welcome to our class page! Our Class Teacher is Mrs Fazey and our LSP is Mrs Rehman. In our class we have lots of fun and love learning new things!   

On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we have been getting up to. We look forward to an exciting academic year. 

For additional information on what happens in Year 1, please see the attached information which was shared during our Meet the Teacher meetings. If there are any additional questions, feel free to come and speak to either Mrs Fazey or Mr Wilkes on the playground. 

Important Information:

If there are any queries, please email Mrs Fazey on the class email which is: lilies@reddalhill.sandwell.sch.uk Thank you for your continued support. 

Diary Dates:

* WB 20th May- Inspire Creative Workshops

*Monday 27th May- Friday 31st May- Half Term

*Monday 10th June- Phonics Screening

*Thursday 13th June- Dudley Zoo Trip

*Monday 8th July- KS1 Sports Day

*Wednesday 17th July- Parents' Evening

School Uniform:

Please make sure that your child’s name is written inside all school clothes (cardigans, jumpers, trousers, t shirts and coats). This makes it easier to give out misplaced clothes back to their rightful owners. Remember if you take your jumper off in class, place it in the take home box to keep it safe! 

P.E Day:

The class PE day's are on a Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure that appropriate footwear is worn and PE clothing is appropriate for the weather as our lessons will be indoors and outdoors on the playground.

Homework:

Children will be given 2 pieces of homework every week, along with spellings to learn. Homework will be given out on a Friday and must be returned the following Wednesday, so we can monitor your child's learning. If you need any help completing your child's homework then there is a homework club you can attend on a Monday after school with Mrs Whitehurst. 

Changing Books:

Reading books are changed weekly, but this is not on a set day so it is very important that your child brings their book bag to school every day. Please write a comment in your child’s reading diary when you hear them read.

Reading at home is extremely beneficial for your child. We are holding a reading challenge this year! Every time you read, write it in your reading record. For every comment, you will earn a point. When you reach 45points, you will be awarded the Bronze Level; when you reach 90points, you will be awarded Silver Level and for 135 for you be awarded Gold Level! 

Handwriting:

Reddal Hill follow 'Kinetic Letters' handwriting scheme. Your child will have daily handwriting lessons. If you need any support with this, please speak to Mrs Fazey. 

Additional Information:

All children in Year 1 have usernames and passwords for Mathletics, TimesTable Rockstars,  Purple Mash, Bug Club and TootToot. These can be found in their reading records.

Please encourage your child to use Mathletics in order to enhance their Mathematical progress. Purple Mash is a fantastic resource as it covers all areas taught across the curriculum and helps children consolidate their learning. By the end of Year 1 children should be confident at reciting their number bonds to 20 and their 2, 5 and 10 times tables, hit the button is a fantastic resource that allows children to consolidate their times tables knowledge in a fun way! 

 Earth Day

On Monday 22nd April, we celebrated Earth Day. This is an annual event which aims to raise awareness of how we can help to protect our planet; the theme for this year is "Planet vs. Plastics". To celebrate this, we took part in a poster competition across the school. Our posters were designed with the key message to stop people littering on our playground. The winning posters are going to be decided by our eco-councillors and they will be displayed around the playground. Well done, Lilies. 

Eid Al Fitr

On Wednesday 17th April, we celebrated Eid Al Fitr. Eid Al Fitr is a celebration that happens when Ramadan ends.  We learnt that Eid Al-Fitr means 'the feast of breaking the fast.' The children discussed how the celebration is an important time in the Islamic faith and shared their own experiences. Then the children created cards to celebrate and decorated some pictures to celebrate the event.   On Friday 19th of April the children came to school in celebration clothes or party clothes, we completed Eid activities in class and some of us purchased sweet cones and samosas from the PTA after school!

A wonderful way to celebrate Eid everyone! Well done Lilies! 

PE

During our PE lessons this half term we are learning all about racket sports. Take a look at some of the skills we have learnt so far!

