This week we have introduced the children to God through the Bible. We started by talking about how special this book is and why it is different to other books we may read. We then practiced saying the word ‘Bible’. I asked the children to try and spot Father Frank’s ‘special book’ when we visited church on Tuesday morning. Not only were the children wonderfully behaved during Mass, but they could tell us that they had spotted the book and that it was red!
We will spend some time this coming week on reading some sections of the Bible and starting to talk about creation. We were so proud of the children during our visit to church - it is not easy to sit so quietly when you are little! All of the children said they were looking forward to going back to church for another Mass.
We have now established many routines in our classroom which we practice every day. The children are also becoming very good at tidying up and looking after our toys and equipment. This means that we are nearly ready to start our lessons such as Phonics and Maths. This is very exciting and we can’t wait to see the children grow and learn.
On Monday the 25th September we have two events happening in school. The first is our school photographs. As per my email, please send your child to school in full school uniform even though it is a PE day. As this is the children’s first year at school, we will be having a class photo as well as the children having an individual photograph.
The second event happening is a Phonics workshop in the school hall between 2 and 3pm. This will be led by myself and Mrs Hollinghurst (our Year 1 teacher). We will be talking you through our Phonics scheme and giving you some tips as to how you can help your child with their reading at home. I did send an email to you all last week about this and some other important dates coming up, please let me know if you are not receiving my emails.
We hope you had a lovely weekend,
Miss Heim-Sarac and Mrs Debowska
