Welcome to Class 1

Spring Term 1

Happy New Year!

Welcome back everyone.  We hope you have all had a wonderful, peaceful Christmas and are well rested, ready for the busy half term ahead.  

Our main English focus will be based around a beautiful picture book entitled 'The Lion Inside' by Rachel Bright and Jim Field. An inspiring story about confidence, self-esteem, and a shy little mouse who sets out on a journey to find his roar. The rich, descriptive language in the text and wonderfully detailed illustrations will hopefully inspire some fantastic work.

Phonics will continue daily and sounds covered will be sent home weekly for practise. Home reading books will continue to reinforce sounds learnt and recognition of tricky 'red' words, alongside devloping comprehension, vocabulary and love of story.

In Maths we will be looking at place value in 2 digit numbers (tens/ones), simple addition of 2 and 3 numbers, subtraction and number bonds to 10/20. We will develop recall of number facts and use these to solve simple word problems. We will look at patterns in number and counting in 2, 5 and 10's. We will name 3D shapes and identify their properties, learn the days of the week and months of the year. We will investigate estimating and learn about halves and quarters.

Topic work has a History focus this half term. We will be considering the question 'Who is the greatest history maker?' This enquiry provides an opportunity for young historians to think critically about what it means when people in the past are referred to as having ‘made history’ or as ‘history makers’. Having reached a shared awareness of what being a history maker means, the pupils move on to compare and contrast the achievements of 4 significant people. These individuals are drawn from a wide variety of different locations, cultures and times. The challenge for the pupils is to make a judgement about which of these can be considered the greatest history maker – the person whose impact has been most significant. In making a decision, pupils are compelled to justify their choice. Finally, the pupils have an opportunity to reflect upon how in the future they might wish to create history and in time be remembered as a history maker. More details and a useful vocabulary list can be found in the History Knowledge Organiser below. 

In Science our topic focus is 'Ourselves'. The children will look at how they have changed since being a baby.  We will talk about different body parts and our senses.  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 Monday (Dance with Miss Kerry Belford) 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!