Easter Parade

Thank you for coming to see the children’s wonderful bonnet parade. All the bonnets were exceptional this year!

Phonics Meeting

Reminder: Friday 24th April there will be a phonics meeting instead of Read at 3pm. 

Maths

This week in maths, we have been learning about time! We know that when the minute hand is on the 12, it is o’clock. When the minute hand is on the 6, it is half past. We used our clocks on the carpet to make various times which showed o’clock and half past. Then we went to our tables and practised reading clock faces and writing the times down with our partner. One of us wrote the answer whilst the other made the same time on our clock face. Then we switched over.

Fact of the week

Our fact of the week this week is:

6+0=6

0+6=6

6-0=6

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.

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 in to 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.

RE

On Monday, we started learning about who Jesus was and the events in his life that shape the Christian faith. We used drama to understand the feelings of different people including his followers, his mother and his enemies at different events during Jesus’ life. The events were; Jesus’ birth; Jesus teaching his followers; Jesus performing miracles; Jesus gets arrested; Jesus’ crucifixion; Jesus appearing after death.

On Wednesday, we learnt that a parable is a story and that they teach us lessons. We were all able to describe the story, by using puppets to help us act it out.  We know that Christians believe Jesus taught the parable of the lost son to show that God rejoices when people come back to him. Take a look at our parable telling!

Today we looked at the parable of the good Samaritan, the message that Jesus was trying to teach is to be helpful and kind to others. We spoke about how we could show ‘helping hands’ and wrote one way we could help someone this week.

Next term our unit is Toy Maker! We will look at the Big Question for this unit ‘What are toys made of? We will also look at a range of toys, discuss the difference between an object and the material that it is made from. Through this learning, children will learn the names of a variety of everyday materials (e.g. wood, plastic, metal, glass, water and rock).

Love to Learn

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

For this weeks love to learn we would love you to make a diary of your Easter holidays, This could be using pictures, writing or both!

Show and Tell

A reminder that children should not be bringing any toys into school as these can get easily broken or lost. If children would like to do show and tell, please email a picture of the show and tell to class teacher(s) and we can use this when the children share with the class. Please could all parents ensure that children are not bringing toys etc in from home.

Additional Information

PE is now on a Monday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Spare clothes for year 1

We kindly ask that all Year 1 children have a spare set of clothes in school, including underwear and socks, in case of accidents or spills during the day. Having these items available helps us ensure your child stays comfortable and can quickly return to their learning.

If you have any spare underwear or clothing at home that your child has outgrown and you would be happy to donate, we would greatly appreciate it. These donations are very helpful for supporting all children when needed.

Thank you for your continued support.

Key dates

Monday 20th April – Children return to school at usual time

Monday 4th May – Bank holiday, school closed for all

Wednesday 20th May – Year 1 and 2 Viking games at Chilton (year 1 and 2 children to wear sports kit)

Friday 22nd May – Be here, be you, belong parade on top field from 2pm. Children to wear clothes that they feel express who they are, this could be from an outfit from a hobby they have, to bright colourful clothing. All parents invited to watch.

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful Easter break and we will see you on Monday 20^th April!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week in Year 1, we have been learning all about halves.

We explored finding halves of objects and shapes and learned that a half is one equal part of a whole. We worked carefully to make sure our groups were equal.

Using counters and cubes, we also learned how to find half of a number. First, we looked at how many equal groups we needed, then we counted out the correct number of counters and shared them into two equal groups.

We worked really hard and showed great understanding during our activities.

​​Next week we will be looking at time!

Each week, we will share a key maths fact. This week, we are learning:

Addition Facts:

• 5 + 0 = 5

• 0 + 5 = 5

Read, Write Inc. (RWI)

This week, the children have shown fantastic enthusiasm as we revisited previously taught sounds and continued to strengthen their phonics reading skills. It has been a joy to see their growing confidence and engagement in learning.

We have been focusing on several key areas, including recognising “special friends” — groups of letters that work together to make a single sound. The children are becoming increasingly confident at spotting these in words and using Fred Talk, blending, and segmenting to support their reading. They have also been practising reading green words and learning a range of red (tricky) words.

Alongside this, we have seen great progress in handwriting. The children are taking increasing care with letter formation, using capital letters appropriately, and remembering to add full stops to complete their sentences. Their handwriting is becoming clearer and more controlled each week, which is wonderful to see.

To support your child at home, you can help by spotting “special friends” in everyday words, blending sounds together to read full words, and encouraging regular practice for an extra boost. We are finding spotting chatty friends like; a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e a particular challenge, so any practise with spotting these would be great.

Reading at Home

• Children will bring home two books each week:

  1. RWI Home Book – should be read three times a week for fluency. Changed every Monday by an adult.

  2. Book with coloured sticker – children can change independently, ideally in the morning.

• Please ensure reading folders are placed in the trays at school.

• Encourage your child to read at home and record it in their reading record.

• Certificates are awarded weekly to celebrate reading achievements, and every 20 reads earns a special certificate!

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

Thematic

This week in Year 1, we have been learning how to name and locate the seven continents of the world on a map.

We used an atlas to explore a world map and worked together to name all seven continents. We also learned that the United Kingdom is part of Europe. Using Europe as our starting point, we practised using the directions North, East, South and West to help us find and locate the other continents around the world.

To help us remember our learning, we completed a fun sorting activity where we matched the continents to their names and placed them correctly on a large map. We worked really hard and showed great teamwork!

Next week we will have RE in the afternoon.

Home Learning

This week in maths we have been looking at half of objects, shapes and numbers. This week for your love to learn we would like you to show us half in as many different ways as you can! Here is some learning we have been up to this week…

Young Artists’ Competition 2026

DEADLINE – Wednesday 1st April 2026

The Rotary Club of Margate have launched their Thanet schools’ art competition. Selected entries will be displayed at Sainsbury’s Westwood Cross in their annual art exhibition.

To enter, please create a piece of A4 artwork with a wildlife theme- artwork will need to be flat so it can fit into a frame. On the reverse, please write the following information:

Child’s Name

Year Group

Medium Used

Brief description of the artwork

Permission and Consent - By submitting your child’s artwork to the competition, you give permission for the artwork to be displayed in a public exhibition. You also consent to your child’s name, age, school name, and title of the artwork being shown alongside the piece. You understand that the exhibition may be visited by members of the public and that images of the display may be used by the organisers for promotional or reporting purposes, both in print and online. No other personal details will be shared.

If you have any questions – please feel free to contact Mrs Barlow.

Thank you, we look forward to receiving your competition entries!

Mrs Barlow and Mrs Howard

​Additional Information

Forest school is now on a Thursday afternoon, please can children bring in wellington boots for this and if they wish to play on the field they would also need wellingtons. Their wellingtons are kept in their locker and can get muddy so please provide a suitable bag for these to be put into their locker.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Spare clothes for year 1

We kindly ask that all Year 1 children have a spare set of clothes in school, including underwear and socks, in case of accidents or spills during the day. Having these items available helps us ensure your child stays comfortable and can quickly return to their learning.

If you have any spare underwear or clothing at home that your child has outgrown and you would be happy to donate, we would greatly appreciate it. These donations are very helpful for supporting all children when needed.

