Our Teachers
Mrs R Gratton
Class 6
Year Leader
KS1 Phase Lead
Mrs E Dean
Class 6
Mrs K Bahia
Class 5
Miss M Richardson
Class 4
Learning Support
Mrs L Stanford
Mrs A Bish
Mrs L Flannery
Welcome back to the Summer Term! We hope you had a lovely Easter holiday and look forward to a term full of learning and progress.
English and Mathematics will continue to be taught daily and focus on key writing skills and mathematical calculations.
For more details about our learning this term, please see the Curriculum Overview.
Thematic
Our current topic is ‘Light up the World’ where we be exploring our musical talents and showing our creativity through drawing.
After this, our theme will be ‘Royal Patrons’ and we will be finishing off the year with our exciting topic ‘Zero to Hero’.
PSHEe, R.E and Science will be taught discreetly.
P.E
Please can we remind parents that no jewellery should be worn in school with the exception of stud earrings, and in line with Health and Safety guidelines these should not be worn on PE days. Children will be asked to remove earrings before PE sessions. Children should come to school dressed in their PE kits on PE days.
Year 1 PE sessions are:
Thursday and Friday
Phonics
Phonics will continue to be of high priority this term in preparation for the phonics screening check week commencing 8th June. As always, we cannot stress the importance of daily reading of the sound and word bags and regular reading of reading books.
There are many free online games and activities available to support your child with their phonics learning. In school, children particularly enjoy, ‘Phonics Play’ and ‘Phonics Bloom’.
Homework
Children in Year 1 receive regular homework. As always, children will be expected to read regularly at home, we suggest a minimum of three times per week. If your child has weekly phonic spellings, these will be given out on a Friday and tested on the following Friday and children will be bringing home phonics related activities in the run up to the Phonics Screening Check.
We will continue with morning toast up until the close of the register and we will offer a piece of fruit for morning snack. A separate message regarding milk will be sent out shortly. Please continue to send your child with a named water bottle that they can refill with water and use in school. We ask that it is not metal please as these can be heavy.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher, who will usually be available at the end of each day. We anticipate a busy and exciting term ahead and we thank you in advance for your continued support.
