Welcome Back to the Final Term!

We hope you all had a wonderful break and are feeling refreshed and ready for an exciting final term of year 1! Tawny owls had a very exciting end to their term with some very special visitors, Mrs and Mrs Pearce with baby Wilfred! It was so lovely to see them.

The terrific Tawny owls have already worked so hard this year, and we are incredibly proud of everything they have achieved. This term is packed with lots of fun learning opportunities, special events, and memorable experiences as we head towards the summer.

We have a busy and enjoyable term ahead, filled with lots of hands-on learning and memorable experiences. Some of the exciting events planned include:

• A Construction workshop with Beard Construction company, this Friday (5th June) 
• Tawny  Trip to Tiggywinkles in July
• Sports Day
• Local walks around Great Milton as part of our Geography learning
• Growing vegetables
• Pond dipping
• Transition Days
• Our Tawny and Barn Owls curriculum workshops will now be every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon

A Few Reminders

☀️ As the weather becomes warmer, please apply sun cream to your child before they come to school each day. Please also ensure your child brings:

• A named sun hat
• A named water bottle
• 🏃 PE Day will be Monday and Friday this term. Tawny owls will have PE with Mr Pearce on a Monday and a 30 min lesson with  tennis coach, Neil James, on a Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on this day.

We encourage all children to continue showing kindness, curiosity, resilience, and enthusiasm in their learning. Every day is a chance to grow, discover something new, and make wonderful memories with friends. Thank you for your continued support. Working together helps ensure every child has a happy, successful, and enjoyable end to the school year. If you have any concerns or questions, please make contact with Mrs Sansom, Miss Taylor or Mrs Bennett at the end of the day or via email at office@greatmiltonschool.co.uk.

                                                        We look forward to a fantastic term ahead!

                                                                                     Best wishes

                                                                                 Year One Team

Summer Term – Under the Sea

Over the next term we will be learning through our topic of Under the Sea. We will be exploring a range of books, including both fiction and non-fiction and putting our fabulous writing skills to work. In Science, we will be learning about animals including humans and in Geography, we will be exploring our local area and creating maps. 

For the Summer Term our staffing will look slightly different (please see a visual timetable attached below):

Mrs Sansom will be with us on Mondays, Tuesday, Thursdays and Fridays.

Miss Taylor will be with us on Wednesdays.

Mrs Quartermain will support our learning on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Mrs Bennett will support our curriculum workshops on Thursdays and Fridays.

Miss B will support our learning at different times throughout the week.

For this term we will have PE with Mr Pearce on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Please come into school wearing your PE kit. Please continue to bring a change of shoes for after PE. 

After Easter we will be exploring our known sounds and using these in both our reading and writing. We will practise applying these to both real and psuedo words. To help us at home, encourage us to spot different digraphs and trigraphs in signs when we are out and packaging in our cupboards or on shop shelves.

• Staffing -  This term, Mrs Sansom will teach Mondays., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Miss Taylor will teach us on Wednesdays. Mrs Quartermain will support our learning on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Mrs Bennett will support our learning on Thursdays and Fridays. Miss B will support our learning each day.
• Each morning the children need to arrive at school between 8:45 am and 9:00 am. The blue gate will open at 8:45 am and close at 9:00 am. 
• Home time is at 3:30 pm and the children will walk round to the gate at the top of the playground where they will be dismissed by a member of staff.
• The children will need to bring in a named water bottle each day.
• PE this term will take place on Monday and Thursday afteernoons with Mr Pearce. 
  • Children will need to come into school wearing their PE kit. Please make sure that all of your children's items are NAMED so they can easily be recognised. We all know how unpredictable the British weather can be and the children will be doing PE both inside and outside, so send them in with layers and a waterproof. The children will need to be wearing the following items:
    • A plain white PE top
    • Navy or black bottoms. These could include:
      • shorts
      • joggers
      • leggings 
    • A plain blue or black PE jumper
    • A pair of trainers 
• Reading Books - each Friday the children will bring home a Monster Phonics book, plus another book of their choice. The children will read the Monster Phonics book during our Guided Reading sessions before bringing it home to share with you. Please continue to sign the reading diaries each time you read at home. The reading diaries should be in school every day. The children have a zipped plastic wallet to keep their diary and reading books in. This must be with the books each day. 
• Homework - this term, this will include both the children's reading books (particualarly the Monster Phonics books) and a range of Phonic activities that will be sent home weekly. Please ensure your children are accessing both of these.