Thank you for your continued support.

Advance notice Phonics Screen

We would like to give you advance notice that on Friday 24th April at 3:00pm, there will be a parent talk for Year 1 regarding the phonics screening check.

This session will provide you with helpful information about what the phonics screen involves and how you can support your child at home.

We hope you are able to attend and look forward to seeing you there.

Key dates

Week Beginning 30th March – Parent Teacher consultation week

Wednesday 1st April at 9.05am– Easter Bonnet Parade for Team Periwinkle, Team Ocean and Team Cornflower

Wednesday 1st April at 2.45pm – Easter Bonnet Parade for Team Teal, Team Sky and Team Sapphire

Thursday 2nd April – Chilton Fundraisers Sponsored Eggscellent Event - Non-Uniform to be worn with further details to follow next term.

Thursday 2nd April - Last day of term. School to finish at 3.15pm

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Wow Year 1 absolutely loved Forest school, what a lovely way to end the week!

Maths

This week in Maths we have learnt to divide by sharing and grouping. We started the week by sharing objects into groups. We talked about how equal means “the same,” and the children worked very carefully to make sure each group had the same number of items. We focused on working systematically—taking turns and making sure no group was missed out when sharing.

The children really enjoyed using real objects and sharing hoops to help them see how sharing works in a practical way. This hands-on approach helped build their understanding and confidence.

Next, we moved on to grouping. We looked at the first number to see how many arrays we needed then looked to see how many we would put into a group. Once we did this, we could see how many groups there were to find the answer. Year 1 were so amazing at this!

Here are some questions we had:

​​​​Next week we will be looking at fractions.

Each week, we will share a key maths fact. This week, we are learning:

Addition Facts:

• 4 + 0 = 4

• 0 + 4 = 4

Read, Write Inc. (RWI)

This week, the children have shown fantastic enthusiasm as we revisited previously taught sounds and continued to strengthen their phonics reading skills. It has been a joy to see their growing confidence and engagement in learning.

We have been focusing on several key areas, including recognising “special friends” — groups of letters that work together to make a single sound. The children are becoming increasingly confident at spotting these in words and using Fred Talk, blending, and segmenting to support their reading. They have also been practising reading green words and learning a range of red (tricky) words.

Alongside this, we have seen great progress in handwriting. The children are taking increasing care with letter formation, using capital letters appropriately, and remembering to add full stops to complete their sentences. Their handwriting is becoming clearer and more controlled each week, which is wonderful to see.

To support your child at home, you can help by spotting “special friends” in everyday words, blending sounds together to read full words, and encouraging regular practice for an extra boost. We are finding spotting chatty friends like; a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e a particular challenge, so any practise with spotting these would be great.

Reading at Home

• Children will bring home two books each week:

  1. RWI Home Book – should be read three times a week for fluency. Changed every Monday by an adult.

  2. Book with coloured sticker – children can change independently, ideally in the morning.

• Please ensure reading folders are placed in the trays at school.

• Encourage your child to read at home and record it in their reading record.

• Certificates are awarded weekly to celebrate reading achievements, and every 20 reads earns a special certificate!

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

Thematic

This week, we have been busy exploring both geography and history through lots of exciting activities!

In geography, we learnt that the United Kingdom is an island. We discovered the different seas that surround it and had great fun taking part in a range of activities. The children used clues to guess the names of the seas, labelled them on a map, and even wrote their own descriptions. It was wonderful to see their confidence grow as they began to understand more about the world around them. Take a look at our fantastic work!

In history, we continued learning about how we can use a range of sources to find out about the past and answer questions we might have. This week, we focused on the amazing Charles Darwin. The children learnt about his life, his journey on the HMS Beagle, and why he is so famous.

To help us understand, we carried out a fun experiment using tweezers as ‘beaks’! The children explored how birds need to adapt to their environment to pick up different types of food. It was a fantastic hands-on way to bring our learning to life.

Home Learning

This week we have started our new book in story time How to Find Gold by Viviane Schwarz. For this weeks love to learn we would love for you to create your own treasure maps.

Young Artists’ Competition 2026

DEADLINE – Wednesday 1st April 2026

The Rotary Club of Margate have launched their Thanet schools’ art competition. Selected entries will be displayed at Sainsbury’s Westwood Cross in their annual art exhibition.

To enter, please create a piece of A4 artwork with a wildlife theme- artwork will need to be flat so it can fit into a frame. On the reverse, please write the following information:

Child’s Name

Year Group

Medium Used

Brief description of the artwork

Permission and Consent - By submitting your child’s artwork to the competition, you give permission for the artwork to be displayed in a public exhibition. You also consent to your child’s name, age, school name, and title of the artwork being shown alongside the piece. You understand that the exhibition may be visited by members of the public and that images of the display may be used by the organisers for promotional or reporting purposes, both in print and online. No other personal details will be shared.

If you have any questions – please feel free to contact Mrs Barlow.

Thank you, we look forward to receiving your competition entries!

Mrs Barlow and Mrs Howard

​Additional Information

Forest school is now on a Thursday afternoon, please can children bring in wellington boots for this and if they wish to play on the field they would also need wellingtons. Their wellingtons are kept in their locker and can get muddy so please provide a suitable bag for these to be put into their locker.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Key dates

Monday 23rd March – Rock your socks for Downs Syndrome Awareness (Wear bright or mismatching socks to school)

Monday 23rd March – Year 3 Roman Dress up day

Tuesday 24th March – Team Periwinkle to Quex Park

Thursday 26th March – Team Teal to Quex Park

Friday 27th March – Viking Speaker Final at Royal Harbour

Friday 27th March – Parents come into school to look at children’s books prior to Parent Teacher Consultations

Week Beginning 30th March – Parent Teacher consultation week

Wednesday 1st April at 9.05am– Easter Bonnet Parade for Team Periwinkle, Team Ocean and Team Cornflower

Wednesday 1st April at 2.45pm – Easter Bonnet Parade for Team Teal, Team Sky and Team Sapphire

Thursday 2nd April – Chilton Fundraisers Sponsored Eggscellent Event - Non-Uniform to be worn with further details to follow next term.

Thursday 2nd April - Last day of term. School to finish at 3.15pm

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

A huge thank you to all parents and carers for your fabulous efforts in helping the children prepare for World Book Day. The costumes, creativity and enthusiasm were wonderful to see!

The children had a wonderful day celebrating their love of reading. We enjoyed sharing stories, talking about our favourite books and characters, and taking part in fun reading activities throughout the day.

Thank you again for your continued support in helping us make the day so special for the children.

Math

This week in Maths we have been practising our addition skills using different practical resources to help us understand how numbers work.

At the beginning of the week, we used ten frames and place value counters to practise adding two 1-digit numbers. The children selected a number sentence and then filled their ten frames with counters to represent the numbers. We then partitioned the smaller number so that we could make ten first, which helped us add the numbers more easily. This method helps children see how numbers can be broken apart and recombined.

Later in the week, we practised adding 2-digit numbers and 1-digit numbers using the regrouping into tens and ones strategy. The children used Base 10 resources to support their understanding. They added the ones first and, when needed, regrouped them into a new ten.

