Hello Year One,
We are getting used to many routines and changes at the moment and the children are managing this well.
Reading
The children need a book bag which they use for carrying their Reading Record and any books they may bring home.
If you do not have a book bag yet please use a named plastic bag. These bags go in the boxes and need to be in school every day because we need access to the Reading Records, children put letters or notes for home in them and it is needed for books.
The Little Wandle reading sessions are progressing well, but we are changing the process as of Monday 26th September. From then onwards all the groups will read at the same time, with different members of staff each week. The groups will rotate so that I can hear each child read regularly.
The children have reading sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Thursdays the book they have been reading at school will be allocated to you electronically. The Reading Records will also be updated on Thursdays as each child will have read three times. The adult hearing them read will be working on decoding, prosidy and comprehension and will write a comment in your child's Reading Record. You are then able to hear your child read this book as many times as you like before writing your comment in the Reading Record.
To summarise;
Monday - A new book begins as reading sessions take place in school. The adult working with your child will be teaching and encouraging decoding
Tuesday - The book will be read again. This time the adult will be teaching and encouraging prosidy (expression)
Thursday - The book will be read again. This time the adult will be checking for understanding (comprehension)
The book will be allocated to you
The adult who has worked with your child all week will write comments in your child's Reading Record
You can hear your child read the book as many times as you like.
You can write comments in your child's Reading Record.
Friday - The children can choose a book from the classroom or the library. This is their choice and they can read it to you, with you or listen to you read it to them. This is separate from Little Wandle. Your child is not expected to be able to read this book. It is there for you to share with them.
Milk
Milk is available on a daily basis. the children have milk at around 10.30 am while they eat their fruit and watch their special programme 'Come Outside.' If you want your child to have milk please ask at the school office. Many children ask me why they don't have milk so I thought I would remind you and whatever you decide you could have a conversation with your child to avoid future confusion.
This Week
This week we have been watching and trying dances from across the globe as the children come into school. They watched Spanish and Russian dances and many joined in!
We read the story 'Each Peach Pear Plum' and worked on rhyme. We sang nursery rhymes and the children recognised the rhyming couplets. We talked about the sequences of a story and the children wrote the story, using a beginning, middle and ending.
We have continued our work on position for maths and the children are now recognising ordinal numbers and describing the position of things.
We had a great art lesson as we created bonfire pictures using powder paints, tissue paper and glitter!
The daily phonics sessions are progressing well.
Next Week
English
We will be working from the story 'Where's My Teddy' by Jez Alborough. The children will be relating to this text and writing their own story about losing a toy.
I will be teaching them how to incorporate the feelings of the character into sentences.
The children will create 'wanted' posters for the lost teddy, using descriptive language.
daily phonics sessions and group reading sessions three times.
Maths
We will be focussing on numbers to ten, conservation of number, subitising familiar patterns and numbers to ten.
Science
The children will start to explore characteristics of animals. They will sort animals accordingly.
Art
We will be looking at the work of Lowry. Initially the children will be describing his style, the colours he used and how the art makes us feel.
I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.
Ms Davis
