Fantastic Flamingos

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back after the holidays.  We have a long last term ahead of us, packed with lots of fun and exciting things! Our topic is ‘through the window’ which will include a trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and hopefully lots of work outdoors, weather dependent! Please see the attached topic web for a breakdown of what we will be focusing on in each subject.

Science targets
This half term we will be working on the topic of ‘plants’. During the unit these are the targets we will be trying to achieve: 

Phonics
Just a reminder that the phonics screening test will take place this term for year 1 children. Please ensure children are in school where possible. Any extra phonics work done at home would be beneficial and could make a huge difference. Thank you to the many parents who have already started phonics work at home.

Genre
This half term we will be going back to looking at a specific genre. Our genre this half term is poetry, as always children are welcome to bring in and share any books they may have.  We will be linking our literacy work to this genre and will be adapting and writing our own summer poems.  

P.E.
P.E. will continue to take place on a Tuesday and Wednesday. It is really important that children have their kits on these days. A reminder that long hair should be tied up and earrings taken out or taped up.

Passport statements
As this is the last newsletter of this year I would just like to take the time to thank you for your support throughout the year, and if you would like to discuss anything or have any further questions, then I am available before and after school on most days.

Thank you,
Miss T Ward
Class Teacher

Dear Parents/Carers,

This term we are going to be busy learning all about St Lucia, the second largest Caribbean island, through different subjects every day. I had to break the news that it would cost too much to visit but fortunately we can follow the adventures of Barnaby Bear! See attached: Topic Web to find out about what the children will be learning about this half term.    Our class assembly will be linked to our topic and will take place on Wednesday 23^rd March. More details will follow.

Science Targets
Our Science topic this half term is ‘Animals - Humans.’ These are the targets that children will be working on.

Phonics

In the Summer term children will be expected to do a phonics screening test which is an official test set by the government. Any work at home on alien words will be a massive support to your child in preparation for this.  If you need any help or support with this please come and see me. We will also be concentrating on this for morning activity this half term as well as doing another mock screening test.

Author
This half term we will be focussing on the author, Nicola Davies. We will look at a range of her nature books in order to help us write our own non-fiction information pages.

P.E.
P.E will continue to take place on a Tuesday and a Wednesday this half term. It is so important that children have their kits in school on these days.

Passport statements

Homework time table.

I am looking forward to talking with you about your child’s progress at parent’s evening this half term. If you wish to discuss anything else with me please feel free to catch me before or after school.

Thank you,
Miss T Ward
Class Teacher

Click to download and view our topic web, with all the exciting things we'll be learning this term:

Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope that you have all had a fantastic Christmas break! As we return back to school our new topic is ‘Fire, Fire’ which will be based around the Great Fire of London. Please see the attached topic web for a breakdown of what we will be focusing on in each subject.

Science Targets

Our Science topic this half term is ‘Seasonal changes - Winter.’ These are the targets that children will be working on.

English
We are continuing to work on joined handwriting. If you would like any information or advice on how to assist your child at home please do feel free to come and see me. We will carry on working towards our Phonics screening test that will take place in the summer.

Author
This half term we will be focussing on the poet, Michael Rosen. We will look at a range of his poems as well as different styles of poetry and will use what we learn to create our own poems.

P.E.
P.E will continue to take place on a Tuesday and a Wednesday this half term. Thank you to everyone taking earrings out or taping up ears for PE, it is really important for health and safety.

Passport statements
As part of PSHE this half term we will be working on

Homework time table
Thank you so much to everyone getting homework in on time.

If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to catch me before or after school.

Thank you,

Miss T Ward
Class Teacher

Click to download and view our topic web, with all the exciting things we'll be learning this term:

The KS1 Christmas party. We had lots of fun with out party food, games and music. When we got back to class the elves had hid us some presents around the room!

A few pictures from our enterprise day. We worked as a class to make snowmen lollies and sell them on our class stall. 

For children in need we dressed up back to front and inside out and made bonkers biscuits to raise money. 

This week we celebrated Black history by taking part in drumming sessions, learning about influential people in history and doing some art work. 

Dear Parents/Carers,

This is always a fantastic time of year in school with the run up to Christmas! This half term we will be doing lots of festive activities as well as our main topic ‘Barnaby’s English Adventure!’ I have created a topic web so that you can see what this topic will be covering.

Science Targets
Our Science topic this half term is ‘Materials.’ These are the targets that children will be working on.

English
If you do want to help with your child’s writing at home we are focusing on joining our handwriting this half term. Our writing policy suggests that children should be joining their handwriting by Christmas in year 1.  Please feel free to ask if you need further support or advice.

