Keeping Personal Belongings at Home - Year 1

Keeping Personal Belongings at Home

Children love their toys and gadgets, but bringing them to school can cause distractions, loss, and conflicts. Recently, we’ve noticed an increase in children bringing personal items and trading them with friends, which can create issues for everyone involved. Personal items take focus away from learning, can be lost or broken, and may lead to feelings of unfairness among children. Electronics with cameras or internet access also pose safeguarding risks.

Trading items at school often results in disputes, parental frustration, and unfair exchanges where children may give away valuable belongings. Many children later regret their trades, and parents end up needing to track down and return items. To avoid these issues, it’s essential that children understand the importance of keeping personal belongings at home and respecting school policies.

We ask parents to remind children about these rules, check their bags for unnecessary items, and discuss the potential problems with trading. Encouraging children to share interests in non-material ways can help foster friendships without the complications of item exchanges. Children should not bring toys, electronics, or trading cards to school, and any found items may be held and returned at the end of the day. Your support helps us maintain a fair and focused learning environment. Thank you!

Best regards,

Miss White

Year 1 - Week 4

 Hello everyone! We hope you have had a super weekend. Last week in Year 1 was so much fun!

We were visited by Thomas the Gorilla who taught us all about the sadness that is happening to the rainforests and what we can do to help. Children absolutely loved meeting Thomas!

In Maths we have been doing Maths assessments which will be shared with you at your parent consultation evening. In English we have been continuing with our book 'The Comet', this is a beautiful book that looks at the magic of moving home and the greatest you can find within this. In Science we continued to look at materials. 

Tomorrow is the start of our children's mental health week where we will be looking at a range of resources over the week.

I look forward to seeing you at the parent consultation evenings. If you haven't yet booked a slot then please do.

See you all tomorrow!

Miss White, Ms Dainton, Mrs Hibberd, Aly and Mrs C-C

Year 1 - PSHE lesson

Hello everyone,

I hope this message finds you well.

I wanted to let you know about today’s PSHE lesson, which focused on the PANTS rule. You can learn more about this important topic by visiting this link: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwear-rule/.

During the lesson, we also discussed the correct names for body parts, including private parts, as part of the Science curriculum.

If you would like to discuss this lesson further, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Best regards,

Miss White

Year 1 - Week 2

Hello everyone, we hope you have had a super weekend!

We have had another great week in Year 1. Your children truly continue to amaze us every day!!

This week we have been looking at numbers to 20, which has included one more, one less and looking how these numbers look on a number line. In English we continued to look at the book 'the lights that dance in the night' and children planned and wrote their own poems. In Science we looked at materials and learnt about what is an object and what material it is made from.

This week we were lucky enough to have a visit from a planetarium! IT WAS AMAZING!!! The children loved it and were so engaged and inspired.

Just a reminder that PE lesson are on Wednesday and Thursday. If your child doesn't have their PE kit in school please send this in. Also we are continuing with our outdoor learning on Friday. Not many children have outdoor clothes in school. Please can you send these in.

See you in the morning!

Miss White, Ms Dainton, Mrs Hibberd, Aly, Mrs C-C and Mrs Teden

Stampede By the Sea

 This week we will have an Stampede by the Sea Inspired to Learn Arts Week. Each child will create their own elephant which has been kindly donated by Howards Motor Group.

The Children will be working with Artists from Poundbury Art to complete their design. Please can your child bring an old large t-shirt to put over their school uniform whilst they are painting. We will be using Acrylic paint which can stain clothing.

We can't wait to share updates with you as the week goes on.

Ms Evans

Art Lead

Happy new year and welcome to Spring 1!

Hello everyone! We hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We are all so excited to see you tomorrow!

Please can you ensure children come back to school with a named PE kit, named water bottle and their uniform is labelled. We had a lot of unnamed uniform and water bottles at the end of term.

We are so excited to start this new term and have so many exciting things planned!

See you in the morning!

Miss White, Ms Dainton, Mrs Hibberd, Aly and Mrs C-C

Last day of term!

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to write a quick blog to remind you about tomorrow. All children need to wear school uniform, as we will be walking up to the care home at the end of the road to sing christmas songs. Please can you send in your child with a packed lunch. We are asking that you wrap this lunch up like a present for them to unwrap!

See you in the morning!

Miss White