Class 5 PE

15th September 2024Carly Schon

We had lots of fun in our extra PE session with Coach Morgan on Friday. The children’s behaviour and attitude was excellent and it was lovely to see their skills developing throughout the lesson. Eli was chosen as Coach Morgan’s star of the day and Bella was chosen as mine. Both children put lots of effort into improving their movements and there was clear progress from the beginning to the end of the lesson!

It was also fabulous to see the children looking so smart in their PE kits! A lot of time and effort went into ensuring children’s clothing did not get mixed up but please could we request that all PE items are labelled with the children’s name to help us with this. Also please could we request that children are wearing their white T-Shirts for their school uniform and green T-Shirts for PE only as stated in the school uniform policy as this really helps us to check that children have the correct clothing packed away after our PE sessions.

I am already looking forward to our next PE session in Thursday! Please remember to return PE kits on Monday’s ready for our PE lesson later in the week. We only require indoor kits for the time being – Green T Shirt, Black Shorts and a change of shoes (pumps or trainers).

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents of children in Class 5 for being so organised and ensuring children bring their backpacks, water bottles etc into school each day as it is really helping us to keep everyones belongings organised in school.

Year 1: Reading Challenge

14th September 2024Carly Schon

In Year 1 the children take part in our KS1 reading challenge. You will notice that your child has a 100 square in the front of their reading diary. Every time your child reads at home please place a comment in their reading diary. The staff in school will then mark off the number of reads your child has completed on the 100 square. Your child will receive rewards in assembly when they complete 30, 70 and 100 reads!

We understand that reading at home can be a challenge and some children may find it hard to engage. We will help to encourage children in school to feel confident in their own abilities and to be motivated towards reaching their next reward. Every classroom will have a reading challenge display that the children will move along to show their progress.

We encourage children to find the joy in reading. If your child finds it difficult to engage at home then please keep reading sessions little and often until they build up their stamina and enjoyment. Your child does not have to read the whole book in one go to be rewarded – even just a few pages will do!

Your child will also receive a phonics homework sheet each week. Reading the words on their phonics homework sheet will also count as one read so please write this in your child’s reading diary each time they practise reading the words. Your child can practise the same sheet several times over the week to build up their number of reads.

Please ensure your child brings their reading books back to school on a weekly basis so that we can help to keep children motivated and engaged. Reading books will be changed on Tuesdays and Fridays only. If your child’s books are handed in on any other day they will be changed on the next changing day. Your child will need to place their books in the changing box in order for the books to be changed. The class teacher will always remind children to place their books in the box on book changing days.

If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s reading please contact your child’s teacher asap. This way we can work together to help your child to reach their goals.

Thank you,

Miss Schon and Miss Rodgers

Key stage 1 crew assembly

13th September 2024Aime Shaw

This was our first key stage 1 crew assembly and it was amazing. The children had fantastic manners and listened beautifully throughout, as well as doing some great singing.

We handed out certificates for fabulous stewards and HOWL point winners. Well done to all of you guys, what a super start to the year!
We also celebrated some fantastic home learning that the children had been doing, including a taekwondo certificate!
Also, a massive well done to Crew Shaw for 100% attendance last week. I am so proud!
Have a lovely weekend x x

Year 1 Phonics Drop In

12th September 2024Carly Schon

We would like to invite parents/carers to take part in our phonics drop-in session on Tuesday 24th September. The drop-in will take place at 3pm in the school hall. Parents are invited to bring their children along with them to take part in some of our phonics games. Staff will be on hand to answer any questions you have about phonics, reading and writing in school and how you can support your child at home.

We hope you can join us!

Miss Schon and Mrs Rodgers

Year 1 PE

11th September 2024Carly Schon

Reminder: Year 1 will begin PE lessons tomorrow. Please ensure you child has their PE kit in school.

This week children will also have a special additional PE lesson on Friday. Please ensure PE kits are returned to school on Friday.

Thank you,

Miss Schon and Miss Rodgers

Class 5 Medieval Dress Up Day

9th September 2024Carly Schon

On Friday we had a lovely time for our Medieval dress up day. We have had lots of fun learning about castles and making more decorations for our classroom. We also enjoyed making crowns. At the end of the day we had a medieval banquet and celebrated Miss Cooper’s birthday!

What a lovely way to end our hook week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS COOPER!

Class 5 – Hook Week

9th September 2024Carly Schon

During hook week Class 5 had a lovely time creating dragon eyes out of clay. The children really persevered and took their time ensuring they created their most beautiful work. It was a lot of fun!

We also had a lovely XP outdoors session in the Year 1 garden area with Mr Kershaw. We enjoyed toasting marshmallows on the camp fire. Thank you Mr Kershaw for a lovely afternoon.

We have also made decorations for our classroom to make it look like a royal castle.

We had such a fun week!

Bella
Myla
Maya

Y1 Additional Important Information

8th September 2024Jayne Rodgers

Good afternoon,

We have just finished grouping the children according to their reading and phonics abilities so we will begin sending out reading packs this week. These will include 2 books, the red (non-decodable) word list, reading record book and weekly phonics homework. Book changing days will be Tuesday and Friday. ANY reading your child does – a page from their school reading book, phonics homework, a selection of red words etc. – should be noted and dated in the orange reading record book and each will count as one read for our reading challenge board. Please don’t think you have to make a lengthy comment if you don’t want to. A page number and date will be fine. At certain points on the reading challenge board the children will be rewarded with reading certificates. Please note, books will not be changed if there is no evidence of them being read in the reading record book. Reading is a massively important skill for year 1 children and we really do appreciate your support in reading with the children at home. We would also love to have some photographs of the children reading in unusual places for our reading corner displays. Be as imaginative as you like and send any pictures to your child’s class teacher. 20 HoWL points will be awarded for each one.

PE will be on Thursday afternoon. For information on appropriate kit, please see the Welcome to Y1 information sheet on the Headteacher’s Weekly Newsletter.

Finally, as from tomorrow we would request that you say goodbye to the children at the door rather than coming into school with them. This helps the children settle more easily into their learning and keeps the corridors clear and safe for everyone.

Any questions please ask. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Miss Rodgers and Miss Schon.