Another super week in Year 1! The children really do just love to learn! In Prayer and liturgy we have focused once again on Jesus, reflecting on how we can follow in His footsteps and asking Him to help us and those in need around the world. In RE we have learned more about Jesus as a young boy. We listened to a piece of scripture about when Jesus, Mary and Joseph and how they went to visit the temple. When leaving Mary and Joseph realised that Jesus was not with them. After spending a long time searching they returned to the temple, where they found Jesus teaching the elders of the church. Jesus was surprised to hear Marys confusion, saying, “Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” Jesus spent His younger years growing closer to God so that He would be ready to share the Good News. The children split into groups and created great pieces of drama to retell this piece of scripture. Following this lesson we went onto hear how Jesus gathered the first Christians, and how Simon, Andrew, James and John, all left there things and followed Him. We created beautiful cards to share the Good News with others…
Going deeper in conversation
Each week we have a My Happy Mind lesson. We are currently learning to celebrate our brains and their strengths. Can your child explain these different character strengths. Maybe you could identify each others strengths as a family.
Magic moments
During computing this week the children continued to develop their drag and drop skills by creating their own themed games. This brought great delight. One of the very wonderful moments within these lessons is the teamwork and problem solving skills that we get to see. The children really love to help one another and seeing their happiness knowing they have done something that has helped is just lovely! We also looked at ‘whole’ and ‘not ‘whole’ in maths - hunting down all the items we could find that were a whole. and cutting a pizza into parts.
Let’s Celebrate
A huge well done to Maggie who has been a focused Cooper Crab. Maggie, you’ve taken some really big steps this half term and we can see how your focus is helping you to engage in our class discussions and share your ideas. In our science lessons you have been sharing your observations and thoughts, helping others to consider things they hadn’t thought of. We are really proud of you Maggie, keep up the focus. Well done!
A huge well done to Sadie who has received our Star Virtue award for being Eloquent. Sadie you treat others with kindness; you make others around you smile and bring so much joy and positivity into our classroom and to our school. Thank you for shining so brightly. Well done Sadie!
Reminders
Our class assembly: On Tuesday 10th February it is our class assembly starting at 9:30.
Parents meetings: On Friday 13th February we will have our mid year parents meetings. Please complete the survey below to indicate whether you would prefer a face to face or virtual appointment. I have also displayed an image of the times I am available on the day. Yellow indicates virtual and the white face to face. Please email with your preferred time and I’ll email back on a first come system.
Cold weather: Remember to bring all those warm layers: coats, hats, gloves and scarfs!
Snacks: A gentle reminder that as a school we are trying to reduce waste. At the start of the year we set out on a mission to bring any snacks into school in reusable containers. Please continue to help us with this, sending all snacks in reusable plastic containers. Thank you!
Uniform: Please check your child’s uniform, we have a few pieces missing! We are also missing some black football leggings, they are labelled “procombat” around the waist. There has also been a mix up with football trainers and a school T-Shirt. Please check you have all the correct items over the weekend and we can do a big swap and return belongings to the right homes next week. Thank you for your help!
Finally, each child came home with a letter today regarding some important information. Our wonderful Mrs Hartley has made a very difficult decision, and will be leaving us at the end of this half term. She has not made this decision lightly but knows what is right for her and her family. It has been a privilege to work alongside her and I am sure she will continue to pop into school because she will really miss seeing all of the children! We now have a couple of weeks to make her feel as special as she really is.
Emails:
c.bassett@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
s.hartley@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk