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Welcome to Owls Class (Year 1)

A First Class Delivery!

It has been like a mail delivery room on our Key Stage One corridor this morning! Year Two have been very busy writing letters of support and encouragement to the children in Year One. Year Two shared positive tales of their learning this year, their favourite trips and how much they have grown. They also shared their best subject....which of course was PSHE!! Mrs Semple then delivered these letters to the year one classroom where we sat together and read them. Year One loved

London Aquarium

Year 1 and Year 2 had a fantastic day on their trip to the London Aquarium. We travelled to London by coach and, after arriving, enjoyed a walk past some of London's most famous landmarks, including the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament. The children loved spotting these iconic sights before making our way to the aquarium. Inside the aquarium, there was so much to see. We explored the different areas and saw sharks, penguins, jellyfish, rays and lots of colourful fish.

Year 1 Science – Exploring Summer Through Art

This term, Year 1 have been learning about the seasons as part of our science topic, focusing on the signs of summer. As part of our learning, we looked at Vincent van Gogh's Cypresses. We talked about the colours, shapes and features we could see in the painting and discussed how it reminded us of the summer season, with its bright sky, green trees and warm landscape. The children then used soft pastels to create their own versions of the artwork. They enjoyed experimenting

Challah Bread Making and Celebrating Shabbat

This term, Year 1 enjoyed a hands-on RE lesson as we learned about challah bread and why it is important in the Jewish faith. We worked together to add and mix the ingredients to make our own challah dough. However, there was a twist! We left out one secret ingredient and challenged the children to work out what was missing. After lots of thoughtful guesses, we revealed that the missing ingredient was sugar. We talked about how sugar gives challah its slightly sweet flavour a

‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Puppets

Last term, Year 1 combined our DT and literacy learning by creating our own ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ puppets. Before making our puppets, the children designed their characters, thinking carefully about the features they wanted to include and the materials they would need. They then used their designs to create colourful and imaginative Wild Things, with every puppet being unique.

KIC Theatre

During this week all the classes participated in KIC theatre drama workshops. The topics covered were Sound, Shadow and Light, Journeys, Where the Wild Things Are, Transition, Secret Agents and Our Local Area. KIC Theatre is always a popular activity with all the classes and Ian is brilliant with the children.

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.

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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