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Year 1
September 2019 seems a very long time ago now! The children have grown so much, lost some of their ‘baby teeth’ and adapted to a new style of school with amazing resilience.
This year’s overwhelming source of fun and joy, according to Year 1, was playing outside with the water trays and using the shark and crocodile water guns! Playing on our amazing pirate ship, which turned into numerous other imaginary dens, was another source of fabulous play and adventurous activities. So too was the sandpit, which as well as digging down for what seemed like miles, also became a stage to perform impromptu playtime concerts and a ‘home base’ for hide and seek.
We enjoyed a lovely trip to the toy museum at Guildford where the children stepped back in time, dressing in the style of Victorian children, being taught in the school room with wooden desks and slates and playing with a variety of toys from a bygone era.
Our Infant Nativity was a lovely end to the Autumn Term, with the children working so hard to learn their lines, sing with such gusto and perform the story of the birth of Baby Jesus with genuine joy and excitement.
We managed to fit in the majority of our swimming lessons at the College pool, which was greatly enjoyed by the children. It was lovely to see the growing confidence of the children and how they learnt to swim longer distances with improved technical skill.
And then lockdown hit! The way in which the children embraced and coped with home learning was so impressive considering their age. We enjoyed daily story times and chats via the internet, plus working through the day’s tasks. There were also individual ‘meets’ and reading sessions and the children loved to chat and wave to each other on screen! Their work was uploaded to Seesaw, together with photos and videos of their other activities undertaken at home.
As the children leave me and move to Year 2, I would like to thank them for their kindness, friendship and sense of fun.
