Can't wait to see you all and Marwell Trip reminder!

 Hello everyone!

I hope you have all had a super relaxing and fun half term. We are all so excited to see you on Monday, we've missed you.

Just a quick reminder about our trip to Marwell Zoo, payments are due if you want your child to go on the trip. These payments need to be in by Wednesday. This is all online on SIMS. If you need any help with accessing that, please email myself, the office or Mr Spracklen. If you have an questions regarding the trip please email me and I will be able to help. Also, if you choose not to send your child on this trip there will be appropriate provision provided in the classroom. I will talk through this with these parents individually.

SEE YOU MONDAY!

The Year One Team x

HAPPY HALF TERM!

WOW WHAT AN AMAZING START TO THE YEAR WE HAVE HAD! I could not be any prouder of the children and how they have settled into Year One. The have all shown me such great attitudes to learning and have become used to the routines and expectations. Please all enjoy a well deserved two week half term.

As most of you already know we are planning a trip to Marwell Zoo on Thursday 5th November. I just wanted to share some more information regarding this trip. As we have now moved to a cashless school this means that everything needs to be paid online and also the permission is given online. A little bit strange and something new for us. Thank you to those who have already paid, we are getting very excited! I will share with you again the information that was uploaded onto SIMS. 

'I am writing to inform you about an upcoming trip to Marwell Zoo. As our topic this half term is the zoo we thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to visit a zoo and put all of our learning into practice. Due to the popularity of the Zoo we have not been able to secure a date this half term, however, we will be going Thursday 5th November 2020.

We will be having an earlier start for school as Marwell Zoo is around 1 hour 30 minutes away. We ask for children to be in school for 8am to leave at 8:30am. We will be travelling to and from the zoo in mini buses. Our arrival back to school will also be later at around 5:30. We want to ensure that we are having enough time at Marwell Zoo to take part in workshops, explore the zoo and meet all the amazing animals. 

We do ask that you please send your child in with snacks, water bottles, coats and a packed lunch. There will be no hot meals available on this day.

The cost of this trip will be £15 and we ask for this to be paid electronically.'

In regards to Covid-19 we have been updated by Marwell that the workshop we are taking part in will be outside and there will be no inside workshop. As we are visiting a zoo we will also be outside walking around the grounds. There will be many different times to ensure hand washing is taking place, just like when we are in school. Staff members from the zoo will ensure that they are socially distanced from us and the children. There will be 6 members of staff on this trip who are part of the immediate Year One bubble (Miss White, Mrs Cura, Miss Ruken and Mrs Thompson) and our extended bubble (Mr Spracklen and Mr Bascome). Mr Bascombe and Mrs Cura will be driving the minibuses. If needed we will be able to stop for a toilet break. Ours and Marwells risk assessment is in line with the current National Guideline.

One last thing, if you decide you do not want to send your child on the trip there will be in-class provision for these children provided by a member of our extended bubble.

We are all very excited about this trip and can't wait to see all of the animals.

Have a great half term, and as always if you have any questions please don't hesitate to email me.

The Year One Team! x

Whole School Design Challenge - 15th October 2020

 

#InspiredToLearn Half Term Holiday Design Challenge

“Lest We Forget”

This half term holiday we would like you to have a go at making your own single poppy, we will attach these to a wreath that we will be making in school.  The wreath will be placed at the town war memorial by some of our older children after half term as an act of remembrance for all those that gave their lives in conflict.

Design Specification:

- Your Poppy can be made of any material, clay, cardboard, felt, polymer clay, paper, recycled materials, etc.

- Your Poppy should be 3D, rather than flat.

- Your Poppy must be bigger than 5cm but smaller than 12cm in width.

- Your Poppy does not have to be red, in recent years we have used other colours to represent other groups of people who have given their lives in service of our country.  You could research these groups and decide what colour you would like to make.

- Your Poppy could have a loop or hook which will enable it to be attached easily to our wreath.

- Please write your name and year group neatly somewhere on your Poppy.

Please hand your Poppy in to your class teacher by Wednesday 4th November for its inclusion on our collaborative act of remembrance.

Trip to the farm (Take two!)

Hello all, we are still on for the farm visit tomorrow! We are really hoping that the weather holds off for us. If you child does not have wellies in school please can you make sure they bring some in tomorrow as well as a coat and waterproof clothes.

Thank you!

Miss White

Trip to the farm tomorrow...

 Sadly, I am writing this blog to let you all that the trip to the farm tomorrow is postponed. The weather forecast isn't looking great with lots of heavy rain and 45mph winds. We are aiming to go to the farm on Tuesday next week - however we will have to see what the weather is like. Please still send your children in dressed as farmers tomorrow as the rest of the school is also dressing like this!

We are holding a virtual harvest celebration next week and we were wondering if children would be able to bring something in...all will be revealed during our Autumn Festival. The following items we are asking for are:

-cauliflower, cabbage, strawberries, beetroots, onions, apples, plums, broad beans, tomatoes, celery, blackberries, marrows, gooseberries, rhubarb, lettuce, radishes, carrots, turnips and potatoes. 

You will only need to bring one item in and we do ask for this item to be brought in on Tuesday. 

Also, please could you spend some time at home listening and learning this song:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRQEQgyGAGA

Year One have been working so hard with learning their RWI sounds and after half term we will be focusing on spellings, holding a sentence and then writing this, story green words and also red words. This will mean that there will be a slight change in the timetable. This will be shared with you during half term. 

For home learning this week we will be sending reading books home and also green/red words to be practiced. Alongside this there will be a picture in which we are asking for children to write some sentences linking to this. We look forward to seeing what the children come up with! 

Any questions, please email me or see a member of Year One in the morning or after school.

See you tomorrow farmers!

Miss White and the Year One team.