Well, we’ve had another very busy week here in P1.

We have learned even more sounds, 24 in total! Wow!

The sounds this week were ‘j’, ‘oa’, ‘ie’ and ‘ee,or’. Our favourite action this week was the action for ‘j’. We had to jiggle our bodies like jelly on a plate.

              

              

We have continued to do lots of sounds games and activities this week. We’re also blending our sounds to make, hear and say words.

  

We looked at shape this week and we were pretending to be detectives in our classrooms hunting for all sorts of shapes. Our teacher also put some different shapes into a bag. We had to wear a blind fold and try and guess the correct shape just by feeling how many sides, or how many corners it had. We also did some shape work and made pictures only using the 2D shapes.

  

              

In topic this week we have been very busy. In 1B we were looking at Sleeping Beauty and discussed some of the places in the story. The castle, the tower, the forest, the castle covered in thorns. We then had to do a pen drawing of a place using as much detail as we could. Here are a few of our drawings.

  

In 1A we finished off our art work for our Peter Pan wall display, it’s looking very nice! We also looked at the different events in our story of Peter Pan. We discussed all the things that happened in the story and we decided our favourite event was when the crocodile ate Captain Hook!

In 1C we looked at the characters in our story, Rapunzel. We read different versions of the story and we discussed what made a good character and what made a bad character. We had to decide who was our favourite character and why.

In gym this week we were working on our ball skills. We practised rolling, throwing and catching the ball, being as contolled as we could. We also worked together in pairs rolling the ball carefully to each other making sure it didn’t escape. That wasn’t as easy as it sounds.

  

Notices for parents:

Gym – Please ensure that your child has a full gym kit in school. Gym days are on a Tuesday and a Thursday. Also please note that all jewellery must be removed for gym.

Your child has been given a blue homework packet, please ensure your child brings this to school every day.

The boys and girls will be making junk models, please give your child empty cereal boxes, egg boxes, yoghurt tubs etc., to bring into school.

Open Doors – Every Friday from 3.00 – 3.15pm. Come into class and see all your child’s hard work.