Category: Our Classes

Thank you for all the junk modelling resources your children brought in. In Geography, our topic is Our School. During this topic, we have been looking at school and classroom maps. In groups, the children have planned what the classroom would look like from an aerial view.

Using various resources, we created ‘Messy Maps’ of the classroom imagining what the classroom would look like if we were a big giant looking down into the classroom. They had many amazing ideas how to make various equipment and furniture. Here are some pictures.

I am afraid we were unable to change reading books due to Mass being set up in the hall. Please practise the high frequency words with your children that are in their book bags.

Have a lovely weekend.

It was lovely to meet so many of you on Tuesday 17th September at the ‘Meet the Teacher’ meeting. I have attached the slides from the meeting below for you to refer to.

In the mornings, we have been focusing on letter and number formation. It would be great if you could spend some time practising this to reinforce their learning.

I hope you all have a relaxing weekend.

Miss Perry

Thank-you to all of you who were able to attend this mornings presentation. For those who couldn’t make it or for those who would like to look at it again, I have uploaded the presentation for you to look at.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Costello

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope that your child has had a not ‘too long ‘ break from school . The class seem focused and enthusiastic and everyone seems to have settled in well.

The Angelus:  

The Angelus is a beautiful prayer, based on the Annunciation, which people used to say every day at noon and at six. We have have started to say this  prayer in class every day at noon. If you would like to find out more about this prayer (and perhaps, pray at home), here are some links:

https://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/the-angelus.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_IhW00mTU

In brief – our curriculum at the start of the year will be:

RE- Ourselves – there will be more on this in a separate post

PE is on Tuesday and Friday.

English – Journey ( a picture book as a writing and discussion stimulus by Aaron Becker)

Maths – Place Value

Humanities – Saxons and Maps and Settlements

Science – Earth in Space

Music – Living on a prayer !

Art – Objects and meaning using pointilism

Computing – On-line safety and programming ( We are Programmers module)

Homework- I do not intend to use a homework exercise book in order to minimise the amount of paper going to and from home.  Most homework will be exercises on Google Classroom or using other web based applications.

Kind regards,

Mr Creaton

I hope that you have all had a lovely holiday. It is good to welcome the children back for the start of a new school year.

We have not set maths and English homework this week. School reading books have been sent home today and I ask that you encourage your child to read regularly at home, supporting them to develop the habit of reading for enjoyment. It may be that your child is already reading a book from home or from the library. If this is the case, I would be grateful if they would note this in the school reading record.

I have updated the RE home learning section with details of our current topic. In the first of our themes, People, we will be learning about the family of God in Scripture. 

During the next month, I would like you write a special prayer for your family. Your prayer will form part of our class prayer book – Take time to decorate your prayer and make it look wonderful. Your neat handwriting might help persuade me that you are ready for your pen licence! You will need to hand in your RE homework by Wednesday, 2nd October. 

Our RE topic for the next four weeks is based around the theme of Families.

We will be considering the big question Who is in your family? Why do you have a family?

The children will learn everyone belongs to the family of God.  It is in the love of a family that Christians first experience the reality of Church . By the end of the topic the children will have knowledge and understanding of; the love and care shown in the family and God’s love and care for every family.

Key words for the topic are: family, belong, different, love, care

For their RE home learning, the children have been asked to bring in a picture of their family to share with the class and prompt discussions throughout the topic. Alongside this, please could the children create a poster, model or creation of their family to bring in by 16th September. The children may bring this in before if they wish. 

The class have had a fantastic week and have settled in to year one amazingly! We started this term discussing all the amazing adventures the children got up to over the summer and finding out what they would like to learn this year. Turns out we have a lot of future divers in the class!

PE will be on Monday and Tuesday afternoons so please make sure your children have the appropriate clothing for these sessions.

We have golden time every Friday after lunch. This allows the children to bring one toy in from home to play with.

Please make sure you pay via the office if you wish for your child to have milk at break time.

Sharing Friday begins again on Friday 13th September if you wish to join us after school. ‘Meet the teacher’ for Year One will be on Tuesday 17th September at 9am. This is last for approximately 30 minutes. I look forward to seeing you all then.

Any questions, feel free to speak to me before or after school. If you wish for a longer meeting, please arrange through the office.

I am really looking forward to an exciting year with your children.

I hope you have a relaxing weekend.

Miss Perry