Welcome back to Class 1! I hope you have all had a restful Christmas break. This term as part of our topic we will be exploring ‘celebrating light’. This week the children have begun to find out information about China, our contrasting locality for Geography. The children have also enjoyed…
I wanted to congratulate all of the children on their amazing performances this week; their hard work has really been noticeable. The children had a brilliant time watching Peter Pan and have all demonstrated how well they listen and follow instructions during the trip so a big well done to…
This week the children have all worked really hard to practice their performances for the Christmas play. We have all enjoyed watching them perform so well in school this week. In Maths this week we have been working with missing numbers and addition problems. The children have been using tens…
In English this week the children have been practicing their story telling skills using the story of Rainbow Fish. We have been trying to use words and actions to tell the story as a whole class. The children have also been performing the story in small groups to the class.…
This week we have begun to plan and drew diagrams to make our shelters as part of Science. The children have explored which materials will work best for keeping themselves warm and dry in winter. In writing we have been focusing on simple sentences and trying to use feedback from…
The children have really enjoyed learning about all the different aspects associated with Remembrance Day this week. In Art we designed our own Poppies using pencils and colouring pencils with a focus on using pressure to create effect when drawing. In this week’s Maths lessons we have been focusing on…
We have had a brilliant start to the term in Class One. In writing this week we have begun to use description to make our sentences more interesting. We will be continuing to work on this for the next few weeks. The children have really enjoyed ordering numbers on a…
In phonics this week we have received a letter from the Phonics Monster for the brilliant use of segmenting and blending when reading. The children have really enjoyed practicing all the different sounds and tricky words. Following on from the conversations I had at parents evening meetings I have sent…
This week the children have all worked really hard to be purple learners in all aspects of learning. We have been very proud of how they are all trying to use their manners around the school and modelling the correct learning behaviours. In Maths we have used the greater than,…
This week the children have been learning about Harvest and we have really enjoyed singing our Harvest song in collective worship. Thank you to all the children that have brought in a book to share with the class. We have all really liked reading all the non-fiction books. In Maths…
