St Adrian's Catholic Primary School
To learn, to love, to live
During this week, the children have been inspired by the stories and poems that they have heard in our daily assemblies. I have attached a website which has a list of recommended reads for Year 1 for you to enjoy with your children. These can be found in your local library.
Happy reading!
Dear all,
This morning, a parent informed me that some of the words on your children’s spelling list this week are the same as some of the spellings that they have had before. I can only apologise for this! Whilst I was away sick in the middle of last half term, Mr King kindly set the spellings and went from my list. I had not realised this and must have doubled up some of the spellings! However, it would be no harm to reinforce these words and we will continue with the spell check as normal.
Thank you for your understanding.
Mrs Teixeira and Mr King 🙂
Thank you for attending the meeting last night about the Phonics Screening Check. I have attached the PowerPoint for you to have another look at. The YouTube videos which are on the slides are particularly useful for listening to how the phonemes should be pronounced and what would be an acceptable answer in the check.
As ever, if you have any questions or would like to know how you could support your child at home with their phonics, then please do just ask.
Dear all,
This is just a quick reminder that the Phonics Screening Check meeting is tonight, at 6pm, in the Year 1 classroom. I look forward to seeing you there!
Mrs Teixeira
Yesterday, the Year 1 children went to Whipsnade Zoo as part of their science learning. Throughout this half term, we have been looking at animals and classifying them into groups. The children now know the difference between a mammal, bird, fish, amphibian and reptile. They have also been thinking about the different diets of animals and whether an animal is a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore. I was very impressed to hear the children using this language whenever they saw an animal and saw what they were eating.
The children were able to put their knowledge to the test when they took part in a ‘Fur, Feathers and Scales’ workshop in which they were able to identify different animals according to their features. They were even able to touch the animals and some even touched a live rat named Flossie!
The children were great ambassadors for the school and conducted themselves brilliantly at all times. I am very proud!
Due to the snow day on Friday, the children did not receive their handwriting, spelling or maths home learning books. The spellings are all online and so we will still do our normal spell check on Wednesday. However, I do not expect that the maths or handwriting home learning is completed by Wednesday. Instead, I will hand out the books on Monday and get the children to return the home learning by Wednesday 13th February.
Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday!
Mrs Teixeira 🙂
Welcome to our first ‘Fluency Teaser ‘ of the year. Fluency is one of the key aims of the primary mathematics curriculum. Try the activity at the link below at home to give you lots of opportunities to recall addition and subtraction facts as well as some conjecturing and convincing too!
What will your strategy for winning be?
Hand in any examples of the work you complete to Mr Sallis or your class teacher so that we can choose some to share on our fluency blog!
Dear all,
I hope that you and your children had a restful Christmas break filled with happiness and good health. I would just like to say a big thank you for your kind cards and gifts. It is an absolutely pleasure to teach your children and I am looking forward to getting back into the classroom tomorrow!
This is just a quick reminder that the children do have PE on a Monday afternoon so can you please ensure that they have their PE kits to hand!
I look forward to seeing all of you tomorrow ready for another busy half term!
Mrs Teixeira 🙂
Dear all,
You will now find Year 1’s home learning under the tab on the right hand side. The password is the one discussed at our parent meeting in the first couple of weeks of term.
Thank you,
Mrs Teixeira
Below, you will find pictures of the hand made Advent wreaths sent in over the past week. The children clearly enjoyed making them and enjoyed discussing all they had learnt at home. They look fantastic!
