Opal Class

Monday 20th July 2020- End of term!

Good Morning my lovely Opal Class, 

Today is officially your last day in Year 1! Congratulations! I messaged you all individually on Friday, but I just wanted to re-iterate how proud I am of each and every single one of you! You have shown such resilience and enthusiasm for your learning during this strange time and continued to progress your learning with the support of your loved ones at home. It is a big big shame that we missed our final terms together but I am glad I got to be a part of your learning journey! I wish you every success in Year 2 and beyond. I am just down the corridor so please make sure you say hello! Have an awesome summer break, keep safe and enjoy yourself! 

I have attached one final activity based on how you feel about this year and a funny 'Would you rather' game to play with someone at home. 

I have also attached your end of year 1 certificate; Please find the one with your name on and print it! 

See you all soon! 

Love Ms Cooke x

Hello Opal Class, 

We are about to begin our last full week together as Year 1! What a year it has been! You have worked so hard at home and in school and I can't believe the term is now coming to an end! This week the topic is life skills, I am sure you will all have a lot of fun with these activities and hopefully these will help your adults at home too! Have a lovely week, the sun is meant to be shining for us! 

Love Ms Cooke x

Good Morning Everyone, 

I hope you have all had a fantastic windy weekend. This term is zooming by. Most of you are now back at school in your bubbles; I must say I am so proud of each and every one of you. You have taken this 'new normal' in your stride and stepped up, adjusted and carried on like little superstars! At some point this week or next week you will be sent home with your end of year gift (from Myself, Mrs Adams, Mrs Dedman), I just wanted to let you know it will be sufficiently quarentinned before hand out. It isn't much, but it is a token of appreciation from us to you, because we are grateful for all of your hard work, personalities and a fab time in Year 1! 

Remember please send me pics of your learning or things you have been up to- it's good to talk! I am here if you need me; I am in school Mon-Weds this week. 

Have a good week, Ms Cooke x

Hello Opal Class, 

I hope you have had a lovely weekend jumping in puddles or playing in the sunshine between the storms. What strange weather we have had! It is another new week. This week we are deviating away from pirates and will be thinking about superheroes- real ones  like the NHS and key workers, as well as marvel characters and your own inventions. I'm really sad to say I have not had any learning sent to be at all this week- so no photos to put up. This week I would love it if you could send me the learning you are doing. I would like to build up a picture of how your writing is progressing ready for your transition into year 2. Keep in touch! Ms Cooke x

Good Morning Opal Class, 

I hope you had a lovely weekend. I can't believe we are over half way through this term already! 

This week we are going to be focusing on the story 'A New Home for a Pirate'; I would like it if by Friday you could re-tell the story from one of the character's perspective. Remember; even though I am in school for the first half of the week; I still would like to hear from you all. Those of you in my Bubble as well as those in Bubble 2, and of  course those of you in your home bubble! You have all gone really quiet on me; I am missing you all! I have put the whole week's learning up so you can complete at your own pace! 

Take care,

Ms Cooke x

Summer 2 Week 3

Good morning Opal Class,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are ready for another week of learning. This week will be even more strange because some of you will be coming into school to do your learning and some of you will be learning from the comfort of your own home. We will all be doing the same learning just from different locations.

This week we are focusing on the story ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris. We will be re- telling and sequencing the story. By the end of the week it would be lovely if you could tell me what you think of this story, your likes and dislikes.

Remember; keep sending your pics and emails letting me know you are safe and well. 

Ms Cooke x

Year 1 from Monday 15th June 2020

Dear Parents/Carers, 

Some of your children may be returning to school the week beginning the 15th. Due to the current Covid-19 situation and the government guidelines; the classroom will look very different to how they left it in March. If your child is returning, please could you show them the pictures below so they know what to expect when they return next week. 

Your child will be allocated a named desk, which will have a tray on one side- this tray is to keep their lunch box, water bottle and the equipment we provide them with. If they have a coat, they will put it on the back of the chair. 

A lot of the furnishings and resources have had to be removed from the classroom, there will be some resources availiable for outdoor use. 

Please can you make sure that all items in your child's packed lunch is accessible to them without adult support. E.g they can open the packets independently. 

We will be providing writing essentials but please could your child bring colour pencils in a pencil case to leave at school in their tray. 

Please do not bring anything but a lunchbox, water bottle and coat/hat. Unfortunately children will not be able to bring home any of the learning they complete at school and equally they are not able to bring anything in to school to show the adults or friends. 

We will be completing the home learning set on the class page in the morning and an activity from the family learning grid in the afternoon. The children will be eating lunch in the classroom at their desks and will have time outside in their allocated bubble section of the playground. 

We will endeavour to keep the 2 metre social distancing rule and encourage the children to do so. The school is marked out with arrows to support this. 

I will continue to upload daily home learning tasks for the those children who are not in school, and of course I still would like to receive emails and pictures from all children in Opal Class. 

Kind regards, 

Ms Cooke x

Summer 2, Week 2

Good Morning,  

I hope you had a lovely weekend, enjoying the sunshine and avoiding the downpours. 

The family learning grid is based on 'around the world' this week; with lots of varied tasks. I am in school the first part of the week, but I will continue to upload home learning daily. In English this week we are focusing on instruction writing in role as a pirate; it would be really nice if by Friday you could show me a set of instructions you have written. In maths, through white rose teaching; we are focusing on counting in 2, 5 and 10. This will be a refresher for a lot of you. I have attached the video links for the white rose teaching videos as well as the activity sheets. Keep up all the hard work Opal class, keep safe and keep in touch with me! I love hearing from you all! 

Ms Cooke x

Welcome back Opal Class to Summer 2! 

I hope you have all had a lovely half term break and managed to enjoy the gorgeous weather! 

