Monday, May 21, 2018

Year One is going bug crazy!

We have had a very bug-tastic this term  in Year One! We have been learning about mini beasts in Science and over the past few weeks we have been on an Insect Safari! We worked in teams of 3 and in each team we had a Communications Officer (the person who communicates with the teacher), a Safari Sargent (the person who directs the team) and a Bug patrol and digger (the person who gets their hands dirty and looks in the bushes and dirt for bugs!). We had to carefully look for insects around our school and look at the environments in which they live. Each team had an iPad which they used to take pictures of the insects this then allowed us to come back to class and share our findings. Here are some pictures of our Safari!




We were also very lucky to have a close up look at some slimy friends in our worm farm. We first talked about what we knew about worms and drew a picture of what we thought a worm looked like. We then go to be super Scientists and have a close up look of the worms using magnifying glasses and gloves. We found out that that have an interesting part of their body called the saddle (or the clitellum) and that they have tiny hairs on their body to help them move through the soil. We loved learning about worms!





If you have any snails in your garden, please bring them in for our Science lesson this Friday! We would love to have a close look at them :)

Keep an eye out for all those bugs!

Miss Prowse

Monday, May 14, 2018

Sound Review, Sight Words and Think Mental Maths

Good evening parents,

Below are the sounds that your children have been learning for the past 8 weeks in their spelling rotations. On Monday we will be having our term spelling review to test their knowledge of sounds. Below is a table with all the sounds that you children have been learning. They will be able to tell you what group they are in, but please email me if you need clarification.



A way you can help them is to call out a word with that particular sound for them to write down on a scrap piece of paper eg. if you child is in the blue group you can use the 'tr' sound, ask your child to write down the word trip and so on.

If you need any more information, please email me to let me know.

Sight words

I must say, I am throughly impressed with your gorgeous children and their eagerness to learn! I have been hearing some great feedback about the children learning all of their sight words and moving onto the next set.

The next stage of the sight word rings is not only for your children to be able to read them, but to be able to write and spell them and further into the semester, apply them into their writing. I have no doubt your children will be eager to do this as I love hearing them come up to me and tell me they know all their sight words!

Think Mental Math books

Thank you to all of those who handed in their Think Mental Math books on Friday. It was so great to hear that the children found great joy in completing their math homework! Unit 2 will be due 25th of May, but if your child completes the unit early, please bring it in when they have finished. We love the instant feedback that you are giving your children by marking their work as they complete it too!


Thank you for your ongoing support! 

Mrs Sherborne 

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Week 2 Information

Dear Parents

A big thank you for a fantastic first couple of weeks back at school. It was so lovely to get back into routine and see what your little one had all been up to over the holidays. Some information about this week...

Think Mentals
Thank you to everyone for the wonderful response to our Think Mental Maths books this term! We had some children so eager that they completed the whole of unit 1 over the weekend.
As we are only completing one unit per fortnight please do not let them go onto the next unit until I give the books back. This will allow me to monitor how their Maths understanding is developing and see if there is anything in class that needs to be reviewed.
Unit 1: Due this Friday 11th May (week 2), books can be placed in orange 'Think Mentals' box.
Unit 2: Due Friday week 4
Unit 3: Due Friday week 6
Unit 4: Due Friday week 8
Unit 5: Due Friday week 9 (challenge to complete the unit in just one week)

Sight Words
We are back into sight word testing and encouraging children to continue to revise their current word lists at home as part of our home work program. Later in the term, the children will be tested on their retention of previous word lists and these lists may be sent home a second time for revision, should your child require some consolidation.

Mother's Day Breakfast
All Mothers and Grandmother's have been invited to the school hall for breakfast tomorrow morning at 7:30am. We would love to see as many Mum's and Grandma's there as possible to join in this special morning to celebrate all the wonderful things our Mum's do! 

Parent Roster
Parent roster starts next week and we would love to see as many Mum's and Dad's in on roster as we can! We love parent helpers and love showing you what we are learning about. The parent roster can be found outside the classroom under the perspex notice board.

Keep an eye on the blog and newsletter for pictures and information about some of learning this term!
Have a lovely night.

Mrs Sherborne