Welcome to Year 1!

Happy New Year!

We will be starting off the year by using Beegu as our focus text in English. We will learn this as a talk for writing story and then adapt and innoavate it as we become authors and write our own stories! We are still focusing on writing in full setences and making sure that we are using our phonics skills in our every day writing. We will also be using adjectives and conjunctions as we try to make our writing interesting and exciting for others to read. Phonics will be taught every morning and your child will read at least twice a week in school. Please try to read at least 4 times a week with your child at home and record this in their planner. 

In Maths we will begin by working on our tricky teen numbers! The teen numbers always seem to be a challenge so we'll be spending the beginning of the half term using different practical resources to build teen numbers, before moving on to ordering, sequencing, adding and subtracting them. 

To find out more about our learning this term, please see our Spring Term newsletter at the bottom of this page.

PE will take place on Wednesday and Friday and it is essential that you children bring their PE kit to school on these days. No jewellery is permitted in PE sessions and earrings must be removed.  If your child cannot remove their own earrings, they must be removed prior to coming to school.  Children will need their full PE kit which includes a yellow James Brindley logo tshirt, blue shorts and black pumps. Please ensure that your child's names is in all of their items of clothing. 

We are very much looking forward to the year ahead and working with your children. Please feel free to contact us at any time should you have any queries or questions. 

Best wishes, Mrs Sharrock and The Year 1 Team