Spellings
Thank you to everyone that has supported their child with spellings last half term. It really does make a difference in writing and gives children a huge boost when they get them all correct!

Genre
The Genre that we will be focusing on this half term is Traditional tales. We will be looking at a selection of traditional tales and will be building on our own story telling skills. We are happy to display or read any books children have from this genre.

Homework
Thank you for supporting your child with their homework.

This half terms homework timetable:

P.E.
P.E. will continue to take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It is really important children have their kits on these days as spare kit is limited. If you do have any old/unwanted kit that you would like to donate to our spare kit box it would be greatly appreciated! A reminder that pierced ears should be taped up or earrings taken out before school, this is for safety reasons, thank you to all that are doing this.

Passport statements

This half term we will be working on:

• Solving problems without arguing.
• Saying sorry when we have done something wrong
• Always doing as the teacher asks.

A few further bits of information:

• Parent’s evenings will take place on Thursday 2^nd November and Monday 6^th November.

I look forward to seeing you all at parents evening but if you have any further questions or concerns before this please feel free to catch me before or after school.

Thank you,
Miss T Ward
Class Teacher

Click to download and view our topic web, with all the exciting things we'll be learning this term:

A few photos from the day the monster trashed our school!! Children had to do lots of detective work to find out what on earth had happened!! We then used this for our writing. Children dressed up as their Dojo monster for the launch of class dojo. Teachers also had a fun morning before children arrived at school 

In RE we have been finding out about celebrations. To see how celebrations make people feel we had our own celebration. We celebrated being Year 1's with food, music and games! 

We celebrated Roald Dahl day by dressing up and doing some fun craft work. We even followed Mrs Twit's instructions to make eyeball cakes!

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back to a new school year, I hope you have all had a fantastic Summer break! Our topic this term is ‘Roald Dahl meets Charles Dickins!’ and as many lessons as possible will be linked to this topic. I have created a topic web so that you can see what this topic will be covering.

Science Targets

English
If you do want to help with your child’s writing at home we are focusing on using finger spaces, capital letters and full stops correctly this half term. We will then move onto using ‘and’ to join ideas and a huge focus will be on joined handwriting. Every child is also placed in a phonics group to suit their ability in order for them to progress at their level. They will be learning new sounds and spelling patterns each week, ask them to share these with you, but please feel free to ask if you need further support or advice.

Spellings
Children will get 5 spellings a week; if they correctly spell all 5 then they will be rewarded with a team point. The spellings they receive will initially be the year 1 words and then will be linked to the phonics sound that they have been working on that week and they will be tested on a Friday. Any help you can give your children at home is greatly appreciated and makes a big difference in their writing.

Author
Each half term we will focus on a chosen author or genre. Our first author that we are going to be focusing on this half term is Roald Dahl; he is a very famous children’s author that is loved by adults too! We are happy to display or read in class any books children have by our author.

Homework
Children will have the first few weeks to settle into their new surroundings before homework is given. Homework will be given out on a Friday and is to be returned by the following Wednesday. The types of homework your child can expect are maths pages from a given homework booklet, handwriting, English and online homework on ‘I am learning’. Children will receive their own login details for this site. Your child may need support reading the task, but as the year progresses they should become more confident at having a go by themselves. You are welcome to work with them and let them know if an answer is incorrect, supporting them to correct it.

Homework timetable

P.E.
P.E will take place on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Children will require an indoor and outdoor kit. Indoor kits should consist of shorts, t-shirt and plimsolls. Outdoor kit should consist of jogging bottoms, t-shirt, jumper and trainers. As it gets colder children may need gloves and a hat for outdoor PE.

Passport statements
The PSHE areas that we are working on from our passports are:

• Always say please and thank you.
• Share a favourite toy.
• Help tidy the classroom. 

A few further bits of information:

• Just a reminder that children with pierced ears should have their earrings removed or taped up before school on PE days.
• We will be taking part in Roald Dahl day on Wednesday the 13^th September. It is a charity day that promises to be lots of fun. Children can dress up as their favourite Roald Dahl character and we will be doing lots of games and activities. More information can be found on https://www.roalddahl.com/create-and-learn/join-in/roald-dahl-day
• We will be testing children on number facts this year such as number bonds to 10 and 20 and also times tables later on in the year. If any parents are interested in volunteering to come into school to test children then please let me know and I can give you more information.
• Please avoid booking to go away during June as this is usually when the phonics screening check that we have to do in year 1 takes place. I will speak to you more about this during the first parents evening.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to catch me before or after school.

Thank you,
Miss T Ward

Class Teacher

Click to download and view our topic web, with all the exciting things we'll be learning this term: