11th February 2019 - Global Map and Wear it Red

Our Place in the World

Thank you to all of you who took the time to talk about your family histories at home and send this information into school. 

We have begun to add the children's initials to our map which details our connections to other places around the world, helping us to realise that the world is not such a big place after all!  This is helping us to learn about global issues and to think about how we are all connected and should work together towards the Global Goals for 2030.  You can find out more about the Global Goals here:

https://www.globalgoals.org/

There is still time to send in your completed letter as we will continue to share family stories in our assemblies. 

Wear it Red Day

On Thursday this week the children are invited to bring in a donation and come into school wearing something red as a PTA fundraiser.  Uniform is still expected but they may choose to wear an item that is red in addition to their usual uniform, perhaps a red top, jumper or socks for example.  The PTA will also be putting on a 'coin run' activity on this day.  Each class will spend time placing their coins in a long line, so ideally lots of copper coins, and the class with the longest line will win the prize supplied by the PTA!

Map to show our global community

Look out for a letter coming home this week for updates for our global map. In light of the global goals for sustainable development for 2030 it is important that our children develop a  strong sense of global community. Please read the letter carefully, if there are any family connections to be celebrated on the map then please complete the form and return it to school. 

Article 29-Education must develop the child's respect for their own and other cultures and the environment. 

If you haven't already signed up for parent consultations on Scopay please do ASAP. 

Thank you 

The KS1 team  

Notices

This week the children will be bringing home Maths and Phonics homework. Please can the homework be returned to school by Wednesday. 

Please remember to make an appointment for parent consultations using scopay. Any problems accessing your scopay account, please ask at the office. Parent consultations will be held on the 24th and 25th February. 

Thank you 

The KS1 team 

Happy New Year

We hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and a chilled out new year!

All the children have taken home a letter regarding our new topic, Charlie and the chocolate factory. 

As part of the project we will be taste testing some of the ingredients for our chocolate bars, if you have any concerns about your child eating any particular food, it will be available to look at Tuesday after school. 

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to come and ask.

Thank you

The KS1 team

KS1 Work Sharing Assembly

KS1 led work sharing assembly today. We showed the rest of the school some of the work we have been doing as part of our project, 999 What's your emergency. We showed some of our emergency vehicle models from D&T, shared what we had learnt about Mary Seacole in History and talked about investigations we have carried out in science. We even gave everyone a sneak peak of one of our Christmas production songs!

Today a letter will come home with your child explaining arrangements for the last week of term!

Thank you, 

The KS1 team 

Key Stage 1 - It's A Christmas Emergency Production Rehearsals

This week we have begun to rehearse our Christmas Show that we will be performing to parents called "It's A Christmas Emergency!"

As you can see the children have been very busy learning their lines and singing all the songs, not to mention learning lots of great jokes to make you laugh!

Performances to parents will be on Monday 17th December at 2:30pm and on Tuesday 18th December at 9:30am. Programmes for these performances can be obtained from the Office during the week prior to the shows. Please see the letter in the link below for full details. Remember - you must have a programme to attend.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZLXoHBRNOUQi_LLcdZAuMXOhzq1rLbgM/view

Can't wait to share all our hard work with you!

KS1 Team

KS1 Marvellous Maths

Last week all children brought home some maths games to play at home.  These games are designed to allow children to improve their skills and speed of recall for number facts.  You may need simple resources such as dice or a pack of playing cards.  

Keep a note of scores so that you can both enjoy seeing progress as the score goes up with more practise!  Please have fun with these games and encourage your child to enjoy the challenge of beating their own score.  

Articles 28 & 29 of the UNCRC state that every child has the right to a good education.  Helping your child to practise the skills we are teaching in school will increase confidence and enable them to maximise on their learning opportunities.