Let's get wriggling!

In Numeracy this week we have been learning the order of the months of the year and their associated seasons.

In Literacy we have been conveying information in a simple format by writing labels, lists and captions to go with a Christmas display.

This week we have started our rehearsals for our Christmas performance; A Wriggly Nativity. Monday - 1.45pm, Tuesday - 9.30am and Wednesday - 9.30am at the church.

On Wednesday we are going to the church so please can all permission slips be in as soon as possible. If you are CRB checked we would welcome volunteers to help us walk to the church on Wednesday morning. Please talk to your class teacher.

The Christmas lunch is on Wednesday.

Food for the Christmas party in bought in advance so please can any donations be brought in as soon as possible. The party is in the afternoon on Thursday. Children can wear their party clothes all day.

1B update

Preparations for Christmas and our Christmas performance are in full swing and the children have been busy learning songs for our upcoming Nativity. Please remember to bring your costumes in by Monday 5^th of December. Please ensure all items are labelled with your child’s name and are in a named bag.

Please remember that all consent forms for the Year 1 Panto project trip to the Theatre Royal need to be in by Friday 9^th of December.

We are all very excited about tomorrow’s Christmas Fair. Don’t forget that in return for an adult tombola present tomorrow will be a mufti day.

Finally, we will be saying goodbye to our wonderful Norland Nannies, Caroline and Charlie, next Friday. They have been fantastic and we have all loved having them in Year 1. We wish them all the best for their future. Thank you!

Christmas Nativity 2011

For the Christmas performance this year 1B will be dressed as donkeys, cows and chickens.

I will send a letter home letting you know which animal your child will be.

Donkeys:

Please can you provide your child with –

A long sleeved black, brown or grey top.

Black, brown or grey tights, leggings or jogging bottoms.

 

Cows:

Please can you provide your child with –

A long sleeved black or white top.

Black or white tights, leggings or jogging bottoms.

Chickens:

Please can you provide your child with –

A long sleeved yellow, orange, brown or white top

Black, white, yellow, orange or brown tights, leggings or jogging bottoms.

Please can you make sure these are named and brought to school in a named carrier bag by Monday 5^th December.

Many thanks Miss Burns

Show and tell

The children in 1B have said that they would like to have show and tell more often than they are at the moment. I have therefore decided to change the show and tell rota. Starting next Monday each house will have a set day every week when they can bring in show and tell items. As there may be up to 8 children bringing in objects I have asked the children to only bring in one item per week. Please see below for the timetable. Many thanks!

Monday - Owls
Tuesday - Eagles
Wednesday - Falcons
Thursday - Ospreys

Light and Dark day

Last Friday we had a fantastic day of Science in 1B. The classroom was very dark for the day as we explored different sources of light and did some fantastic chalk and pastel drawings of candles. We all had lots of fun and learnt many interesting things. We will be telling you all about what we have found out about light and dark in our class assembly next Tuesday. We hope you can come!

In Numeracy this week we have been practising counting in tens. We have been counting up and down a hundred square and are becoming confident counting forwards and backwards in tens. It would be great if you could continue to practise this skill at home as it will be useful for lots of the learning we do in Year 1.

In Literacy we have been looking at stories with repeating patterns. We have enjoyed reading The Gingerbread Man, So Much, The Enormous Watermelon and Handa's Hen.

In art we have been looking at winter trees. We went for a walk around the school to see how the trees look without their leaves and took photos of them. We are going to use the photos to create our own paintings of trees in the coming days.

Please be reminded that reading books and link books should be brought to school every day as they are needed for individual and guided reading sessions. As winter is on the horizon could you also please ensure that your child has a coat with them at all times and that any other items (gloves etc) and labelled with you child's name- there are lots of odd gloves floating about at the moment!

Thank you to all the families who have been bringing in their spare buttons to help us make our Christmas cards however we still need more! If you have any lying around at home then please bring them in.

Finally, as there will be lots of assessment activities taking place next week please note that the children will only have one guided reading session each.

Have a lovely weekend!

Welcome back to 1B

What a busy start to term 2 we have had!

In history we have been finding out all about Florence Nightingale and the children are already experts on her life story. The class role play has been transformed into Florence’s hospital in Scutari complete with her tortoise Jimmy. In Literacy this week we have been using what we have learnt to write recounts of Florence’s life. If you would like to find out more, or take a Florence Nightingale quiz, we have been using this website in class: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/nightingale/index.shtmlouspeople/standard/nightingale/index.shtml If you’re planning a trip to London any time soon there is also a fantastic Florence Nightingale museum http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/ which is full of artefacts from her life, including her pet owl Athena!

In numeracy this week we have been learning about 2D shapes and their properties. We have had lots of fun creating pictures from 2D shapes as well as sorting them and going on a shape hunt around the school.

Miss Hurley and Miss Granato have been in 1B full time for the past few weeks and have been teaching some fun music lessons on long and short sounds as well as some lessons on working in a team. The children have really enjoyed having them in class and we are looking forward to them joining us in January for a full term.

In the coming weeks we will be learning about light and dark in science. We will also be finding out about the story of Rama and Sita and creating our own dances to tell the story using traditional hand movements.