Thursday 14 December 2017

Merry Christmas!!

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Merry Christmas!

Wow- what a busy first term we have had. We are really impressed with how quickly the children settled into year one and at how much effort they have put in. They are now working as a whole class for the majority of the time and becoming independent learners.

After watching the Reception children's wonderful Nativity show- Wriggly nativity- this week we have watched some different adaptations. The children have been retelling the story, sequencing pictures and drawing a picture of a Nativity scene. 

In maths we have been looking at odd and even numbers- using our fingers to show whether a number is odd or even. We have also learnt a special trick where we can work out whether any number is odd or even by looking at the last digit! For example: the number 231 is ODD because the last digit is 1. As part of your home learning you could spot numbers in the environment and think about whether they are odd or even.

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you back at school in the New Year on Thursday 4th January. We are aware that you will all be busy and the children need to rest but please remember to read little and often!!

Please remember to bring PE kits and wellies back to school in the New Year. Thank you.

Dates for the diary...

  • Christmas Jumper Day: Friday 15th December TOMORROW 
  • Christmas lunch: Monday 18th December
  • Last day of term: Tuesday 19th December
  • Back to school: Thursday 4th January
  • Year 1 Maths Event: Wednesday 17th January 9am-945am in the school hall
  • Library van: Wednesday 17th January
  • Year 1 trip: Tuesday 23rd January (more info to follow in the New Year)

Thursday 7 December 2017

Week beginning 4th December

Wow- we can't believe that it's December already and we are nearly at the end of our first term in year one.

This week we have been really busy completing short assessments on the children in writing, maths and reading. Alongside this we have also been decorating our Christmas trees and doing lots of recapping on counting and days of the week.

As part of your home learning this week children could practice their number bonds to 10 (2 numbers that make 10 for example 5+5=10, 6+4=10). There are some lovely songs on You Tube to help you remember them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-74-_3WSrD0&safe=active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9tjBUiXs0&safe=active 

Don't forget that tomorrow (Friday) is our trip to the theatre. All children need to remember their packed lunch unless you ordered a school packed lunch. It is normal school hours tomorrow and children will be back in school ready to be picked up at 3pm.

Dates for the diary....


  • Christmas Jumper Day: Friday 15th December
  • Christmas lunch: Monday 18th December
  • Last day of term: Tuesday 19th December
  • Back to school: Thursday 4th January