P1 Newsletter

We have started some fun new learning in English with words chaining and a more intense focus on Heart Words - those pesky words that we can’t sound out because they are said differently to how they are written. Finding them from the mix of words on a table then swatting them with a hand shaped swatter has really helped get them in our heads. We are loving our exploration of Poetry so far, though some days one of the adults in the room gets stuck in rhyming mode and every sentence out of her mouth rhymes!

We are also having a great time with our reading and now have dedicated time every afternoon where students read to the class before Miss Jo finishes off with some bigger books. So far we have read ‘The cat on the mat is flat” and ‘The big fat cow that went KAPOW!’. Next on the list is ‘The Bad Book’ before we embark on the Treehouse’ series. New to our room beanbags are a big hit for this and have really helped with turn taking and sharing.

In Maths, patterns and numbers are being eagerly explored in a variety of ways, probably the favourite is always building patterns with blocks, though gluing Pattern Pants was fun.

Science is always fun and we are especially enjoying exploring the effect of the sun’s position on our shadows. We look so tall when we trace our shadows in the morning, even one of our students stuffed toy, Oreo had her shadow traced.

Tree planting day gave us a chance to get in the garden and get our hands dirty while we added a new plant outside our office.

Jo, Bree and Declan