Thank-you to all those parents who attended the Parent/Teacher Meetings on Monday, it was lovely to catch up with you to discuss your child’s progress since we last spoke in October.

We have had a super start to the half term, with a lovely visit to church for our first Class Mass with Fr Frank. The children really enjoyed this special time with God and was a great way to start of this half term as it leads us nicely into the time of Lent, which will bring next Wednesday, 2nd March.

This week we have been learning…..

English - our focus has been our RWI lessons where we concentrate on phonics, spelling, reading and writing. In class we continue to work hard on our pre-cursive handwriting, spelling of the common exception words and our independent sentence construction.

Maths - this week we have focused on 2D shapes, their names and their properties.

RE - we have started our new topic Following Jesus and have looked at the disciples, who they were and why they decided to follow Jesus.

Science - we have started on new topic on Seasonal Change by looking at the weather - and what a look of weather we have to look at on Tuesday! We have heavy rain, sunshine, wind, clouds….a bit of everything!

Topic - we have started our History focus by looking at Queen Elizabeth II and her historic reign as the nations longest serving monarch.

Art - the children started their portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, applying their mark making skills.

Many congratulations to this week’s certificate winners….

Golden Award - Artie for wonderful behaviour this week, trying hard to be a super role model in Year 1

Writing Award - Reggie for an improvement in his pre-cursive handwriting - keep up the hard work!

Maths Award - Archer for super shape work this week using 2D shapes

Despite the legal rules on Covid changing this week, we still ask parents NOT to send their child to school if they suspect they have covid or have any covid symptoms. We know that children are mildly affected by this virus, but that is not always the case for the adults who teach them and the virus remains highly contagious.

We ask you to remain mindful of this when considering whether your child is well enough for school. We must still do all we can to keep each other safe. Mrs Veasey and I will continue to wear visors in class and masks in shared spaces to do all we can to keep each other and your children safe - we ask that you do all you can to keep our class a safe space for everyone. Many thanks for your continued support with this matter.

If your child is isolating from school due to Covid 19, or any other illness 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 been 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. Children can only have plain water in their bottles, not juice or flavoured water.
PE is Monday and Friday
Earrings cannot be worn for PE
Earrings should only be small, plain, gold or silver 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.
Homework Expectation for Year 1 can be found on the Homework page. https://www.ourladyassumption-sch.co.uk/yr1-homework/2022/1/3/year-1-homework-expectations-spring-term

World Book Day will to celebrated in school on FRIDAY 25th MARCH - not 3rd march due to other commitments in school that day. On that day we ask that the children come to school dressed as their favourite BOOK character. They can even bring the book with them to share in class. (Please ensure that any books brought into school are named). Please do not feel you have to spend a lot of money on costumes - the homemade ones are always our favourites! We look forward to seeing who we have in class that day!!