This week we have been talking about the coronation of King Charles III and what an important moment in history this is for our country. We have also talked about duty and how we all have an important role to play in making our Great Nation a safe and happy place to live. I hope you are all able to take some time to mark the coronation with your own families - Long Live the King!

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 making a fact family with the numbers from a part part whole…so writing 4 facts from three numbers, two addition and two subtraction. We then looked at how we can write 4 more by changing the position of the whole number. So 20=14+6 and 6=20-4. This proved a bit tricky at first but by the end of the week we had cracked it!!

RE - this week has been all about Jesus returning to His disciples, the joy that they were filled with and the things that bring us joy. An enlightening conversation!!!

Art - this week the children have continued their Sculpture Unit focusing in on the work of Patrick Heron and his hot and cold 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 started our new Geography unit about the four countries that make up the UK. We continued this week by examining the geographical features of each of the four nations.

We have enjoyed an afternoon of coronation celebrations this afternoon! Everyone looked great in their red, white and blue clothes, the children enjoyed their lunch and in class we decorated a biscuit, made a royal crown and had a special coronation assembly lead by Mrs Mannix. (Please see photos below…more to be added next week)

Well done to this week’s winners…….

Golden Award - Buddy for showing great thoughtfulness and understanding towards a new member of class and being good friend.

Writing Award - Aaliyah for beautiful handwriting and super features of a sentence across all subjects

Maths Award - Luke for super subtraction work this week showing great understanding of parts and wholes.

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/