Year 1 Update – Wk 12
Another busy week in Year One with the children enjoying their second session at The Pitch and the 1W Play Workshop as well as the normal UOI rotations and Year One routines. During Pitch sessions, the Year 1 children have enjoyed engaging in creating their own games using PE equipment such as ball, hoops and skipping ropes. They have also worked in small class groups to learn new playground games. We are hoping that these games will help the children to develop social skills, co-operation skills and the idea of keeping to rules in a game.
Central Idea: Within a community that are different roles and responsibilities
This week the children have been looking at the concept of responsibility and have been discussing ways in which they could take on more responsibility at home. The classes had interesting discussions about ways in which they could help at home and some of these ideas included packing their own school bags before they come to school, dressing themselves, helping with the tidying up and going to bed when they are asked to. Each child has made a pledge linked to this discussion and these will be coming home in their diaries next week. Please discuss the pledges at home and help them to make steps towards achieving them. It would be really lovely if each child could bring in a photo of them completing their pledge at home.
Next week the children will be preparing for our trip to Peng Chau by using non-fiction books to learn about people in our wider community and their roles within the community. They will also be starting to explore the features of a postcard so that they are ready to write their postcard home from Peng Chau on Friday.
How the World Works
Central Idea: The Earth’s changes affect the activity of living things
Next week the children in Year 1 will be continuing to look at animals and how they are affected by the changes that occur during the day and through the night. They will also explore the roles of people in the community who work through the night.
In English this week we will be continuing our unit based on writing to socialise. The children have been very excited to receive letters back from people in our school who they wrote to last week.
Next week we will continue with this focus by looking at the features of greeting cards. Through shared and guided writing they will then have a go at writing a thank you card. In preparation for inviting our Year 5 Buddies to a Christmas lunch/party, the children will also start to look at what we need to include when we are writing an invitation.
Phonics
The phonemes for this unit are:
r l d b f h i u
Camera Words: day, of, a, he, today, for
At school, as part of our language rotations all the children read to an adult at least once a week, usually twice.
Golden Book
1F- Casey Mak
1L- Andrea Ma
1W- Rhys Pickering
Currently Kidsfest is advertising some wonderful theatre performances for families. Live theatre is a fantastic experience for children to enjoy and a great activity to do as a family. We will be taking the Year One children to see “The Way Back Home” in January so if you are thinking of going to any of the Kidsfest performances it would be advisable to choose one of the other productions.You can see the full schedule of performances at www.hkticketing.com.
Access to UOI Reports – It has come to our attention that some parents ahve not received emails regarding their access to their child’s UOI report. If this is the case for you, please email derek.mcalpine@esfcentre.edu.hk
