Autumn Term – On the Farm

Hello Tawny Owls!

Wow, what a fabulous first term we have had! It has been a busy one, full of hands on learning. You have all made such a fantastic start to Year One and we have loved seeing you all have a go at our Rainbow Challenges. 

Over the next term we will continue our topic of On the Farm. learning about different types of farms and also continuing our learning about plants and seasons. This is always an exciting term, with the build up of our Nativity performance.

Staffing will continue as with the last term:

Mrs Pearce will be with us on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

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

Miss B will support our learning throughout the week.

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

On Thursdays we will have PE with Mr Pearce in the morning, please come into school wearing your PE kit. As well as this, we will also have Forest School on Thursday afternoons. Please make sure you come to school with your Forest School clothes in a named bag. You will need: long sleeve tops and trousers, plenty of layers and water proofs. We will use your wellies that are already in school. 

Thank you to all of you who have had a got at Numbots. It has been great to see so many of you whizzing your way through the levels! For anyone that has been finding it difficult to access Numbots, particularly on an iPad, when you click on a level/game, it will come up with a green circle and a white arrow. This will take you to the questions and the keypad to record answers. Your iPad must also be in portrait view Hope this helps!

We hope you are all having a fabulous half-term break.

See you soon!

Mrs Pearce, Mrs Sansom, Miss B and Mrs Quartermain

Key dates for this term:

School Photos: 4th November

Parent's Meetings: 25/27th November

EYFS/KS1 Nativity Performances: 10/11th December

This term we will be looking at alternative pronunciations for graphemes. These will include: ea, oo, ow,  We will also begin to look at spotting known digraphs in psuedo words. These are the words that follow our sound patterns but are made up nonsense words. We will also continue to consolidate our learning and apply it to both our reading and writing.

• Staffing -  This term, Mrs Pearce will teach Tuesdays-Fridays.  Mrs Sansom will teach Mondays. Mrs Quartermain will support our learning on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Mrs Sansom 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 Thursday mornings 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 Numbots. Please ensure your children are accessing both of these.