by Sian ATHERTON | Feb 19, 2026 | Grade 1
Students continue to surprise me with their ability to be good inquirers this week as we had a special visitor to help us with Our Unit. We are learning about how people help us and provide us with our needs and wants. One of our parents is a doctor and very kindly...
by Sian ATHERTON | Feb 11, 2026 | Grade 1
With just 4 days this week we still managed to do as much as possible and the students have worked very hard so deserve a good 3 day break. We continue to do daily phonic, sound blending, word and sentence work. Our reading groups are settling into a rhythm and...
by Sian ATHERTON | Feb 5, 2026 | Grade 1
Oman Week! Time to celebrate this beautiful country we live in and explore the culture. We look at Oman map and think of all the things we could say or know. We started the week with a lovely assembly from a visiting school and did some lovely pictures about the...
by Sian ATHERTON | Jan 29, 2026 | Grade 1
This was our first full, five day week since we came back from the holiday so we have made the most of our time. Students started a new Unit of Inquiry and thought about the question, ‘What is a town?’. This was a simple activity, done in pairs and they were asked to...
by Sian ATHERTON | Jan 22, 2026 | Grade 1
After another short holiday, we worked hard to get back into the school routine again this week. Students are becoming more independent and are able to do our morning routine by themselves, almost. They take it in turns to change the date, check the register, explain...
