To welcome the children back to school in September, each class bubble shared the story ‘Here We Are’ by Oliver Jeffers.
We had great fun learning about our wonderful world and thinking about the special places, people and animals in it. It made us all think about how lucky we are to have such an amazing world.
We created some beautiful work to share our thoughts with everyone in school.
What brilliant work it is!
This week is ‘Dyslexia Awareness Week 2020’.
5 Facts about Dyslexia
– Dyslexia affects between 10 – 20% of people.
– Dyslexia is not related to intelligence.
– There is no single type of dyslexia. It is unique for every person.
– Early identification is important.
– There are lots of different strategies which can be used to support people with dyslexia.
What is Dyslexia?
– It’s a specific learning difficulty, which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and writing.
– Unlike a learning disability, intelligence isn’t affected.
– It’s estimated up to 1 in every 10 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia.
– Dyslexia is a lifelong problem that can present challenges on a daily basis, but support is available to improve reading and writing skills and help those with the problem be successful at school and work.
What are the signs of Dyslexia?
Signs of dyslexia usually become apparent when a child starts school and begins to focus more on learning how to read and write.
A person with dyslexia may:
– read and write very slowly
– confuse the order of letters in words
– put letters the wrong way round (such as writing “b” instead of “d”)
– have poor or inconsistent spelling
– understand information when told verbally, but have difficulty with information that’s written down
– find it hard to carry out a sequence of directions
– struggle with planning and organisation
But people with dyslexia often have good skills in other areas, such as creative thinking and problem solving.
If you have any concerns regarding your child, please speak to their class teacher or email [email protected]
To mark the week, Nessy are offering a free course for teachers, parents and anyone who would like to find out more information about dyslexia. To find out more, click here to add the ‘Understanding Dyslexia’ course to your cart. Then use the code ‘TEACHME’ to receive the course for free.
To read the ebook ‘What I Need’, aimed at supporting children with dyslexia, click here.
For further information and support, visit the following websites:
Nessy
British Dyslexia Association
NHS Advice
The following links contain support and advice for families and young people. The coronavirus outbreak is leading to big changes in the way we live our everyday lives. Our relationships will be hugely important for getting us through this but self-isolation, social distancing and other concerns may also place them under added pressure.
The Relationships Matter Programme: https://youtu.be/WFwJi_k0hcQ
The Incredible Years: https://youtu.be/eyk6Qza1Row
Family Check Up: https://youtu.be/yqQ9Eoho2DY
Parenting When Separated: https://youtu.be/VIssxegcUxc
MBT: Parenting Under Pressure: https://youtu.be/n76wyKRFu_g
For further information and advice, go to the ‘Relationships Matters’ website.
In Science this week our Year 2 scientists investigated how microscopic bugs can spread and more importantly, how we can remove bugs and germs from our skin. For the experiment, Year 2 investigated which method is best to remove grease and germs from our hands. They spread hand-cream into their hands and added the fun germs(glitter) then they wiped, rinsed or used warm water and soap to investigate which method safely removed most microscopic bugs, Which method do you think work best? Why not ask Year 2?
This week in Year One we have started our new topic ‘Once Upon A Fairy Tale’. This week we have read The Three Little Pigs.
In English we have sequenced the story and made a wolf wanted poster. We have also had lots of fun building houses for the pigs and exploring our environment.
This week in Year 1 we have had lots of fun exploring our environment.
We have been working hard learning our tricky words and have had lots of fun in the role play area. Next week we are starting our new topic: Fairy Tales!
Year 1 have chosen to adopt a Tiger . It was a difficult decision to make as we needed a class teddy and there were lots of endangered animals we wanted to help. We took a vote and settled on a Tiger.
Today our adoption pack arrived from the WWF. It had two tigers in! It also had lots of pictures, information and some stickers! We can’t wait to take a tiger home when we become child of the week.
We just need to pick two names. Any suggestions?
In Year One we are learning about The Sea. We had great fun last week making an under the sea collage. Do you like them?
This week in Year One are having a Pirate Week! We have had lots of fun making treasure maps and creating our own pirate flags! Everyone even has their own pirate names!
We are hoping to find some treasure!
Year 1 have loved being back at school this week and we have had a brilliant time seeing our friends. This week we have been looking at the artist Kandinsky. We made our own circles paintings just like his. Well Done Year 1!
