This week we have focused on the disciples and how they felt when Jesus appeared to them again.. How at first the did not know it was Him and through His words and through His actions Jesus revealed Himself to them. We have spoken about our faith and belief in Jesus, despite the fact that we can’t see Him and the role that faith places in our love of God.
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. We are continuing to work hard on our common exception words, reading them in class every day!
Maths - this week we have been working on subtraction, this week by focusing on using our ten frames to actually take counters away and supported that with our number lines, counting make to find less. We have spoken about how we can check our work by ensuring that the answer is less than the number we started with.
RE - this week has been all about Jesus returning to His disciples and their response to that on the road to Emmaus.
Art - this week the children have continued their printing work using various shapes,materials and colours.
Science - this week we continued our new unit all about Plants by focusing what plants need to grow. We have also planted our potatoes!
Topic - this week we continued our Geography unit about the four countries that make up the UK. We have examined the for countries, looked at their flags, their patron saints and the animal that represents them.
Many congratulations to this week’s winners…
Golden Award - Loki for his caring and loving nature towards everyone in Our Lady’s - Loki is a true witness to the teachings of Christ.
Writing Award - Arthur for a huge effort this week in RWI writing - I have noticed the effort Arthur, keep up the hard work!
Maths Award - Layla for super Maths work in class this week on subtraction AND for extra work completed at home. What a super star!
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.
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 white tops.
I will not be in class on a Thursday afternoon, as it is my release time. This will be covered by Mrs Gilheaney, Miss Simons and Mrs Connolly and is also when the children will have Music with Mrs Watson
Party Invitations - I am afraid that Miss Simons 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’t 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!! Yr1 Homework — Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School (squarespace.com)
PHONICS SCREENING - Year 1 Phonics Screening will take place the week of 10th June. (First week back after our half term holiday) Please ensure your child is is school this week as each child must complete an individual phonic assessment at some point during this week. I will carry out the assessments and decide which day your child will complete the assessment based on a range of factors, such as mood that day, readiness for learning etc. I will be holding a short Parent Meeting to discuss this further - date to be arranged - so please look out for this.
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/
A huge thank-you to Mrs Gilheaney who has held the fort in Year 1 this week whilst I have been out of class. Your help and support is much appreciated. Normal service will be resumed next week! (I have missed them!)
And finally…have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend! Mrs Hollinghurst, Miss Simons and the Year 1 team
A few pictures of our week….
