‘they fell down, and worshipped him and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.’
Matthew 2:11
This week we discovered a present in our classroom, we thought about what this gift could be and who it could have come from. It was a very special gift a new Bible for our class!
We learnt that the gifts from the three wise men were very special: Gold is very expensive and a symbol of a king, that signifies how important the wise men knew him to be. Frankincense is an expensive perfume that is burned by high priests as a symbol of lifting our prayers up to God. Myrrh is a special oil that is used for anointing.
We have enjoyed retelling the journey the three Wise Men went on to Bethlehem on our tuff tray, they travelled for weeks to visit Jesus.
What have we been learning this week:
Another brilliant week of Phonics see if your child can remember the sounds they have been reviewing or new sounds they have learnt. Don’t forget to watch the QR codes at home, Fred games are great for practising our blending skills.
Faith Friends:
On Monday Rachel came to visit us to tell us about her faith, Judaism we had an assembly with the whole school. Then we joined Nursery to see Rachel in the afternoon to ask her questions about her faith. Rachel will visit us again this year. Some of us were inspired by St David’s star and made our own!
Drawing club:
Our story this week was the Three Billy Goats Gruff, I have loved seeing the excitment and joy on the children’s faces hearing their amazing ideas, and most importantly, writing our secret codes. The children have loved retelling the stories and recreating the setting using a range of resources in our classroom.
Our words were:
Lucious: having a delicious taste or smell.
Triple: to be made up of three.
Creaky: to make or move with a grinding or squeaking noise.
Fearless: not being afraid.
Gruesome: extremely unpleasant and shocking
Suddenly: something happens quickly and unexpectedly
Determined: not giving up easily
Bamboozle: to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them.
Can they remember the actions and what they mean?
Conversation starter
How did you help the troll get out of the water? or who crossed the bridge instead of the goats?
Maths:
More subitising, we are getting so speedy now, we loved playing fast fingers. One partner show a number on their fingers then the other partner has to say it and show it.
Forest School: another great week of Forest school, ask you child what they did this week.
Each week I will update the forest school blog so please check so you know when your child has their session.
Next week it is group 1 and group 2
Wednesday 29th January:
Group 1
· Eddie
· Florence
· Henry
· Isabella
· Maritta
· Mollie
· Roxy
· Rupert H
· Summer
· Sadie
Thursday 30th January:
Group 2
· Adele
· Daisy
· Harry
· Hope
· Leo
· Lillie
· Noah
· Rosalie
· Tommy
· Ruairi
Don’t forget come into school in forest school clothes and bring uniform in a bag for after. Please look at the forest school blog for more information.
We ended our week with cake! To celebrate my birthday tomorrow, I have had a lovely day and Nursery came to our classroom with cards too!
Music with Miss Forster:
We love our music lessons, we talked about how music makes us feel and moved to the music changing our moves to match the tempo.
Next week:
We are going to celebrate Chinese New Year, we will be trying some Chinese food in class, I have checked so it is suitable for all of the children with allergies. Please let me know if you do not want your child to try the food.
Reception Plea:
If you have any out of date legumes (dried lentils, peas, beans etc) or rice, pasta etc we would love to have them for our tuff trays we try to create exciting tuff trays for the children each week so we would love anything you could give us, thank you.
Let’s Celebrate:
Lunchtime awards:
Our lunch time certificates are awarded by the lunch time team to those children who they see being wonderful role models and using marvelous manors:
Well done to our Role Model Tommy and Leo for his Marvellous Manners.
Thank you both for being such wonderful role models and for remembering those acts of kindness everyday!
Well done to our certificate awardees: a ‘Sadie Spider’ for her focus in Phonics, you don’t give up and keeping practising all your sounds.
Whole School Virtues - Faith Filled and Hopeful:
Thank you for looking after our classroom, you have shined brightly like Jesus this week by keeping our classroom tidying even when you have not been in that area. You are a role model and your actions encouraged other members of the class to do the same.
Henry the Dog: Henry is going home with this person for always being a role model in our class, thank you.
Important Information and Upcoming Events
MATHS MASTERY FOR PARENTS -We have become part of the Maths Mastery Parents Project with the Maths Hub. We are running fun maths workshops for parents in Reception Year 1 and Year 2. This project aims to enhance and further parental engagement in mathematics. We are inviting parents into school to learn games alongside their children - these games will then be taken home straight away and in the following weeks as part of each classes home learning. Please complete the booking form below and pop the date for your child in your diary:
Reception: Wednesday 9:00 -9:50 am 12th February
Year 1: Wednesday 9:00- 9:50 am 26th February
Year 2: Wednesday 2:10pm- 3:20 am 26th February
Stay and Play
Thank you for those who have filled in the forms.It has helped me to plan the most suitable days for the majority of parents. Our sessions will be on:
Friday 4th April 9:15 - 10:15
and
Monday 7th April 2:15 - 3:15.
Please fill in the form and select your preferred date. If you can’t make either date any family member is welcome to attend in your place. We are very excited to share with you our learning from our Spring term.
Show and Tell:
Please look below to see which day your child can share their show and tell news. We love to celebrate each child’s achievements in class. So we use show and tell as an opportunity to share things that they are proud of, or to share something that is important to them. Great show and tell examples are: sharing photos, bringing in certificates or medals, a souvenir from a trip out or something that they have made at home.
Important Reminders:
Polite reminder that we are a Nut free school. Please can you bring in healthy snacks please refer to the poster for suitable snacks, we always have fruit avalible too.
PE
Our PE days are Tuesday (outside) and Friday (inside). On these days, children can come to school in their PE uniform and will remain in this for the day. We kindly ask that velcro trainers (white, black or navy) are worn as this allows the children to be indepoendent when taking their shoes off and putting them back on. Polite reminder that for health and safety reasons, no jewellery is to be worn on PE days. We kindly ask that this is removed at home before coming into school.Art T-shirt
Please can you bring in an art T-shirt, if you haven’t already, these help us keep uniforms as clean as possible.Jumpers: please can you check that your child has brought the right jumper or PE jacket home, they can easily get mixed up when bags are being packed, there are a few missing in class, thank you.
if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at:
d.drummond@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
Thank you for all of your support
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond, Mrs Summersall, Mrs Kroll and Miss Forster