Good evening everyone,

 

What a busy week we have had in Year 1! The children were absolutely amazing in their Christmas production of 'Lights, Camel, Action!' They all thoroughly enjoyed dancing to and singing the songs, well done everyone! They will be performing it one last time to the whole school on Monday.

 

Today we had our Christmas Jumper Day and lunch. The children really enjoyed the yummy Christmas food, crackers and fun. In the afternoon we watched ‘The Grinch’ together.

 

Next Week

 

Sharing assembly

Monday 20^th December at 9am

 

Christmas Party

On Monday we will be having a Christmas party. The children can bring party clothes to school that day. They need to come to school in uniform and will change for the party after lunch.

 

Panto Bus

On Wednesday the Panto Bus will be visiting the school and the children will be watching a pantomime performance of ‘Dick Wittington.’

 

End of term

 Wednesday 20^th at 2pm

 

Start of term

 Monday 8th January

 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend. We look forward to seeing you all on Monday for our last few days of school before the Christmas holidays.

 

The Year 1 team

 

Good evening,

 

We have had such a lovely week as we have continued to rehearse for our Christmas performance, 'Lights, Camel, Action!’ We are really looking forward to presenting it to you all next Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

The children have really enjoyed reading the book ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. They wrote a Christmas wish and made a Christmas card for Baby Bear. We will continue to use this book next week in our learning. 

 

NEXT WEEK

 

Christmas performances

Monday 11^th December- Performing to the whole school

Tuesday 12th December- 9:45am

Wednesday 13th December- 2:00pm

 

Open afternoon

Wednesday 13th December- 3pm

 

Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Dinner

Friday 15^th December

 

Spellings

There will be no spelling test next week. We will resume with spellings in January.

 

Reading books

Please ensure that all reading books and library books are returned by Friday 15^th December.

 

 

We wish you all a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team

 

Good evening,

 

The children have had a fun week practising their dances and songs for the Christmas performance. They are very excited to perform to an audience!

 

In English, the children finished their non-fiction unit based on the book ‘Plenty of love to go around’. They wrote labels, lists, captions and explored the features of non-fiction books. In Phonics, the children have been reviewing the Phase 5 graphemes and tricky words they have learnt so far during this half term.

 

NEXT WEEK

English: The children will begin their new unit based on the book ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg.

 

Maths: The children will continue to focus on addition and number bonds to 10.

 

RE: The children will be writing about Hannukah.

 

Science- naming and sorting common animals

Spellings for next Friday’s test are:

Group 1:

first, shirt, tie, cried, clue, glue, music, tuna

Tricky words: their, people, oh, your

 

Group 2: first, tie, clue, music

Tricky words: people, your

 

Group 3: zoom, moon, food, room

Tricky word: no

 

Group 4: in, sat, pin, tin, tap,

Tricky word: he

 

Notes

Rehearsals

We will continue rehearsing for The Christmas Production ‘Lights, Camel, Action!’ next week and the children will be making brochures for the audience.

 

Costumes

If your child is a shepherd in the Christmas Production, we would be grateful if you could provide:

•          White trousers or leggings

•          A white top

If your child is a Backing Singer in the Christmas Production, we would be grateful if you could provide:

•          A party outfit (it can be Christmas themed, glittery or colourful)

 

If your child is a Nazareth Townsperson in the Christmas Production, we would be grateful if you could provide:

•          School trousers or skirt

•          A checked shirt or top

Please send all costume items in a named bag no later than Wednesday 6th December.

 

Christmas performances

Tuesday 12th December- 9:30

Wednesday 13th December- 1:30

 

Open afternoon

Wednesday 13^th December

 

We wish you all a wonderful weekend.

 

The Year 1 team