We also continued practising our number bonds to 20, helping the children become more confident in recognising different pairs of numbers that make 20.

​​​​Next week we will be looking at doubling numbers.

Each week, we will share a key maths fact. This week, we are learning:

Addition Facts:

• 2 + 0 = 2

• 0 + 2 = 2

Read, Write Inc. (RWI)

This week, the children have shown fantastic enthusiasm as we revisited previously taught sounds and continued to strengthen their phonics reading skills. It has been a joy to see their growing confidence and engagement in learning.

We have been focusing on several key areas, including recognising “special friends” — groups of letters that work together to make a single sound. The children are becoming increasingly confident at spotting these in words and using Fred Talk, blending, and segmenting to support their reading. They have also been practising reading green words and learning a range of red (tricky) words.

Alongside this, we have seen great progress in handwriting. The children are taking increasing care with letter formation, using capital letters appropriately, and remembering to add full stops to complete their sentences. Their handwriting is becoming clearer and more controlled each week, which is wonderful to see.

To support your child at home, you can help by spotting “special friends” in everyday words, blending sounds together to read full words, and encouraging regular practice for an extra boost. We are finding spotting chatty friends like; a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e a particular challenge, so any practise with spotting these would be great.

Reading at Home

• Children will bring home two books each week:

  1. RWI Home Book – should be read three times a week for fluency. Changed every Monday by an adult.

  2. Book with coloured sticker – children can change independently, ideally in the morning.

• Please ensure reading folders are placed in the trays at school.

• Encourage your child to read at home and record it in their reading record.

• Certificates are awarded weekly to celebrate reading achievements, and every 20 reads earns a special certificate!

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

Thematic

Science This Week – Grouping Animals

This week in science we have been learning about how animals can be grouped based on their characteristics. We used our prior knowledge from previous lessons to help us sort animals into the five main animal groups: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish.

The children worked together to place different animals into the correct groups and discussed the features that helped them decide. We also talked about some tricky animals, such as whales and bats. The children learnt that whales are mammals, not fish, and bats are mammals, not birds. This is because mammals breathe air, are warm-blooded and give birth to live young. This helped us understand that scientists group animals by their characteristics, not simply by where they live or how they move.

As a challenge, the children were given mystery animal cards describing different animal characteristics. They had to decide which animal group the mystery animal belonged to, explain their reasoning using scientific vocabulary, and justify why it did not belong to the other groups.

Later in the week, we learnt that not all animals eat the same types of food. We discovered that animals can also be grouped by their diet.

• Carnivores eat other animals.

• Herbivores eat plants.

• Omnivores eat both plants and animals.

The children sorted different animals into these three diet groups and discussed what they like to eat. For example, a lion is a carnivore, a cow is a herbivore, and a bear is an omnivore. We also discussed what humans eat and learned that humans are omnivores because we eat both plants and meat.

For an additional challenge, the children sorted animals by both their diet and their animal group (for example, mammal herbivores or reptile carnivores).

It has been a fantastic week of scientific thinking, with lots of discussion and careful reasoning about how and why animals are grouped.

Next week we will be looking at animal x-rays in science.

Home Learning

This week in maths we have been exploring number bonds to 20. Number bonds help children understand how numbers work together to make a total. For this weeks love 2 learn, we would like the children to practise finding different pairs of numbers that add up to 20.

Your child can present their learning in any creative way they choose. This could include drawing, using objects from around the house, building with toys, or creating a colourful poster. The aim is to help children recognise and remember the different number combinations that make 20.

Young Artists’ Competition 2026

DEADLINE – Wednesday 1st April 2026

The Rotary Club of Margate have launched their Thanet schools’ art competition. Selected entries will be displayed at Sainsbury’s Westwood Cross in their annual art exhibition.

To enter, please create a piece of A4 artwork with a wildlife theme- artwork will need to be flat so it can fit into a frame. On the reverse, please write the following information:

Child’s Name

Year Group

Medium Used

Brief description of the artwork

Permission and Consent - By submitting your child’s artwork to the competition, you give permission for the artwork to be displayed in a public exhibition. You also consent to your child’s name, age, school name, and title of the artwork being shown alongside the piece. You understand that the exhibition may be visited by members of the public and that images of the display may be used by the organisers for promotional or reporting purposes, both in print and online. No other personal details will be shared.

If you have any questions – please feel free to contact Mrs Barlow.

Thank you, we look forward to receiving your competition entries!

Mrs Barlow and Mrs Howard

​Additional Information

Forest school is now on a Thursday afternoon, please can children bring in wellington boots for this and if they wish to play on the field they would also need wellingtons. Their wellingtons are kept in their locker and can get muddy so please provide a suitable bag for these to be put into their locker.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in1 their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Key dates

Monday 9th March – Book fair in school this week

Friday 13th March – Chilton Speaker Final

Thursday 19th March – Team Sky to Quex Park Forest School

Friday 20th March – Team Ocean to Quex Park Forest School

Friday 20th March – Red Nose Day (Wear something funny for money)

Monday 23rd March – Rock your socks for Downs Syndrome Awareness (Wear bright or mismatching socks to school)

Monday 23rd March – Year 3 Roman Dress up day

Tuesday 24th March – Team Periwinkle to Quex Park

Thursday 26th March – Team Teal to Quex Park

Friday 27th March – Viking Speaker Final at Royal Harbour

Friday 27th March – Parents come into school to look at children’s books prior to Parent Teacher Consultations

Week Beginning 30th March – Parent Teacher consultation week

Wednesday 1st April at 9.05am– Easter Bonnet Parade for Team Periwinkle, Team Ocean and Team Cornflower

Wednesday 1st April at 2.45pm – Easter Bonnet Parade for Team Teal, Team Sky and Team Sapphire

Thursday 2nd April – Chilton Fundraisers Sponsored Eggscellent Event - Non-Uniform to be worn with further details to follow next term.

Thursday 2nd April - Last day of term. School to finish at 3.15pm

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week in maths, we have been learning about capacity! We learnt what volume and capacity mean and we learned the key vocabulary full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty and empty. We then had to use these words to compare the volume of liquid in containers. Our challenge was having containers of different shapes and work out how to compare the volume. Later in the week, we continued to learn about volume and capacity mean. We had to use the key vocabulary we learnt (full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty and empty) to order the volume of liquids in containers. Our challenge was we had different shape containers and had to work out how to order the volume.

​​​​Next term, we will be looking at geometry! We will look at describing position, direction and movement including forwards, backwards, left and right.

Each week, we will share a key maths fact. This week, we are learning:

Addition Facts:

• 2 + 3 = 5

• 3 + 2 = 5

Related Subtraction Facts:

• 5 − 3 = 2

• 5 − 2 = 3

Read, Write Inc. (RWI)

This week, the children have shown fantastic enthusiasm as we revisited previously taught sounds and continued to strengthen their phonics reading skills. It has been a joy to see their growing confidence and engagement in learning.

We have been focusing on several key areas, including recognising “special friends” — groups of letters that work together to make a single sound. The children are becoming increasingly confident at spotting these in words and using Fred Talk, blending, and segmenting to support their reading. They have also been practising reading green words and learning a range of red (tricky) words.

Alongside this, we have seen great progress in handwriting. The children are taking increasing care with letter formation, using capital letters appropriately, and remembering to add full stops to complete their sentences. Their handwriting is becoming clearer and more controlled each week, which is wonderful to see.

To support your child at home, you can help by spotting “special friends” in everyday words, blending sounds together to read full words, and encouraging regular practice for an extra boost. We are finding spotting chatty friends like; a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e a particular challenge, so any practise with spotting these would be great.

Reading at Home

• Children will bring home two books each week:

  1. RWI Home Book – should be read three times a week for fluency. Changed every Monday by an adult.

  2. Book with coloured sticker – children can change independently, ideally in the morning.

• Please ensure reading folders are placed in the trays at school.

• Encourage your child to read at home and record it in their reading record.

• Certificates are awarded weekly to celebrate reading achievements, and every 20 reads earns a special certificate!

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

Home Learning

RE

his week we have been learning about special books in different religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam. We looked at the Bible, the Torah and the Qur’an, and discussed why these texts are important to people of faith. We talked about how special books are cared for and why they are treated with respect.

We also shared books that are special to us personally and explained why they are meaningful.

As part of our learning, we explored how members of the Muslim faith show respect to the Qur'an. We learned that many Muslims perform washing (ablution) before handling it, place it on a special stand called a rihal, and store it carefully. We discussed how these practices reflect the belief that the Qur’an is the word of God.

Later in the week, we looked at the Bible and read the story of Noah’s Ark. We also explored the Torah and heard the story of Abraham. We discussed what these stories teach believers and why they are important within each religion.

Our focus throughout the week has been on understanding different beliefs and showing respect for the traditions of others.

Next term we will begin our week looking at British Values and the 9 characteristics.

Online safety Day

Tuesday was internet safety day where we discussed how to stay safe online and how we should protect personal information. We completed some activities to help us sort behaviours which are safe or unsafe online.

Today, we spent the whole day learning about online safety and healthy relationships as part of Safer Internet Day.

Throughout the day, we explored how to stay safe, kind and happy when using technology through talk, play, stories, drama and creative activities.

We talked about…

• How technology can make us feel happy or worried

• What to do if something online makes us feel uncomfortable

• Why it’s important to tell a trusted adult if we are worried

• What kind and unkind behaviour looks like online

We learned that…

• Devices like Alexa or Siri are not real people

• We should only talk online to people we know in real life

• We must never share personal information such as our name, address or school

• Grown-ups help keep us safe when we use technology

We showed our learning by…

• Acting out safe and unsafe online situations through role-play

• Using puppets and drama to practise telling an adult when worried

• Creating artwork to show safe online choices

• Joining in with games, actions and chants about online safety

We practised saying…

• “That makes me feel worried.”

• “I will tell a grown-up.”

• “That is a safe choice.”

• “That is not a safe choice.”

Our key message today

Technology can be fun and helpful, but we must make smart and safe choices.

We are very proud of how confidently we shared our ideas, listened to others and supported one another. We showed great courage and kindness and are becoming Online Safety Champions

NEW ART COMPETITON – DEADLINE 4th MARCH 2026

We would love to see children from Chilton entering the following art competition hosted by the Royal Academy of Arts. Families will be asked to submit their children’s artwork via the following link (you will need to register):

https://youngartists.royalacademy.org.uk/get-involved#artworks

ABOUT THE COMPETITON

Each student can submit one piece of artwork and there is no theme. When you enter, they will ask for an image of the artwork plus some information about the piece such as title, size, and some text written by the artist which can include why they created the work and what it means to them. Their panel of judges will see the artwork and the selected pieces will be shown in an online exhibition. Some of the artworks will also be shown at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Full details can be found on their website:

Young Artists' Summer Show | Royal Academy

We are very excited to see your submissions!

Good Luck! From Mrs Barlow and Mrs Howard

​Additional Information

Forest school is now on a Thursday afternoon, please can children bring in wellington boots for this and if they wish to play on the field they would also need wellingtons. Their wellingtons are kept in their locker and can get muddy so please provide a suitable bag for these to be put into their locker.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Key dates

Monday 23rd February – All children back into school at the normal time

Monday 23rd February – Friday 27th February – Bring in any unwanted world book day costumes

Wednesday 25th February – Year 3 Swimming begins and will happen every Wednesday throughout term 4

Friday 27th February – Second hand world book day costume sale from 3pm by school gates

Monday 2nd March – Secondary School Offer Day

Thursday 5th March – World Book day, children to dress as their favourite book character

Monday 9th March – Book fair in school this week

Friday 13th March – Chilton Speaker Final

Thursday 19th March – Team Sky to Quex Park Forest School

Friday 20th March – Team Ocean to Quex Park Forest School

Friday 20th March – Red Nose Day (Wear something funny for money)

Monday 23rd March – Rock your socks for Downs Syndrome Awareness (Wear bright or mismatching socks to school)

Monday 23rd March – Year 3 Roman Dress up day

Tuesday 24th March – Team Periwinkle to Quex Park

Thursday 26th March – Team Teal to Quex Park

Friday 27th March – Viking Speaker Final at Royal Harbour

Friday 27th March – Parents come into school to look at children’s books prior to Parent Teacher Consultations

Week Beginning 30th March – Parent Teacher consultation week

Wednesday 1st April at 9.05am– Easter Bonnet Parade for Team Periwinkle, Team Ocean and Team Cornflower

Wednesday 1st April at 2.45pm – Easter Bonnet Parade for Team Teal, Team Sky and Team Sapphire

Thursday 2nd April – Chilton Fundraisers Sponsored Eggscellent Event - Non-Uniform to be worn with further details to follow next term.

Thursday 2nd April - Last day of term. School to finish at 3.15pm

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful half term and we will see you all on Monday 23rd February!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week in Maths, we have been using number lines to help us solve addition and subtraction calculations. For subtraction, we circled the first number on the number line and carefully counted backwards to find the answer. When adding, we started by circling the biggest number and then counted on the smaller number. The children worked very hard and showed great focus while using this method. Take a look at our wonderful learning!

Next week: We will continue with addition and subtraction we will look at word problems and inverses.

Fact of the Week

Each week, we will share a key maths fact. This week, we are learning:

Addition Facts:

• 7 + 3 = 10

• 3 + 7 = 10

Related Subtraction Facts:

• 10 − 7 = 3

• 10 − 3 = 7

Read, Write Inc. (RWI)

This week, the children have shown great enthusiasm as we revisited previously taught sounds and strengthened their phonics reading skills. It has been wonderful to see their engagement in learning!

We have focused on several key areas, including identifying “special friends,” which are groups of letters that make a single sound. The children have also been practising Fred Talk, blending, and segmenting words, which are essential skills for reading. Additionally, they have been reading green words and learning some red (tricky) words.

To support your child’s learning at home, you can help by spotting “special friends” in everyday words, blending sounds together to read full words, and practising regularly for an extra boost. We have also been concentrating on handwriting, ensuring that the children are using capital letters correctly, forming letters carefully, and placing full stops to complete sentences.

