Week beginning 1st December

We can hardly believe December is already here! Our Nativity rehearsals are in full swing, and the children are doing wonderfully. Their singing has been beautiful and it’s been lovely to see each child enjoying their special moment on stage.

We also hope you enjoyed looking through your child’s books this week. We are incredibly proud of every one of our children and the hard work they put in each day.

Worship:

The worship theme this week is: Advent

Learning this week:

English - The children will be showing all that they have learnt this term and completing an independent 'Hot Task'.

Maths - 

Phonics - This week, we will be continuing to assess the children's knowledge and also learning the alternative sounds /ue/ like in 'glue' and /ue/ like in 'statue'.

The parent information sheet can be found at the bottom of the page.

Whole Class Reading- We will be reading The Bog Baby written by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward.

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

Art - The children will be having a go at drawing an animal in the style of our key artist, Jane Hissey.

Science - The children will be learning about the different parts of trees.                

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