News from One/Two
St Joseph's School
ECOSS Excursion
On Wednesday 25th June the F/1/2 students will be attending ECOSS in Wesburn. ECOSS is an environmental and educational not-for-profit community hub committed to showcasing sustainable solutions. This excursion compliments our learning about Sustainability that we are currently undertaking in the classroom.
Here is an outline of our day out:
- 9am: Meet at Wesburn Park for a Trail Walk and Play, including fruit snack
- 11am: Walk over to ECOSS for a tour
- 12:15pm: Propagation Session (in the Polytunnel greenhouse)
- 1pm: Lunchtime & Play
- 1:45pm: Tall Trees Session
- 3pm: Pickup from ECOSS
The excursion to ECOSS will be the whole day. We require Students to be dropped off at Wesburn Park by 9am and collected from ECOSS at 3pm. Teachers will supervise students from 8:45am and 3:15pm, for those who arrive early or for parents coming from school. This allows drop off/pick up of siblings at school.
Students will be required to wear their full sports uniform, including suitable runners as we will be walking around the Wesburn Park Trail and around ECOSS. We request that a waterproof jacket also be worn. A small bag containing their normal lunch and drink bottle, will also be required.
If the weather is looking quite wet, we will organise an alternative with ECOSS and give you 24 hours notice.
We are looking forward to a great day out as a group!
🌟 Learning to Read in Grade 1/2 🌟
In our Grade 1/2 classroom, we are becoming confident and curious readers! Each day, we practise using a range of reading strategies to help us understand what we read and enjoy stories.
We are learning to sound out words, look for clues in pictures, and notice when a sentence doesn’t quite make sense so we can try again. We are also exploring digraphs and "magic e" words, which help us read longer and trickier words.
Our reading time includes shared reading with the whole class, small group work, and independent reading. We love visiting the school library and choosing books that interest us and challenge us just the right amount.
It is wonderful to see the students growing in confidence, building their vocabulary, and developing a love for books. Keep up the great work, readers!
📚💬 Tip for home: Reading together every day, for 10–15 minutes, makes a big difference. Ask your child about their favourite book this week!