Week beginning 15th December

What a week! The children have been incredible and we have been so so proud of how the children have performed in the Nativity. It was quite the spectacle! Next week, we will be enjoying the week by doing lots of Christmas related activities. Christmas cards, calendars etc. It will be a fun filled week!

Worship:

The worship theme this week is: Christmas

Learning this week:

English - The children will write a recount of their trip to the park.

Maths - The children will continue to explore fact families.

Phonics - This week, we will consolidate all our learning so far.

Whole Class Reading- We will be reading Leah's Star written by Alanna Max.

RE - The children will be learning to retell the story of Jesus' birth. 

Home Learning:

My Maths, Numbots and Twinkl Phonics App log ins are stuck into the front of your child's Reading Record.  Please speak to your child's teacher if you need any support with any of these platforms.

Additional help with reading/phonics:

If you are wondering how you can provide general support for your child at home, our advice is to hear them read as often as possible. Please do not worry if your child brings home the same book from time to time- this is to gain confidence and fluency before moving onto different sounds in other books.

We also have an excellent link to some high quality texts that you may want to consider when choosing children’s books to read or buy!

Additional Maths:

By the end of Year 1, children are expected to:

• count forwards and backwards in ones to 100
• be able to count in 2s, 5s and 10s
• find one more and one less than a given number up to 100
• recognise the value of all coins
• know number bonds (numbers that add together) to total 10 and 20.

Messages:

It is really important to put children’s names in all their clothes, on packed lunch boxes, water bottles, coats etc- otherwise they do not go home with the correct child. We already have some unclaimed and unnamed items from this week. If you could all check that all items are named, we would really appreciate it. 

Please could water bottles be placed into a plastic bag in their school bag to protect school reading books. All water bottles must only contain water and NOT squash please. 

Please note, our fruit at school is delivered on a Monday, but sometimes later in the day. Please could you provide your child with a snack on a Monday to avoid them getting hungry if our fruit has not been delivered. 

Key Information and Dates:

Please wear PE kits on a Thursday.

Please see below for key dates across the school.

Thank you for your continued support.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Parsons and Mrs Stoodley