Rabbits' blog 20
Date: 25th May 2024 @ 4:11am
Happy May half term!
And it is much needed. We've worked incredibly hard and even though it was 6 weeks, a lot of Rabbits were more 'crawly' than 'jumpy' this last week! Let's hope the weather helps us out and we can be outside to play. (I say that for myself as well as report-writing takes over my week!)
It was a shame about sports day having to be cancelled. It's never an easy decision but having tried to practise a few running races yesterday in PE, the wet paper towel consumption proved that it was too soggy after 5 minutes. We have needed to practise the relay; Mr Elton in Wednesday's PE was shaking (I presume with laughter not damaged nerves) after watching the class seem more interested in playing with the batons, inspecting the batons, throwing the batons than running with them; several came to a complete standstill making the phrase "Run Rabbit, RUN!" quite pertinent! #Parents& CarersToneDownYourCompetitveExpectations
We finished our English last week and wrote out our final piece of work in neat for our Let Your Writing Shine board which is now proudly displayed. We had very narrow lined paper and, oh my, the beautiful handwriting is indded something to be proud of. All those 8.45am kinetic handwritng lessons are paying off (thank you for your lack of tardiness getting them to school). Keep having high expectations for their handwriting at home as well. We have still done a lot of writing and English this week. We did a one-off lesson yesterday which was glorious! It was a wordless book called The Door and the inference we got from it was absolutely incredible. Some Rabbits are amazing a noticing small illustrative details that bring even more meaning to the text. I am very proud. And what I am noticing is the growing maturity with books- one girl had seen the book already and was able to listen to rather than tell her partner all the answers. I liked that.
We have done a lot of science, RE and arithmetic this week as well. Understanding materials in order to build several bridges with different materials was a fascinating study in physics and social, emotional dynamics. 2 children only wanted to draw the bridge, 2 wanted to collage one into a 2D version and several used their initiative (but went against the brief) to help themselves to equipment; some were amazing engineers, some rolled up their paper into what looked suspiciously like relay batons...
Thank you for your lovely comments after our class assembly. I didn't realise how nervous I was until afterwards (it was not a great dress rehearsal on Monday!). I hope you saw the joy of being a Rabbit and how confidently they said their words, sang and signed the songs. For me, this character-building element of school is just as important as the academic side and I loved how they let their light shine for you and themselves.
So onwards and upwards to the final half term. I won't be using the 't' word (year Two) for a bit as I need them focused and ready to learn for a lot more brain acquisiton yet! I will blog about transition (we do A LOT) in a month or so. We have the important phonics screen check in a couple of weeks, loads of maths and English, science, RE.... (etc) to keep us focused on growing our brains. Check out our class page for more information (give me a few days to update it).
If you want half term learning ideas:
- practise rapid recall of doubles to 10 (they know a game called doubles wipe out )
- go to a library and encourage a different selection of books - fiction and non fiction
- get some thin lined paper/notebooks and practise their copy writing or make a little diary of the week. Focus- 1 idea=1 sentence (we will do conjunctions to join 2 ideas in Y2 when they really understand the true elements of a simple sentence)
- being out and about look around at the use of materials and their texture. We did some great crayon rubbing the other week.
- Spot split vowel digraphs in everyday objects (reading the cereal box, signs at the park etc).
- read to, read with, read, read, read!
As always, thanks for your support. Have a lovely week with your special Rabbit.
Mrs H
