This week we have talked about the importance of service, serving others and what we can do to make the world a better place. This comes after the first words spoken by King Charles III at his coronation on Saturday. We have examined how Jesus came to serve and how each day in our school prayer we also promise to ‘serve one anther’. We aim to serve God everyday and follow the words of Jesus, to keep His commandments.

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 comparing addition and subtraction calculations though the use of the greater then, less than and equal to signs. We have also looked at the language f addition and subtraction in problem solving questions.

RE - this week has been all about Jesus returning to His Father at the Ascension. We will celebrate this feast day in church next Thursday. We have spoken about the mixed feeling of the disciples, knowing that Jesus had returned to His Father and sending them out into the word to spread the Good News.

Art - this week the children have continued their Sculpture Unit focusing in on the work of Richard Long and his letter themed study.

Science - this week we continued our new unit all about Plants by focusing trees, evergreen and deciduous and the differences between the two.

Topic - this week we continued with our new Geography unit about the four countries that make up the UK. This week we focused on the flags and signs and symbols of the four nations.

ICT - we have continued with our Data Handling unit by organising a set of data with pictures and numbers to make it clear to a reader.

Many congratulations to this week’s winners…

Golden Award - Eris Rose for always showing great care towards those around her and striving to make everyone feel included. This does not go unnoticed.

Writing Award - Coric for super independent writing in RWI this week using all the features of full stops, capital letters, finger spaces and pre-cursive writing - along with interesting vocabulary.

Maths Award - Emilio for super work on mathematical vocabulary and solving word problems today.

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 - 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.
I will not be in class on a Thursday afternoon, as it is my release time. This will be covered by Mrs Veasey and Miss Sanderson and is also when the children will have Music with Mrs Watson
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 Support - take a look at Oxford Owl for information about how you can help your child at home with their phonics and reading. This is is a great site in general but the page linked has a super little video showing how the sounds should be pronounced. See how many sounds your child knows! How can I support my child with phonics? - Oxford Owl for Home
Earrings - please ensure these are only small gold/silver studs as stated in the uniform policy - some of the earrings in school are getting a bit too big. Many thanks
Nail Varnish - please ensure any nail varnish is removed for the pupils come into class. It should not be worn at school.

PHONICS SCREENING - Year 1 Phonics Screening will take place the week of 12th 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 would like to invite you to a short meeting on TUESDAY 16th MAY at 2.40pm in the school hall where I will go through the details of what will happen and how you can help during our two week holiday to ensure that your child is ready for this on their return to school. If you can’t make the meeting, don’t worry I will be sending home an information pack with each child. Many thanks.

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/