Friday 12th December

This week in Science, we have been learning about materials, their properties and why they are chosen for purposes.
Lots of the children have found it quite challenging to identify which materials objects are made from and to explain why that material was chosen using property words.  It would be great if you could reinforce the language below at home.  
plastic, metal, wood, paper, fabric, rock
flexible/stiff, hard/soft, rough/smooth, absorbent/waterproof, magnetic/non-magnetic, see-through.

Art

In Art, we are learning the technique of weaving and looking at the work of the textile artist Lanny Mackenzie.  We will be creating our own piece of weaving over the next week based on our sketches of a Christmas object e.g. Santa.

Phonics

This week we have been consolidating our knowledge of all the sounds and tricky words we have learnt in Year R and this term. Please find a "read and roll" game enclosed in your child's bag this week to practise their quick recall of tricky words.  Tricky words are those we learn to read by sight and they are listed below.  If your child is confident reading these words you might like to see if they can practise spelling them.

Thank you!






If you are looking for some last-minute Christmas gifts, here is a list of recommended Year 1 books.




Christmas Dates

Christmas Jumper and Christmas Dinner day - Tuesday 16th December
Carols on the Piazza - Tuesday 16th December - 6.15pm
Class Christmas Parties - Thursday 18th December
(Children may wear party clothes with sensible shoes and a warm layer! Please can they bring a small individual treat to eat.  No nuts please.)
Last day of term - Friday 19th December 12.05pm  early finish.















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