Week beginning 1st December

A busy week has finished and we are all set for our Nativity next week. We look forward to welcoming families to watch our performances on Tuesday at 2pm and 5pm. This week, the children have wowed us with their Percy Park Keeper writing. We are proud of all of them!

Worship:

The worship theme this week is: Reflection

Learning this week:

English - We will begin to look at recounts and will plan a recount for our trip to the park.

Maths - The children will begin to understand fact families.

Phonics - This week, we will consolidate all our learning so far.

Whole Class Reading- We will be reading The Bog Baby written by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward.

RE - The children will be learning to retell the story of Jesus' birth. 

Art - The children will be creating their own Christmas cards.

Science - The children will be learning about the different parts of trees.                

Home Learning:

My Maths, Numbots and Twinkl Phonics App log ins are stuck into the front of your child's Reading Record.  Please speak to your child's teacher if you need any support with any of these platforms.

Additional help with reading/phonics:

If you are wondering how you can provide general support for your child at home, our advice is to hear them read as often as possible. Please do not worry if your child brings home the same book from time to time- this is to gain confidence and fluency before moving onto different sounds in other books.

We also have an excellent link to some high quality texts that you may want to consider when choosing children’s books to read or buy!

Additional Maths:

By the end of Year 1, children are expected to:

• count forwards and backwards in ones to 100
• be able to count in 2s, 5s and 10s
• find one more and one less than a given number up to 100
• recognise the value of all coins
• know number bonds (numbers that add together) to total 10 and 20.

Messages:

It is really important to put children’s names in all their clothes, on packed lunch boxes, water bottles, coats etc- otherwise they do not go home with the correct child. We already have some unclaimed and unnamed items from this week. If you could all check that all items are named, we would really appreciate it. 

Please could water bottles be placed into a plastic bag in their school bag to protect school reading books. All water bottles must only contain water and NOT squash please. 

Please note, our fruit at school is delivered on a Monday, but sometimes later in the day. Please could you provide your child with a snack on a Monday to avoid them getting hungry if our fruit has not been delivered. 

Key Information and Dates:

Please wear PE kits on a Thursday.

Please see below for key dates across the school.

Thank you for your continued support.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Parsons and Mrs Stoodley