This week we have focused on the disciples and how they felt when Jesus appeared to them again.. How at first the did not know it was Him and through His words and through His actions Jesus revealed Himself to them. We have spoken about our faith and belief in Jesus, despite the fact that we can’t see Him and the role that faith places in our love of God.

English - we have continued on with our RWI lessons. During these sessions we all focus on phonics, reading, spelling and sentence development. We have also been working on our pre-cursive handwriting in which we focus on how to write our letters, starting on the line. We are continuing to work hard on our common exception words, reading them in class every day!

Maths - this week we have been working on subtraction, this week by focusing on what do we need to subtract from a two digit number to get back to 10 and then continuing on from there - leaving ourselves with a number bond to 10 so 14 - 6= would be done by 14-4=10 and then 10-2=8 we have subtracted 6 by subtracting 4 and then 2. This has proved a little tricky - but we have made good progress over the course of the week.

RE - this week has been all about Jesus returning to His disciples and their response to that.

Art - this week the children have continued their Sculpture Unit focusing in on the work of Andy Goldsworthy.

Science - this week we continued our new unit all about Plants by focusing what plants need to grow. We have also planted our sunflower seeds and the potatoes are coming along nicely.

Topic - this week we started our new Geography unit about the four countries that make up the UK. We started by reviewing the seven continents of the world, focusing in on Europe and then the UK - even looking at the capital cities.

Many congratulations to this week’s winners…

Golden Award - William for his perseverance this week with his Maths learning - even when he found it tricky this week William kept going, kept striving to understand and as a result he has gained a good level of knowledge and understanding of subtraction this week.

Writing Award - Marlaya for good independent writing this week across the curriculum, remembering to us finger spaces and punctuation.

Maths Award - Elsimae for working hard on her number bonds to 10 and using them in her subtraction work this week.

PE will be on Monday and Friday so please send the children into class in the PE kits on those days. No earrings can be worn for PE so please ensure that they are taken out at home.

Water bottles - This will come home each night to be cleaned and re-filled. Please only use the school bottles and ensure your child brings theirs each day.
I will not be in class on a Thursday afternoon, as it is my release time. This will be covered by Mrs Veasey and Miss Sanderson and is also when the children will have Music with Mrs Watson
Homework Expectations - please see the Homework page for what I expect the children to do at home…..don’t worry, it’s mainly just reading!! Yr1 Homework — Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School (squarespace.com)
PHONICS Support - take a look at Oxford Owl for information about how you can help your child at home with their phonics and reading. This is is a great site in general but the page linked has a super little video showing how the sounds should be pronounced. See how many sounds your child knows! How can I support my child with phonics? - Oxford Owl for Home
Earrings - please ensure these are only small gold/silver studs as stated in the uniform policy - some of the earrings in school are getting a bit too big. Many thanks
Nail Varnish - please ensure any nail varnish is removed for the pupils come into class. It should not be worn at school.

To celebrate King Charles’ Coronation Our Lady’s will hold a ‘Celebration Afternoon’ on FRIDAY 5TH MAY. On that day we are inviting the children to come dressed in red, white and blue and KS1 can bring a teddy for the day for our afternoon tea party!

PHONICS SCREENING - Year 1 Phonics Screening will take place the week of 12th June. (First week back after our half term holiday) Please ensure your child is is school this week as each child must complete an individual phonic assessment at some point during this week. I will carry out the assessments and decide which day your child will complete the assessment based on a range of factors, such as mood that day, readiness for learning etc. I will be holding a short Parent Meeting to discuss this further - date to be arranged - so please look out for this.

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

Please take a look at these Ten Ten resources to support prayer and worship at home.

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/