We will be kicking off our week with the exciting day of DT where we will be using our plans and all the materials that you have kindly provided to make our castles.  Thank you to all those parents who have offered to come in and help on Monday, if you haven't signed up but are free to come in please see your child’s class teacher tomorrow morning.  In English this week we will be reading the beginning of the Julia Donaldson book ‘Zog and the Flying Doctors’.  We will then be writing our own exciting middle and endings to the story.  We will be focusing on using capital letters in the correct places.  In Maths we are starting the week by comparing and ordering numbers to 50 and then by the end of the week we will be learning to count in multiples of 2.  In Gymnastics we will begin to create our own gymnastics routines ready for an inter-class competition the following week.  

Next week we will also be introducing the ‘Daily Mile’.  This is where we will be putting on our trainers at least 3 times a week to use the new running track up on the top field.  Our aim to is do 4 laps of the field which is roughly 1 mile at least 3 times each week.  In order for us to do this the children will need suitable trainers in school at all times.  Thank you for your support with this.

DT DAY - Monday 18th March - All junk modelling needs to be in on this day for your child to be able to construct their castles.  

Daily Mile - Trainers need to be in school at all times.

Lunch choices - Please may we remind parents to try and select lunches with their child each week.  Thank you.

Parent helpers - Thank you to everyone who has signed up to help with our DT day tomorrow.  If you are CRB checked and would like to come in and help please please sign up or let your child’s class teacher know.  Thank you.  

Please discuss mathematical vocabulary that we will be using this week with your child.  Greater than, more than, biggest, equal to, less than, fewer than, smaller, smallest.  We would also like you to start practising counting in 2’s from 0 to start with and then from any number up to 50.  Here is a song that you may enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTcpfSnOMQ

After parents evening we would like to remind you of the link to the pure sounds your child needs to know in order to help them read.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBuA589kfMg

Thanks again for all your support.

Year 1 Team