If your child is unable to attend school for an extended period of time, please call the office on 0121 675 3573 and arrange a telephone meeting with Miss O’Shea (1O), Mrs Akhtar (1A) to discuss your child’s learning.
In our ‘Happily Ever After’ project, we will be exploring various fairy tales through story maps, drama and oral story telling. We will explore themes, characters and similarities between different stories and even make our own story puppets. To end this project, the children will perform a class play with a fairy tale theme.
During this half term the children will be learning about the structure of animals and their nutrition.
During this half term the children are going to be learning about a historical event in British History, ‘The Great Fire of London’. We will be looking at what London was like 400 years ago and use a timeline to record the events in order.
During this half term the children are going to be learning about their local area, Shard End. We will be looking at how it has changed over time and make comparisons with modern day Shard End to the past. We will be going on an exciting walk around the local area, visiting different places along the way.
During this half term we will be learning about the 4 different countries that make up the United Kingdom as well as their capital cities.
During this topic the children will be learning about growing plants. They will learn the structure of a plant using the correct scientific vocabulary and we will be growing our own plants.
In our ‘Happily Ever After’ project, we will be exploring various fairy tales through story maps, drama and oral story telling. We will explore themes, characters and similarities between different stories and even make our own story puppets. To end this project, the children will perform a class play with a fairy tale theme.
During this half term we will be consolidating all of our learning from this year. The focus will be to ensure that the children can use capital letters and full stops accurately, as well as exclamation and question marks.
During our whole class read lessons we will be looking at a range of texts linked to our topic such as ‘Grandpa’s Garden’, ‘The Enormous Turnip’ and ‘The Life Cycle of an Oak Tree’.
During our maths lessons we will be securing our knowledge of numbers to 100. On top of this we will be recapping 2D and 3D shapes as well as ensuring the children are confident using the four mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, division and mathematical).
Physical activity not only improves health, reduces stress and improves concentration, but also promotes correct physical growth and development. Exercise has a positive influence on academic achievement, emotional stability and interaction with others.
1S will be doing PE on a Tuesday and Thursday. Please could you ensure that you child has their PE kit with them on these days. It would be extremely useful if children could bring in a pair of gym pumps and a pair of trainers. During the cold weather, please provide warm clothing for lessons outside.
1K will be doing PE on a Tuesday and Friday. Please could you ensure that you child has their PE kit with them on these days. It would be extremely useful if children could bring in a pair of gym pumps and a pair of trainers. During the cold weather, please provide warm clothing for lessons outside.
You will be expected to record reading in your child’s diary. This is a fantastic resource for the children to use, but also key for parent and teacher communication. Please read with your child, at least 3 times per week and record this in their diary with further comments.
At home, please read at least 3 times a week with your child. They will receive a new Read Write Inc paper book as well as a reading book every Monday. You can keep a record of this in their home learning diary.
Spellings will also be sent home weekly so that you can help your child learn the key words for Year 1. There will be a spelling test each week to see if we can tick any new learnt spelling off the children’s spelling grids.
Good attendance and punctuality is essential to help your child achieve the best they possibly can.
Every week the attendance cup is awarded to the class with the best attendance – hopefully our class can win the cup lots of times this coming term!
We will also be awarded points in the Punctuality League. Let’s see if we can beat last year’s score.
Please ensure children wear the correct school uniform, including black shoes and plain socks. Jewellery must not be worn. Please label all items so that they can be easily reacquainted with children if they are mislaid. This includes the inside of coats, shoes, hats, gloves and scarves.
Children can achieve house points for trying hard with their work!
We aim to teach the children about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. With this in mind, our fantastic chef provides a range of healthy snacks.
We are committed to providing excellent food that is healthy, tasty, nutritionally balanced and is presented in an attractive way that the children will enjoy. A School Dinner is currently provided Free for Year 1
Children can achieve reward stamps for trying hard with their behaviour! Every time they collect 50 stamps, they are awarded with a certificate.
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