Class 1 Blog

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  04

  Sep

  Welcome Back!

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  Hello, who can believe that it is already the start of a new term AND academic year! This is the start of an exciting new academic year and I cannot wait to carry on our journey. Today the children spent some time exploring their surroundings and working out our class charter - a "contract" which we're all going to sign to say our rights and responsibilities within the classroom. We also created a 'spiders web' showing how despite our differences we are all connected with being in Year One. We also created some superheroes - look out for more information about these. What a busy day indeed! Just a reminder: all snacks should be nut free (daily checks will be done to ensure this) and named! If any snack is found to contain nuts, or is a snack which we are unsure of the ingredients of then unfortunately that snack will not be allowed. Fruit is provided for the children should this happen.
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  14

  Jul

  Talk for Writing - Acrostic Poems

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  This week we have been learning about acrostic poems. These are the poems with a topical word running horizontally down the page and each letter from this word is used to start the sentence. This is proving to be a test of our letter knowledge, but it is also proving to be quite enjoyable. So far we have created an acrostic poem as a whole class, as a small group and with some action too! Our final piece of writing will be a bit more independent and I cannot wait to read them!
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  14

  Jul

  Our Tea Party

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  I know the children were waiting with much anticipation and our tea party has finally been and gone. Unfortunately, one of the Queen's corgis was unwell so the Queen was unable to join us in Berkeley, but that didn't dampen our moods. We enjoyed some small snacks and had quite the celebration playing some games and generally having a good time. What a way to finish the week!
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  14

  Jul

  Bag for Life

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  As we are entering the last week together - seriously, where has that time gone?! - I am asking each child to bring in one bag for life or large bag by Thursday so that books can be sent home on Thursday. Thanks in advance :)
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  07

  Jul

  Treat Winners

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  Well done to the house winners Scott who have earned the swimming pool treat tomorrow! Please ensure that all Scott children bring in sun cream, towel and costume ready for their treat. They may also bring in woggles, floats and pre-pumped inflatables! Many thanks and a huge well done!
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  07

  Jul

  And the winner is...

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  SCOTT! Well done to all of the children in Scott who have managed to win the final treat day of the year. Tomorrow they will be enjoying inflatables in the pool! Please ensure they have their swimming kits which should include: costume, towel, flip flops, sun cream, snacks and a water bottle. They will be at the pool for the morning so will need plenty of supplies. The children will be back in class in the afternoon so please ensure they have their uniform to change into. Enjoy!
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  21

  Jun

  Teaching Arrangements for next week.

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  Hello, I have mentioned to the children today - but the news may have got lost with sweets - that I will be out of class for a few days next week. I am going on camp with the Year Four children on Monday morning. I will be back on Friday. The children will have Mrs Lanceley on Monday and some of Tuesday and then Mrs Foreman for the rest of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday too. I hope that the children have a really lovely few days and I can't wait to hear about what they get up too in my absence!
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  18

  Jun

  Letters to the Queen

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  It is an exciting time in Year One. We have written letters to the Queen! We have asked her to join us for a tea party on Friday 12th July at 1:30pm. During this time we will celebrate and party just like any royal would. This event will take place only during the afternoon and the children will be asked to bring an accessory like a crown or a tiara to add to their uniform. A letter will be sent home at the beginning of July confirming further details. Until then, we await a reply from Her Majesty.
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  16

  Jun

  Seasons

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  To link in with our overall topic of Kings and Queens we are looking at our country in Geography and the weather in science - a very British topic. We started off by discussing the four seasons and thinking about what happened to trees over the course of the year. We used the printing techniques we learnt in art last term to create a tree for each season with our hands and then used our fingers to create the leaves which may or may not be on the tree.
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  16

  Jun

  Talk for Writing

  Posted by Miss E Fitzgerald

  In literacy at the moment we are writing letters to the Queen. We are asking her to come to our school and join us for a tea party. To help us with our writing we did some talk for writing. This is a technique where we draw pictures, create actions and use these to help form our ideas. We broke into three groups on Thursday and created different letters to the Queen. It was great fun! We then took ideas from each letter and brought it into one which we will use to help us write our letters to the Queen. Hopefully she can come.