What a super week it has been in our first full week of Year 1! The children have settled in so well and are already settling into their new routines and expectations brilliantly!
RE
We began our RE curriculum this week with our first unit being ‘Creation & Covenant’. We started looking at the Creation story and really enjoyed bringing it to life using different objects and pictures as we retold what happened. It was lovely to see the children getting involved and remembering different parts of the story as we went along.
Maths
In Maths, we have been practising counting objects within 10. We have been working carefully to make sure that we count each object once and can say how many there are altogether in a group, making sure we can count from any number up to 10.
English
We have been continuing with our All About Me topic and have been working hard on our simple sentences. This week, we have been focusing on remembering our capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. The children have been practising these skills in their writing and are becoming much more confident about what a sentence needs.
Our wider learning
The children have also enjoyed their PE and Science sessions with Mrs Hunter, as well as getting creative in Art with Mrs Mather. It has been a busy week, and the children have enjoyed having the opportunity to explore lots of different areas of learning as well as learning through play in provision.
It was lovely to meet so many of you on Wednesday at induction evening and to finally put some names to faces. If you didn’t manage to make induction evening or you missed any key details from the night, here is a copy of the slides from the presentation.
GOING DEEPER IN CONVERSATION
In HRSE this week, we have been looking at bullying, saying “NO” and trusted adults. We talked about what bullying might look like, how we can say “NO” if something doesn’t feel right and, most importantly, who we can go to for help. The children shared some really thoughtful ideas about the trusted adults they have around them and why it is important to speak to someone if we are worried.
The key message - tell your trusted adult. Here is s letter about the lessons and what we did today
LET’S CELEBRATE
Loving and Compassionate Star
Our Star Virtue this week was Martha.
She has shown such compassion and love towards her classmates and teachers throughout the week. She is always willing to help others and has been a really positive role model in our classroom.
She is an absolute star, and we are very proud of her! ⭐
Notices
School photographs- School photos will take place on Wednesday 23rd September.
Flu vaccines- Flu vaccines will take place in school on Monday 28th September.
Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.
Forest School- Those children attending forest school, a letter has gone home this week- it starts next week.
Email- a.edwards@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk