Happy Christmas to everyone. Many thanks for all the Christmas wishes, cards and presents.
Have a lovely holiday!!

What is happening next week?

This Sunday is know as Gaudate Sunday and the Third candle will be lit. What colour will it be?
On Monday we will be visiting church to watchYear5/6 in their Christmas production.
On Tuesday it is Key Stage One awards at 9.15.
On Wednesday it is our Christmas Party. Remember to wear warm and sensible clothes and some  food to share  with  your friends. Mr Kelly has said there may  be a special visitor!!!!!!
On Friday is our end of term  Massat 10o'clock~please come and join us.

Well done Year 1 for a fantastic Christmas  Play this morning!
You read and sang so well and you all looked perfect in your Bethlehem costumes.

Which song was your favourite?

Today is the second Sunday of Advent. We are asked to PREPARE.
Which candles are now lit on the Advent wreath?

Year One Nativity Play

Come and join Year 1 on Thursday 8th December at 9.15am for our nativity play.
We hope you are all learning your words and songs.

First Snow of Winter

Today we made our Advent wreath.

What can you see?

How many candles are there? What colour are the candles?

Advent

This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent.
In class we have changed our prayer focus to purple, made a class Advent Promise and are following the Walk with  Me calendar.

Which candle will be lit this Sunday?

Well done

A huge thank you for your support this morning for our INSPIRE workshop.
The children really enjoyed working with you.
Don't forget our rhymes for
because~big elephants can always understand small elephants

Look at all our work!

INSPIRE

Year One's INSPIRE Workshop takes place next Thursday 17th November at 9o'clock in the school hall. We will be giving you ideas and support in helping your son/daughter with Reading and Writing.

Next Week

Well done if you brought in a Christmas box for our Samaritan's Purse Appeal!

Please join us in church this Sunday for Year 3's Enrolment Mass and for Remembrance Sunday.
Mass is at 10o'clock.

Next Week

In Literacy we will be reading and writing about Mr Large in Charge.

We will be using these sounds in our work~igh,oa,ar ss ll.

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/poopDeck_v4.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

Well done for your super responses and singing at church today.
Did you enjoy singing O when the saints?

Next Week

In Maths we will be working on our new targets~ordering numbers to 10/20/50/100
http://www.ictgames.com/100hunt2.html
http://www.ictgames.com/caterpillar_slider.html
http://www.ictgames.com/nutty_v3.html

A big welcome back to Mrs Taylor.

Well done to all the children in Year 1 for all your hard work this term.
Have a good rest in the holidays.
Here are some activities for you to try.
http://www.mathletics.co.uk/
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html
http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html
Don't forget to visit the library.
Have a lovely safe half term.

Enjoy an Autumn story with Percy.
Part One

Part 2

Part 3

In RE we will be finding out about how God created the world.

What a busy week in Year 1.
We had a fantastic visit to the Library and a lovely visit to church to celebrate Mass with Father Dan.
Can you remember the new responses?
The Lord be with you.         And with your spirit.

Library

On Tuesday Mrs Parker's class will be visiting Acocks Green Library.
On ThursdayMrs Aldred's and Mrs Girling's classwill also visit the library.
Don't forget your library card!
Which book will you choose?

Have a look at Arthur!

In Science we will be finding out about our 5 senses.
SIGHT~HEARING~SMELL~TASTE~TOUCH
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/health_growth.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sound_hearing.shtml

Look at our work!

Don't forget to join us for our first Family Mass on Sunday 2nd October at Sacred Heart and Holy Souls Church.
In RE next week we will be learning about one of God's special helpers~Saint Francis of Assisi

What is St Francis famous for?

In Maths our focus will be patterns~numbers and shapes.
http://www.ictgames.com/caterpillar_slider.html

In Science we will be finding out about our food. Which foods are good for our bodies?

Next week we will be reading and writing about The Giant Sandwich.

What would you have on your giant sandwich?

In Phonics our focus will be ee and oo sounds in words.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/flash/fpoem1.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/flash/fpoem7.shtml

We love singing this in class.

Maths challenge~
 Mrs Aldred has 10 apples. She gives 4 apples to Mrs Parker.
How many apples are left?

Draw a picture, write a number sentence and bring it to school to win a prize.

MATHLETICS

Don't forget to LOG IN and have fun with Mathletics.

We will using this in our Maths and ICT work in school.

Have fun!

In RE we will be learning about one of the very first celebrations Jesus went to when he was presented to God in the Temple.

"He is the Light of the World."

In Maths we will be adding with a numberline and ordering numbers.
http://ictgames.com/funkymum.html
In Science we will be investigating with Discovery Dog.
Are the oldest children in Year 1 the tallest?

In Topic we will be looking at Acocks Green.  What facilities do we have and use?

Next Week

In Literacy 1P will be reading and writing about The Pizza Princess.
Don't forget PLEASE and THANK YOU.
1AG will be reading and writing about Where's my teddy?

In Maths we are learning how to order numbers and where they go on a numberline.
Have a go at the games on these sites.
http://www.ictgames.com/nileNumbers_v2.html
http://www.ictgames.com/caterpillar_slider.html

What a busy first week.
Well done children,you have settled in so well and are working very hard.
Next Week.....
In Literacy 1P will be reading and writng about~Where's my teddy?

1AG will be reading and writing about the Pizza Princess.

First Week

During our first week we will be....

RE~ learning about how we celebrate as a family. We celebrate birthdays, weddings and lots of other occasions.
Literacy~we will be writing about our Summer holiday and learning our High Frequency words.
Click on the link below...
http://ictgames.com/wordreader.html
Science~we will be learning about our bodies and reading the story Funnybones.

In Maths we will be reading and ordering numbers to 10 and 20.
http://www.ictgames.com/piratenumbers2.html

WELCOME BACK!

Welcome back to all the new children in Year One. We are looking forward to starting our new school year on Monday. We have lots of exciting learning ahead and will have lots of fun together. Don't forgetto use this Blog to help you with your learning.

Reading Challenge

Don't forget to  join the Reading Challenge at the Library~it's free and you will get so much fun!

Keep Busy!

Here are some of your favourite sites.....
MATHS
http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html
http://www.ictgames.com/100hunt2.html
http://www.ictgames.com/rhoodbeyond10.html
http://www.ictgames.com/fairyfog2s_v2.html
http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html
http://www.ictgames.com/moneysplat.html
LITERACY
http://www.ictgames.com/wordreader.html
http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurwordsrepeat.html
http://www.gruffalo.com/

Here's Percy.....

Part 2

Part 3

Well done to all our wonderful Year 1 children.

You have worked so hard and have been so good this year!
Enjoy your holidays. Read every day and be good for your grown ups!!

Final Week

What a busy and exciting time ahead of us. On  Monday  afternoon it is Golden Time for KS1. On Wednesday it is awards  and our Healthy Picnic in the afternoon. Don't forget to bring something to share. On Thursday we will be watching the Year 6 assembly and celebrating our final Mass of the year on Thursday at 1.30pm.

Music Assembly

Well done! What a wonderful music assembly today. What was your favourite song?

Next Week

Next week is One World Week and we will be finding out about the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah.

We will be finding out what a menorah is and why it is important.

Next Week

It is Science Week we will be finding out about sound and hearing and how our hearing warns us of hazards.
What can you hear?

In Literacy we will be reading and writing about Farmer Duck.
http://youtu.be/_2Qn7-X8Wuc

Well done to Miss Cranmer, Miss Trodden and all the children involved in the LIFE AWARE Enterprise Challenge!! CONGRATULATIONS!