Easter Egg Hunt

On Friday 22nd March we began our Easter celebrations. We had to go onto the playground and find all of the eggs that had been hidden! We worked as a team and found all the eggs in under 1 minute!  We were then rewarded with a chocolate bunny! We hope everyone has a lovely Easter!  

Behaviour Champions

On Thursday 21st March the children went on Silver Behaviour Champions trip to Haden Hill Park. The children had a great time celebrating time together as a reward for their super behaviour during the first two terms. 

Red Nose Day

On Friday 15th March, we all wore red to celebrate Red Nose Day. 

World Book Day

On Friday 8th March, we celebrated World Book Day. We celebrated this day by dressing up as our favourite book characters or dressing down in our comfy clothes. During different times of the day we would stop what we were doing and listen to a story. Mrs Fazey read Monkey Puzzle and we LOVED it! We ended the day by creating our own bookmarks and designing book front covers. What a wonderful day! 

British Science Week

During British Science Week, we focused on the key question: Does the size of a seed affect the length of time a plant takes to grow?

To answer this question, we looked at a variety of different seeds and ordered them by their sizes, we discussed the life cycle of plants along with what plants need to survive.

To finish off the week, we used our use the iPads to research facts about the length of time plant seeds take to grow. We were even lucky enough to have a visitor come in and talk to us about plants! To link in with Science Week, we participated in a fantastic Science Show where we watched Biology, Physics and Chemistry in action!

A brilliant week Year 1; well done! 

Mad Hair Day

Today, the children took part in Mad Hair Day. This idea was thought of by the School Council, to raise funds to buy playground equipment for use at play time and dinner time. We had some fabulous hairstyles! Well done to Adam, who won the maddest hair competition in Lilies.

Children's Mental Health Week

From Monday 5th February- Friday 11th February we celebrated Children's Mental Health Week. We spent a lot of time talking about our mental health. We learnt that this is just as important as our health and keeping our bodies healthy. We completed an activity in class everyday, focusing on ourselves and our feelings. We have discussed ways in which we can keep our minds happy and healthy and have made a list of these. We are going to try our best to complete some of these! 

Safer Internet Day

Lilies class celebrated Safer Internet Day on 9th February during our weekly computing session. For this, we looked at staying safe online, especially when playing games. We looked at situations that were safe and some that we thought may not be and what we would do if we were in this situation. This led us to talking about our trusted adults. We also learnt that there are scams online however, we also learnt how we could report or block these. 

Chinese New Year

During our RE session this week, we have been learning all about Chinese New Year which was on the 10th February . This year is the year of the dragon. We looked at some traditions that are celebrated on Chinese New Year and also looked at the story of how the animals were chosen for each year. We enjoyed making some Chinese dragons and lanterns to celebrate!

 Inspire and National Storytelling Week

On Thursday 1st February, some of our parents came into school for our Maths Inspire and for National Storytelling Week. Our inspire session consisted of the children completing various number bond challenges.  We finished the workshop with a reading activity. Thank you to all the parents that were able to join us; what a fantastic way to celebrate National Storytelling Week! 

Christmas 2023

We had a fantastic Christmas week in Year 1! We took part in a range of Christmas activities to celebrate the wonderful occasion and to also celebrate the last week of school in 2023! We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas at school! We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Road Safety Week

During the week Monday 20th to Friday 24th November, we discussed Road Safety Week.

The theme for the week was 'Let's Talk About Speed'. We discussed when speeding is acceptable and the consequences when people do speed. We had lots of discussions about being safe on the road and how to avoid danger. We then completed a safe and unsafe matching activity and ordered the green cross code. Well done Lilies; you're all road safety heroes! 

Children in Need

On Friday 17th November 2023 we celebrated Children in Need. The children came to School wearing their pyjamas and they looked fantastic!  During the afternoon, the children learnt more about the Children in Need charity and then completed a range of Pudsey related activities. Well done, Lilies! 

