Welcome to Year One

Hi Year One Families, 

We are really looking forward to welcoming the children into Year One tomorrow and beginning our new school year together!

Our Year One team this year is:
Ms Evans – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
Mrs Thorpe – Thursday
Ms Dainton – Monday to Thursday
Ms Clever – Friday

Over the first few days, our main focus will be getting to know one another, learning our new classroom routines and expectations, and giving the children plenty of opportunities to explore their new learning environment. We know that moving into Year One can feel like a big transition, so we will take time to help everyone feel happy, confident and settled.

Reading and Homework

Homework and new Read Write Inc. (RWI) books will be sent home on Fridays, beginning next week.

Please read with your child every evening and return their reading book and reading record each Friday so that these can be changed. Book bags should come into school every day.

PE

Our PE day is Thursday. Children should come to school dressed in an appropriate PE kit, including suitable footwear for the weather.

Children are welcome to keep a pair of wellies at school as long as they are clearly named. Forest School will take place later in the academic year, and we will share further information nearer the time.

Naming Belongings

Please make sure that all of your child's belongings are clearly named, including coats, jumpers/cardigans, water bottles, snack pots and wellies.

With a busy class and lots of very similar belongings, we are unfortunately unable to search for individual lost items. Clearly naming everything gives us the best chance of quickly returning things to the right child.

Toys from Home

Please keep toys and other special items safely at home. Toys brought into school will be kept safe by an adult and returned to the grown-up collecting your child at the end of the day.

Morning Drop-Off

Please bring your child to the classroom door and allow them to come in independently. We completely understand that there may be some nerves or anxiety during the first few days, but we find that a positive, prompt goodbye helps children to settle into their morning routine much more quickly. We will be there to welcome and support them as they come in.

Keeping in Touch

We will update our Year One blog each week with news, reminders and a glimpse of what we have been learning and enjoying in class.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if there is anything you would like to discuss or anything you feel would be helpful for us to know.

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow and beginning our Year One adventure together!

Ms Evans, Ms Dainton, Ms Clever and Mrs Thorpe.

A big huge Year One thank you!

 Hi Year One Families,

Just a brief post to say how very grateful we are for all of your kindness over the past few days. We have absolutely loved our time with the fabulous children of Year One, they have been such a delight all year, they are kind, resourceful and their confidence has flourished throughout the year. I am extremely proud of them all. Yesterday, the sneaky Year One Team threw me a surprise birthday day as I am celebrating a rather significant ahem 'decade' birthday over the summer. The children sang me happy birthday 9 times in a row! NINE times! And then again after break! They are always up for a good time!

I know this special group of children will continue to bloom and grow throughout their time at POW and I know they will be very successful in everything they do in the future.

As I said to them today, whilst we are moving on, we are not saying goodbye, rather a see you soon and we are only a wall away.

Have a fabulous summer.

Ms Evans, Ms Dainton, Mrs Jackson-Young, Mr Long and Mrs Manning

Bag needed tomorrow

Hi Year One Families,

Please could every child bring a bag for life with them tomorrow, as we have lots of bit to send home. 

Thank you!

Ms Evans

 

RSE lessons

Hi Year One Families,

Just to update you, yesterday during SCARF we were talking about anatomically correct names for parts of our bodies. The information shared with children is included in the RSE letter shared during the summer term.

Just to keep you in the loop if you here any vocabulary that might surprise you over the next few days.

Ms Evans and the Year One Team....

"Beach" day

Hi Year One Families, 

On Thursday morning we will be having a 'beach day' experience. This will act as an exciting stimuli for our diary writing. Children will spend the morning experiencing all the joys of the beach, we will make sand castles, paddle in 'Sea' (aka Reception's paddling pool) and we might even have an ice cream from the Year One Ice cream parlour!

Children can wear shorts and t-shirt which is suitable for paddling in and please provide a change of clothes or PE kit just in case they get a little too wet. (We are paddling not having a water fight!)

Children will attend Forest school as normal in the afternoon.

Please share this blog with other parents so everyone knows.

Here are some photos from sports day and last week.

Ms Evans and the Year One team.

Forest School Request

 Hi Everyone,

I have been requested to ask that all children have shorts for forest school tomorrow! PE shorts will be fine if you definitely have them in school!

Thank you

Feeling Hot Hot Hot!

 Hi Year One Families,

Well what a week that was! First of all an apology, slight technical hitch means the Ipad didn't upload our photos so I don't have any to share on this blog sorry about that!

The week was a little bit of a strange one due to the extreme heat- the Year One team are grateful for your support last week.

But we did continue our learning in the best way we could!

In Maths we introduced Time, we focussed on days of the week and months of the year, please continue to practise these at home. In the coming week we will focus on telling time to the hour and half hour. Learning to tell the time, is a brilliant life long skill, to support children's knowledge of this- you could continue to focus on this at home, highlighting the time in your everyday life.

In English on Friday we started our final English focus of Year One, we will be writing diary entries and we will be taking our inspiration from the beautiful story The Sea Saw.

We have continued our focus on Collage in Art and continued our practise for Sports Day in PE.

Talking of Sports Day, EYFS and KS1 Sports Day is Tuesday 30th June from 10:00-11:00 we warmly welcome you to join us. There will be a variety of activities across our Inclusive Sports Fortnight.

Whole School Dance Day 10th from 2:30

We have a busy few weeks ahead and Miss Joy will be visiting over the next few weeks too! 

Please do get in touch if you have anything you would like to discuss.

Ms Evans and the Year One Team.