Term 1
What have we been learning?
This term we have been learning about animals and have looked at different animal groups. The children have been identifying amphibians, mammals, reptiles, birds, invertebrates and fish. A highlight was our animal encounter where we saw and held different creatures! In literacy, we have looked at lists, labels and captions, learning an autumn poem as well as learning our story ‘Tiny Little Fly’. In maths, we have practised counting within 100 and the different ways to make numbers to 10. In art we have been printing in different ways and have made some art in the style of Andy Warhol.

Home Learning:
Reading – Please read with your child four times a week. We celebrate High Flying Readers every Friday.   Numbots – Practise playing on Numbots for 5 mins a day.   Spelling: Practise the common exception words in the reading records.

Christmas: Year 1 will be involved in the Christmas performance (week commencing 9^th December). Y1 dates TBC. Watch out for tickets from the office.

WOW moments
Harvest Festival – Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to our performance of Misty by Shirley Hughes.

Animal Experience – We had some amazing creatures to visit us!

Next term: As part of our big question, How is my childhood different to that of my grandparents? We are looking for any photos or objects from grandparents that the children could bring in for us to talk about with the class. If you have something that may be of interest, please speak to your class teacher.

Term 2

What have we been learning?
This term we have been answering the question “How different is my childhood to that of my grandparents?” We even had special visitors who we asked lots of questions and loved learning about what toys and school was like when they were our age. In literacy, we looked at Dogger by Shirley Hughes, and then tweaked the story to make it our own. In maths, we’ve been learning about part-whole models and continuing to explore the composition of numbers using our rekenreks and dice frames. Recently begun to look at 2D and 3D shapes. We have explored shapes and patterns through tangrams and in a festive way! In P.E. we have enjoyed learning about gymnastics - making and performing our own gymnastics routine! During science we looked at the human body and enjoyed finding out all about bones and joints. Finally, we enjoyed lots of Christmas crafts and fun. The highlight was collaborating with older children to make our Christmas decorations.

Nativity:
A huge well done to all the children who worked phenomenally hard to put on an excellent nativity for all the adults who were able to come. We are all very proud of all their hard work, and thankful for the adults at home who sorted costumes or helped their children learn lines. We hope you enjoyed the performance as much as we did!

Home learning:
Please continue to read at least 4 times a week with your children - we will continue to celebrate our ‘High Flying Readers’ weekly.  Keep an eye out for any phonic gaps or common exception words to practice.  Keep practicing on Numbots – up to 5 minutes a day is all that’s recommended. 

Next term:
RE Day is on 8^th January. Sasfer Internet day is on 12^th February.

PE will be back on a Thursday – please remember to send your child in with PE kit and no jewellery.