Welcome to Year 1!

Your teachers are Mrs Spratley (AM) and Mrs D (PM)

Your Teaching assistants are Mrs Sugden (Mon + Tues) and Ms Butler (Wed - Fri)

World Book Day 

On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day, which was very exciting! We explored the work of author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler. We looked closely at the story “The Snail and the Whale” and worked together to create a class book describing the snail and the whale in detail and we are excited to share our class book with other year groups. It was wonderful to see everyone dressed as their favourite book characters, and we loved sharing our favourite stories with each other, creating our own bookmarks and front covers.

Important notices

• Lost jumper - please check through any school jumpers you have at home in case it has been taken home accidentally, the jumper is named.
• We would like to kindly remind parents that the school car park is reserved for authorised staff and visitors who have received prior permission from Mrs Bourner. We have had a number of near misses recently caused by cars pulling into the entrance of the school car park to drop off and then pulling out again onto the A4. The A4 is a very busy road, it is important to set a good example to the children so please park sensibly and walk over the footbridge. There is plenty of parking at the village hall and it is only a short 1-2 minute walk from kiss and drop. Thank you.

Our Spring term topic is 'Frozen Kingdom'

2nd - 6th March

What an exciting week we have had! We completed our History topic on the Inuits. We really enjoyed making snow masks and imagining what it might feel like to wear them in the snowy Arctic environment. To finish our topic, we went on our exciting trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Natural History Museum in Oxford. It was amazing to see so many of the items we had been learning about in real life. We saw things such as a dog sled and a canoe, and we even got to touch seal fur and see a narwhal horn. It was a super exciting day full of learning and discovery.

Please ensure that your child brings a water bottle and a warm coat to school every day as we will be outside in all weathers.

🧮 Maths

This week we have been continuing our learning about place value to 50. We have been learning about how larger numbers are made up of tens and ones and exploring how to make these numbers using dienes/base ten. We finished the week by finding one more and one less than various numbers up to 50.

✏️ Writing
This week we worked really hard and completed our books on 'Arctic Animals' focusing on our knowledge of polar bears. Our handwriting is really improving and we loved sharing our books with each other.

📖 Phonics and Reading

Please see the link below for ideas and resources to support your child with their phonics.

Parent guide to Read Write Inc. Phonics - Oxford Owl

Reminder: Please keep reading at home every day and write in your reading record each time you read!

🔬 Science

In Science, we went on a minibeast hunt to explore microhabitats and discover which creatures live in different places. We found lots of minibeasts including worms, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, snails and ants. It was great fun investigating where these tiny creatures like to live. 

✝️ RE (Religious Education)

We have been learning about Matthew the tax collector and discussed the question "Should people be given a second chance? If so, why?"

🤸‍♀️ PE (Physical Education)

PE this term is volleyball and dance. We are making good progress on our dance for the Dance Extravaganza and can't wait to show everyone!

Have a lovely weekend! 🌟

The Year One Team

Our value for this term is

Justice