Helen Wade
Hi parents,
There will be no Show and Tell this coming week as we will be practicing for the concert in that time. After that, we will let you know specific Show and Tell topics, such as, ‘Favorite Book’ or ‘Family Photograph’. No more toys to school please.
Dear Parents,
Next week is Thanksgiving Week! We all have so much to thank the Lord for.
Please remember that Thursday, the 28th is a half day. Children can be picked up from 11:40am by the classroom. Whatever your plans, we hope that you will all have a very special thanksgiving together.
In Math, we continue in Addition. Homework will focus on Whole-Part-Part addition. Please be sure to have it completed by Friday.
As you know, we are really enjoying learning about Animals in Science. Letters were sent home in Blue Folders on Monday, the 18th explaining the Presentations we will be doing from the 2nd of December. Please continue to prepare for those. The children are very excited!
In Literacy, we are continuing are fictional narrative writing. The children have been learning about different characters and now we will be using adjectives to describe them.
Reading books – please remember to record your daily reading on the ‘Reading Log’. Books will be changed once a week (usually Wednesday/Thursday). However, if there is no record of the book having been read, then it may be sent home again.
Spellings & Handwriting – spellings will be sent home as usual on Monday. For handwriting this week, we are asking the children to write out their Bible verse neatly. This will also help them to memorize it.
Library books – most of the children are doing a fabulous job of reading their library books and remembering the bring them back on the correct day (1A = Wednesday & 1B = Tuesday). Please remember to ask your child questions about the book to ensure they have fully understood it. Once the books have been read, children then take a short comprehension test on the computer. The more questions they get right, the more points they earn to spend in the AR Point Store with Ms Galvao once a quarter.
Christmas Production – The children are working incredibly hard on learning their lines and the songs for our Christmas show, “The Not Now Nativity!”. Show Night will be on Monday December 2nd. We hope to see you all there!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs Wade & Mrs Every
Hi Parents,
We have sent the children’s files home. We hope that you will enjoy looking through their hard work and seeing their progress. PLEASE RETURN ON MONDAY with all the sheets still in it!!!
Thank you for responding so quickly in setting up for Parent- Teacher Conferences. We are so looking forward to chatting with you.
Half Day on Thursday. Please collect your children between 11:40- 12:00 from the classroom. There is no School on Friday 22nd due to conferences.
Christmas Play!: Our Christmas Nativity is the “Not Now! Nativity”. Please remember to help your child learn their lines over the weekend as we are starting our practises on Monday morning! Costumes should be brought to school by November 22nd. Please ensure everything is named as we have a lot of similar clothing options for the characters.
The kids did a great job learning about Magnitude this week! Next week, we will be moving onto Equality. (What does the equal sign mean?) I will be sending home some related homework. Please remember that although you get it on Friday, I will only be introducing it on Monday. Please hand it in by Thursday of the following week.
In Science we are looking at how we can classify animals and the children will be taking part in a ‘sorting the animals’ activity.
In Literacy, we will be looking at retelling stories and sequencing them correctly.
Handwriting: please assist your child in writing out their memory verse for this week on the blank handwriting page provided on Monday.
Spellings: new spellings will be sent home on Monday. Due to the conferences, the spelling test will be on Thursday next week.
Have a wonderful weekend!
It’s time for a long weekend! We hope that you will all have a fun and restful weekend.
Our Christmas play, “The Not Now Nativity” is on December 2nd. Children have been given their parts and their lines to learn. Please help your child to practise as much as possible over the next couple of weeks. Costumes are due to school by November 22nd so that we can use them for a dress rehearsal at school. If you have any queries, please email us.
Just a couple reminders:
Please refrain from sending sweets and chocolate to school for snack or lunch. The children need healthy snacks to help them concentrate in class. We occasionally hand out small treats at the end of the day as a reward for winning team etc.
Handwriting homework will be: Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy. Please remember to write a sentence on the last line using words containing these letters.
Literacy: We are continuing our fictional narrative and story telling unit. We will be learning about characters, plots, settings and how to write a story plan ourselves. Spellings will be sent home on Tuesday (due to the long weekend). There will be a test on Friday as usual.
In Math, we will be moving onto a new topic: Magnitude. However, the homework will be subtraction practice.
In science, we continue learning about Animals and their unique characteristics which help them to survive and catch prey. Please could you assist your child in choosing an animal (land, sea or air) and find information to send to school (a book or internet printing). We will use the information to write down their animals characteristics and functions. For example:
This is not a project. It is classwork.
