Wednesday 2nd March was Ash Wednesday and marked the beginning on Lent. All the children received ashes on this day as Father Frank came into school to deliver them to Key Stage 1. Year 1 were very excited about this and showed great maturity in the way in which they received their ashes. Each of us has made a promise to ‘be the best we can be’ over the period of Lent and prepare ourselves to meet Jesus at Easter. I hoe you will be able to see this in your child as each of us strives to be the best we can be.
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 focusing in on number up to 20, how to say them, how to write them and how to count them.
RE - we have continued our new topic Following Jesus and have looked at the story of the Good Samaritan and what Jesus wanted to teach people through this story.
Science - we have continued with our weather watching and been looking for signs of Spring! We have looked at photos of the seasons and identified different features of each season.
Topic - we have made up some fact files from the facts that we are learning all about Queen Elizabeth II
Art - the children started their portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, applying their mark making.
ICT - we started our new topic of Digital Imaginary by think of ways in which we could use three figures to tell a story through pictures. We will take our pictures next week.
Many congratulations to this week’s winners…
Golden Award - Eddie for always having an interesting fact to share with the class and showing such a love of learning - I love your enthusiasm Eddie!
Writing Award - Erin for working very hard on her pre-cursive handwriting and the presentation of all her work - which is now beautiful. Keep up the hard work Erin!
Maths Award - George for super work on numbers up to 20 this week and great Fluent in Five work too!
Despite the legal rules on Covid changing, 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
Nail varnish cannot be worn for school.
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 Expectations 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!!
Our Year 5 children have been working VERY hard for their upcoming performance of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at the Grand Theatre. Year 1 have witnessed some of their practices on our way down to dinner and it looks amazing!! If you are interested by buying tickets, please follow the link below. Our Lady’s children perform on TUESDAY 15th MARCH. Many thanks.
https://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/event/much-ado-about-nothing
And finally……have a lovely weekend, stay safe. Mrs Hollinghurst & Mrs Veasey
