Food, faith and farming fornight!

Hi everyone! 

Today has been the start of our food, faith and farming fortnight! I hope you all got to see the tractor outside of the school today!!

I want to firstly update you on the last week in Year 1 and then a couple of notices about the coming fortnight. 

Again, we have had a super busy week in Year 1 and all children have just BLOWN me away. Every week I am getting to know your children more and we are now feeling like a tight knit Year 1 POW family. We have been continuing to look at our numbers to 10 and have started to compare numbers and groups of objects. We have put our explorer hats on and accessed the Forest School area. There were lots of fairies and even dinosaur bones found! 

In PE we have been exploring different movements and how our bodies can adjust/move to help us. The children are continuing to enjoy music with Mrs Bishop and have been using a range of instruments. We have also learnt how to log into the chromebooks and access purple mash. We have been continuing to focus on our handwriting! 

We also had a great surprise as we were able to take part in an African dance workshop with a special visitor! Your children really do have the moves!!

Now for a few notices;

- We are off to Maiden Castle Farm tomorrow so please can you ensure all children have suitable footwear (I know most of your children have wellies in school) and suitable coats as it is meant to rain! If you want children to wear different trousers, this is fine, however they must wear their POW tops.

- Thank you to those who sent the home learning books in today. Coming home with the children is this week's task which focuses on numbers to 10. Please can these books come back in on Thursday or Friday at the latest.

- RWI books are also due in on Friday. We have had some children not bringing these back and it's really important that they do. If you have any at home please can you send them in with your children tomorrow. 

- We are learning songs for the Harvest Festival - words will be coming home if you could look at these with your children and access the song on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6xWL6srtY 

- All children also came home with their RWI sounds on Friday. Please practice these as much as possible at home to support learning in the classroom.

Thank you once again for all your amazing continued support!

Miss White and the Year 1 Team x

Update on home learning books

Hi all,

I've had a few questions about home learning books and whether they were due in today. In normal circumstances we ask for them to come back to school on a Thursday, to ensure we have time to get the new home learning task in the book for sending home on Friday.

HOWEVER, this weeks home learning is due on Monday as we only handed the books out on Tuesday! I've really enjoyed looking at the home learning that has already come in, thank you!

Any questions, please let me know,

Miss White

Home learning books and school photos

Just a quick blog to let you all know that Home Learning books and school photos came home today in your child's book bag or school bag!

Thank you,

The Year 1 Team x

Last week in Year 1

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't updated this sooner I have been a bit poorly. From now on, I will be making sure I am updating these more frequently and on time! 

What a start to Year 1 we have had. I know I said this last week but I am so proud of each and every one of your children! They are amazing!

We have been so busy in Year 1 with lots of incredible learning happening. 

In Literacy we have been focusing on the book 'Dear Zoo' by Rod Campbell. We have been using adjectives to describe different animals and started writing a letter to the zoo to ask for our favourite animal. 

In Maths we have been focusing on our numbers to 10 - looking at counting forwards and backwards and adding one more. The children are fantastic at their numbers to 10 and we also had a maths lesson in the forest school area where we were collecting objects in 10's. Such as 10 leaves, 10 sticks and 10 other things they could find.

The children are also working incredibly hard to learn how to form their numbers and letters correctly. We have a weekly session which focuses on handwriting and letter formation. Two morning jobs a week also focus on correct letter formation and number formation. 

In Science we have been continuing to explore animals including humans and looking more in depth at the different animal groups. The children enjoyed going on a hunt around the school to find animals and deciding which animal group it fits into. We were also lucky enough to meet two amazing tortoises that Mrs Thorpe brought into school!

The children have really been enjoying their Music lessons with Mrs Bishop and PE sessions with Luca (basketball coach) and Sean (cricket coach). In Art we have been exploring different ways to create animals using a range of resources such as leaves in today's lesson. In RE we have been learning about the Christianity Creation Story. In Jigsaw (PSHE) we have welcomed Jigsaw Jack into the classroom and spoke about how we feel safe and special. 

Just a few extra notices;

- Some children are still not bringing in their PE kits. Please can we ensure these are coming in.

- Some jumper/cardigans are not named which makes it a lot harder if these are misplaced. Please can we check that all school uniform is named.

- Home learning books will be coming home tomorrow. These were meant to come home Friday but other things got in the way....

Thank you for all your amazing support as always!

Miss White and the incredible Year 1 Team x

Our first week in Year 1!

WOW!! I have to start this blog with saying how impressed and proud I am of each and every child in Year 1. This week has been amazing and the children have show such maturity to adapting to their school life in Year 1. 

For me, it feels like I have had this class for longer than a week, however it is so nice to see all of their characters evolve as the week progressed. They are showing such willingness to take part in all aspects of the class and are showing great behaviours. 

I have got some pictures to share with you on this blog......but unfortunately the photos haven't backed up to the drive and I've left the iPad at school, so I will share these with you next week. 

We have been up to so much which included, making animal masks and writing about them, recognising and writing numbers to 10, starting to learn about different animals, started to touch on the Christianity creation story and lots more!

I hope each child has enjoyed their first week as much as I have!

A few last things;

- Some children did not come in with their PE kits this week. Please can we ensure that these are coming in next week.

- RWI books came home today. Please can these be brought back in next friday. We will give out a new book each friday when the old book is brought back.

- Home learning tasks will start next week. Children will have their own book to complete different tasks in.

- Individual school photos are on Thursday!

Have a great weekend!

Miss White and the Year 1 Team x

Let the new school year commence...

Hi all!! I cannot begin to explain how excited I am to be welcoming all of your amazing children into the classroom on Monday! 

I hope you have all had a wonderful summer and the children are looking forward to coming back to school. 

Just a few things ahead of Monday;

- Please ensure all uniform (including PE kits and shoes) are labelled. You wouldn't believe how many mix ups there are!

- Can all children come in with a healthy snack and water bottle. 

- PE kits are due in on Monday...if you forget don't worry as we have PE on Wednesday's and Friday's. 

- We will be using the forest school area once a week. Please can you send in wellies and some wet play clothes. Also, as it starts to get colder please can you send in clothes that are suitable for this weather and forest school. 

There is also a new face in the classroom! Miss Bridge will be joining us a trainee teacher and I know that she is extremely excited about working with you and your children!

Any questions ahead of Monday please email me - a.white@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

See you monday!!

Miss White and the Year 1 Team x