Class 1 News
Welcome back to the start of a brand new year!
It’s been lovely getting to meet our new class and everyone is settling in so well.
This week the children have been meeting the adults that help them in class – Mrs Thomas the class teacher, Mrs Williams the HLTA and Miss Jones the TA. They also got to meet Miss Lavery a class teacher who will be in class every Wednesday morning. She is an expert in Spanish and along with supporting our Read, Write, Inc session and maths session will also be teaching us some new Spanish songs.
Pupils have been getting used to the areas in the ‘Reception’ classroom this week. They have been learning about where for example construction toys are located – how to get them out, take turns, share and tidy up into the correct boxes when they have finished.
They have been writing about their holiday news and talking about what they did over the Summer. They have been getting to know one another and asking ‘Pwy wyt ti?’ (Who are you?) and answering ‘Mrs Thomas’ ydw i. They have been learning a new morning song ‘Bore da’, dinner song ‘Amser Cinio’ a going home song ‘Hwyl Fawr Frindiau’ and getting used to the new routines. They have listened well to stories. This week we have read ‘Smiley Shark’, ‘Sharing a Shell’ and ‘Rainbow Rob’. We have talked about where to find the front cover, the back cover and introduced them to a new word ‘spine’ for the spine of the book.
They have created their own self portraits which are beginning to be displayed on our ‘Croeso’ display.
Our new concept this term will be movement – so far the children have told us about how they move their bodies, how some of the 3d shapes in our classroom can roll, how they can move in a car or on an aeroplane – they have enjoyed pretending to be fire fighters so we will be setting up our role play area to include a ‘fire station’.
Next week we will begin Read, Write, Inc sessions and in maths we will be starting to match objects and look for patterns.
Mrs C Thomas
Deputy Headteacher
Creunant Primary School
Class 2 News
Welcome back!