We are really excited to welcome you back after the holiday!

CASTLES AND DRAGONS WOW DAY - TUESDAY 30th JANUARY 2024

Please see the attached letters below regarding information about our wow day and home school project.

Timings

Our class will begin the year by following these times:

Start of day: 8.55am (entering through the cloakroom door in the Key Stage 1 playground)

End of the day: 3:30pm (leaving also, through the cloakroom door in the Key Stage 1 playground)

PE

Starting from the week beginning 6/9/20, our class PE days will be on Thursdays and Fridays.  Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on those days. 

OUTDOOR LEARNING

Outdoor learning will take place on Thursday afternoons, in terms 3 and 6. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on this day.

WELL-BEING

Throughout the year, children will be participating in lots of creative activities which will help them to express themselves and discuss their feelings.

ENGLISH

As part of our topic, learning about 'Castles and Dragons', we will be reading the story Jack and the Beanstalk by Richard Walker, followed by The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon by Richard Adams.

                                   

READING BOOKS

The children will only be required to bring their book bags in on Thursdays. This should include their Reading Record and school reading books, these will be changed and sent home the same day. 

PHONICS

We 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 them to new patterns that would have been introduced during the school closure. This will ensure they have a solid understanding before moving onto the Y1 Curriculum and sound patterns. 

MATHS

We will be starting off the term learning about 2d and 3d shapes. This will be followed by place value with numbers to 50 and lastly, addition and subtraction to 20. 

TOPIC

This term our topic is 'Castles and Dragons'.

KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER

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