Welcome back Year 1 - 25th February

Hello everyone and welcome back to school after the February half term. I hope you had a lovely break despite the stormy weather.

The children have settled back into school wonderfully and I have been very impressed with how well they have adapted to my new routines and the classroom layout.

On Monday the children were very excited by two new additions to the class. They have been given the responsibility to teach our new classroom aliens,  Wheebop and Knell about life on Earth and how to be successful learners at the Prince of Wales school. Miss Johnson wowed the children by sharing some incredible CCTV footage of the alien's spacecraft hovering above the Prince of Wales school during half term.

Today we discussed the history behind Shrove Tuesday and we made some pancake batter, which the children thoroughly enjoyed.

We have started our new topic which is based around the popular book the Jolly Postman. This delightful book introduces children to letters and we will be using it as a stimulus to learn about letter writing, geography and the history of communication and the postal service.

As the term progresses I will start sending home a weekly home learning activity in addition to the weekly spellings that will continue to be sent home on a Friday. Home learning is optional but it can be a great opportunity for children to continue their learning at home and to begin to develop habits that will help them as they progress through school.

I am aware that some parents have had some problems logging in at home to mathletics and AR reading. If you need us to check or give you a new password or if you would like to discuss anything else please speak to myself or one of the year 1 team.

Kind regards
Ms Browne & the year 1 team