Thank you NHS

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Our first day back

It's been lovely to be back in touch with you all today as we start our Summer term.  I have been very impressed with all the work you have done today, we have most definitely 'hit the ground running'.  I'm sure you'll agree that the pictures below of Jocelyn's 'Gruffalo Crumble', Evan's vegetables and Easter cake and Iliana's pizza look delicious.  Well done, girls.

Spelling Challenge

Can you complete this spelling challenge to help you learn your spellings this week?

Week beginning 27th April

Welcome back to the Summer term.  I hope you are all well and have managed to enjoy the beautiful weather we have had during the holidays.  I'm very much looking forward to the term ahead and supporting the children through our distance learning.  Please find below details of our activities for our first week back:

English:

• Revising all phonic sounds with our focus this week on the sound 'air'.  I have set activities on Sumdog to support this.  Children should also watch the daily RWI phonics lessons online if possible
• Ensuring the correct use of capital letters and full stops
• Learning the features of fantasy stories and writing a fantasy story

Maths:

• Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards
• Identifying the missing number in a sequence counting in 2s, 5s and 10s
• Making equal groups of objects
• Identifying equal and unequal groups
• Solving word problems
• Mathletics

IPC:

• Revising our knowledge of food groups and cooking a dish thinking about which food groups the ingredients belong to
• Sharing the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and carrying out an investigation into what plants need to grow.  Can we grow a beanstalk for Jack?
• Observe our planted beans, can we see any signs of growth?

Story Time with Miss Hall

Starting on Monday 27th April I will be sharing a daily story time with the children.  We are going to be reading the story 'The Hen Who Wouldn't Give Up'.  Each day I will email the children a video of myself reading a chapter so we can enjoy a class story just like we do at school.  As it is a video, the children will be able to watch it at a time which is most convenient.  You might watch it as a break during the day or maybe save it for a bedtime story.  Watch out for the first chapter coming on Monday, I am joined by a very special guest.  All will be revealed on Monday!

We've made it to the end of term!  It's not quite been the end of term we had hoped or planned but it's still been hugely successful.  The children have all achieved so much this term and have also adapted to our new ways of learning.  Thank you to all the parents who are supporting the children so well at home, I really do feel privileged to be able to work with you all.

I hope you all enjoy the Easter break.  

Lessons will recommence bright and early on Monday 27th April.

Friday 3rd April

Task for the day

It's the end of another busy week and the start of the Easter holidays.  I'm sure everyone is feeling very tired so thought you might like to have a go at some drawing.  Just click on the link below to take part in a drawing masterclass with the children's author and illustrator Liz Million.  Don't forget to send me pictures of your finished drawings!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9p0PCdZmY

I'm looking forward to seeing you at our meet at 1pm today.

Hard at work and having fun!

It's been yet another busy day for the children in Year 1 today and there has been a stream of emails arriving in my inbox with some brilliant work.  I think lots of children have enjoyed the PE activity today!  I've also seem some wonderful maths and English work.  Special congratulations to Sienna today who was the winner of Mrs William's pastoral bulletin with her wonderful painting.  I'm looking forward to seeing the children tomorrow at 1pm for our Google Meet and I know they'll thoroughly enjoy seeing each other again.

Year 1 Google Meet

We will be having a Year 1 google meet tomorrow (Friday 3rd April) at 1pm.  It would be lovely to see you there.  I will send the invites via email out just prior to the meet.

Advance notice for resources WB 27th April

When we return to our learning after the Easter holidays, we are going to be busy cooking and also planting seeds in IPC.  In our first IPC session the children are going to be asked to cook something.  This can be anything at all and we are going to share pictures of what they have cooked with their friends. 

Later in the week we are going to be carrying out a scientific investigation and will need the following resources: 4 empty jars or yogurt pots, kitchen roll, runner bean seeds.

Hopefully we will all be able to get our hands on these resources but of course please do just let me know if it is a problem, I can always change plans!

Thursday 2nd April

Task of the Day

It's Thursday today which means P.E. is on the timetable for this afternoon.  I've got 2 different P.E. challenges for you to enjoy.  Just click on the link below to watch the first one then have a go at 'Sock Boule'

Have fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y6b5PD3EXQ