This week in Miss Schon and Miss Rodgers phonics groups we are learning /ea/ ‘Time for tea’. We now know 3 different ways to write this sound – /ee/, /ea/ and /e/.
Mrs Clay’s group have been revisiting /air/ – Air on hair
Miss Cooper’s group have been revisiting /ch/ – The chipmunk chooses cheese
We hope the children are excited for our class trip tomorrow!
Just a few things to note for our trip tomorrow:
Please could all children come to school wearing their normal school uniform and comfortable, sensible footwear. It is not currently due to rain tomorrow but a sensible coat and footwear is essential. We will be spending time both inside and outdoors during our visit. Please can children bring a backpack to keep all their belongings in such as their packed lunch and a spare change of clothes. This also helps us to ensure children’s belongings do not go missing throughout the day. Children will also need to be able to carry their own belongings to and from the coach/destination so a backpack really helps with this.
Children do not need any spending money for the trip.
Please ensure children arrive promptly at 8:30am for the register and to board the coaches!
We can’t wait to see you all tomorrow!
This week in phonics we have been learning the grapheme /ay/ may I play.
We now know three grams that make this sound – /ai/, /ay/ and /a/
The children are beginning to identify which grapheme we need to spell common words.
We have also been continuing to work on our reading fluency and recognition of red words.
Can you read the /ai/ words? Can you spell the words without looking?
Our next spellings check will be on Friday 4th October. Please find the spellings below. Why not try practising your spelling using the rainbow spellings techniques? Please see the photographs for some inspiration!
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!
Please can all children attending gymnastics club have their PE kits in school ready to wear on Thursday each week (Green T-Shirt and Black Shorts). It is important that children have a suitable PE kit for safety reasons.
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
Today the children will be going on a local walk to support our expedition learning. As the weather forecast is predicting rain please ensure your child comes to school in suitable clothing for the wet weather – raincoats with a hood, suitable shoes etc.
We hope you can join us!
We are so proud of the artwork produced by the children in KS1 during this terms expedition. The children put lots of effort into their work. First the children sketched their animal. Then they painted the background and their chosen animal using watercolour paints. Next they edged their painting with water colour pencils and finally they embellished their picture using collage skills. It was lovely to spend quality time with the children teaching them the different skills required to produce their artwork. The children completed each stage in small groups which gave us a lovely opportunity to spend time together chatting away as we spent hours building up our pictures over the past few weeks! The children have demonstrated a lot of pride in their work and so they should! The results are fabulous.
We are so proud of you all and hope your artwork will remind you of all the fabulous memories made during our expedition this term.
Please take a photograph of yourself with your framed artwork and email them to your class teacher! We can’t wait to see where you put them!