Library Visit

_{On Tuesday 14th November we were lucky enough to visit Cradley Heath Library. During our visit, we completed a quiz about Guy Fawkes and listened to the story 'There's a Snake n My School' by David Walliams. Afterwards, we were able to explore the library and check a book out to keep in our classroom. Well done Lilies!} 

Anti-Bullying Week

On Monday 13th November and Thursday 16th November, we participated in Anti-Bullying Week. 

We started the week by taking part in Odd Sock Day! Lots of us came to school in odd socks to celebrate diversity at our school and to promote inclusion. We then all created our own odd sock to remind us that being different is something to be proud of!

On Thursday 16th November, we looked in more detail about Anti-Bullying week and discussed  Bullying. We then created our own Kindness Flowers to remind us why it is important to be kind and how we can show kindness each day. 

A fantastic way to celebrate Anti-Bullying week Lilies! 

Remembrance Day

To help us to remember the war veterans from World War I, we took part in a Remembrance Day lesson. We discussed the work that The British Legion do, what happens on Remembrance Sunday and what people do around the country to remember the people who sadly lost their lives in the war. We then created our own poppy wreath. Well done, Lilies!

Parliament Week 

During our PSHE lesson on Friday 10th November, we celebrated Parliament Week!
We started off by watching a video about what parliament is, we reminded ourselves of the British Values before discussing about our local MP, James Morris. As our activity, we created out own tile designs to replicate those planned by A.W.N. Pugin. Well done, Lilies! 

Year 1 Inspire Workshop

A big THANK YOU, to all the people who turned up to support the children in the inspire workshop. The children really enjoyed showing you all the skills they have been working on. It was great opportunity to show you all the different things we do to support the children improve writing and reading in school. Thank you for the lovely feedback as well.

Call to Earth Day

On Wednesday 8th November, we celebrated Call to Earth Day. The theme for this event this year is linking cities with wilderness. We focused on comparing our local area with an area of wilderness (Amazon Rainforest) and looked at the impact that deforestation is having on our planet. We then made our own Earth Day pledge explaining what we are going to do to protect our planet and we coloured in our own bookmarks and posters.  Well done Lilies class! 

Diwali

On Tuesday 7th November, we learnt all about Diwali.. We  coloured in pictures of different Rangoli patterns using lots of bright colours and made our own diva lamps. Your work was amazing Lilies; well done! 

World Mental Health Day

To celebrate World Mental Health Day, we created posters to remind us about what we could do when we need to talk to someone about our mental well-being. We listened to an introduction from Ant and Dec who reminded us all that we need to 'Get Britain Talking' before creating amazing posters that have been displayed in our classroom!

Well done Lilies Class!  

Black History Month 2023

To celebrate Black History Month, we focused on the topic 'Celebrating our Sisters'. We focused on the achievements and influence of black or mixed heritage women by discussing information about a range of influential women from over time. We spent the afternoon learning all about Claudia Jones who was the original founder of the Notting Hill Carnival. We had lots of fun making carnival masks and Caribbean flags. A wonderful way to learn about and celebrate Black History month; well done Lilies! 

National Libraries Week and National Poetry Day

To celebrate National Libraries Week and National Poetry Day, we visited the school library and read a range of poems. We really enjoyed visiting the library and we cannot wait to go on a regular basis to take out a range of different books! 

Languages Day

On Tuesday the 26th September we celebrated Languages Day. We celebrated this day by learning lots of different saying in French. We then learnt some French colours and completed some activities based these.  We had so much fun! Tres Bien Lillies! 

Roald Dahl Day 2023

On Wednesday 13th September we celebrated Roald Dahl Day. We celebrated this day by discussing the life of Roald Dahl. The children then identified some famous Roald Dahl books, before designing their own bookmark and chocolate bar. We then finished the day off by reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 

                                                          National Coding Week

On Monday 18th September. we celebrated National Coding week. The children celebrated this event by learning about coding through designing algorithms for the Bee Bots to move. The children also designed maps and made codes for each Bee bot to move around in different directions. We all had lots of fun learning about coding. 

School and Eco Councillors 

A huge congratulations to  N'Jaee and Ibrahim who are our School Councillors. 

A huge congratulations  to Adam who is our Eco Councillor.