We have talked about the wonderful world that God created for us to live in this week and how He was pleased with what He had done. We have looked at how we now have to care for God’s world and discussed the ways in which we can do this. We have had some great chats and Year 1 are very knowledgeable and caring about the world around them. In our worship this week we have been focusing on God’s love and care for us and the knowledge that He is always with us and will always love us - no matter what.

English - this week we have been working on the set 2 RWI sounds and have been working on holding a sentence in our head and then independently writing it down.

Maths - this week we have been working on one more and one less and how many more and fewer counters we have then our partner. We have practiced our sentences with our partner before applying this understanding to our independent work.

RE - we have continued our new topic on Creation by looking at all the ways God has shown through the Creation story how He loves us. We have also exmined the Nicene Creed and how, as members of the chuch, we say what we believe about God. We have discussed the creation of all things visible and invisible.

History - we have continued on topic on Our Family by investigating how birthdays were celebrtaed in the 1990’s and the 1960’s. I asked the children to as you how you celebrated your birthday’s as a child….please have this conversation at home! The children found the record players/CD players very funny!!

Science - this week we investigated our sense of sight and touch. We did this through observation drawing of conkers and their cases. The children enjoyed touching these things - especially the spiky casings!! The children all brought a conker home as I had collected so many of them!

Computing - this week we learnt how to safety turn on, log into, log out and switch off our laptops.

Art - this week’s work was based on the Princess and the Pea story, painting horizonal lines building up colour.

Golden Award - Teddie for being a super learner this week, particularly in English and Maths where all his trachers have been impressed by him this week!

Writing Award - Alistair for working very hard on his letter formation to ensure his letters all sit on the line and go in the right direction. I know this is tricky - keep up the hard work!

Maths Award - Avie for working very hard this week on the language of one more, one less. It has been great to see your confidence grow.

General pieces of information

PE will be on Monday and Friday so please send the children into class in the PE kits on those days. No earrings can be worn for PE so please ensure that they are taken out at home.
Trainers - if your children is wearing trainers with laces for PE they must be able to tie them by themselves. This is a health and safety issue - please ensure your child can tie their laces before sending them in lace-up trainers.
Water bottles - all the children were given a new school bottle this week. This will come home each night to be cleaned and re-filled. Please only use the school bottles and ensure your child brings theirs each day. Lost water bottles can be replaced at the school office, but I am afraid you will have to pay for those. Year 1 have orange tops.
I will not be in class on a Thursday afternoon, as it is my release time. This will be covered by Mrs Debowska and Mrs McCooey and is also when the children will have Music with Mrs Watson.
Party Invitations - I am afraid that Mrs Debowska and I will not be able to give out party invitations in class. Please do not send your child into class with them for them to give out - it creates upset and fuss about something that takes place outside of school.Thank-you for your understanding with this matter.
Key Rings - please do not put key rings onto your child’s school bag, it create fuss in class and then upset if they are lost.
School bag - please continue to use the red book bag that your child was given in Reception, we don not have the room to store large bags. Many thanks for your help with this matter.
Homework Expectations - please see the Homework page for what I expect the children to do at home…..don’t worry, it’s mainly just reading!! HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS - YEAR 1 — Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School (squarespace.com)

You will have received notification about Parent/Teacher meetings on MONDAY 14th OCTOBER - please make sure you follow the link to make an appointment. This is an important meeting to discuss how your child has settled into Year 1, the progress they are making and what you can do to support them at home. I look forward to seeing you all on this date. Thank-you.

This year we are collecting tinned food for the local charity Street Life. We are asking each child to bring in one tin for our collection. Please donate, if you can, for this very worthy cause. The children can bring their tins into class, where we have a donation box. Many thanks to those who have donated already.

Please join us if you can on MONDAY 7th OCTOBER at 2-3pm in the school hall where Miss Heim-Sarac and I will be going through what we do in school and the importance of early phonics. We will discuss the elements of our lessons, how you can help your child at home and why phonics is so important to your child’s early reading and writing.

Catholic Life of our school.

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

Please take a look at these Ten Ten resources to support prayer and worship at home.

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

Please see the letter you received by email regarding the VERY many important dates for this half term - many of them relate to Year 1!

Dates for your Diary

I love to share photos of your child’s learning on the website each week…but before I can do that I need your permission! Please check the letter that came home during the week and return the forms as soon as you can. I will not share any photos of your children until all those letters come back in. Many thanks.