Year 1 Update – Wk 35
Planting
Well done to Ethan from 1L and Gavin from 1F for caring for their plants.
Mystery Storytellers
The Year One children have enjoyed listening to stories from different members of staff. Miss Barr shared a Scottish story Hamish the Haggis and Ms Jeves read a lovely book called Squash and Squeeze.
Portfolios
This week the children have brought their portfolios home to share with you. Please take some time to discuss the portfolio with your child and encourage them to discuss the reflections that they have made about their learning. Please return the portfolios to school by Monday 26th June. They will be passed onto your child’s new teacher and will then be returned to you in August.
The Year One Evidencer portfolio will be released with your child’s end of year school report on Monday.
Art with Mrs Yu
This week 1L have had their first art lesson with Mrs Xu. They had a great time exploring colour mixing using their fingers.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PARENT HELPERS THIS YEAR
The Year 1s would like to say a huge thanks to all the parents who have helped and supported our UOI Rotations and PMP lessons this year. We couldn’t have done it without you! We hope you enjoyed the afternoon tea and for those parents who could not make it, your child will be bringing home a small token of our appreciation for you.
Probability Next week the children will finish their unit on probability by playing different games based on chance.
Mathletics
Please continue to complete Mathletics activities at home. The children will have access to Mathletics over the summer break.
Next week we will be finishing the year with the children making and writing thank you cards to members of staff who have taught them. They will also be making cards to give to their Year 5 buddies.
Unit six continues during phonics. Please support your child at home by playing the suggested games and activities on the previous phonics bookmark.
Phonemes: qu, ng, x, ck
Camera Words: away, see, look, very, once, we
Well done to all our Golden Book Winners for this week
1F- Alex Wong
1L- Alistair Cheuk and Sharon Gurung
1W- Dev Soneji
Other information
Over the past month the Year One children have thoroughly enjoyed their art lessons with Mrs Yu. Over the summer break it would be great if the children could explore their creative side by engaging in free play art and craft activities. Art and craft is great for encouraging creativity and imagination as well as developing fine motor skills by using paint brushes, scissors and glue. It is a good idea to have a box of art materials that the children can access at anytime. Items to include in the box are: paints, glue, scissors, tape, different mark making tools such as felt tip pens, chalks and crayons, different types of paper, glitter, sequins, thread, googly eyes etc. Stationery shops all across Hong Kong stock art and craft materials suitable for children so go and explore and enjoy being creative with your child.
