Week beginning 20th April 2026:

We have loved welcoming all the children back into school this week for the summer term. We can't quite believe this is the penultimate half-term before the end of the academic year!

Our new project is, 'Curious Creatures' and the overview and home learning has come home with the children today (a copy of this is also at the bottom of this page). The children have enjoyed learning our new key text, The Tiger Who Came to Tea and adding exclamation marks into their writer's toolkits. 

We are all very excited for our school trip next week and we are keeping our fingers crossed that the sun continues to shine for us. Thank you to all of our parent volunteers- these trips could not happen without your support. 

English: The children will learn how to use plurals in their writing using the suffixes s and es. 

Maths: We will continue to explore numbers to 100, comparing them using inequality symbols.

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

Science: The children will be learning about the 5 different animal classifications: mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians. 

Geography: Our key question is, 'Are all parts of the world the same?' and we will be looking at polar and tropical climates.

PSHE: This term we are using, 'Milo's Money' to teach financial education to the children. 

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