Year 1

Welcome back Beech Tree Class!

Dear Parents, 

We hope you all had a lovely and restful break over the Christmas holiday. It has been wonderful to see all the children refreshed and ready to begin the challenges of a new term and a new year! The Spring term always brings a lot of hope, joy and progress from the children.

Beech Tree Class will be exploring a range of new topics this term which will help to develop new skills and build upon old skills. Particular highlights this term are our trip into Romsey for our Geography topic looking at our local area and our art project focusing on James Rizzi. For more details on the Year 1 curriculum for the Spring term, please see the table on our newsletter.

Key information for Year 1

PE lessons will now take place on Fridays. PE lessons will be both inside and outside so please ensure your child has the correct kit in school from the start of term, including a suitable pair of trainers.

We are also going to be changing our Forest School lesson to Monday afternoon. Please could you include a pair of trousers, a jumper and wellies in your child’s PE kit for these sessions.  

Class music lessons will still be on a Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Maxey.

Home Learning will be set on Wednesday each week later in the half term and will focus primarily on phonics and key maths skills. All homework will be set on google classroom using your child’s log in. When you have completed your homework you can press ‘hand in’ and attach any necessary tasks so we can have a look and add on house points!  We will provide you with the Google Login details in a few weeks.

Reading at home is the most effective way of supporting your child. All children will be taking home their reading book which will be chosen for them by Mrs Roberts and Mrs Goodman. This book will have been specifically chosen to suit your child in order to increase their reading fluency. Your child is also welcome to choose a library book to take home (these will be swapped on a Monday or Tuesday) - please ensure that this is returned to school when you have finished with it.

Please encourage your child to read as regularly as possible with an adult; five times a week is a good target! Your child will love sharing their book with any adults and will of course really enjoy being read to as well. Please remember to record any reading in their journals to help the children earn reading stars and house points!

School Rules: Our school rules remain as Ready, Respectful and Safe. We have high expectations of every child in the class and will use house points, Golden Spotlight certificates, class marble jar rewards and lots of praise to celebrate the children demonstrating these high expectations.

Mrs Roberts and Mrs Goodman