Welcome to our first update of the year! I am Mrs Daisley and I teach on a Monday to Wednesday, with Mr Hamill taking over on a Thursday and Friday. We are working together to ensure that all of the children have the best start to their year.

Routines

We are working hard on daily routines to support good learning in our class. The more independent the children are in following routines, the more time we have to ensure good learning for all our pupils. We have created a Class Charter with this in mind-

• Play. Be nice to others and they’ll be nice to you. We are working on thinking about how to be a good friend to others.
• Learn. Listen to the teacher and when other children are talking. Listening to the teacher is very important for good learning, as is turn taking with other children.
• Safe. Be helpful to everyone, including teachers. We are making sure our class and school is a safe place to be in, by, for example,  following rules on how to move about the school and keeping our class tidy.

We have PE on a Thursday and Friday. PE kit consists of a yellow t-shirt, blue shorts and gym shoes/ trainers. Let us know if you are having problems with these items. We would encourage jewellery to be left at home for safety reasons. We are beginning with ball skills.

 

Literacy

We have begun a class novel, called I Was There which is a novel about children on the Titanic, which is our topic. We are learning new Reading Strategies through this novel. We are also beginning non-fiction reading and reading scheme work. In Spelling, we are doing a lot of revision before we move onto our new work. We have begun narrative writing and hope to have some Star Writers soon. In Listening and Talking, we are working on expressing our opinions on our novel and taking turns in class discussions.

Numeracy and Mathematics

We have begun with Place Value, looking at numbers up to Thousands, before moving on to tens of thousands. We are also looking a 2-D Shape.

RE

We have begun work on The Church, here we are learning about our local Church and the people who make up the Church, past and present. We have started a lovely wall display to support our learning.

Topic

We are learning more about the Titanic, as we were so interested to hear what was happening with it in primary 3. We are going to make models of boats and cabins, so would appreciate any shoe boxes you could spare.

Health and Wellbeing

As well as our Class Charter, we have been discussing our emotions.

To support our work in class, you could think about

• Helping your child to tie their own laces.
• Read with them or encourage them to read for fun. This will make a huge difference in their confidence in Literacy.
• Speak to them when they have arguments with friends and help them to think of solutions to deal with it themselves. This is a great life skill which will see them through primary and beyond.

Here are some pictures of our class. We are starting to make it homely with the children’s work displayed.

We are enjoying getting to know your children and build strong relationships with them. We look forward to getting to know them better throughout this session.