View from a space shuttle

This morning we began looking at a story called 'Look what i've got'. We related it to our own experiences and talked about toys that we enjoy sharing with friends.  The children also thought about toys that they don't enjoy sharing with others.

In maths we were looking at teen numbers, beginning to understand that teen numbers are made up of a ten and some ones.

This afternoon we thought about a journey to the moon. What might we see looking out of the space shuttle window when we reached space? The children drew some lovely window pictures which will be up on the wall later this week for you to have a look at.

Good news, our outside cover is nearly complete. Hopefully we will be able to go out by the end of the week.

A big thank you to those of you who attended the class 1 meeting after school today. I do hope you found it useful.

REMINDER: No 'stay and play' on Fridays until 23rd September.

Space Shuttles and Snail Traps!

This morning a group of the boys discovered a snail or slug trail around the classroom. It is a trail that baffles us most mornings when we arrive for school. The boys have decided that it must be caught, so created their very own trap. It consists of a shoe box tied with string which will drop down and trap the snail when it enters. They have also left a trail of leaves picked from the beanstalk that we know the snails and slugs love. One of the children even created a electrical circuit including a buzzer to let us know if anything has been caught!

Will it work?! We shall see in the morning!

In maths we have been looking at recognising teen numbers and building matching towers. The children worked with a partner for this.

 

This afternoon we started making our own space shuttles. We hope to finish them tomorrow. Pictures to follow.

Wednesday 7th September

We are well and truly back into the swing of things in class 1. The children have been really enjoying being a class of just 11 at the moment until the new children arrive next week!

Yesterday we talked about our summer holidays and our favourite things that we did. The children created some wonderful written work which can be seen on display in our classroom.

                                                                          Writing on display.

                                                                      Amber's holiday writing.

                                                                       Molly's holiday writing.

On Tuesday afternoons Mrs Shiner will be the class teacher and will be doing RE with the children. Yesterday they talked about belonging to a class and made some lovely certificates to show this.

Today we went to the village hall to do PE. It's the first time we have been there for PE since last Spring as we had been using the field. The children enjoyed lots of different games including 'Creep up on the teacher.'

We are having a big push on drinking water in class 1 as we have noticed that many of the children are not drinking enough throughout the day. Today, all the children managed to completely finish their water before the end of the day. We ask that you fill the water bottles, rather than only half full, as then we can monitor how much they have been drinking.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a lovely holiday!

It's like we have never been away! The children settled in today by talking lots about our classroom rules. The main focus was;
-We listen, and we don't interrupt.
-We look after property and we don't damage things.

The children and myself have all drawn ourselves to show that we agree with the rules and remember them. Do come and see our lovely self portraits on the wall!
We talked about consequences of not following the rules which will result in one warning and then losing 5 minutes of golden time.

Please have a look in your child's bookbag for letters about this term and volunteer helper requests.

NOTE FOR DIARY: Monday 12th September - Parents meeting for Year 1 parents at 3:20pm.

Summer Holidays

I hope you are all enjoying your summer holidays and will be well rested and ready for lots of learning on Monday 5th September.

Hopefully, our new roof will be finished over the outside area by the time you get back to school and we will be able to work outside in all weathers and not get wet! Hooray!

Remember to complete all your reading books and bring them all back on Monday 5th.

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Hope you are all having a lovely holiday!

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.