Another wonderful week of learning in Year One is coming to an end.

REMINDER- tomorrow the children will be spending the whole day in their new classes. They will line up at the gates on the south playground like they would in Year Two and will be taken by Mrs Osbourne and Miss Allen up to the Year Two classes. Children dropped to the north playground will be led down by a teacher to the class rooms as well.

We hope you have a fantastic day in Year 2 everyone!

Not long to go now Turtles and Pufferfish, keep up the fab work.

We have had a very exciting morning this morning. We have begun our journey in to Year Two! We can’t believe how fast this year has gone but everyone really enjoyed their morning with their new teacher all the way in red phase. The children will get to know their teacher more on Monday 10th July and Friday 14th July.

We are loving learning about London. Creating 3D London landmarks and maps of London to learning about the great fire of London and Samuel Pepys diary.

Did you know Paddington Bear LOVES marmalade sandwiches? Well in maths, we have been focusing on halves and quarters.  We made him sandwiches, cutting them up in to halves and quarters for him. However we may have eaten them before Paddington got a look in!

We are so impressed with the learning Year One continued to do even in the scorching temperatures last week- there was no stopping them! What fantastic learners you are. You deserved those extra long breaks in the shade with plenty of water. Although it is not as sunny as last week, please continue to bring in sunglasses, hats, suncream and especially water bottles in to school.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 26th June is sports day. Children are to come in in their sports wear. The house teams and colours are written on the classroom window if you need to check. Children will need to wear a t-shirt the same colour as their team. Again- please provide appropriate outdoor gear and water bottles. We still have children not bringing them into school- it is much easier for children to get enough to drink throughout the day if they have a water bottle rather than cups of water, thank you.

Another reminder- this Friday 30th June is an inset day, we hope it is nice weather for you all to enjoy a long weekend!

Next week we start our new learning topic on London. We are going to focus on London as our wonderful capital city before moving onto the diaries of Samuel Pepys. We will continue to pray for those affected by recent tragedies in London during our times of worship together and celebrate the cultural diversity found there.  Below is a digital copy of our Home Learning Pyramid which the children will be sent home with.

You may not believe it when we tell you that your children have enjoyed eating salad today!

This afternoon, as part of our Science learning, we have tasted our own home-grown pea shoots. All the pupils had a go eating this delicacy and wonderfully very few did not enjoy the experience.

We look forward to tasting the actual peas towards the end of the term.

Next week is our Phonics Screening Check so please hear your child read over the weekend. Please ensure your child is well rested ready for the following week. We have not set any additional homework this weekend so you can focus on reading with your child.

Enjoy St Peters Fest tonight 🙂

We hope the weather continues to be glorious for your half term Year One. Stay safe in the sun and enjoy your break you have worked very hard this term.

Love the Year One team

We had the most amazing day at Marwell Zoo on Friday! All the pupils were impeccably well behaved and made our  whole school community very proud indeed. In addition to exploring the zoo, we took part in a workshop led by the zoo’s own education team. As part of the Fur, Feathers and Scales workshop, the pupils we able to touch a snake. Thank you for taking the time to send your children in prepared for the day with sun hats, waterproofs and all the many items needed for you visit.

In Numeracy, we have been continuing to learn to count in 5s. We have linked this to capacity this week. We have been investigating how many teaspoons would fill different jugs as a teaspoon holds 5ml of water.

We have been very lucky that the sunshine has allowed us to continue our learning outside this week too.

Reminder- the trip to Marwell zoo is next week the 18th May. Please can we have all reply slips for the trip back as soon as possible. If you have offered to help on the trip please look for a note in your child’s diary. Thank you

As you know, our topic this term is ‘The amazing outdoors’ we have begun planting our seeds to watch them grow across the term. We will measure water  into different containers in maths next week to water our growing flowers. We are also praying for some sunshine to help our flowers grow!

Hope you all had a lovely and well rested Easter. We have a short term this term so have lots to fit in! We have started our new topic ‘the amazing outdoors’. This week we have been sorting packets of seeds into 5s- we are very good at our 5 X table now- please practice at home to keep it up!

In English we have been reading Julia Donaldson- What the lady bird heard, we have focused on the characters the robbers, using adjectives to describe them. There were rumours they may be coming in to school next week to see us, so we have written questions to ask them, such as-

Why did you not just buy a cow? Have you always been robbers? How did you know the prize cow was there? Have you learnt your lesson now?

As we enter the month of May, Mary will be a focus of our worship and RE lessons. If children wish to produce homelearning around Mary, that would be wonderful. The internet has lots of lovely activities they could do.

Date for your diaries-  we have a trip to Marwell zoo booked- Thursday 18th May. A letter will be out shortly, stating all the details. If you are able to attend as a parent helper and have been CRB checked through the school, please let us know.