Welcome to Class 1

Summer Term 2

Welcome back everyone. We hope you have all had a wonderful half term and that everyone has enjoyed the break.  It is hard to believe we are in the last half term of the school year but we have a very busy half term ahead full of fun and exciting activities, including our trips to Laurel's Wood on 12th June and Kenyon Hall Farm on 20th June.  

As the weather will hopefully be warm and sunny it is helpful if the children have suncream applied at home before they come into school. Whilst we can supervise the children applying cream we cannot apply it for them. It is also advisable to send your child into school with a sunhat.

Our English work will be based on the wonderful picture book, 'Goldilocks and Just the One Bear', by Leigh Hodgkinson. The witty sequel to the traditional Goldilocks story, Little Bear is all grown up and Goldilocks is a distant memory. One day, Little Bear wanders out of the woods and finds himself lost in the Big City. Will he find the city too noisy? Too quiet? Or just right? And what are the chances of him bumping in to someone who remembers exactly how he likes his porridge? The rich, descriptive language in the text and wonderfully detailed illustrations will hopefully inspire some fantastic work.

Phonics will continue daily as we prepare for our Phonic Screening w/c 10th June.

In Maths we will be looking at place value in 2 digit numbers, partitioning into tens/ones, 1/10 more/less than a given number and simple addition and subtraction involving 2 digit numbers. We will revise odd and even numbers, doubles to 10 and related halves. We will read, interpret and create pictograms and block graphs. We will also continue to learn about time to the half and quarter hour on an analogue clock and begin to read the time on a digital clock. Our focus with money will be finding change from 10 and 20 pence.

Topic work has a Geography focus this half term. We will be considering the question 'Why do we love being beside the sea so much?'  Children, as young geographers, will begin to understand the key physical and human geographical features of the seaside as one
example of the broader concept of ‘coasts’. They will also look the inter-relationship of people with their environments. More details and a useful vocabulary list can be found in the Geography Knowledge Organiser below. 

In Science our topic focus is 'Materials'. The children will explore different materials and their properties. They will investigate properties of materials, planning and carrying out experiments to answer questions, such as, 'which material is best to make an umbrella?' The Science Knowledge Organiser contains more details in the link below.

Children will all be given 2 reading books per week and would all benefit from reading every night. Little and often is best! Homework and spellings will be sent out on Fridays to be handed in by the following Tuesday. We really appreciate your support in this matter. 

P.E. for Class 1 will be each Tuesday (Tennis) and Wednesday and the children should come into school wearing their P.E. kits on these days. 

Fruit snacks are available daily free of charge. Fairtrade cookies are sold by Year Six children on Wednesdays for 40p and toast is for sale on Fridays for 20p.

Please check the class page regularly for updates and photographs of what we have been getting up to in class. 

Each child should have their own login details for both Purple Mash and Active Learn. Both online learning platforms offer a great range of learning activities that children enjoy in school.

Remember if you want to contact us, please use the email address [email protected]

-Many thanks 

Mrs Blair and Mrs Dennehy

If you need an extra link to reading activities. The Learn Live Read Channel will feature one Live read every week day at 10.00. Here's the link! https://learnliveuk.com/learn-live-read-channel/

Useful links

Active Learn Login

Purple Mash

Music Links

Mini Music Makers

RNSO music challenges

Stomp Style Body Percussion

Mental Health links:

• Children's Mental Health resources - for parents
• 5 minutes of fun
• Partnership for Children
• Family Togetherness
• Relax with Hollie
• Cbeebies Mindful Garden

Please also visit the school's dedicated mental health and well-being page for more information on where to get support.

Welcome to the Class One Learning Hub!

Click on the icons below which will take you straight to the website. The website will give you ideas and activities for their age related learning journey. We will add to this over time. Don't forget to look on Google Classroom for your latest activities!