Dinosaur Day

What a lovely day today, visiting Bristol museum. The children were in awe of the building, let alone the exhibits. The workshop was thoroughly enjoyed by all and the children learnt a lot. A long day and a long journey,  but they were all amazing. Thank you Class 2. Mrs F

 

 

Class 1 Newsletter

24th June 2019

Dear Parents,

Class One Weekly Update; Summer 2: week 9 – 24th June

Thank you to all the parents who have brought in natural objects for the children to use as part of their play.  This last week the children have had a fantastic time playing with the tyres; they have built dens, made a theatre by using the tyres with cushions to make chairs and transporting the tyres by rolling, carrying and working as a team.  The children have also enjoyed using our shopping baskets and carrying things around the outdoor area.  All of these activities help children to build their muscles and gross motor skills which are pre cursive to them developing and refining their fine motor skills needed for writing.  The different activities also help children to develop their imagination and curiosity which will give them exciting things to write about.  So all your donations are greatly appreciated – thank you.  In addition if you have any milk bottle crates, wooden planks or pallets, large logs that the children could use as stools, old pots and pans or wooden spoons, china tea sets or any other natural object that they would be willing to donate we would be extremely grateful.

 

With the sunny weather forecast, please can we remind all parents to provide your child with sun cream and a sun hat.  Please can you make sure that both are named.  Please also ensure that your child has a water bottle in school.

Literacy

 

During phonics and handwriting this week we will be introducing the letter /r/.  If you have any items at home that you would be willing to share please bring in to go on our phonic table.  Both nursery and reception children are getting much better at forming their letters pre cursively and their writing is becoming much neater.

In literacy the reception children are continuing to look at learning and writing some dinosaur facts.  They are focussing on ensuring they remember to use finger spaces and they they try to form their letters correctly.

 

 

Maths

 

This week in Maths we will continue to look at doubling and halving and considering different ways of doing this.  We will then be moving onto looking at different times of the day.  We will be sequencing different activities in the day and they will be introduced to telling the time to the hour.

 

 

Regards

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

17th June 2019

 

Dear Parents,

 

 

Class One Weekly Update; Summer 2: week 8 – 17th June

 

Sports day is still going a head tomorrow at present although please check in the morning as the forecast in the afternoon is uncertain.  If a decision is made at late notice a text will be set to all parents.

 

Last week we sent out a letter about trying to gather and reuse some natural objects and interesting things for the children to build and play with.  If you are able to offer any donations we would be very grateful.  We are especially interested in trying to get hold of some tyres, plastic dog beds, wooden planks and logs, china tea sets and small objects, including glass beads, stones and shells.

 

 

Literacy

 

During phonics and handwriting this week we will be introducing the letter /h/.  If you have any items at home that you would be willing to share please bring in to go on our phonic table.  Both nursery and reception children are getting much better at forming their letters pre cursively and their writing is becoming much neater.

 

In literacy reception children are looking at learning and writing some dinosaur facts.

 

 

Maths

 

This week in Maths we will be looking at doubling and halving and considering different ways of doing this.  The children will be introduced to this in a playful manner and with lots of role playing and exploring to help them understand the concepts.

 

 

Regards

 

The Class 1 Team

I am a Bishops Nympton junior get me out of here!

What a day of adventure the juniors have had today. In the space of a day, we have managed to experience all weather climates ranging from rainy Devon storms to the Mediterranean microclimate and finally the Rainforest tropics. Upon our arrival at The Eden Project, the children had a brief history of on how Eden was developed from a quarry into the fantastic sustainable place that we know. After this, we had a quick lunch followed by a walk around the Mediterranean Biome where the children discovered the plants that grow in the warm climates such as lemons, limes, tomatoes and olives.

When we returned to the education centre our ranger Chris was waiting eagerly to start our workshop. The children were transported into the rainforest of Papa New Guinea to meet the Kombai tribe people. For the task, the children were members of a research team who have been sent to locate the Kombai tribe in Papua and learn how they live. The children first prepared for their expedition by considering what kit they would need. Upon making contact with the Kombai we divided into ‘tribes’ each with their own unique tribal symbol and face paints. Accompanied by adults (Mrs Jones, Theresa and myself ) the tribes journeyed into the rainforest and identified how to use the rainforest and its plants for food, shelter, water and health.

This was a fantastic trip as most of the children had not been to Eden before. I hope the children have been inspired as all the learning we have been doing in class has built up to this. Thank you for enabling us to go. A huge thank you to Theresa Selley for coming to support on very short notice.