Reading at Home

• Children will bring home two books each week:

  1. RWI Home Book – should be read three times a week for fluency. Changed every Monday by an adult.

  2. Book with coloured sticker – children can change independently, ideally in the morning.

• Please ensure reading folders are placed in the trays at school.

• Encourage your child to read at home and record it in their reading record.

• Certificates are awarded weekly to celebrate reading achievements, and every 20 reads earns a special certificate!

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

Home Learning

This week we would love for you to take photos or draw the birds you see in your garden during the BirdWatch.

This week, the whole school is took part in the Big Schools' BirdWatch to collect data for the RSPB. We are inviting you to take part at home too. Here's what you need to do:

1. ‎Choose an hour between 23 and 25 January 2026

2, Only record the birds that land in your garden

3. Record the highest number of each bird species you see at any one time

4. Sign up online and submit your results to the RSPB. Here's the link: Big Garden Birdwatch

Miss Isaac, who is Chilton's science leader, would love to see any photos of you doing this and also know any particularly interesting birds you saw. Feel free to send her an email: carol.isaac@chiltonprimary.co.uk

If you are fan of being out in nature and would like to show off your photography skills, you might be interested in the competition outlined below:

Bird Wise East Kent and Thanet Coast Project have teamed up to host a photography competition. There is a category for under 18s with the winner and runner up having their work displayed in Margate, Whitstable and Ramsgate. The deadline is midnight on Sunday 15^th February. Please go to their website for more information: Photography Competition | Bird Wise East Kent

Thematic

This week in our learning, we have been exploring the work of Edward Jenner and learning about germs. We discovered why Edward Jenner was such a brilliant scientist by noticing what was happening in the world around him and asking important questions. The children enjoyed learning the story of how he observed that milkmaids caught cowpox but did not become ill with smallpox. We learnt how this discovery helped him create a vaccination, which stopped the spread of the disease and saved thousands of lives.

On Thursday, we learnt all about the Eatwell Plate. We explored the different food groups and discussed why it is important to eat the right proportions from each section to help us stay healthy. We also learnt what exercise is and talked about the different types of exercise humans can do. The children enjoyed dancing to music with glow sticks and noticed the effect this had on their heart rates. We discussed other ways we can exercise outside of school, such as swimming, and learnt why exercise is so important for our bodies. Have a look at us having a go at dancing with glow sticks in school!

Today, we learnt about the importance of being hygienic when handling food and using different cooking methods. We discussed why it is important to follow good hygiene practices around food and during cooking. Chloe, one of our amazing cooks in the kitchen, came to speak to us and taught us how to keep ourselves safe and healthy when preparing food. We learnt a lot from Chloe and will make sure we use good hygiene practices when we prepare a dish later on this term.

Art Competition

​Additional Information

Forest school is now on a Thursday afternoon, please can children bring in wellington boots for this and if they wish to play on the field they would also need wellingtons. Their wellingtons are kept in their locker and can get muddy so please provide a suitable bag for these to be put into their locker.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Key dates

Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star) 

Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am (parents of year group house winners to be invited) Tuesday 10th February – Tuesday 10th February -  Safer internet day 

Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

Friday 13th February - Chilton Fundraisers Winter Disco 

Friday 13th February – Last day of term. School finishes at usual time

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week we looked at time! On Monday, we helped sequence a range of events from morning to evening. We then used our vocabulary, first, next, after, then and last, to discuss how to make a jam sandwich. We then used the instructions we created to make a real jam sandwich! Take a look at our wonderful sequencing!

Later in the week we looked at o’clock and learnt how to tell the time. We had to work with our learning partner to choose a time, we then made this time on the clock. We had to remember that the longer hand is the minute hand and the shorter hand is the hour hand, we were so amazing at this!

Next week we will be looking at number and place value!

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week we are looking at…

9+1 = 10

1+ 9 = 10

Read, Write Inc.

The children have shown brilliant energy and focus this week as we revisited previously taught sounds and continued strengthening their phonetic reading skills. Through our Read Write Inc. (RWI) sessions, we’ve been paying special attention to identifying “special friends”,  groups of letters that work together to make a single sound. This RWI method really supports children in recognising patterns, tackling longer words with more confidence, and developing smoother, more fluent reading.

The children have also been practising Fred Talk, blending, segmenting, reading green words, and beginning to remember some of our red (tricky) words. It’s been lovely to see how quickly they’re applying these strategies during both reading and writing activities.

You can help at home by exploring these skills alongside your child. Try spotting special friends in everyday words, saying the sounds together, and blending them to read the whole word. Simple, regular practice like this reinforces what we’re doing in school and gives your child an extra boost.

In addition to our phonics learning, we’ve also been refining our handwriting. The children are becoming more aware of when to use capital letters, how to form their letters carefully, and where to place full stops to complete a sentence. Their growing confidence and steady progress in both reading and writing have been wonderful to see!

Reading

Every week the 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, first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please encourage children to place their reading folders in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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

Home Learning

This week we would love for you to bring in cakes on Friday to help support and raise money for the Guide Dog Charity. Please if you make any cakes at home, could you list the ingredients. These will then be sold at the end of the day to the school. 

PSHE

This term, the children learnt about courage through our topic Champion of Courage. The children learnt about Ade Adepitan. They explored what courage means and why Ade is courageous, learning about his disability and how he did not give up on his goals. The children discussed challenges people may face, the importance of equality and inclusion, and how courage can have a positive impact on others. They also reflected on their own lives, identifying personal goals and how being courageous can help them try new things, overcome difficulties, and support one another with kindness and respect.

Additional Information

Forest school is now on a Thursday afternoon, please can children bring in wellington boots for this and if they wish to play on the field they would also need wellingtons. Their wellingtons are kept in their locker and can get muddy so please provide a suitable bag for these to be put into their locker.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Guide Dog visit

On Friday 16th January, Year 1 will be welcoming a special visit from The Guide Dogs Charity. To help support this wonderful cause, we are hoping to raise as much money as possible.

To do this, Year 1 will be having a non-uniform day on Friday 16th January. We kindly ask that children bring in a small donation on the day.

We will also be holding a cake sale. If you are able to help, we would really appreciate any cake donations (with ingredients clearly listed). Children are also welcome to bring some money to purchase cakes on the day.

Thank you very much for your continued support. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher.

Key dates

Monday 5th January – Everyone back to School at usual time 

Wednesday 7th January – Year 4 swimming to begin 

Thursday 15th January – Reception September 2026 application closes 

Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star) 

Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am (parents of year group house winners to be invited) Tuesday 10th February – Tuesday 10th February -  Safer internet day 

Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

Friday 13th February - Chilton Fundraisers Winter Disco 

Friday 13th February – Last day of term. School finishes at usual time

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week in maths we’ve been getting stuck into pictograms, and we’ve had so much fun with them! We explored all sorts of topics, from our favourite fruits to Christmas decorations, and even our favourite school subject.

We learned how to count the number of objects in each category, sort them by quantity, and compare the data to see what was most and least popular. The best bit? We even made our own simple pictograms!

We’ve absolutely loved working with pictograms this week!

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week we have been recapping all our facts of this term!

