Friday, 20 October 2023

 

Hello everyone,

 

The children looked amazing in their red items of clothing. Thank you for your kind donations.



 It was wonderful to meet so many of you at the parent consultation this week. The children have settled in so well to Year 1!

 

Please find below a selection of photos showing some of the things that the children have been doing this week.


Firework pictures













Investigating if the oldest children were the tallest in the class.



Painting clay decorations.









Next term- an insight into what the children will learning


Maths – Place value within 10, addition and subtraction within 10, 2D and 3D shapes

 

English – Narrative-stories with predictable phrasing

The children will be making predictions, and continue to learn about how to construct a sentence. They will be writing a letter, creating instructions and explaining the events that occurred in a story.

Phonics lessons will take place every day. Group reading will be carried out three times a week and handwriting lessons will take place three times a week

 

Science –  Seasonal changes and the weather

 

History– The children will be learning about Castles

 

R.E. – The children will be learning about Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas.

  

Art –  We will be learning about the artist Claude Monet and will look at a selection of his work

 

D&T- The children will make sliders to create a moving picture. They will also be making Christmas cards with a lever mechanism

 

PSHE – Celebrating differences

 

ICT – Using technology and using the internet

 

Spellings

Next term, the children will be given a set of spellings every Friday.

 

We hope you all have a wonderful half term and we look forward to seeing you on Monday 30th October.

 

Mrs Flatley, Mrs Blatch & Mrs Phillips