Week Beginning 2nd February 2026

It was a brilliant week of learning. The children did some super 2D and 3D shape sorting as well as creating their own story based on 'Paddington at the Palace'. Next week, we are looking forward to welcoming Bex from Frogs Drama. She will be coming in on Tuesday to work with the children on some drama based on Amy Johnson. On Wednesday afternoon, the children in Bourne class will be taking part in BCP's STEPS scheme to educate children on road awareness. Stour Class will have the same session the week after.

Worship- Our worship theme this week is: Candlemas

English - The children will be taking part in a special live workshop for storytelling on Tuesday Morning with the author Annemarie Anang. The rest of the week, the children will be using the story below as inspirationn for work.

Phonics - Next week, the children will be revising all the sounds so far from Reception and Year 1. Please be aware that your child may not be read with next week as we will be doing practice Phon cis Screenings with the children.

Maths - The children will be looking at number bonds within 10 as well as the commutative law.

RE - We will be visiting St James church on Thursday morning and Mr Brown will be teaching us all about Baptism and features of the church.

Art - We will be creating our sculptures inspired by the work of artist, Anthony Gormley.

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.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Parsons and Mrs Stoodley