This week we have continued with our focus on Mary, Mother of Jesus. We have been working hard on learning the Hail Mary prayer and adding this prayer to our morning prayer ritual. The children are doing really well…maybe it is a prayer that you could say together at home too.

On Thursday Fr Frank came into class to lead our Class Worship all about Our Lady. We love it when Fr Frank, and his guitar, come into class! The children were very respectful and listened with awe to Fr’s stories and prayers. Many thanks Fr Frank.

English - we have continued on with our RWI lessons. During these sessions we all focus on phonics, reading, spelling and sentence development. We have also been working on our pre-cursive handwriting in which we focus on how to write our letters, starting on the line.. As well as that we are focusing on the tricky words of ’said and ‘you’ - how to recognise them, read them and spell them.

Maths - this week we have continued to work on parts and wholes as our introduction to addition and subtraction. This week we have used our part part whole models to help us them to help us partition a number into two parts and then use them to help us write four calculations to match our model. We have looked at how the whole can come first, so 4+6=10 can also be written as 10=4+6.

RE - this half term is all about Mary. We have continued with our learning of the Hail Mary prayer and also listened to the story for when Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who had also received some joyous news from the Angel Gabriel.

Science - our topic this half term is all about animals. This week we have focused on the similarities and difference between reptiles and amphibians.

Geography - our focus for this half term is all about the world around us, with a focus on continents. We continued this week with looking at the seven continents of the world and then focusing in on Asia this week and particularly China.

ICT - this have term it is all about algorithms - we have started by looking at algorithms as simply a set of instructions. We have considered how precise our instructions have to be if we want someone to do exactly as we want!

Art - the children are continued with their sewing and weaving work this half term - much fun is being had by all!

Congratulations to this week’s winners…

Golden Award - Theodore who conducts himself with respect at all times. Theodore is polite, well mannered, hard working and a friend to all. On top of all of this Theodore is a true gentleman!

Writing Award - Briar for super factual writing in Science about amphibians, reptiles and fish.

Maths Award - Kacey-Lynne for working so hard this week on understanding part and the whole and how we can use this information to write addition calculations.

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)

Wild Animals – VR Experience!

Supporting Science at Our Lady’s

MONDAY 18TH NOVEMBER we will welcome into school a Wild Animals VR workshop from Education Group to work with Year 1, 2 and 3. (Each of these classes is learning about Animals this term, including Humans, so is fits beautifully with our curriculum.) We are really excited to bring to life our Science work with such a wonderful experience for the children. We are keen to bring as many learning opportunities as possible to Our Lady’s to widen the children’s knowledge, deepen their understanding and bring the world of learning to life in a way that will excite and engage them.

To support us with this we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £3 per child from parents. If you are able to contribute, please go to your Parent Pay account where this donation will be added. Many thanks for your support. (The rest of the cost of the visit will be met by school.)

Catholic Life of our school..

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

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

Friday 15th November - KS2 disco 6-7 in school hall. Tickets available via parent pay at £2.50. Children to come in party clothes. Snack and drink included.

Friday 29th November - KS1 movie night 4.30-6.15 in the school hall. Tickets available via parent pay at £2.50. Children to come in PJs and they can bring a teddy or blanket/pillow. Snack and drink included.

Friday 6th December - Christmas Fair. 3.30-5.30. More details to follow on this.

10.12.24 Year 1 and 2 Nativity! There will be two performances at 9.30am and 2pm. (Keep an eye out for any slight time changes.) Each child will be sent two tickets for each performance. These are free but we have to limit numbers as it is for two classes and we can only physically fit so many people safely in the hall at once. Many thanks for your understanding.

Please note that Yr2 do take the lead in the KS1 Nativity, with Year 1 in a supporting role. They will obviously take the lead next year!