Week beginning 27th April 2026:

Wow! What a great week we have had! Our trip was a huge success with the sun shining all day and the children being beautifully behaved. We managed to spot owls, eagles, bison, wallabies and even a tiny harvest mouse. The children loved learning all about the otters and watching them being fed- even if they were very noisy! Thank you again to all of our parent volunteers- we hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did!

Elsewhere, in geography, the children have started to learn about polar and tropical climates and the type of weather that you might see in these regions. The children have also learnt about the different types of animals: reptiles, mammals, fish, birds and amphibians and their features.

English: The children will be continuing to work on The Tiger Who Came to tea and will be innovating the story to make it their own.

Maths: The children will be partitioning numbers into tens and ones and working on creating fact families.

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

Science: We will be comparing the features of animal groups. 

Geography: We will be identifying the polar and tropical climates on a world map.

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