• Newspapers- Please start collecting as many newspapers as possible for an upcoming Art lesson and bring them into school. We will be creating our own spider sculptures. We will need newspapers ready for week beginning 12.5.25.
• PE SWAP: Next week the children will be doing their PE lesson on Thursday 15.5.25 instead of Wednesday 14.5.25 due to the school trip.
• Brooklands museum trip- Please ensure you have filled out your permission forms to give consent for your children to go on the trip. Please remember to pay for the upcoming trip on Scopay. If your child has school dinners, please do not pre-order their dinner for Wednesday, 14th May, by the deadline of Saturday, 10th May. If your child is entitled to Free School Meals and would like a free packed lunch, please notify the school by Saturday, 10th May.
• Swimming - Please ensure all Year 1 children bring their swimming kit every Monday during the summer term. All swimming items should be named to prevent them from getting lost. Additionally, please ensure that all children come to school in their PE kits on swimming days.
• Phonics:If you would like to support your child at home with their phonics, please watch this short video to ensure your child is articulating the phonemes correctly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSYdCzsoqXA

Phonics Play-If your child would like to access some fun phonics games, there are some free games on Phonics Play that they can access. To access the free games, click on "Resources" and "Buried Treasure," "Picnic Pluto," and "Dragon's Den" are free games: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources

• Healthy snack: We kindly request that you provide a healthy snack (fruit or vegetables) for your child to enjoy in the afternoons. Please note that the school provides a morning snack for the children. We are noticing there are biscuits, crisps and chocolate. If your child's snack is placed in a Tupperware container, please ensure it is labelled with their name.
• Jewellery: Please can we remind you that if children are wearing earrings, they should be small, plain studs. Ideally, children should not wear earrings on PE days; otherwise, they will need to take them out themselves. Additionally, please ensure that if your child is wearing a watch, it is taken off prior to our PE lessons.
• Warmer weather: Please ensure your child brings a named sun hat and a water bottle. As the weather gets warmer, your child can bring in suncream but will need to apply it themselves, as the adults cannot do this. Please ensure all items are named. Please remind your child that they are not allowed to share their suncream.
• Please ensure all children bring a named coat to school. Children can bring a pair of wellies and leave them in their cloakroom to use, if needed. Please ensure your child comes to school with a water bottle (water only, not squash) and a healthy snack (school fruit is available).
• Reading record books- Please try and fill in the reading record so we can see how much your child is reading (just the book name and an adult initial). When your child has read these books a minimum of 3 times, they can change their books in class. Please can reading records be brought into school every day.
• The weekly spelling books will be sent home on a Monday and need to be returned to school on the following Monday, for new spellings to be added.
• We kindly request that children do not bring fiddle toys or any other toys from home to school. These items are getting lost, which is causing upset among the children. To avoid any further upset, please ensure that all toys are kept at home. However, children who have specific arrangements in place and require these toys for support are exempt from this request. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Thank you for your endless support.

The Year 1 Team