Good morning,
welcome back! I hope you have had a great half term and been able to enjoy the
sun and explore the outdoors.
This week we are commencing
our plant topic, so this afternoon a few children will be planting some seeds
and we will be monitoring them for the next few weeks and discussing what
plants need to grow. Our Literacy this week is going to tie into our topic so
will be linked closely with science and are reading The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle.
Please encourage your child to learn/investigate about plants and animals at
home and if they do learn some interesting things please encourage them to
share this with the class during show and tell.
In Maths this week
we are exploring a variety of areas. Today we are consolidating our learning of
fractions and developing your child’s knowledge of quarters. Later this week we
will be recapping how to read and write written numbers up to 100 and we will
also be problem solving using money. As money is a part of our everyday lives
whilst out shopping with your child please encourage them to work out how much
items may be/let me count change etc. And remember maths can also be shown in
show and tell!
This week we will
be concentrating on phonics and in particular split-diagraphs (a-e ‘cake’ etc).
So please practise these every evening this week if you can, especially as
Phonics Screening is next week. Remember you can play ‘Buried Treasure’ on
Phonics play. Here’s the link: http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
Even though the
weather isn’t wonderful today, it is summer term so please remember your child
needs a sunhat with them every day and preferably sun cream applied before
coming to school on especially sunny days.
If your child is
in Spring or Summer they will be starting Forest School next week! I am sending
a letter home today about this so please check your child’s book bag.
Also this Friday
it is a non-uniform school day and our Summer Fair will be on Saturday. We
still need volunteers, so please get in touch with Julie Lane (Stephen’s mum!)
or sign up at reception.
Year 1 Team
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