Year One - Week Beginning 14.10.19

Date: 10th Oct 2019 @ 4:48pm

Hello and welcome back to Starlings Class Blog,

Starlings have had such a fantastic week, making Miss Gillam and Mrs Regan proud each and every day. Our highlights were writing our wonderful 'Lost and Found' stories and meeting Urwin the guide dog.

We have yet another busy week ahead of us next week.

Reminders

Monday 14^th – Book fair open 3:15pm-4:00pm.

Tuesday 15^th – Parent’s evening starting at 3:30pm. Book fair will be open 3:15pm - 6pm.

Tuesday 15^th – Gymnastics – PE Kits needed

Wednesday 16^th – Parent’s evening starting at 1:30pm. The Journeyman will be in school to tell some of his amazing stories to all pupils in the afternoon.

Thursday 17^th – Worship on Road Safety led by our Road Safety Officers – William & Nicole.

Maths

Our focus in maths will be addition and subtraction this week. We will be revising symbols and using the part-whole model to add two numbers. We will be solving problems involving addition towards the end of the week.                                                 

Writing

This week we are going to be starting a new key text in our writing lessons. We will explore clues to find out about a mysterious, book eating monster loose in our classroom.

Topic

In our Topic lessons we will be continuing with our history focus, learning about how transport has changed over time.  We will look at old maps of Northwich to see how the town changed as transport methods modernised.   

Homework

• 3 reads  -  Please make sure you keep all 3 reading books in your book bag each day. You should have a home reading book, RWI book and a book bag book.
• Maths Challenge – Can you count on? Can you count to 50? Can you count to 30, starting from the number 8? Can you count to 23 starting from the number 11? Use the 100 square in your book bag to help you.
• Spellings – see your slip in your reading diary.  

Thank you for your continued support, please come and see me if you have and questions or concerns.

Miss Gillam