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Welcome to Owls Class (Year 1)

World Music Day

What a fabulous day we have had celebrating World Music Day today. We were so fortunate to be joined by Kevin Richards, the drummer from Gumboots Reggae Band, who led every class in a drumming workshop. The children did a great job drumming out the various patterns Kevin taught them and also at following a type of call and response signal letting them know when to start, break and stop. At lunchtime, Mrs Hodgkinson sang to the children in the hall whilst they ate their lunch.

Confetti & Congratulations!

It was raining confetti in Assembly today as we all gathered together for our last PSHE assembly of the academic year. Together we celebrated our individual achievements! A few brave individuals walked our red carpet and shared their success stories with the whole school - We had proud moments such as Leap of Faith from our Residential trip, to being good friends, to wonderful art work. After this, it was time for the teachers to celebrate all of the pupils at St Eanswythe's

French Club

The children in French Club were enjoying learning some French whilst doing some fun activities.

Reading Buddies at Glendale

During this term, more children have been chosen to go to Glendale to read and chat with our Reading Buddies. Both children and adults enjoy the experience. Not all children have the chance to interact with such a different generation, so this is a great opportunity to mix and learn from each other. We are grateful for all the time the Buddies give up to be with us.

Mini Movers Club

Lots of fun has been had this term in James' Mini Movers - with two older children assistants. They have spent some time working on interacting with props to enhance their movements. The children have used a clear plastic ball to represent a floating bubble.

Joe Wicks

We joined hundreds of other schools in a high-energy workout to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week. We discovered how moving our bodies can boost our mood, build resilience and support our mental wellbeing. Both staff and children enjoyed fifteen minutes of exercises in the hall - what a great end to our school day!

Sacconi Quartet

What a special treat we had today! The incredible Sacconi Quartet delivered a phenomenal performance and workshop with us in the school hall and what an amazing privilege it was. We were so lucky to experience such a special performance from this world famous classical music string quartet. We learnt that the Sacconi Quartet was founded in 2001 by four graduates of the Royal College of Music, Ben, Hannah, Robin and Cara. We also learnt some Italian words about the way the mus

Pocket-Sized Professionals...

Well over the last few weeks Year One have turned into professional job hunters! We have explored what a CV looks like and even learnt what it stands for in Latin... Curriculum Vitae - "Course of life". Together we wrote our own CV showcasing our skills and talents in Year one! Today, we learnt how to address an envelope and delivered our CV to a member of our Senior Leadership Team! Mr Brinkley appeared and we shared our talents and how we would love to be considered for fut

Science Workshop

The children have been very fortunate to be visited by one of our wonderful parents, Lori Fischer, who is a biologist. She came in to speak to all of the children about bioplastics and even demonstrated how they can be produced from a natural substance... Starch, which can be extracted from potatoes or corn! She then allowed the children to have a go at making their own bioplastics by using corn starch. All the children were fascinated by the process! Thank you so much for vo

Easter Service 2026

On the final day of term, our school community came together for a very special Easter service at St Eanswythe's Church. Over the past few weeks, the children have been busy preparing songs, poems, artwork and readings to help retell the Easter story. It was a truly collaborative celebration, with every class contributing something unique and meaningful. The service began with a joyful reflection on Palm Sunday, with Ducklings waving palm leaves and singing, setting the scene

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Dear Parents/Carers of Owls,

I hope you had a lovely May break! Welcome to term 6, the final term of year 1!

Literacy:

We continue to use Talk for Writing in our literacy lessons but this term we are doing a non-fiction unit on instructions. Talk for Writing is a fun approach to Literacy, which enables children to read and write independently for a variety of audiences and purposes within different subjects.

Maths:

Our focus this term is place value up to 100, time and money.

Science:

Our science topic this term is identifying plants and their basic needs.

Art:

In Art, the children will be working on collaboration and community, inspired by Flora and

Fauna with Miss Hayward on a Friday.
Computing:

The Computing unit this term is on making beasts.

Music:

In Music, the focus is on musical vocabulary with Mrs Hume on a Friday.

Physical Education:

The PE focus this term is Striking and Fielding.

PSHE:

In PSHE, the children will be learning about the topic ‘Changing Me’, which includes life cycles: humans and animals, as well as transitions and changes in relation to moving up a class with Mrs Semple on a Friday.

Religious Education:

We are continuing our learning about, Judaism! Our big question remains: ‘Who is Jewish and what do they believe?’.

Phonics:

Your child undertook the phonics screening in the first week of this term. You will receive their result with their end of year report at the end of this term.

Home Learning:

Thank you for your continued support with Home Learning.

Reading at School:

Please continue to read daily with your child at home and record this in their reading record. Now that we have completed the phonics screening, our aim is to read with your child twice a week and will be conducting regular assessments to ensure your child goes into year 2 on the correct level.

REMINDERS:

PE is on Monday and Friday. Children must wear their kit to school on Fridays and bring it in on Mondays.
Please ensure all uniform and belongings are clearly labelled.
Children must come to school with a blazer, school headwear (cap or beret) and a tie.
Please send a water bottle every day, especially now the weather has changed.
You are welcome to send your child in with fruit each day for their snack, however, the school does provide a piece of fruit every day for your child during their morning playtime.
No items from home should be brought into school

If there are any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask.

Best Wishes,

Mrs Laidlow