We have had another busy week in Year 1, with the children continuing to settle into our routines while getting stuck into lots of new learning. There has been plenty of exploring, practising and, of course, lots of questions along the way!
RE
This week we have continued our unit on ‘Creation & Covenant’. We looked more deeply into the Creation story, recognising it as an ancient, prayerful, and poetic reflection on God's world.
We thought about how the story of Creation reminds us of how much God loves us through all that He has made. We took our 'binoculars' outside to become Creation explorers, spotting and talking about things around us that God created.
We finished our lesson with bubble prayers, saying something we were thankful to God for as we blew our bubbles.
Magic moments
English
We have been continuing with our All About Me topic and have started creating our own All About Me pages. The children have been putting all the skills we have been practising into action, remembering their capital letters, full stops and finger spaces to help them form a perfect sentence.
Maths
In Maths, we have been using our subitising skills and continuing our journey of counting objects. We have been practising looking carefully at groups of objects and recognising how many there are without always needing to count each one.
Wider learning
With Mrs Hunter, the children have been learning about the seasons in Science and diving into their music lessons. They have also been getting creative with Mrs Mather during Art.
GOING DEEPER IN CONVERSATION
Reflecting on our RE lessons so far, you might want to have a lovely conversation with your child about what they have learned so far about the Creation story! This might be using questions such as: ‘Can you remember what God created on each of the seven days? Which part of Creation are you most thankful for and why?’
HRSE
In HRSE, we have been learni
ng about keeping safe online. We talked about some of the positives and negatives of using the internet and began to think about how we can make safe choices when using different types of content.
We also looked at age ratings and what these mean when we are watching or accessing different types of content.
Please take a look at the letter attached to this week's blog for more information about what we have been learning and how you can continue these conversations at home.
LET’S CELEBRATE
Loving and Compassionate Star
Our Star Virtue this week was Harry Kennedy.
He has been a super role model to all of the children and has shown some brilliant qualities throughout the week. We are all so proud of him!
Well done, Harry Kennedy- keep it up! ⭐
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- For those children attending forest school this term, please make sure they are dressed in appropriate clothes and shoes!
Email- a.edwards@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk