Class 1 Blog

 Week beginning 25th March And just like that we are 2/3 through the year! What a busy term we have had, it seems to have gone by very quickly. I heard that the children had a lovely time with Mrs Neal, Mrs Simpson and Mrs Barnes and I received lots of lovely comments about their behaviour and learning which was lovely! I have not given out any reading books or badger books, this will start again after the holidays.  I hope you all have a lovely half term and I will look forward to hearing all about it from the children when we come back.  Reception: how you can help at home:  allowing children to get themselves dress - e.g. buttons and zips.  writing numbers up to 20 writing sentences, including capital letters, finger spaces and full stops Nursery: how you can help at home:  writing their name, on lines would be great writing numbers  playing games to build concentration  drawing different things - like people, the sun, rainbows etc.  Remin...

  Week beginning 11th March Don't the weeks just fly by! We have been practicing our 'hop hop hop' song for the Church service this week which the children have loved! When we had our class photo taken the photographers said "that was the best Reception class we have had for a long time" - what a lovely comment to hear!  Next week the children will be greeted by Mrs Simpson as I will be with Class 4 before we leave for PGL. They will be having Mrs Simpson for the mornings, apart from Thursday where they will have Mrs Barnes all day (this is a nice transition for them to go up into Class 2 in September) and a mixture of Mrs Neal and Mrs Barnes for the afternoons. Mrs Aindow will be with the children all week as normal. I have told the children this information and they are very excited!  This week we have been: reading longer words - sharp, harsh, shark, march, sheep, sheet, cheep, queen, teeth, chain, chart, tooth, short, torch, garden, singer, thinker, powder, co...

 Week beginning 4th March Another very busy and very lovely week in Class 1 :) We have been busy making some lovely Mother's Day bits for the children to give to you on Sunday. The children have really impressed me with their reading this week, their confidence has grown throughout this term, thank you for your support this week.  This week we have been: reading longer words - muffin, pattern, buzzer, better. We are still recapping our taught sounds and the children are doing well at remembering these, we are practicing using them when we are reading new words.  exploring longer and shorter and finding objects that are longer than another and then shorter than another.  practicing our subitising of numbers, going up to 10. exploring the story 'After the Fall' which is based around Humpty Dumpty, we did this as a school for World Book Day and the children completed writing and drawing activities based on it.  Phonics:   We have now learnt all of the phase 2 ...

 Week beginning 26th February  It is just a short blog this week :) I hope you all had a lovely half term break, the children have loved sharing all the different things they have gotten up to! It won't be long until the next one when we will hopefully have some sunshine!  The children settled back into our routines well and I have noticed how grown up they seem, they have now completed half of the school year! Doesn't it fly by!  This week we have been: recapping taught sounds and reading lots of words with digraphs in practicing our knowledge of tricky words comparing length in maths - finding items that are longer and shorter.  helping an injured triceratops on our dinosaur island.  in drawing club we have been watching Popeye and drawing wonderful things from it - like Popeye, the spinach factory, something that would be too heavy for Popeye to pick up.  Nursery: in listening time this week we have been doing what is in the box looking at the sound...