Read, Write Inc.

The children have brought so much energy and enthusiasm to their learning this week! We’ve been revisiting some of our previously taught sounds and continuing to build those all-important phonetic reading skills. In our Read Write Inc. (RWI) sessions, we’ve been focusing on spotting “special friends” those little groups of letters that team up to make one sound. It’s been great to see how this helps the children recognise patterns and feel more confident when reading longer words.

We’ve also been practising Fred Talk, blending and segmenting, reading green words, and even starting to remember some of our red (tricky!) words. It’s been lovely watching the children use these skills more quickly and naturally during both reading and writing time.

If you’d like to support at home, you can help by spotting special friends together in everyday words, practising the sounds, and blending them to read the whole word. Little and often makes a big difference!

Alongside our phonics work, we’ve been polishing up our handwriting too, thinking about when to use capital letters, forming our letters neatly, and remembering those all-important full stops. Their confidence is really growing, and it’s wonderful to see.

We’ve also completed our termly assessments this week. After Christmas, some children may move groups, but please don’t worry! The teachers switch around as well, so everything will still feel familiar and supportive.

Reading

Every week the 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, first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please encourage children to place their reading folders in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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

Home Learning

This week we would love for you to continue practising your songs for our Christmas performance. Please find the links below:

No Room at the Inn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1b1WeC77F4

Let's Go, Let's Go https://youtu.be/hoO3UHgbjb4?si=MswBJVcZI5YQdSvu

Spellings
We will be focusing on the Year 1 Common Exception Words (also known as Red Words). Each week, the children will have 2–4 spellings to learn. We will also continue practising these in school during our Power Play sessions.

There is no need to record any practice in the Love to Learn books unless you would like to. Please spend some time throughout the week reading, writing, and spelling the words together at home.

Every Thursday, we will have a short and informal spelling check.

Thank you for your support.

Next week we have no spellings 😊

Thematic

What an amazing week we’ve had! We kicked things off with a fabulous winter-themed afternoon where we teamed up with the Reception children to chat all things winter. It was a brilliant chance to show off our oracy skills and dig into what we remember about the seasons, we even ended up talking about the equator! Everyone confidently shared fun winter facts: from the clothes we should wear, to typical weather, and even how chilly the temperature can get!

We also handed over some lovely little decorations we’d made especially for the Reception children. It was such a thoughtful moment and really got us thinking about kindness and the joy of giving at Christmas time.

Later in the week, we dove into an exciting computing day! Using the iPads, we explored how to create digital artwork. We tried out freehand tools, lines, shapes, and experimented with fill, undo, and lots of mark-making. We chatted about picking colours and tools carefully to match an artist’s style… and then put it all into action!

We created our very own digital masterpieces inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, choosing colours and tools independently and explaining the creative choices behind our artwork. Afterwards, we compared painting on an iPad with painting on paper and had lots of great ideas about the differences and which one we enjoyed more.

To wrap up the week, we began our new RE topic. We shared stories about our favourite gifts we’ve given and received, and talked about the warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you give someone a present. We made cards for our friends and even picked out little “presents” from around the classroom that we thought they would love. We’ll be carrying on with more RE learning next week, and we can’t wait!

Christmas performance

Please can your child come into school wearing their costumes on Monday 15^th December, if you do not have a costume please speak to your class teacher.

Additional Information

Forest school is on a Wednesday morning

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Key dates

15th December – No PE this week

15th December – Year 1 Nativity at 9am in hall

16th December -Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Parties – children to wear Party Clothes to school

Party day…

Red Romans: Sweet treats

Blue Vikings: Fruits and Vegetables

Yellow Saxons: Savoury snacks (Not crisps)

Green Normans: Crisps and dips

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after school club

After Christmas…

Monday 5th January – Everyone back to School at usual time 

Wednesday 7th January – Year 4 swimming to begin 

Thursday 15th January – Reception September 2026 application closes 

Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star) 

Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am (parents of year group house winners to be invited) Tuesday 10th February – Tuesday 10th February -  Safer internet day 

Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

Friday 13th February - Chilton Fundraisers Winter Disco 

Friday 13th February – Last day of term. School finishes at usual time

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week we looked at 2D shape! We learnt that a square and an oblong are a type of rectangle as a rectangle is a 2D shape with 4 straight sides which meet at 90 degree angle. We discussed what a circle, oval, square, oblong, triangle, pentagon and hexagon looked like and we thought about where we see these shapes in our environment. Then we went on a shape hunt in the classroom with our partners!

Later in the week, we took part in a carousel of activities. We had a go at making 2D shapes from lollysticks, playdough, thinking about whether the shape has straight or curved sides as well as the number of sides it has. We also used shapes to make pictures and/or patterns. To the end the week we looked at patterns, the children were so good at this, well done Year 1!

Next week we will be looking at statistics!

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week we are looking at doubling the number four!  

6 + 6 = 12

Next week we will be recapping all our facts of this term!

Read, Write Inc.

The children have shown brilliant energy and focus this week as we revisited previously taught sounds and continued strengthening their phonetic reading skills. Through our Read Write Inc. (RWI) sessions, we’ve been paying special attention to identifying “special friends”,  groups of letters that work together to make a single sound. This RWI method really supports children in recognising patterns, tackling longer words with more confidence, and developing smoother, more fluent reading.

The children have also been practising Fred Talk, blending, segmenting, reading green words, and beginning to remember some of our red (tricky) words. It’s been lovely to see how quickly they’re applying these strategies during both reading and writing activities.

You can help at home by exploring these skills alongside your child. Try spotting special friends in everyday words, saying the sounds together, and blending them to read the whole word. Simple, regular practice like this reinforces what we’re doing in school and gives your child an extra boost.

In addition to our phonics learning, we’ve also been refining our handwriting. The children are becoming more aware of when to use capital letters, how to form their letters carefully, and where to place full stops to complete a sentence. Their growing confidence and steady progress in both reading and writing have been wonderful to see!

Reading

Every week the 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, first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please encourage children to place their reading folders in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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

Home Learning

This week we would love for you to practise your songs for our Christmas performance. Please find the links below:

No Room at the Inn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1b1WeC77F4

Let's Go, Let's Go https://youtu.be/hoO3UHgbjb4?si=MswBJVcZI5YQdSvu

Spellings
We will be focusing on the Year 1 Common Exception Words (also known as Red Words). Each week, the children will have 2–4 spellings to learn. We will also continue practising these in school during our Power Play sessions.

There is no need to record any practice in the Love to Learn books unless you would like to. Please spend some time throughout the week reading, writing, and spelling the words together at home.

Every Thursday, we will have a short and informal spelling check.

Thank you for your support.

This week’s Red Word spellings are:

• are

• said

• says

Thematic

This week we have looked at the different weather symbols and discussed our previous learning of the weather in the four countries of the United Kingdom. Using this knowledge, we looked at all different types of symbols  and chose which were best placed for each country. We then moved our learning on; by planning a presentation we would do to our classmates and on the Thursday, we presented this to the class.

