Thank you from Mr. Wain & Mrs. Maqbool!
Dear parents/carers,
As we can’t send Christmas cards this year, Mrs. Maqbool and I have decided to write a class news post instead!
We want to thank you for all the support you have shown both your children and us over the last term – it is massively appreciated and the children have done extremely well! We are so proud of them.
Thank you as well for all the lovely gifts that you have bought us! It’s so kind and thoughtful and we are extremely grateful! We have both decided to open our gifts on Christmas Day – we can’t wait! Thank you again!
We hope you all have a lovely, well earned, Christmas break and enjoy seeing off what has been a trickier year!
Thanks again for all the support you give all the time – see you in 2021!
Mr. Wain and Mrs. Maqbool
Merry Christmas!
We had a fantastic final day celebrating all our hard work this term!
Even Santa himself turned up!
I’d like to thank every single person in Y6 for their amazing attitudes in what’s been, at times, a tricky time.
Well done and enjoy the break!
Reading: class novel
We did it! We finished our class novel: Who let the gods out?
It’s a great book which linked to our Ancient Greece topic. It was also very long and quite tricky!
To help us remember and keep track of what was happening in the book and the many characters, we summarised each chapter and stuck it on our reading display.
Here is the finished summary wall:
Merry Christmas!
We have reached the end of a very busy and different first term.
We have been really impressed with how well the children have settled and it’s been wonderful to see the progress they have made.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Year 1 would like to say…….
As we approach the end of a very different autumn term, the children would like to share a few messages with you all.
First of all, as parents haven’t been able to come into school to see what’s been happening in our history topic, the children wanted to share a very special song. This song is about the events of The Great Fire of London and includes some Makaton symbols and signs. Makaton is similar to sign language and aids communication and speech. By using Makaton, the children (and adults) were able to take a more active part in the song. We have been very impressed with how quickly the class learnt the actions to fit the song. We hope you enjoy it.
September 1666
Performed by Year 1 
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pepWlCv4LSuDfYcy7LTU25-ly3uo3zcf?usp=sharing
Next, the children thought about some very special messages. They were asked to think about sending a wish to people, who are important, in their lives.
I wish ………..
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ih2JfJ4Bsu4FcmOCmPL_mW83gTK9OeBc?usp=sharing
Finally, we would all like to say a huge well done to all the children in Year 1. Over the term, we have seen the children mature, gain confidence, improve their learning and all with smiles on their faces. Year 1 staff are immensely proud of each and every child. We thank you all for your continued support and regular communications.
Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday! 
Science: Healthy me
This half term, our science topic has been about animals (including humans).
Here is the vocabulary linked to the topic. Ask your child about these words and what they mean. They might even remember the actions we’ve made to help them learn these.
Being healthy has been an important part of this science learning including keeping clean (including the importance of hand hygiene), good nutrition (based on the Eat Well Guide) and exercising.
As the World Health Organisation publishes Every move counts towards better health, Year 1 enjoy trying to get their active 30 minutes at school every day. From skipping ropes at playtime to laps around the playground for brain breaks and from Super Movers active maths videos to physical activity challenges in our shared area.
Finally, this video and Once There Were Giants by Martin Waddell helped us to understand animal and human life cycles.
There are some great scientists in Year 1 and we’ve been very impressed with their learning throughout this topic.
Living and Learning: relationships
Our Living and Learning theme this term has been relationships. Year 1 have been learning about different aspects of relationships including families and those who care for us, caring friendships and respectful relationships.
The Family book by Todd Parr supported our learning about the importance of families and that families are sometimes different to their own families.
When learning about our special people, we discussed that, at the moment, we can’t always see some of these special friends and family. Despite this, we thought of different ways to show we care for them.
Finally, throughout this topic we have been learning about how to seek help if the children have a worry about any of their relationships. This has been through the concept of Start Telling Other People. The children have discussed who they might tell and this could include a friend, a family member, an adult at school or writing it in our Living and Learning box.
We hope this learning helps the class with their day to day relationships.
Living and Learning: PANTS (the underwear rule)
In our Living and Learning lesson today, we have been discussing the NSPCC’s Underwear Rule and this week, our reading fluency text has been the ‘PANTS’ acrostic, which stands for:
More information about the Underwear Rule, including a short film and a parent guide can be found here including a parent guide for you to follow up this learning at home.
Music: glockenspiels and Bob Marley
Hello everyone,
Here’s another video for you to enjoy. This time, it’s a musical few minutes including singing, percussion and glockenspiels.
Hope you enjoy it!
Christmas crafts are coming…..
We’ve been working hard creating cards and calendars for you!
