Week beginning 19th May
Next week we will be a lot of finishing off , story writing and reassessing our phonics groups for next term. Here are a couple more phonics videos for practice, the children are getting on really well! Word Challenge 6 Word Challenge 7 Thank you so much to all the parent volunteers for our trip […]
Week beginning 12th May
The children have been writing descriptions of the beanstalk this week and had some great ideas. Next week they will be planning their own alternative versions of Jack and the Beanstalk – but with a different plant! In handwriting we will be practising writing their full names and attempting to join them. Here are two […]
Week beginning 6th May
Thank you all so much for your support with the Cake Sale, from helping out with selling, to providing delicious cakes to buy! Next week (after a lovely long weekend) we will be continuing our practice for the phonics screening check – the children working hard and have made great progress already. Here are two […]
Week beginning 28th April
Welcome back to a new term, we hope you all had a lovely Easter! On Thursday 1st May, we will be having a bake sale after school under the shelter on KS1 playground, to raise money for our PTA class fund. All money raised will be split between Year 1 and Kites to update class […]
Week beginning 31st March
The last week of term is here! Next week we will be assessing the children to put into new phonics groups for next term. We will change reading books on Tuesday and Thursday as Friday is a half day. The main focus of the week (apart from Easter and chocolate!) will be a DT project […]
Week beginning 24th March
Next week is STEM week (science, technology engineering and maths) and the theme is Adaptation and Change. In Year 1 we will be looking at change from two angles: changes in state (especially freezing and melting) and also seasonal change and the signs of spring. We will be learning about solids and liquids and their […]
Week beginning 17th March
This week we will begin to look at the signs of spring that are appearing around us and make a simple spring picture fact file – so if you are going on any family walks this weekend, look for spring things! In maths we will be comparing lengths and height and practising language such as […]
Week beginning 10th March
Thank heavens for some decent weather! The children all really enjoyed World Book Day and the opportunity to wear their slippers and be out of routine – it was a lovely day, thank you for your support. In the coming week we learning about the life of Neil Armstrong and watching videos of rocket launches […]
Week beginning 3rd March
We will be beginning this term with some work in history about Space exploration and then later on, we will be learning about seasonal change and spring. The frogs are already descending on the school pond! The space theme should also provide opportunities for some exciting descriptive writing. Next Thursday is World Book Day and […]
Week beginning 10th February
In the coming week we will be reassessing our current phonics groups in preparation for next term. Thank you for the story videos that you have sent in they were very entertaining – keep sending them in! Everyone seems very tired at the moment so we will take things slowly for the last week of […]
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