A big well done to all the children who have joined us from Transition as they have settled in beautifully, enjoying all the new challenges that they have encountered so far.

This week has been all about settling the children back into the routines and activities that school life brings. The children started the week writing about their favourite moment from the Christmas break. The children drew pictures to tell us about the various features of their time away from school such as things they saw, what they ate, where they went and games they played.

In literacy, the children have also been writing thank you letters for their Christmas gifts. The children told each other about their favourite presents that they received and then learnt how to write a letter, remembering to say who it is to and who it is from. The children all agreed that Father Christmas did very well as he knew just what to bring them in their stockings!

In maths, the children have been practising their counting skills and started to explore the idea of sorting amounts into different groups. This is the early stages of developing their awareness of the composition of numbers (that numbers are made up of other numbers) and to see these as part of a whole. We had fun counting to 100 as a group and some children wanted to keep going and count up to 200! The children had fun getting into groups to prove that you can even sort a class of children.

The children have been making the most of all the activities on offer inside and outside the classroom. Despite it being very cold, the children have loved playing outside, building castles and dens. Lots of time has been spent enjoying playing together and having lots of fun. Building structures on the carpet, playing in the roleplay house, drawing, painting and printing have also been popular choices this week.

On Wednesday, the children were very excited to have a visit from Miss Mitchem and baby Nellie. The children had lots of questions about how to care for Nellie and the things Miss Mitchem needs to do as a mummy. Miss Mitchem showed the children how she holds Nellie and explained that Nellie is still learning about day and night as she was fast asleep at lunchtime!

The children did very well during their first Gymnastics lesson of the year with Mr Trigger and also had a great time with Miss Norford during their music lesson on Friday.

A busy but positive start for 2024, well done Form 1.