Week Beginning 23rd March 2026

We can't quite believe that we are in the final week of the spring term already! It has been a jam-packed half term with so many exciting things happening around school. 

This week in English, the children have written the traditional tale of 'The Three Little Pigs' and next week, they will go on to write their own innovated versions of the story- we can't wait to read them!

We have also welcomed Miss Whitman into Year 1 this week, she is a student teacher who will be with us all the way through until July. The children have welcomed her so beautifully and are already showing how respectful and ready to learn they are.

A reminder that Stour Forest School is on a Tuesday and Bourne Forest School is on a Wednesday.

Please be aware that we break up for the Easter holidays at 1.15pm next Friday 27th March.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. 😊

Thank you for your support of the Book Fair last week. It was so lovely to see the children so excited about visiting the library and sharing their love of reading. 

Worship- Our worship theme this week is: Easter

English - The children will be using their innovated story maps to create their own versions of, 'The Three Little Pigs'. 

Maths - We will be introducing place value for numbers up to 100 and using this knowledge to place any number on a number line up to 100.

Phonics - We will be revisiting /ew/ like in 'screw' and /ew/ like in 'stew'. 

Please find the parent informations sheet here: Parent information sheet ew

RE - We will be identifying the happy and sad parts of the Easter story.

D&T - The children will be building their own houses for the Three Little Pigs using junk modelling- please send materials in on Wednesday with your child. 

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.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Parsons and Mrs Stoodley