Today we completed our end of topic quiz for our theme ‘Thunderbolts and Lightning’. We worked in groups, sitting at tables. We had a scribe in each group to write down the answers to the questions on a piece of paper. We answered questions about seasons, months, weather, countries and capital cities of the UK, the equator and deciduous and evergreen trees. We worked really well as a team to quietly whisper the answers to one another and we used our agree/disagree hand signals to make sure that all of our team felt included in the decisions. We used maps to help us locate and even had a picture round of the flags from the United Kingdom!

Next week we will be having a computing day and R.E in the afternoons!

Christmas performance

Please can your child come into school wearing their costumes on Monday 15^th December, if you do not have a costume please speak to your class teacher.

Additional Information

Forest school is on a Wednesday morning

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Key dates

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm

15th December – No PE this week

15th December – Year 1 Nativity at 9am in hall

16th December -Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Parties – children to wear Party Clothes to school

Advance warning for our party day…

Red Romans: Sweet treats

Blue Vikings: Fruits and Vegetables

Yellow Saxons: Savoury snacks (Not crisps)

Green Normans: Crisps and dips

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after school club

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week in maths, we’ve been having a fantastic time exploring the world of money!

In our lessons, we concentrated on understanding various coins up to 50p. We utilised numicon as a visual aid to help the children grasp the value of each coin and reinforce their learning. This hands-on approach has proven to be quite effective, as it allows the children to see and physically engage with the coins, deepening their understanding.

Additionally, we explored different strategies to make various amounts using the coins we have been learning about. The children enjoyed the challenge of figuring out how many ways they could combine different coins to reach the same total. This exercise not only strengthened their counting skills, but it also encouraged them to think critically about money.

Equally important, we also worked on ordering amounts from smallest to largest. The children quickly realised that regardless of the size of the coin, it is the total amount that truly matters.

To further support their learning at home, I encourage you to engage your child in conversations about money. You could involve them in everyday situations, such as counting coins, making purchases, or even setting up a small shop at home to practice. These activities can make learning enjoyable and reinforce the skills we are developing in class.

Next week in maths we will be looking at measure!

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week we are looking at doubling the number four!  4 + 4 = 8

Read, Write Inc.

The children have shown fantastic enthusiasm this week as we’ve revisited our sounds and continued to practise phonetic reading. One of our key focuses has been spotting “special friends” in words — a brilliant strategy that helps children break words into smaller, manageable chunks, making reading both easier and more enjoyable.

You can really support your child at home by exploring this together. Have fun looking for special friends in words, saying the sounds, and reading them aloud. Your involvement makes a huge difference and helps reinforce everything we’re learning in class!

Alongside our phonics work, we’ve also been developing our handwriting skills. The children are learning when to use capital letters at the beginning of sentences and how to finish with full stops correctly. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence grow and their progress shine in both areas!

Reading

Every week the 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, first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please encourage children to place their reading folders in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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

Home Learning

This week we would love for you to explore money, in any way you wish… This could be buying something at the shops, playing shops at home, ordering coins, playing a money game. Anything you wish 😊

We also would like for you to practise your nativity lines (Exciting!)

Starting next week, we are introducing spellings!
We will be focusing on the Year 1 Common Exception Words (also known as Red Words). Each week, the children will have 2–4 spellings to learn. We will also continue practising these in school during our Power Play sessions.

There is no need to record any practice in the Love to Learn books unless you would like to. Please spend some time throughout the week reading, writing, and spelling the words together at home.

Every Thursday, we will have a short and informal spelling check.

Thank you for your support.

This week’s Red Word spellings are:

• the

• a

• do

Thematic

During our thematic lessons this week, we focused on Geography and specifically the United Kingdom and its four countries.

Throughout the week, the children have been learning about the locations of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as their respective capital cities: London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast. We also explored the flags of each country, which sparked some vibrant discussions and creativity in the classroom!

We had a delightful experience tasting various traditional foods from the UK. It was a lovely opportunity for the children to try new flavours and understand the cultural significance behind these dishes. Seeing their enthusiasm for something different was truly heartwarming! Thank you so much for the yummy foods, we are very grateful!

As we concluded our week, we expanded our geographical horizons by looking at the equator. The students learned that countries closer to the equator tend to be warmer, which opened up an interesting dialogue about climate and geography.

As we continue to learn, I encourage you to reinforce these lessons at home. Perhaps you could explore maps together or try cooking a simple recipe from the UK! Engaging with your child about what they’ve learnt will greatly enhance their understanding and retention of the material.

Additional Information

Forest school is on a Wednesday morning

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Key dates

24th November – Book Fair on all week

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm

15th December – No PE this week

15th December – Year 1 Nativity at 9am in hall

16th December -Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Parties – children to wear Party Clothes to school

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after school club

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Wednesday)

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week in maths we have been looking at identifying odd and even numbers. First, we used the Numicon tiles to look at which had a partner and which didn’t to identify odd and even numbers. We then chose a number and counted out the socks, if they made a pair that number would be even, if they didn’t it would be odd. Today, we consolidated our learning about odd and even numbers through a problem-solving lesson. We had to work systematically to find all the possible odd and even numbers up to 20 and beyond. We thought about how we could do this logically so that we did not repeat ourselves and so that we found all of the possibilities.

Next week in maths we will be looking at money up to 50p! 

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week we are looking at doubling the number three!  

3 + 3 = 6  

Read, Write Inc.

The children have shown wonderful enthusiasm as we’ve been revisiting our sounds and practising phonetic reading. One of our exciting focusses this week has been spotting our “special friends” in words. This brilliant strategy helps children break words into manageable chunks, making reading both easier and more enjoyable.

You can really support your child at home by practising this together. Have fun exploring words, finding those special friends, saying the sounds, and reading the words aloud. Your involvement makes such a difference and helps to strengthen everything we do in class!

Alongside our phonics work, we’ve also been improving our handwriting skills. The children are learning when to use capital letters at the start of sentences and how to finish with full stops correctly. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence and progress growing in both areas!

Reading

Every week the 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, first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please encourage children to place their reading folders in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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

Home Learning

Thank you for your wonderful learning, we can see you have worked so hard.

Part of our thematic learning this term is to learn about the 4 countries which make up the UK. Please can we ask you to make/buy a dish (if you are able) from the countries listed below and bring the dish in on Thursday 27^th November.

We must ask that no foods contain nuts. For allergy reasons, we also ask that food which has been brought comes in to school in the original packaging and any homemade food has a list of ALL ingredients. We really do appreciate your help and support with this!

This week for Love to Learn, we would like you to buy/make the foods associated with the countries as follows:

Red Romans - England

Yellow Saxons - Northern Ireland

Green Normans - Scotland

Blue Vikings - Wales

PSHE

This week we have had healthy relationships week. We have

explored our feelings and talked about what makes a good friend. We looked at pictures of children feeling left out and discussed how we could help them feel happy again. We made our own Friendship Flowers to show the different ways we can be kind to our friends.

We talked about what kindness means and how we can be kind to ourselves as well as to others. We played the “Who Am I?” game and made colourful “Kind to Me” posters to remind us to look after our minds and bodies. We also tried some calming breathing techniques in our Zen Den. On Thursday we learnt about bullying and how it is different from just falling out with a friend. We talked about what we can do if we see someone being unkind. We acted out role-plays to practise using our “Power for Good” to help others and reminded ourselves that we are a Telling School.
 

