Children in Class One have recently been sharing  information about their favourite things from home, including their favourite toy. This morning all the children in Class One watched a short programme about ‘Toys from the past’. The children enjoyed finding out information about how toys and games were different many years ago to toys and games that are available today. Some children also noticed that quite a few of the toys were still used today – such as skipping ropes and hoops. We thought it was important to remember that it can be just as much fun playing games, such as hopscotch and running around together outside as it is to sit and use the latest game on the computer! All of the children worked either in groups with an adult or tried hard in pairs to sort pictures of new and old toys. Here is a link to the video we watched : http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/toys_and_games/

This afternoon we are looking forward to Child Initiated time inside and outside. The Year 1 children will be continuing to find out about forces/different types of movement and how objects move in different ways.

Your child is invited to bring in one favourite toy from home on Monday 6^th October 2014. We will have chance to have a look at the toys and find out about why they are our favourites. We will see if any of the toys move, make sounds or if they are just for cuddling!

We will be using the toys and having lots of fun to create short performances in small groups. We will film these with the school iPads/Flipcams. The children will have the chance to watch a short clip of ‘Toy Story’ to give them some ideas about how their toys could move and what they could say during their performance.

We will probably need to have the toys in school for both Monday and Tuesday. Your child is welcome to leave their toy in school overnight if they wish.

Thank you

Mrs L. Conde

Class One have had a busy day today. They have been working with patterns and shapes this morning and recognising numbers. The children have enjoyed counting in French today too! Class One worked hard in Letters and Sounds – they explored the sound ‘h’ today and also Year 1 children worked hard to read and write tricky words and CVCC words, such as bend, belt, lift. This week the sounds covered will be h, b, f, ff. Physical Development this afternoon consisted of moving in different ways around the hall, using markers to know where their own space is, jumping with two feet together and moving with their hands and feet on the floor.

Your child will soon have a Letters and Sounds phonics mat to use at home. This can be used when reading to help decode words and for when your child practises writing letters and words at home.

There are several good websites and schemes to use at home to support Letters and Sounds, such as Alphablocks on CBeebies, Phonics Play and www.twinkl.co.uk. I have added links to Class One Resources page so that you can use programmes and games with your child at home. Ask you child to show you things, such as the Numtums clips and the Alphablocks letters and sounds clips.

This morning children have been outside working and playing together in our Early Years yard. The children had access to lots of mathematics themed activities and resources. Many children enjoyed using chalks to write numbers and they also enjoyed finding numbers hidden in the sand area. Some children enjoyed playing maths puzzles and games. We also had some writing numbers using felt pens and pencils. The Year 1 children had a good time working in a group with Mrs Conde. They worked hard to use a number track and identified numbers on their track to match the number of coins dropped into a tin. Mrs Conde then wanted them to find the number on their track which was one more or one less than a given number.

Letters and Sounds was an opportunity for us to learn about the letter ‘g’. The children enjoyed having our Governor Mrs Wendy Horan in to see them working together and using many Letters and Sounds resources. The children from Year 1 worked in a group to use words containing the letter ‘g’ to form sentences. The children wrote their sentences independently and used an illustration too.

This afternoon we are looking forward to Physical Development in the hall. The children will have the opportunity to use mats and to bounce/hop/take big steps across them. The children will also recall how to move around the hall in different ways without bumping into anyone.

The Letters and Sounds for this week are: g, o,c,k.