In Year 1 we have been learning about what life was like for people living in medieval times. We have been learning about the Feudal System and the jobs available within the castle. Today children were given a picture depicting a medieval person and were asked to rank themselves according to the feudal system. Why not ask your child about their learning to find out more!
We just wanted to say a huge thank you to all the families who joined us for our phonics drop-in tonight. It was so lovely to speak to you all about the children’s learning and the progress we are seeing in school. We hope it was both beneficial and fun for you all!
As always if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us – we are here to help!
We are also excited to be hearing about all the progress you are seeing in your own children’s learning at home. Please do share these proud moments with us via email as we love to hear when the children are making your proud at home!
We are looking forward to our next phonics session which will take place next half term. We will share more details soon!
Tonight is our Y1 Phonics drop in. Please come to the school hall after collecting your child if you would like to take part. We will have lots of phonics games, reading books etc for you to share with your child. Miss Schon and Miss Rodgers will be attending to help you with any questions or concerns you have regarding your child’s phonics learning.
We hope you can make it!
Miss Schon and Miss Rodgers
Well done to crew Shaw again for winning the attendance award last week. That is 2 weeks in a rowâŚI am so impressed, please keep it up!
A huge well done to our crew champion winners tooâŚyou must have been extra special to be the first ones chosen this year!
All of year 1 and 2 parents will be receiving an email about a visit that we have arranged for the children next half term, which will enhance their current expeditionary learning. Please read and respond to the letter by going onto your child’s parent pay account. We thank you for your support with providing the children with these exciting opportunities.
Key stage 1 team
In Year 1 we have been practising spelling red words. Red words are words which cannot be sounded out easily. It is important that children recognise that these words are red words and remember how to spell them in their writing.
In school we have been practising the words – the, to, I, no, go, he, she, we, me, be, his, into, is, of, has, ask, put
Each week we will send home a list of spellings for children to practise. The children will have the opportunity to show off their super spelling in class on Fridays. The date at the top of the spellings list is the date we will be checking spellings in school. Our first spellings check will be on Friday 27th September. Children will have the opportunity to learn these spellings in school but we would appreciate support and encouragement at home too – the children always love to show off their learning at home.
In Year 1 we are revisiting our learning from Reception. We have been practising key blending and segmenting skills in our reading and writing. We have been practising writing sentences by breaking our sentences up into words and sounding out each word out carefully. We have discussed different words endings such as -s -ing and -ed. In reading we are working on fast blending words and reading sentences fluently without stopping to sound out words we have seen before.
The children are showing much more confidence and enjoyment towards their phonics learning and we are really pleased with how they are settling into our routines in class.
This week we have focussed on the /ear/ trigraph. Can you read these words?
If you want an extra challenge can you spell the words/sentence without looking?
If you are unsure how to help your child at home with their phonics learning then we have a phonics drop in session on Tuesday 24th September at 3pm in the school hall where class teachers will be available to demonstrate how children learn phonics in school and how you can help at home. Next term we will also be inviting parents to take part in your child’s phonics session in class so you can see how your child learns in school! We hope you can join us!
This week your child will be introduced to ‘Numbots’. Once we have introduced this in school your child will bring home their log-in details. Numbots is an app that will help your child to develop their mathematical skills. NumBots is all about every child achieving the âtriple winâ of understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating.Â
Last year we saw some amazing progress from the children who regularly played on the Numbots app. Children play games to move through levels and collect parts for their robots.
We thoroughly recommend this app to all children regardless of their current skill level. Although the first few levels appear to be easy for some children the levels will get increasingly harder. We would recommend using this app little and often. We would suggest around 3-4 minutes per day for as many days as is manageable for you as a family.
Teachers will be able to track your childâs progress as they access the app. Although your child may need you close by to explain the activity, please do not be temped to tell your child the answer. The levels are designed to build your childâs knowledge and quick recall skills and if they do not do this themselves they will find their learning difficult later. Please do not allow siblings to log in and play as your child. If your child shares a device then please ensure they are logged out when they have finished playing.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact your childâs class teacher.
Thank you,
Miss Schon and Miss Rodgers
Useful information for parents:
Last week some of our children took part in their first Martial Arts grading. These children attend Nathan Pickles Martial Arts which we are very lucky to hold in our school hall. The children have been working hard over the past few months and were awarded their first colour belt. Well done to Phoebe, Dax and Addison who are now the proud owners of their orange belts!
This year, we are working hard to raise money to develop our reading for pleasure library so firstly, we would like to say a huge thank you for all your sponsors from the colour run which will go along way to helping us!
Secondly, we still need your help! We would love for you to help us design the library based on the space we have to use which is the foyer area near the hall.
Please design your ideal library and share your plans with Miss Knowles in person or at [email protected] This is for everyone across school to get involved in! Please send your plans by 7th October.
We can’t wait to see your fantastic ideas which will help us design the perfect library!
