Welcome to Year 1 & 2!

Your teacher is Mrs Spratley 

Your Teaching assistants are Mrs Lancaster (HLTA), Miss Risk (Mon + Tues) and Mrs Murray (Weds - Fri)

Welcome back to school, we hope you have had a great summer full of lots of fun, family time and reading! We have a great term of fantastic learning planned and can't wait to share it with you all.

Important notices

• 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.

Morning + After school snack

Fresh fruit is provided by the government for all children in Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2. The variety differs each day so if your child would prefer something else then please feel free to send it into school.

If your child is staying for an after school club e.g. cookery, football, street dance or judo then please send in a healthy snack for your child to enjoy before their club starts. If your child attends after school care with usports then a healthy snack is provided.

Our Summer term topic is 'Beside the Seaside'

We have had a busy week! We started our curriculum learning and also had a fantastic seaside workshop on Wednesday. In the morning we wrote postcards, made flags, decorated cups and seashell boxes, counted pennies into purses, made train tickets and played in a traditional cafe. In the afternoon the hall was transformed into a seaside pier and we took it in turns to be the workers and the seaside visitors. The children used their coins to visit each of the stalls at the 'seaside' where they played traditional games, including roll and penny, hook a duck and bagatelle; served/enjoyed traditional fish and chips; served/enjoyed the traditional cafe; played at the beach, had their picture 'taken' with a Victorian style camera; visited the souvenir stall and bought some gifts. We finished the day watching a traditional Punch and Judy puppet show.

 

Please see the curriculum bulletin for more information about the learning we will do this term.

 

Maths

Y1 - This week we used objects to sort and count them in groups of up to 10. We counted out a given number of objects from a group of 10 and practised how to represent those e.g. balls of playdough, dots, counters etc.

Next week we will be learning how to represent numbers to 10, count forwards and backwards to/from 10 and counting 1 more within 10.

Y2 - This week we securely counted objects to 20, then moved on to counting objects to 100 by grouping them into tens.We then partitioned 2 digit numbers into tens and ones using part-part-whole models and began to use a place value chart.

Next week we will be learning how to partition 2 digit numbers into tens and ones within 100, write numbers in words, partition numbers to 100 flexibly and write numbers to 100 in expanded form e.g. 58 = 50 + 8

Writing
This week we worked on our oracy skills. We discussed and shared our ideas about what we would pack for a trip to the beach. We had some interesting ideas! Then we developed our thinking by discussing adjectives to describe what we need to pack.

Next week we will start our writing and creating our own seaside books.

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! Books will be changed on Mondays and Thursdays. 

Science

This week we learnt what a season is and discussed the 4 seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. We then looked at the weather and set up a weather chart to record over the next week.

Next week we will review our weather chart and discuss how the days were the same/different. We will then take a walk around our school grounds and look for signs of Autumn.

RE (Religious Education)

In RE, we looked at how Christians learn about God. We also thought about the names Christians use for God in the Bible. We listened to Psalms 1 and 23 and then discussed how Christians try to act to show their belief in God.

Next week we will explore stories from the Old Testament to see what God is like.

‍PE (Physical Education)

PE this term is focussed on football, Basketball and Gymnastics. This week we started to work on the skill 'dribbling' in football.

Next week we will practise our dribbling skills and learning a new turn - 'dragback'. We will practise this new turn through a variety of short games.

Big Picture

In History we looked at the Victorian seaside. We compared Victorian seaside trips with how our trips are now, including food, travel, clothing, promenade and activities.

Next week we start DT where we begin by tasting some common sandwich ingredients.

The Year One & Two Team

Our value for this term is

Generosity