Religious Education

Next week, we are coming to the end of our topic “Being Sorry”. The children will be reflecting on our learning about the importance of saying sorry and how we can show forgiveness like God does.

Home learning: Discuss forgiveness with your child and how even though sometimes we make the wrong choice, as long as we say sorry and mean it, then God will always forgive us.

Maths

This week the children completed their learning about Fractions and have been finding out what a quarter looks like. Next week, we are learning about place value to 100. The children will be counting to 100 and talking about the larger numbers.

Home Learning:  Ask your child if they can show you a quarter of something – either a shape or an amount. Remind them to share into 4 equal parts or groups.

English

Now the children have met Professor Klunk, Noodle and Titch, they will be introducing them to our new class text. The text is called ‘There is No Dragon in this Story.

Home Learning: Please ask your children to continue practising the Year 1 Common Exception words that were sent home at the last Parent’s Evening. It is important that children can read and spell these words as they get ready to move into Year 2 in September.

Here is a link to the new class story being read on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTWdLzIhzbU

                 Phonics

Now that the screening check is complete the children will be learning new sounds that are not featured on the check but are still required to support accurate reading and writing.

Some of the children will be continuing to focus on the gaps in their phonic knowledge in order to develop their reading and writing skills appropriately.  They will be practising how to blend sounds that they know in order to read familiar and unfamiliar words. Once these gaps have been filled they will move on to the Phase 5 sounds.

Please ensure you are reading daily with your child at home, this is very important and can have a huge impact on the development of your child’s reading.

The reading books are matched to the children’s current phonic knowledge and this allows them to apply the sounds that they are learning to their independent reading.

Home Learning: Please look at the video below. This is a guide from Little Wandle that shows you how the children should be pronouncing the sounds they have been taught.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTe5_Em0BHQ

Reminders

• We are continuing to use digital software called ‘Purple Mash’ for the children to access their homework. This is available from Friday after school and the children have until the following Friday morning to complete the given task on Purple Mash. Please continue to ensure you are also reading daily with your child as this plays a crucial part in their reading development which in turn supports their learning across the curriculum. 
• We have been made aware of headlice in school. Please can you ensure that you are checking your children’s hair regularly and treating the whole family.

Swimming and P.E. days for this half-term:

St Bernadette: Swimming on Thursdays         St Therese: P.E. on Thursdays             

Many thanks from the Year 1 Team