Welcome back to Term 6! We have started the term off with some wonderful learning.

Read, Write Inc.

This week in Read, Write Inc. we have been reviewing sounds we know and learning new sounds. We have continued to use our sounds to read and write words, phrases and sentences. In particular, we have been looking for special friends in our words, saying the sounds and reading the word. Any practise at home reading a word by finding the special friends, saying the sounds and reading the word would be greatly appreciated! We have also been working hard on our handwriting and writing sentences with capital letters and full stops. On Friday, we used our PSHE learning from the week wo write a story all about being kind.

Maths

This week in maths, we have been learning about multiplication. We started the week by arranging objects into rows and columns. We then moved on to pictorially representing multiplication calculations and then finished the week by linking multiplication to repeated addition.

Fact of the week

Our fact of the week this week is:

7+1=8

1+7=8

8-1=7

8-7=1

Next week, we will be continuing to focus on multiplication. We will start the week by looking at an array and making our own arrays to match a multiplication calculation. We will create our own multiplication stories and then solve word problems relating to multiplication.

PSHE

This week, we have been focusing on PSHE in our afternoon lessons. Within this learning, we have been exploring what we would do if we hear unkind words/things being said. We have also been learning that our feelings can be hurt by words and actions and how people may feel if they experience hurtful behaviour.

Next week, we will be starting our new thematic learning: Everchanging Environments. Next week we will explore our big questions: How does our environment change over the year. We will be learning about the basic structure of a tree and be learning to identify a range of evergreen and deciduous trees.

Reading

Mondays – RWI books to be changed by an adult. Please could ALL reading wallets be put in the trays so that we can check who has earned a certificate.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays – children can change their learning zone book (the one with the coloured sticker on). Please help them to have this book ready to change when they come into the classroom in the mornings. Thank you!

Children will bring home two books in their reading folders, one being a RWI home book. Children are expected to try and read this three times during the week to ensure they are building on their reading fluency. The RWI home books will be changed, by an adult, every Monday.

The other book (with the coloured sticker) should be changed independently by the child themselves (on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)- first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please listen to your child read as much as possible at home and record this in their reading records. Every week, one child from each class will receive a reading certificate in an assembly.

Children will also get a certificate for every 20 times they read so it is important that the reading record gets signed every time they read at home. BOTH RWI BOOKS AND THE LEARNING ZONE BOOKS CAN BE RECORDED IN THE READING RECORDS!

There will also be a sticker in your child’s reading record which will explain which skill they are working on with regards to their reading.

If you have any questions, please speak to your child’s class teacher.

Love to Learn

This week, we would like the children to draw a picture or write a letter to somebody they care about and include nice/kind words.

Love to Learn books need to be returned on Wednesday each week.

Other news

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon. Children need to wear a plain white t-shirt, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3 will take place each Friday at 3pm in Year 1 classrooms (Friday 25^th April will be a phonics screen meeting for parents so children will be collected at 3:15pm)

Dates to remember

9th June – Year 1 phonics screen begins

18th June – Year 1 to Felderland Farm

23rd June – Book fair this week

27th June – Thrive coffee morning 9am in hall

1st July – Music evening at 6pm

2nd July – Year 1 class assembly 2.50-3.05pm

4th July – Summer fair from 3.30pm

10th July Sports Day – KS2 9.15-12 Reception and KS1 1.30-3

11th July – Reports go out to parents

14th, 15th 16th July – Transition days; children to spend these days with their new class teachers

17th July – Inflatable fun day in school for all children

18th July – School finishes at 2pm for Reception to Year 5

Makaton

We noticed parents were keen to find out a little bit more about the Makaton signs we have been teaching the Year 1 children. Each week we have a sign of the week; we will now be putting our sign of the week on the blog. This week it is: sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo5bXFxUjXI                     

If you would like to contact us, please feel free to email, alternatively we are available to catch at the end of the day or the start of the day by the door.

Team Cornflower: eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sapphire: nicki.cotton@chiltonprimary.co.uk and elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Cotton and Mrs Howard