Term 1 Week 5

Hello everyone! :) 

WOW! What a busy week our Ivy Class children have had. It has been so wonderful to be back and see how well the children have been settling in. They have worked their socks off this week so it has been a pleasure to FINALLY get to spend time with my new class. 

What have we been up to you ask... 

  • In Literacy, we have been busy continuing to practice forming our letters, use phonemes to spell and have been using our knowledge of being a Victorian worker child to write interesting sentences to build narratives! I think Ivy Class could all agree we do not want to live in Victorian times!
  • In Maths, we have been numerical geniuses putting our number bonds knowledge to the test. We practiced numbers bonds to 5, 10 and 20. 
  • In Art we were introduced to LS Lowery and why his art is so significant. 
  • In RE we looked at 'The Parable of the Good Samaritan' and discussed how wrong and right choices have an impact on others as well as ourselves. 
  • In PE the coach set up lots of circuits for children. This week was all about control and accuracy in multi-skills.
  • In History we looked at the life of a Victorian child coal-miner. We used a source to answer questions about the past on the basis of simple observations. 
  • In science children made rain gages to conduct experiments and to observe seasonal change!

So as you can see, we have had a very busy week!

Gentle reminders and notes:

  • Please name your children's clothes; we have had lots of lost items this week and they will get sent to lost property if not named or claimed.
  • Please ensure your child comes to school with a coat. The weather is getting colder but the children still do play outside when weather permits!
  • Thank you for all the plastic bottles, science was a huge success!
  • Please ensure your children are practicing how to change clothes, the children in Year 1 are expected to be able to get changed independently for PE - whilst we help with the odd button or two, the class are expected to be able to do t-shirts and bottoms as well as put on their shoes. 

Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone bright and early Monday! 

Miss Bird, Mrs Healey & Mrs Rai