We are off to a fun start! Reading week has been full of wonderful stories from around the world! Next week, we will be assessing the children’s understanding of nouns, verbs and adjectives and then we are starting our Fictional Narrative writing (Traditional/Fairy Tales). Handwriting homework this week is: b, h, k. Please remember to make up your own sentence on the last line with words containing these letters. Spellings will be sent home on Monday.
In Math, we will be moving onto a new topic on Monday: Ordinal Numbers. There are wonderful songs on Youtube such as:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ordinal+numbers+song+grade+1 to reinforce the concept. The homework sheet needs to be completed by Friday the 8th please. If you have a toy car or two, please could you send it to school for our little races. This will be a fun way to learn Ordinal Number.
In Science we continue with Animals – more specifically, physical characteristics that perform specific functions.
Dress Down Day this coming Friday. Please send in $1.
Have a great weekend,
Mrs Every & Mrs Wade
Welcome Back!
We hope that you all had a lovely midterm break and are now ready for the next few weeks before Christmas.
In Math this week, we will be revising everything we have done so far:
We will be working in a little revision booklet which I will send home for you to see where your child will need extra practice at home. I will be giving the children a class test on Thursday.
In Science we will be starting a new unit on Animals. Just as we learnt about what plants need to grow and survive, we will now look at what animals need to grow and survive.
It’s Reading Week!!! This year’s theme is “Around The World”. All week, we will be reading lots of lovely stories from different countries and learning how to separate them into beginning, middle and ending as well as looking at differenent types of characters and settings.
Monday – China (The Seven Sisters)
Tuesday – India (Becka and the Big Bubble go to India)
Wednesday – England (various Julia Donaldson books)
Thursday – Mexico (Viva Frida)
Friday – Cayman Islands (Georgie and the Stingray City / Pedro and the Treasure Map)
On Friday, the whole school (teachers included!) will be dressing up as their favorite book character. Remember to bring in a copy of the book that your character is from. There will be a whole school parade in the morning to show off our lovely outfits. There will be a spelling test as usual on Friday. Please check your child’s blue folder for their words to learn.
Remember that this Friday is also Fruity Friday. Please send in $1 for your child to buy some tasty healthy snacks.
Please remember handwriting and spelling in the blue folders.
Have a great week!
Hi there parents,
Almost mid-term break!
Remember that school closes on Thursday, October 17th at 12h30 and no aftercare. Pick-up from 11h40. Children will have lunch at the Dorms. No school on Friday.
In Math we have been ordering numbers from least to greatest and next week we will be ordering from greatest to least. I would like all the kids to do extra practice in Mathletics during this coming week.
I know you are all busy with Science/ Social Studies projects. Here is a song that your children have been enjoying in Science: The Plant Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql6OL7_qFgU
Please return those Science Project Letters as we will be marking on the attached rubric.
New Reading Books need to be returned by Wednesday each week.
There will be no spelling test next week. Instead, we will be revising the Grade 1 High Frequency/Sight Words in class.
Have a super weekend!
Missing Uniform
Please can all 1B parents check their children’s uniform – during photo day last week, there was a mix-up of clothing and a child took home the incorrect size shorts and tshirt. Please help us by labelling all of your child’s clothing. Thank you!
Science & Social Studies Projects reminder
We are so looking forward to seeing all the lovely projects! Remember, you can use leaves, sticks, plant parts, diagrams, photos, create a poster, make a PowerPoint – be as creative as possible! These are due on Monday October 14.
Dear Parents,
Although we love to see you, please remember that once the day has started, children can become unsettled by unexpected visits from their parents. If you have any messages during the day, please call the school office.
Scheduling Change: Due to some timetable changes, class 1B will now have Show & Tell on Fridays.
Science and Social Studies Project
This is due on October 14. Please see the letter in the Blue Folder. Any questions, please email Mrs Wade or Mrs Every.
In Math, we have learnt about Greater Than/ Less Than/ Equal to. Here is a support song on Youtube to reinforce what we have been doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhOf0H_gLP8. We have also sent home some extra practice in this topic to be complete by Friday please.
Literacy: we are continuing our personal narrative writing. This week we are developing our thoughts into sentences. Spellings and handwriting (Uu, Yy, Ii) will be sent home on Monday as usual.
Bible: The story of Joseph. Please remember to help your child learn their weekly Bible verse.
Social Studies: Cayman Plants & Trees
Have a good weekend.
Mrs Wade & Mrs Every