Welcome to Year 1!

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

Your Teaching assistants are Miss Risk (Mon + Tues) and Ms Butler (Wed - Fri)

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 'Our Community'

We have had a great first week back after the May half term break. The children settled back into our routine well and continued great learning about the community.

This week, we began our new topic about our local area. We explored the differences between cities, towns and villages, as well as rural and urban environments. We learned that Knowl Hill is a rural village. Using Google Earth, we explored our local area and the town of Maidenhead. We are looking forward to going on a local walk next week to discover even more about our surroundings.

Egg update - this week we tried to 'candle' the eggs and we were able to see some veins and small movements inside the eggs! They are due to hatch next week and we are very excited to hopefully see some healthy chicks. 

Please see our curriculum bulletin on the helpful information page for more information about the term ahead.

Monday 1st - Friday 5th June

🧮 Maths

We have had a busy week focusing on position and direction. We developed our understanding of above, below, beside, behind, left, right, whole turn, half turn and three quarter turn, along with clockwise and anticlockwise! We enjoyed pretending to be robots and giving each other directions to get somewhere.

✏️ Writing
We have had a great start to our new writing topic, Eco Superheroes. We were visited by Richard Best and 'Super' Dorcus the dog who talked about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling to help save the planet. We then created our own superheroes, thinking about the type of eco superpower that they could have. We then wrote a brief plan of our story, before making the front cover of our own book.

📖 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

This week we recapped our observations about the Spring season and discussed signs of Summer. We went for a walk in the school grounds to look for signs that summer is here.

✝️ RE (Religious Education)

In RE, we continued our learning about Judaism. We were very lucky to welcome visitors into school who taught us all about Shabbat. They set up a Shabbat table and explained the traditions and customs associated with this special time. We were also fortunate enough to try challah bread and grape juice. We thoroughly enjoyed this experience and learned a great deal.

🤸‍♀️ PE (Physical Education)

PE this term is focussed on Athletics. The children will develop their running, jumping and balancing skills, ready for sports day later this month. This week we also started to practise our dance, ready for the Oliver production.

Year 6 Takeover Day

Year 6 did a wonderful job of being in charge today. The two 'headteachers' led with a lovely collective worship and then the 'teachers' in our class kept the children busy all day. They started with phonics then, in Science, we went outside to look for signs of summer. After break there was time for a few games of hangman, some number bingo, art and show and tell! A busy day but enjoyed by all.

Have a lovely weekend! 🌟

The Year One Team

Our value for this term is

Truthfulness