Next week we will continue our thematic unit Thunderbolts and Lightning and we will be learning about the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom.

Additional Information

Forest school is on a Wednesday morning

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc.

Key dates

24th November – Book Fair on all week

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm

15th December – No PE this week

15th December – Year 1 Nativity at 9am in hall

16th December -Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Parties – children to wear Party Clothes to school

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after school club

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Monday)

Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week in maths we continued with our numbers up to 50. We have been learning to compare quantities using words such as more than, greater than, bigger than, smaller than, less than, fewer than and equal to. We have also been comparing numbers using the < > and = symbols. We were amazing at this!

Next week in maths we will be identifying odd and even numbers.

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week we are looking at doubling the number two!  

2 + 2 = 4  

Read, Write Inc.

The children have shown wonderful enthusiasm as we’ve been revisiting our sounds and practising phonetic reading. One of our exciting focusses this week has been spotting our “special friends” in words. This brilliant strategy helps children break words into manageable chunks, making reading both easier and more enjoyable.

You can really support your child at home by practising this together. Have fun exploring words, finding those special friends, saying the sounds, and reading the words aloud. Your involvement makes such a difference and helps to strengthen everything we do in class!

Alongside our phonics work, we’ve also been improving our handwriting skills. The children are learning when to use capital letters at the start of sentences and how to finish with full stops correctly. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence and progress growing in both areas!

Reading

Every week the 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, first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please encourage children to place their reading folders in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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

Home Learning

Thank you for your wonderful learning, we can see you have worked so hard.

This week for your Love 2 Learn we have a competition we wish for you to enter. Your child will be coming home with the slip below. Take a look at the details below…

Thematic

Over the last two days we have looked at the differences between trees in each season and learnt the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees. We then went outside into our forest school and observed the trees, learnt some of their names and stated whether they were deciduous or evergreen. In our power play, we had fun playing matching games with trees, weathers and seasons.

Next week we will have PSHE in the afternoons and we will be focusing on healthy relationships.

Additional Information

Forest school is on a Wednesday morning

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please can we ask your child has their name in their coats, cardigans, jumpers etc. so we can return items to you as quickly as possible.

Key dates

11th November – Service Uniform Day, children allowed to wear their service uniforms into school

12th November – Individual School Photos

14th November – Children in need – This year is a challenge yourself theme. We are challenging the children to come into school wearing as many spots as possible!

14th November - Year 1 and Year 6 Come Dine with me (Sky 11.30, Ocean 11.45)

24th November – Book Fair on all week

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm

15th December – No PE this week

15th December – Year 1 Nativity at 9am in hall

16th December -Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Parties – children to wear Party Clothes to school

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after school club

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 Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk (On a Wednesday)

Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you all on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

In maths this week. We have been looking at statistics! First we created our own pictogram to see what the children’s favourite biscuit was. We then looked at data on favourite animals and had addition and subtaction questions to answer from the information found.

Next term we will be looking at place value.

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week we are recapping our facts of the week:

1 + 1 = 2  

1 + 2 =3       2 + 1 = 3

1 + 3 = 4      3 + 1 = 4

1 + 4 = 5      4 + 1 = 5

Read, Write Inc.

The children have shown wonderful enthusiasm as we’ve been revisiting our sounds and practising phonetic reading. One of our exciting focusses this week has been spotting our “special friends” in words. This brilliant strategy helps children break words into manageable chunks, making reading both easier and more enjoyable.

You can really support your child at home by practising this together. Have fun exploring words, finding those special friends, saying the sounds, and reading the words aloud. Your involvement makes such a difference and helps to strengthen everything we do in class!

Alongside our phonics work, we’ve also been improving our handwriting skills. The children are learning when to use capital letters at the start of sentences and how to finish with full stops correctly. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence and progress growing in both areas!

Reading

Every week the 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, first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please encourage children to place their reading folders in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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

RE

This week we have discussed what makes our world special. On Wednesday we looked at the Jewish, Islamic and Christian Creation story and today we looked at the creation story of plants and animals according to Christians and Hindus. We discussed how useful plants are, for example, how they can be used for food, shelter and making things. We spoke about how both religious say that animals need to be respected and protected as they are the creation of God/Brama and are life-giving. Then we made posters showing how we can look after our wonderful world.

Next term we will start our next thematic Thunderbolts and lightning.

Home Learning

Thank you for your wonderful learning this term, we can see you have worked so hard.

For this half term we would love for you to go on a nature walk and collect, conkers, pinecones, twigs etc. for our kitchen area. We would also like you to create a nature picture.

Please can Love 2 Learn books be returned each Wednesday and only use one page in their books.

Additional challenge for 20 house points…… can you write 1-50 in your books!

Additional Information

Forest school is on a Wednesday morning

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3! This is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday there after this term.

Please ensure children have wellies and waterproof clothing to enjoy our outside learning whatever the weather 😊

Key dates 

27th October – Inset Day, children not in school

28th October – Parent/teacher consultation week

31st October – Halloween disco

3rd November – Poppies on sale for following 2 weeks; children to bring in donations in named envelope and house captains to bring poppies round to classrooms

11th November – Service Uniform Day, children allowed to wear their service uniforms into school

12th November – Individual School Photos

14th November – Children in need – This year is a challenge yourself theme. We are challenging the children to come into school wearing as many spots as possible!

14th November - Year 1 and Year 6 Come Dine with me (Sky 11.30, Ocean 11.45, Cyan 12.30, Turquoise and Cobalt 12.40)

24th November – Book Fair on all week

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm

15th December – No PE this week

15th December – Year 1 Nativity at 9am in hall

16th December -Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Parties – children to wear Party Clothes to school

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after school club

Team Ocean - Eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky - Poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and Elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Monday)

Have a wonderful half term and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 28^th October!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Thank you to the parents that were able to come in this week to the meet and greet morning. Please find attached the PowerPoint that we went through, if you have any questions, please feel free to come and talk to us, our doors are always open. 

Maths

On Monday we looked at our number bonds to 10. We used a tens frame to show these number bonds and we have done so well with this learning! On Tuesday we continued learning our number bonds to 10 and showed this in different ways. We used our tens frame and counters, pictures and even challenged ourselves to draw our own to show the answer! On Wednesday and Thursday, we showed our number bonds to 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. We even used different resources to show these number bonds. In different ways. We have done so well with this learning!

Today, we have been learning how to develop our problem-solving skill of reasoning. We started off the lesson by looking at what happens when we add 0 to a number. We then worked with our partners to use resources to find the answers to calculations when we add 1. We then had to work together to explain what is happening. We were amazing at this!

Next week in maths we will begin to partition numbers in to part, part whole.

Fact of the week

Each week we will have a fact of the week. We will learn the addition fact(s) and the related subtraction fact(s). This week our fact of the week is:

2 + 1 = 3

1 + 2 = 3

Read, Write Inc.

This week in Read, Write Inc. We have met our new RWI teachers. We have been reviewing our sounds and working so hard phonetically reading words. 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.

Our Reading for Pleasure book this week was The Gruffalo’s Child. