The children have had a busy first week back and many have worked extremely hard.

For English the children have been exploring how to look after dragon eggs! They ended the week by looking at instructions and making a jam sandwhich following the instructions In preparation for Writing instruction on how to train a dragon.

The children came into school to find dragon footprints and used counting in 2s to work out how many footprints had been left!

The children ended the week by counting in 10s because they found out that dragons fly in groups of 10!

Next week 

English – The children will be writing instructions to help care for a dragon!

Maths – We will be counting in 5s to work out dragon problems.

Key date: Liturgy 10am on Tuesday 3rd May

How can I help my child at home?

As we will be counting in 5s next week, you could help your child by arranging their toys (cars, bears, lol dolls, etc) in groups of 5 and counting how many are in two groups of 5 or 3 groups of 5.

We have been looking at instructions, so share a set of instructions with your child and ask how they know which order to do things. Use time connectives such as: First, next, then , finally.

Presentation and letter formation is important in year 1, particularly this final term, so please practise letter formation at home. Ensuring that letters are facing the correct way and sitting on the line.

This week the children have attended the stations of the cross, they were immersed on the story of Jesus travelling to his crucification by Mr Cunningham, Mrs Buckingham, Mr Croizer and Miss Heath. They viewed 4 of the 15 stations: Jesus is sentenced to death, Jesus carries the cross, Jesus meets his Mum and Simon helps Jesus.

The children got to explore beebots this week and had great joy in putting algorithms to make the beebots move.

The children then had to write their own algorithms for the beebot to collect their items on the beebot grid!

The children had a special delivery from Jack and got to plant their own magic beans!

To end the week the children shared their crime reports with Judge Cunningham who came to a final verdict: Jack! Jack should not have barged into the castle and stole the coins.

Trip letters have gone out this week. We are visiting Arundel Castle on 19th May. Please see the trip letter for further details. Continue reading →

On Thursday we had a diversity afternoon where the children learnt about Judaism.

They got to explore some important symbols and artefacts to those of a Jewish religion.

The Children then used what they learnt about Judaism to design a family table.

In English this week the children had the opportunity to ask Jack some questions when he came to visit!

A day later we had a note from the giant! He wash shocked that we thought jack was a good boy and wanted to have his say!

The children made puppets in DT, bringing their designs to life!

Next week:

English – Using all the evidence gathered from the Giant and Jack the children will be writing a crime report for a judge. This will help them decide which character is bad and therefore should face a consequence!

Maths – The children are continuing their journey of weighing and finding the difference in weight of two objects. They will be recording this in their book pictorially.

How can you help at home?

As always keep reading at home. The more confident the children come with the book the more fluent they become. Please also practise writing at home and using their sounds, particularly if your child is now learning phase 5 sounds the more exposure they have to words the more confident they will come with selecting the correct sound.

When practising maths at home ensure your child is confident with using the correct lanaguage, such as heavier/lighter, heaviest/lightest. Ensuring they use the correct language will stop misconceptions forming.