Year 1K OLC

  Kaya, I hope you enjoyed the extra-long OLC weekend – it was lovely to enjoy some sunshine with the family and catch up on some fun. The children had so much fun on the Book Week Dress Up day and we also celebrated the day learning about the winning book by the CBCB called the Walk of the Whales by Nick Bland. Learning Intentions Spelling: Review split digraphs with a ‘bossy e’. English: Attempt to include a closing statement restating opinion in a persuasive text. Mathematics: Identifying mental strategies to solve addition problems. For example: think big count on, friends of ten, doubles and doubles plus 1. Open Classroom Afternoon (Thursday 8th September) We apologise for the change of date to next Thursday for the Year 6 and Year 1 only.  Next week after school, you will have an opportunity for the children to share their classwork with their families and celebrate their learning thus far in 2022. This is a good time to view your child’s work and discuss with them what t

  Kaya,   Learning Intentions   Spelling : Reviewing split digraphs with a ‘bossy e’ , suffix es and ‘ ou ’ for cloud and ‘ow’ for cow. English : We write sentences using topic specific language for persuasive texts.   Mathematics : We look at the value of the place each digit is in for a number (place value).   Star Citizen Congratulations to Billie for being our star citizen recipient for this term for the value of Respect!   Book Week Dress Up Day   This Thursday, 25th August, we will celebrate Book Week. The children are invited (but not required) to dress up inspired by a book or character of their choice. We will not be having a whole school assembly to share costumes but will share our dress-ups with our Year 5 buddy class. If the weather permits, we may hold an outdoor parade. There will be an ice-cream fundraiser on this day please see the newsletter for more details.  At this will also coincide with a football/ cricket incursion during our sport lesson with Mrs Sinclai