We are now in our final term of Year 1; admittedly it is not how we all imagined it to be, but you have all worked so hard and I am so proud of you all! Keep safe and don't forget I love receiving your emails, pictures and letters - I think you enjoy seeing each other's achievements on here too! Love Ms Cooke x

Summer 1, Week 5 (Week beginning 18th May)

Hello Opal Class, 

I hope you are well! You were all very productive last week! I received lots of lovely emails and photos; thank you! 

I will be in school Thursday and Friday this week; I will try and call you over these 2 days. Remember keep in touch and keep safe!

Love Ms Cooke

Summer 1 Week 4, Week beginning 11th May 2020

Good Morning Opal class, 

I hope you had a lovely bank holiday weekend and managed to get outside in the sun at some point. It was lovely speaking with you all last week on the phone and I have made some adjustments to our learning activities based on feedback I received. We will finish the learning on Pirates love underpants and then I will begin setting shorter mini tasks each day which do not necessarily follow on from each other. Feedback welcome and wanted. 

I have also added an option for the maths learning, if you fancy a change from white rose learning. 

The family learning topics this week are based on pirates which is perfect for us! So I hope you enjoy doing those activities too! 

Don't forget to join Miss Carter for her singing assembly this morning! 

Have a lovely week, keep sending me your fantastic pics and emails. 

From Ms Cooke x

Family topic grid week 4- pirates

Summer 1 Week 3

Good Morning Opal Class, 

I hope you are keeping safe and enjoying sharing your learning experiences!

I am in school Weds-Fri this week; hopefully I will give you all a call to say hello over those three days. 

Keep in touch and remember just do what you can; there is no right way, we are all making our own best fits!. 

There will only be 4 days of learning set this week, due to bank holiday Friday.

Please remember to check out the home learning hub if you would like to try alternative activities, such as those from Mrs Lochhead and other teachers. Miss Carter will be be starting the week with her amazing singing assembly on Monday so make sure you join her if you can! 

I have attempted to read each section of the book this week for Eng so hopefully you can watch it. 

Have a lovely week!

Ms Cooke x

Friday 8th May 2020

Well done all; another week complete! It is bank holiday today so I will not be setting any learning activities for you today.

I want you to have a well deserved rest this weekend and spend quality time with your families! I am so proud of what you are achieving and have loved speaking to you and your Mummy and Daddy this week! Happy VE day! Stay safe! 

Week 3 Family Learning Grid

Summer term 1 Week 2

Hi Opal Class, 

Wow! Thank you for all your lovely pictures and emails of yourselves, your families, your new pets and of course your learning. I really love seeing it all. I am so proud of you all for adapting, accepting and continuing to enjoy learning in these strange circumstances. Thank you parents/carers for all your support and hard work at this time; either through home learning or through continuing to work yourselves. It is a team effort! I just wanted to remind you that it is okay not to get all the activities completed, or to have days where you do no learning and others where you do lots. It is also just as good for you to do child led or family led learning which fits around your circumstances. As long as your minds are active that is all that matters! I am continuing to set daily learning for you but do not worry if you do not complete it on that day, it will remain on the web page so you can work at your own pace. 

Remember keep safe and keep in touch! 

Love 

Ms Cooke x

Don't forget Monday morning singing assembly tomorrow with Miss Carter and Mrs Lochhead has uploaded some lovely well-being activities on the the home learning hub if you want something different to do. 

Yay! We have all made it to the end of the home school week! I have just about survived my children this week; I have seen enough salt dough and trod on enough lego to last me a very long time! Haha! 

Remember I do love to hear from you; your emails do not just need to be full of wonderful work but they can also be a quick hello and a catch up! Have a fantastic Friday and brilliant weekend! From Mrs Cooke x

Hi Opal Class: Just a note to say you are all doing amazing! There is no wrong way of doing any of this! I want everyone to be happy and safe; you are all learning without noticing it (life skills and family time) and I want you all to be proud of what you are achieving! 

A few people have asked for some of the books we might use for English this term; these are the books I am hoping to use. 

-The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle

-Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedam

-Port Side Pirates by Debbie Harter (this is a song/rhyme one- so possibly if we have time) 

-Captain Abdul's Pirate School by Colin McNaughton 

Take Care, 

Ms Cooke x

Week 2 Family learning grid - Our Wonderful World 

Summer Term 1

Hello!

Welcome back to the Summer Term Opal class! I hope you are all safe and well and enjoying the sun and extra family time we have been given. I know this is a strange and restricted time; but we are going to try and learn together the best we can. 

Our topic this term is based around Pirates, so our English learning will still have this theme. 

I will be setting daily learning activities for you to complete if it is possible, as well as the family learning tasks. I will contactable and able to answer any questions, receive photos or just for a general catch up. I will try and put your photos on the class page also, so that your friends can see what you have been up to. Keep safe! Love Mrs Cooke x

Family Learning Grid

Week 1: Food Glorious Food

Hello Opal Class, 

It is now your Easter Break, which means I want you to enjoy your time with your family, hopefully get out in the sunshine for your hour exercise where possible, but most importantly stay safe and well and at home! 

I am missing you lots now and I am finding it such a surreal situation; just as I am sure you are too! 

I will not be checking my emails as regularly over the next 2 weeks, due to spending my children's Easter break with them too but I would still love to see your faces and what you would have been up to so continue to send me your letters, photos and emails please- they make me smile. 

Mrs Adams is missing you lots too and has asked me to set you a little challenge (if you would like to complete) of creating a time capsule during this strange period of time, to create a bank of memories to represent what you did during isolation of 2020. This time will go down in history!  https://www.kxly.com/my-2020-covid-19-time-capsule/ 

Keep safe!  Happy Easter!

Love Mrs Cooke x