We have talked a lot this week about the fact that we are loved by God and that He loves us know matter what. In our very hectic lives it is worth just taking a moment to be still and feel that God is always with 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. We are working hard on our pencil grip, our use of capital letters, full stops and fingers spaces in our work! We are busy people!

Maths - this week we have been working on how to count backwards and forwards and use the language of one more and one less. We have used one number tracks ans tens frames to help us with this.

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.

History - we have continued on topic on Our Family by investigating how our families celebrate special occasions - primarily our birthdays! We have had some great chats about how birthdays are celebrated and what each family does to make them special.

Science - this week we investigated our sense of hearing……by making lots of noise! We used a variety of different instruments to investigate loud and quiet, pleasant and unpleasant sounds. We talked about sound waves and the vibrations made which travel into our ears and our brains turn into messages. Great fun was has by all!

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

Art - the children have been working on our Autumn board by making some autumnal animals using collage.

Tuesday marked European Day of Languages and in support of this Year 1 learnt a little bit of French! How to say hello, goodbye, please and thank-you and even how to count to ten!See if them have remembered!! We have also made some French flags!

Many congratulations to this weeks winners….

Golden Award - Remi for showing kindness, care and compassion to a friend in need. Remi I have been impressed with your quite care and love for others this week.

Writing Award - Louis for working hard to be an independent writer in RWI this week, using the features of capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and tying to write on the line.

Maths Award - Erin for super work in Fluent in Five and for using the language of one more and one less in our daily Maths lessons this week.

o support our History topic on Our Family could I please ask you to send in a picture of your child with their family for our display board. I know it is tricky to get a picture of everyone, but if you have one and our happy to share, please send one into school. We will ensure you get these pictures back. If you don’t have a hard copy you can email one to me at year1@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk . Thank-you

(Many thanks to those of you who have already done this - it is not too late if you haven’t!)

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.

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.

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters.

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about Instagram This free guide tells you all you need to know about the social media platform Instagram, breaking down its associated risks and how best to mitigate them.

We hope you find these guides informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all. Thank you.

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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

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/

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.