The Elves have arrived.

 Happy Elf Day everyone.

Happy Christmas

 Thank you so much for the vouchers, it is very kind of you all and I am already planning my next pair of Dr Martens. Miss Neal is looking at some new converse. It has been a pleasure teaching the children over the last 4 weeks especially as we parted in March very suddenly due to lockdown and we never got the chance to transition in the normal way. It actually means that they have been with me for 3 years and I have seen them grow and become independent learners. It is a very satisfying feeling. 

I will be returning to Foundation after Christmas but will be keeping my eye on them.

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas. Fingers crossed that we can move forward next year once we get our vaccinations. By the way I AM AT THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas

Mrs R:)

Merry Christmas from all of us.

Happy Christmas from year 1

THE ELF HAS GONE!

 The elf has finally disappeared, I cant possibly think where he has gone but I have to say I am not sorry!!!!!!! He may have gone to help Santa or to the great elf recycling plant in the sky. I do take my hat off to you all for persevering with the elf on the shelf at home haha. As a result of  his departure  the children have done some fantastic work and have  tried really hard in all their learning.  We have learnt about animals that hibernate in the Winter and we have written a recount of what we did at the weekend. In maths we have been exploring doubling and continued to look at odd and even numbers. We even had time to write a letter to Father Christmas.

On Friday we had our Christmas lunch together and enjoyed singing and dancing in the classroom in our own bubble. I am definitely looking forward to the day when we can pop every bubble and become one.

I do believe it is now officially count down time and I am going to be giving the children time to be really creative with lots of fun activities next week. Don't forget it is elf day on Friday so the children can dress up as an elf. I will be wearing my usual take on the theme!!. We will not be having a spelling test next week so there are no spelling to learn, but that does not mean they cant find some words to spell themselves. Maybe try a Christmas spelling quiz with them over the weekend.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

 We have had a busy  week in year 1 with lots of Christmas excitement. The children told me all about the elves that have moved into their homes. I made the unfortunate mistake of inviting one into the classroom without realising that he has to do lots of things when we are not around. I was a little naive to say the least as every morning the children spend 5 minutes debriefing me as to what he has been up to. I am not sure I will be able to keep it up until the end of term!

The children have been working really hard and they are producing some excellent work in their books. We have been learning about predictable phrasing and have used the story of the three little pigs as our focus. The children have written and acted out the story in groups, learning how to act and project their voices. We had lots of big bad wolves.

 In maths we have been learning about one more and one less. We have also started to learn how to double numbers.

Spellings for next week:

List 1                                                   List 2

do                                                        just                                            

now                                                     what

my                                                       like

wish                                                     after

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

 It has been so lovely to be back with the year 1 children again and I cant believe just how much they have grown up. They were all keen and ready to learn on Monday. I told them that if  I forget anything they must remind me. The first day was fine and they were amazing. On Tuesday they said to me that I had forgotten something really important. When I asked them what it was one child replied "you forgot to let us play" I never thought a child would say that to me as I am the one who always raises the importance of playing to learn. I did laugh for quite  a while. I am very impressed with their attitude to learning and we are working really hard to keep them focused and excited about what learning looks like in year 1. The children have been on a science walk this week and we have used our senses to create poems. We have also written poems about Autumn. In maths we have been learning about one more and one less.

Here are the spellings to learn for next week.

List 1                                                  List 2

but                                                      down

the                                                      now

and                                                      into

was                                                     want

for                                                       boat

Your child will be told on Monday which spelling to learn but please if you feel they can, learn them all.

If you have any concerns or need to communicate with me. Please send me an email.

crobinson@littleheath.herts.sch.uk

I hope you have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

 Hello all,

This week was anti bullying week at school. During the assembly Mrs Custis was discussing with the children how to recognise bullying behaviour and the ways of dealing with people who are unkind to us. The children were able to name five adults who they could talk to if someone was upsetting them.

In English the children worked on sequencing the events in the story 'Farmer Duck'. and have worked on the story maps.

The Spellings for next week

Phase 2: hop, hot, fun, fat, she

Phase3: jar, hard, card, bark, said

In Maths the children have been learning to write numbers 1-9 in digits and in words. Next week the class will be looking at place value and using base-10 equipment. 

In Science the class has been  learning about the seasons and the months of the year.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Sheehan