Year 1
Week beginning 17th February
Our final week of this half term has been another busy one! The children have made sculptures in the style of artist Anthony Gormley, written their own 'Paddington' stories and even enjoyed a hot chocolate during forest school!
Very sadly, today, we said goodbye to Mrs Samtani who will be leaving us to move on to another education setting. We are sure you will agree that she has been a much loved member of the Year 1 team since joining us in September and we will all miss her hugely. Please join us in wishing her lots of luck in her new job!
After the holidays, STEPs road safety team will be with us. They run sessions teaching road safety. The children will have an opportunity to go out and practise crossing roads in small groups. You should have received a letter about this. We need to have permission for your child to take part in these sessions, so please return the slip ASAP. If you did not receive a letter, please let us know, as we have spares. We would also appreciate parent help in order to facilitate these sessions. Please reply via the same slip.
We wish you all a relaxing and peaceful half term and we will look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 24th February.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Allery, Mrs Stoodley & Mrs Samtani
Worship:
The worship theme this week is:
Learning this week:
English -
Maths -
Phonics -
RE -
D&T -
Art -
Whole Class Reading-
Home Learning:
My Maths and Numbots log ins are stuck into the front of your child's Reading Record. We would love to see more children logging into Numbots, it is a great resource and a fun way for your children to build fluency in maths. Please speak to your child's teacher if you need any support with this.
Phonics: We will be sending home new log ins for Twinkl Phonics games and activities as they have changed the system in the next few weeks.
We have also attached some information and further home learning at the bottom of this page focusing on the new graphemes we have been learning this year.
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.
These are excellent skills to be practising at home, although we stress that they will be covered over the course of the school year.
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.
It is getting colder and we have had a few rainy days too. Please can you try to ensure the children all have a coat with them, as we do outside, even if it is a little wet or cold.
Key Dates:
Thursday 6th March - World Book Day – Dress up as a book character and virtual books at bedtime 6pm - 7pm
Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th March - Parent’s evenings - hall
Wednesday 2nd April, 1.45-2.45pm - Easter craft for Year 1 parents and carers - hall
Thursday 3rd April - Break up for Easter holidays (finish at 1.20pm)
Key Information:
Please wear PE kits on a Wednesday.
Best wishes,
The Year 1 Team
Mrs Allery, Mrs Stoodley and Mrs Samtani