In Class 1 we have finished our final Maths main lesson for the year.  It's incredible to look back over our main lesson books and see how the children have improved in their understanding of number processes, counting and timetables over the course of the year.  The Number Gnomes will be carefully wrapped up and tucked away for next year's Class 1.  We will be continuing our number practice during morning circle.  We are also continuing form drawing this term - exploring, shape, geometry and form.  The dancing ribbons have been a wonderful way for the children to explore the form and shape with their bodies before representing the forms and shapes in our form drawing books.

Last week, Class 1 started our Ancient World Tales main lesson.  A lot of tales feature traditional farm and village life and the work of the candle maker, baker and cobbler, as well as images that bring ways of living from the past alive for the children.  We are telling a diverse array of stories from around the globe.  Many of our stories also have connections to special foods that are celebrated by different cultures and so as part of this main lesson we will be cooking and tasting some of the foods featured in the folktales.  Last week we told the story of Omusibi Kororin from Japan - a tale of the tumbling rice balls.  We also made some onigiri - a very simple but yummy Japanese rice and seaweed dish that you may notice in our photos.

A big part of our Ancient World Tales main lesson is our class play.  Class 1 is very excited about the upcoming play and we've been practicing daily.  The children are also really enjoying having our Class 4/5 buddies helping us to learn some of the songs for our play on the recorder.  We're looking forward to the performance of our play in week 9!

Last week Class 1 children were excited to welcome a new student - we have warmly welcomed Benedict to Class 1 and hope that he and his family feel very welcome in our school and community.

Warm wishes,

Mel