This week we were led by three of our children who shared the most beautiful prayer and liturgy all about our mother Mary. The children passed around the Rosary beads as we prayed an Our Father, three Hail Mary’s and the Glory Be. In this weeks Gospel we heard about the time Jesus healed the Ten lepers, yet only one came back to praise and thank Jesus. This left us thinking… what are we thankful for and how can we show our thanks?
Last week we have a naughty visitor who trapped our fruits and vegetables and turned the classroom upside down… this week we have had conformation that it was, in fact, THE EVIL PEA! We have set to work writing sentences to describe the Evil Pea and these have been put up around the school. We are hopeful that someone will soon have some more information for us!
Going deeper in conversation
In our Gospel and in RE lessons we have been thinking deeply about giving thanks to God for all of our blessings and for the beautiful world He created for us.
Question to ask: What are you thankful for? How do you show that you are thankful? think about being a steward for God.
Magic moments
In RE we have been celebrating the beauty of creation. We went into the school garden and each picked a stick along with petals, grass, flowers and leaves. We brought these back into the classroom and made our own nature brush. We then used these brushes to paint beautiful pieces of art to celebrate the beauty of creation. Our following lesson then was to create a piece of poetry about creation. The children’s written work was incredible and they had the biggest, beaming smiles as they performed their poetry to each other using our instruments. It turns out we have a rather musical bunch!
Let’s celebrate
A huge well done to Archie who has been an inquisitive and curious Clara Clownfish this week. Archie, it has been wonderful to see just how much you are enjoying our topics in Year 1. You listen intently to discussions and ask the most inquisitive and thoughtful questions, demonstrating your curiosity and wonder towards the world around you. Thank you for sharing this gift with us and for encouraging us all to think and challenge ourselves!
A special congratulations to Hugo who has been awarded with the Star this week for embodying our Learned and Wise virtue. Hugo, you have wonderful thoughts, ideas and reflections on our discussions and we have really enjoyed hearing you share these with your peers during our whole class learning. You have thought about what wise choices can be made and how these can benefit us in all of our learning opportunities.
Reminders
Parents meetings - Thank you to those who have already made their appointments. Please see the remaining available slots (red slots have been taken). If you could please email me with your preferred time slot and we will try and and as close to your preference as possible. Parents meetings will be taking place on Friday 24th October.
Book Look - It is Year 1’s book look next week on Thursday 16th October. This is in school at 9:00-9:45 and is a chance to see all the wonderful learning the children have already completed this year.
Coats - Please make sure you come to school with a coat to put on should the weather take a turn during the school day.
Water bottles - Please ensure your child comes to school with a water bottle. These are taken straight out of bags in the morning and children are able to access them throughout the day to keep hydrated. We are often talking about how important it is to drink plenty of water and water bottles make it easier for them to do this independently. Polite reminder that the water bottles should contain water and not juice. Thank you for your support.
Harvest - This year we are collecting tins of soup for the foodbank. All donations welcome!
Uniform check - Maggie is missing her cardigan, it has her name on. Please could you check if it’s accidently gone to the wrong home. Thank you!
EVENT
Maths Workshop for Parents WEDNESDAY NOV 5th
Last year we successfully hosted - parents and child maths workshops. These were led by the KS1 teachers in the hall. Parents sat with their child and enjoyed playing maths games together. As your child moves through KS1 we would like you to help them become proficient at recalling number facts and loving numbers. We would like to invite you once again to school on Wednesday November 5th to take pasrt in the next phrases of their maths journey-
Year 1 workshop after drop off 9:00 - 9:15 am
Year 2 worskshop before pick up 2:10 -3:10pm
Following the workshop and for the next 5 weeks- you will recieve maths games to play each week. These are sent home and linked to the class homework blog.
Please sign below - it is lovely for the child to have you at the session or if you are unable to attend a grandparent.
Thank you - Mrs Hotchkiss Miss Bassett and Mrs Hartley
Emails:
c.bassett@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
s.hartley@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
Have a lovely weekend!