We can’t believe that we are into our final week in Year 1, the year seems to have flown by!

Please could children bring a named carrier bag into school on Monday so that they can bring their Year 1 books home. Children will not be bringing home the literacy book which they are currently working in because this will be passed up to Year 2 for the children to continue working in as part of their transition. These books will be sent home by the Year 2 teachers.

A reminder that school finishes at 1pm on Thursday 19th July. Children will not be eating lunch at school but may bring a second snack as well as their fruit to keep them going. Please note that there will be no bus on this day.

Thank you for all your help and support this year, we have appreciated it and hope you have a lovely summer holiday. We look forward to following the children’s progress as they move into Year 2 in September.

The Year 1 Team

A huge thank you to everyone who turned up yesterday to help out on our Gardening Day. A fantastic job of clearing and weeding has been done and the garden is looking so much better. The children really enjoyed helping out and doing the bug and scavenger hunt.

We have another busy week coming up.

Well done to Mrs Boscher’s class who have already done their sponsored swim. Mrs Bramley’s Class will be doing theirs on Tuesday 26th June from 9-10.30 and Miss Horsepool’s Class will be doing theirs on Thursday 28th June from 9-10.30. Please remember to return sponsorship forms and any money that you have already collected.

On Friday 29th June the children will have their first transition session where they will meet their Year 2 teacher and spend part of the morning in their new class (due to this session, Mrs Boscher’s Class will not be swimming next week.). Children will bring a letter home at the end of the day informing you who their teacher will be.

In our Literacy and topic work we will be continuing to learn about the adventures of Captain Cook as he explores New Zealand and Australia. In maths we will be doing some more work on halves and quarters.

Gardening Day

We will be holding a gardening day on Tuesday 10th July. Click here for the letter. (you should have already received a hard copy of this).

 

In our Literacy and topic work we will be continuing our work on Captain Cook. In maths we will be doing some work on money and finding change by finding the difference.

 

Sports Day

Our sports day will take place on Monday 18^th June.  The children will be taking part in a variety of fun activities which start at 1.15 pm with the final races at approximately 2.15 pm. You are very welcome to come along and support your child.

On the day please can the children bring trainers, a sunhat, water bottle and have sun cream applied at home. To establish a team spirit we ask that the children in each class wear shorts or a T shirt of a particular colour. The children may come to school wearing their PE kit. This year the class colours are as follows;

Mrs Boscher – yellow

Mrs Bramley– green

Miss Horsepool – red

Nuts

We have several children in the year group who have nut allergies. For this reason, please could we remind you that children should not have anything in their lunch boxes which contains nuts, for example peanut butter sandwiches, anything with Nutella (contains hazelnuts) in etc.

Thank you

Sun Safety

Please could we remind you that all children should have a sunhat in school every day and have suncream applied before they come to school.

Thank you

Don’t forget to come and get your tickets for the Father’s Day Fun Morning.  Tickets are being sold all this week outside Main Reception from 8.30am to 9am and 2.30pm to 3pm.  The tickets are for the children and the Special Men in their lives; whether it’s their Dad, Stepdad, Uncle, Grandad or Carer and they make a great Father’s Day Gift!  Whilst this event is for the Men; Ladies you are very welcome to come along and help.  Just speak to the folks selling the tickets and sign-up then!

 

Our sports day will take place on Monday 18^th June.  The children will be taking part in a variety of fun activities which start at 1.15 pm with the final races at approximately 2.15 pm. You are very welcome to come along and support your child.

On the day please can the children bring trainers, a sunhat, water bottle and have sun cream applied at home. To establish a team spirit we ask that the children in each class wear shorts or a T shirt of a particular colour. The children may come to school wearing their PE kit. This year the class colours are as follows;

Mrs Hynes – blue

Mrs Boscher – yellow

Miss Rooney – red

Mrs Bramley– green

Mrs Ash – white

Mrs Page – yellow

Miss Horsepool – red

Miss Baker – white

Mrs Ashworth – blue

 

Thank you for your ongoing support

Jen Ashworth

KS 1 Leader

In literacy next week we will be continuing to write chick diaries. This will be the last week that the chicks will be in school because they will be getting bigger and will need to be moved to a bigger run. The children have really enjoyed giving them cuddles!

In maths we will be continuing our work on addition as well as moving on to some work on finding the difference between two numbers.

Miss Horsepool’s Class will be going on their trip to the walled garden on Monday 21st May.

EPIC Week

Next week is EPIC week! Children in Reception and Year 1 will be working in mixed groups doing different activities with different teachers each day.  On Friday afternoon we shall be holding a whole school celebration on the field with dancing and lollies.

Teachers have allocated children a different activity each day which will give them the opportunity to try lots of new things including cooking, Beebots, art, science and outside games.

Children do not need to wear uniform but please could they all wear trainers every day in case they are doing games activities.

Please note that morning activities will still remain the same so children will still need swimming and PE kits as normal.

We hope that they come home and tell you how epic each day has been!

Walk to School Week 

Next week is Walk to School week. Children will have brought home a leaflet with more information. We ask that if you don’t already walk to school that you make an effort next week to either walk all the way to school or drive part of the way and walk a little bit if you live too far to walk. Each day, children who walk will to school will be able to put a sticker on the class wall chart.

Sun Hats

Please can we remind you again that all children should have a sunhat in school everyday. We have still found that we are running out of spare hats because so many children are forgetting to bring them in. Please could we also remind you to put suncream on children in morning before they come to school because we are unable to apply it for them during the day.

Half Term

A reminder that school will be shut for half term from Monday 28th until Friday 1st June. We look forward to seeing the children again on Monday 4th June.

We hope you have a lovely half term

The Year 1 Team

 

 

The teachers have had a very exciting time today watching the first chicks hatch. Here is a video of them. It looks like there are some more on their way so we hope that some of them will wait until Thursday so the children can watch them hatch.

A reminder that there will be no school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week due to it being May Bank Holiday on Monday, an INSET day on Tuesday and Liberation Day on Wednesday.

Mrs Boscher’s Class will be going on their trip to the Victorian Walled Garden on Thursday 10th May and Miss Horsepool’s Class will be going on Monday 21st May. If you are able to help accompany these classes on their trip, please let your child’s teacher know.

Thank you

The Year 1 team