Weekly Update – T1W13

Ho Ho Ho – Is it too early to get excited about Santa Claus Coming?! 🙂

I can already hear the jingle bells ring as the children start to prepare for our Christmas show. Mr Green has started practising our class song which we will perform together. 

I have been thinking about what to do to add a little Christmas feel to our classroom and I have an idea that I hope you will all love (and help me with). 

Instead of an advent calendar, I will be choosing a book to read each day to the children from the 1st of December to the 16th. If it wouldn’t be too much trouble may I ask each child to choose their favourite book from home to share with the class. It should be wrapped up like a present (because the children just love a surprise). I will then number them from 1-16 and each day we will unwrap a book to read. I can already see the students excited faces. The books will of course be returned and there is no need to go and buy a new book – one from home will be perfect. Please could you send them to me by Tuesday, 30th November. 

Phonics books

There were no phonics books sent home today. This week we spent Wednesday and Thursday carrying out progress assessments so I would like to spend some more time next week on the same books before sending them home. Library books went home as normal so the children can enjoy them this week 🙂

Penpals

We took a walk to the post office today to post our letters to our penpals in Marbella, Spain. I’m not sure who is more excited, me or the children! Hehe! I am really proud of how well they have done. They worked really hard perfecting their letters and designing the envelopes. I have decided to be penpals with the teacher in Spain too so the children can see that no matter how old you are, receiving letters is a special thing. 

In PSHE this week we looked at various ways to stay healthy and happy. The children made posters to show what we should do. They included, eating balanced meals, exercising, getting enough sleep, doing things we enjoy, taking showers and baths and drinking lots of water.

In PE, we continued with our Gymnastics unit and this week introduced balancing. I was impressed with how flexible the students are. We saw some great balance acts and they enjoyed using different parts of their bodies to balance.

In English, we worked on our letters at the beginning of the week. We then began looking at rhyming words in famous poems. We read poems from around the world and the children had fun finding and highlighting words that rhymed in them. Pat-a-cake was definitely a favourite.

We are nearing the end of our Circus unit in IPC. This week we looked at the types of jobs there are at a circus and made advertisements for jobs such as clowns, acrobats and ringmasters. 

Next week in PSHE I will be doing a lesson on which parts of our bodies are private and how to respect each other’s bodies. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions regarding this. 

Wishing you all a great weekend. It is getting cold out there. Stay warm and enjoy some family time.