As we return from the half term break, we begin with important housekeeping:

first, a reminder about uniform: lots of children's uniform and PE kits still do NOT have names in and it is making it very difficult to find misplaced uniform.  Please label ALL items which will make it easier to reunite with the correct children. 

For our Topic work this half term, we have a science-based topic called Living and Growing! We will be planting our own beanstalks and keeping a bean diary each week record their progress. This term we will explore our school grounds and look for signs of living and growing.

Within this science unit, Year 1 will learn in great depth about growing plants. The children will learn the names of a variety of common, wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. We will also focus upon learning about the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees, and use this developing knowledge to support the children’s understanding whilst we grow and monitor the progress of our plants as a class throughout the term.

We will be working hard to learn many key concepts in English and Maths. In English, we will be continuing to share lots of books with the children, developing our re-telling skills and learning how to answer what, why, when, where and how questions. Our key text is Jack and the Beanstalk

This half term, we will continue to count, compare and order numbers and objects, but increase our learning of numbers to 50. We will also learn to count in 2s and 5s. Later on in the half term, we will move on to measurement and our learning will focus on length, height, weight and volume. This will involve lots of practical activities. We will continue to practice our days of the week and months of the year songs to strengthen the children’s recall of these.

In terms of supporting your child at home, reading is a crucial part of your child's learning so please make sure that you read daily with them and ensure they learn their spellings and complete their handwriting homework.  Additional phonics videos to watch will also be sent home via class dojo for children linked to their level in phonics lessons. 

Year 1 have a P.E lesson on Thursday afternoon, so please make sure your child has the correct PE kit and ensure all items are labelled with your child’s name.  

Please also make sure your child has a water bottle in school each day so they can stay hydrated!

If you need to speak to us regarding any issues, our door is always open.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Weilding, Mrs Thomas & Mrs Owen

Homework

Spelling Homework - Given out Thursday, please return the following Wednesday. Test the following Thursday.

Reading & Phonics- Please read with your child daily.  Phonics reading books need to be read 3 times before we will change them to help children increase their fluency. 

PE

Thursday - Please have full PE kit - white top, black shorts and black pumps.