Hello special SJO family!  Your children have been settling well back into school and have enjoyed being in their new classroom with their friends again.  We welcome 4 P1s to our class also!  We have been getting used to our new routines and have been washing our hands regularly to keep safe.  Here are a few things your children enjoyed doing this week:

Matteo liked when his table won the most treasure today!  On the first day of school we heard a story called ‘Jake’s First Day’.  Jake’s teacher gave the children a treasure chest and the children counted gold coins.  We decided we wanted to do that too!  Each group of tables have a sparkly treasure chest and the children earn gold coins as a reward for following our ‘ready, respectful, safe’ school rules.  We have seen much kindness in P2/1 this week!

Freya has enjoyed our lessons this week during Religion time.  We have been revisiting the ‘Our Father’ prayer and have been focusing on the meaning of the words: ‘Our Father who art in Heaven’ (Hello God in Heaven, we want to say hello), ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ (Please give us enough to eat today God and thank you for this food), ‘Forgive us our trespasses’ (Please forgive us God when we do the wrong thing and make you sad) and ‘Lead us not into temptation’ (Please help us to be good Father and please you).

Aaeryn-Leigh loved hearing the story ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’.  We heard this story each day this week and by the end of the week we felt we were the author Julia Donaldson because we knew it so well!  We could retell the story and used the rhyming words to help us remember what came next.  We carried out lots of activities such as making our own crown, designing new clothes for the Giant, creating our own character who had a problem and a matching activity.  We have been busy bees!

Emily liked playing Tag outside during playtime with her friends.  As part of our learning about the word ‘Included’, the children made up their own game with a partner and taught it to the class.  That means that next time they are playing outside, they will have ideas for new games they can play together were everyone feels included and welcome to join in.

Here is a link to the story ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ if you want to read it to your child or indeed have them “read” it to you (in their own words).

https://safeYouTube.net/w/OyMT