Year 1 Week 4 w/b 27.09.2021

This week Year 1 joined in the whole school celebrations and learning on St. Vincent de Paul. The feast day was on Monday so the children attended an assembly before the St. Vincent team enjoyed an extra treat. During the week we learnt about St. Vincent, his life and his work. The children knew that he was a Saint but by the end of the week we had learnt 15 facts on him. I wonder how many they will be able to tell you at the weekend. The children learned that cameras were not invented when he was alive so they had a go at an observational portrait drawing of St. Vincent.

The weather was rather unpredictable this week but Year 1 managed to enjoy the outside environment and explore what the season of autumn has to offer. Year 1 created framed autumn artwork and continued to develop their motor skills in retrieving autumn leaves.

The Fairy Garden was blooming this week!

The mud kitchen was busy with preparations underway for a pop up café. The children enjoyed making ‘lunch’ for the adults- dried pasta and rice, yummy! We even had a table cloth, candle and flowers because they said it needs to be ‘a fancy place!’

The children enjoyed being creative when exploring how 2-D shapes appear in 3-D shapes.

We found a playdough recipe that worked- thanks!

Our Tricky word for this week was ‘when’. The children learnt that the wh is a digraph but also we can break it up to w-hen and they enjoyed clucking around the classroom like hens. They all seemed very intrigued by the stamping activity.

Home learning

• A phonics activity and spellings have been sent home today. Please may you return this by next Wednesday.
• The children enjoyed creating their own finger space lolly pop stick in school and wanted to take it home but then we wouldn’t have anything to use in class! Therefore, I have given every child a lolly pop stick that they can decorate and keep at home to encourage their use of finger spaces in any home learning.
• Please remember the children still have their online access to their book library which can be used alongside the reading book that is sent home.
• Please see your child’s bag for information about how to view the individual photos that were taken today.

*Please ensure your child’s reading book and record are in school every day so we can read with them as frequently as we can.*

Please can children only bring the navy book bags to school and not rucksacks.

Have a good weekend,

Miss Lambie