First of all I would like to say a huge thank for those who came to our Phonics stay and play, the children loved showing you around the classroom and they enjoyed playing all the different phonics activites with you. I understand it can be difficult to leave work during the day so if you would like more information or have any questions please send me an email.
I have uploaded the PowerPoint and all the activities in the help your child at home area. Click underneath to go straight there.
In Maths we have been looking at different ways to make 6 and wholes and parts, the children had playdough and had to listen to my specific instructions:
cut your playdough so you have two parts that are different sizes.
cut your playdough so you have two parts that are about the same size.
how can you cut your playdough to give you the biggest possible part? what do you notice? we found out we had one large part and one small part.
if we put our playdough together will it be whole? We combined the parts to make a whole.
I then asked a challenge question can you cut your playdough so one part is bigger than the whole? We realised that this was impossible!
On Wednesday Father Peter came to school for our Ash Wednesday Mass, we also exchanged out Lenten boxes with Year 5. The boxes looked amazing it was lovely how you had thought about your partners likes and created a box specially for them.
In Science we have started looking at seeds and plants, we found out about the different fruit and vegetables that can be grown in our gardens. We tasted apples and pears, cut an apple in half and drew it. Our observational drawings were brilliant, we talked about all the details and the colours we needed to use.We were inspired and wanted to know if we could grow an apple tree from the apple seeds, so we researched it. We found out you can but it takes years! You have to first germinate the seeds by putting them in a tub with damp paper towels then leave them in the fridge for three weeks. So we thought we would conduct an experiment to see what would happen to our seeds.
We went on a flower hunt outside and all took our own photos on the iPad of the flowers we found, there were crocuses, daffodils, daisies and snowdrops.
Let’s Celebrate:
Well done to our awardees for great improvement with her reading and super listening this week and for working hard in RWI you always join in and stay focused.
Henry is going home with this person for her brilliant artwork and fantastic sentences :).
Well done to our PE superstars for excellent teamwork :).
It was lovely to go the Lytham Heritage Centre to view our amazing artwork and see two of our children recieve their highly commended awards. Well done :)
Important Dates:
Year 1 Coffee Afternoon and Book Look
On Wednesday 1st March at 2:20-3:20 you are invited to come into school to have a look at your children’s books, they will pick their books and work that they are proud of and want to share with you.
Assembly:
On Tuesday 14th March it is our class assembly at 9:10, we will be practsing next week and are excited to be performing to everyone again :).
Reminders:
Please book your parents evening slots, there is more information on Mrs Gregan’s newsletter.
Please bring in spare clothes for your child, especially now the weather is wet. So they can get changed if they fall over and have wet clothes.
Please check the home learning section for the homework,
Please make sure you don’t bring any nuts in for snack or in packed lunches, thank you.
Please can you ensure that your children do not bring any valuables into school as they can easily go missing.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond, Miss Johnson and Mrs Carragher