Week beginning 18th May 2026

We can't believe we are going into our last week of this half-term! The children have had a super week of learning about animal fact files and learnt how to use question marks in readiness to write their own sub-headings and fact files next week. In geography, we've been answering our key question, 'Are all parts of the world the same?' and the children loved learning about Greenland and Brazil and how their climates vary from our own here in England.

Don't forget the PSA Disco on Friday- get your party clothes ready!

Our worship theme for this week is:

Forgiveness

English: The children will be researching an animal, choosing sub-headings to answer and drafting their own animal reports.

Maths: We will be exploring doubling, halving and number bonds to 20.

Phonics: We are recapping our level 5 sounds and consolidating the children's knowledge. 

Geography: We will be thinking about the different clothes needed by people in different climates. 

D&T: The children will be making their animal collages out of felt.

Whole Class Reading: This week our key text is, Monkey Puzzle.

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.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mr Parsons and Mrs Stoodley