Term 1 and 2 Information
We are so excited to be welcoming you back to school and are really looking forward to a fantastic year together!
The 'Meet the Teacher' event will take place on Thursday 10th September, 3.30-4.00pm.
Term 1 Timings:-
Start of day: 8:55am (entering through the white hall door in the key stage 1 playground)
End of the day: 3:30pm (leaving also, through the white hall door in the key stage 1 playground)
PE
Our class PE days will be on Mondays all year and Thursdays in terms 2, 3,5, and 6. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on those days.
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Outdoor Learning will take place every Thursday afternoon, in terms 1 and 4. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit and has a waterproof coat and Wellington boots.
WELL-BEING
The first fortnight of school will have a focus on Wellbeing and Mental Health. The children will be participating in lots of creative activities which will help them to express themselves and discuss their feelings.
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ENGLISH
As part of our Wellbeing fortnight for English, we will be focusing our work around the book 'The Koala Who Could' by Rachel Bright. This lovely book will give the children the opportunity to demonstrate their writing and reading skills and will link well to our focus on Wellbeing.

After completing a lovely unit on the book 'The Koala Who Could', we will be reading the wonderful book Paddington by Michael Bond.

READING BOOKS
The children are required to bring their book bags every day. This should include their Reading Record and school reading book.
The Year 1 children will have their reading books changed every Friday.
The Year 2 children will have their reading books changed every Wednesday.
SCHOOL LIBRARY
The children will be visiting the school library every Friday. They will bring a book of their choice home to share. Please ensure your child brings their library book in every Friday to exchange for another book. Thank you
PHONICS
For Year 1 we will be continuing to follow the Essential Letters and Sounds programme. We will be recapping the letter and sound patterns that the children learnt last year as well as introducing new patterns of alternative pronunciation and spellings.
In Year 2 we will be starting the new programme, Essential Letters and Sounds Spelling programme.
MATHS
The first unit in Maths this term, we will be looking at place value.
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Year 2

TOPIC
This term our topic is called 'Let's Explore London'

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HEARTSMART
In Heart smart we will be getting 'Heart smart' ready with Boris.
TIMETABLE
