We have had a wonderful week in Year 1 - the children have all been working hard and thinking abut the way the treat each other. Out theme for this week has been that we are all children of God - each of us is precious to God and we are all made in His image - and that we must treat each other as we would like to be treated. Year 1 have shown me that are capable of taking on board these messages and acting in a way that shows that they truly are Children of God. Well done Year 1, we are very proud of you.
This week we have been learning…..
English - we have continued working in our RWI groups on our Set 1, 2 and 3 sounds. We have also continued our work in phonics, handwriting, spelling and punctuation in our own sentence construction. The the moment we are working on the elements we need in a sentence, how to sort out mixed up sentences and how to write our own. We are focusing hard our pre-cursive handwriting and starting each letter on the line, along with our reading work. We are now up to the letter ‘y’
Maths - this week we have been continuing to learn about the part, part whole model. This helps us to see a number as the whole and think about the two parts that make up that number and how that can be different. for example if 7 is our whole then our parts could be 3 and 4 or 4 and 4 or 5 and 2 or 2 and 5 and so on. This week we have focused on how to write four calculations from the same three numbers, write two calculations with the part first. If our numbers were 5,3,8 then we can write 5+3=8 and 8=5+3. The children have made really good progress with this and understand that = means equals and balance.
RE - this week we have continued to learn about Mary and how special she is, particularly to us as the Patron Saint of our school. This we have written about what the Angel Gabriel and Mary might have said to one another and tried writing this in our own sentences.
Science - this week we focused on naming the parts of the animals and observing them carefully to identify which group they belong to.
Topic - this week we continued our Under the Sea theme by looking at the North Sea and discovering what lives there - a surprising amount!!
Art - this week two more groups started sewing their Sea Creatures with Mrs Veasey and Mrs Hodgkiss, whilst the rest of the class made sea turtles - great fun was had by all!
This week’s certificate winners are….
Golden Award - Amara for super reading work in RWI this week - great expression!
Writing Award - Jacob for working really hard on his pre-cursive letter formation - it’s looking lovely!
Maths Award - Artie for great work on using the part part whole model to help write calculations.
Unfortunately, Covid 19 is still very much with this and the spread without our society shows no sign of going away. Please help us to do all we can to keep each other safe by keeping your child at home if they are unwell or showing ANY of the symptoms of Covid 19. If anyone in your household tests positive for Covid 19 you must all go for a PCR test. If a child from a household where there is Covid 19 tests NEGATIVE then they can come into school, but we would ask that that child tests daily using lateral flow tests to ensure they remain negative and do not pass the virus onto others. Thank-you for your help with this matter - we must all remain vigilant to keep each other safe.
If your child is isolating from school due to Covid 19 and they are well enough to work, you can find their work on the HOME LEARNING page of the Year 1 section of the website. I have using Oak Academy units as they all contain a little video and a task for the children to complete that does not require you to print anything - your child just needs a piece of paper and a pencil!! And maybe some colours for the art activities! https://www.ourladyassumption-sch.co.uk/yr1-home-learning
Please DO NOT send the work into school with your child on their return, but send photos of it through Class Dojo and add work to your child’s profile. You will each get an invite to this through the email you gave to school when your child was in Reception.
If your child is off school, please inform the office and NOT the Year 1 email or Class Dojo. Many thanks
Any questions or queries either catch me or Mrs Veasey at the gate or email using year1@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.
Things to note…
Children should have their water bottles each day. Water bottles must be taken home and washed daily.
PE is Monday and Friday
Earrings cannot be worn for PE
Earrings should only be small, plain, gold or sliver studs
Children should have long hair tied back for school
School bags should just be the red book bags you were given in Reception
Please keep reading folders in the children’s school bags so that they have them on the right day - many thanks.
SICKNESS BUGS - over half of Year 1 have now been off school with sickness bugs since our return from half term. If your child is sick or has diarrhoea, please ensure they stay off school for a full 48 hours after they were last sick or had an incident of diarrhoea. This ensures the bug does not spread through the rest of the class.
We have continued to talk about the importance of hand washing, particularly after the children have gone to the toilet. We can monitor hand washing when children wash their hands in class, but not when they go to the toilet in class time. Please can you stress to your child the importance of hand washing with soap and water for their health and safety and that of others. This is particularly important to stress this amongst the boys, who are in and out of the toilet in seconds. Many thanks for your help and support with this issue.
And finally…..have a lovely weekend Mrs Hollinghurst and Mrs Veasey.
Take a look at our week…….
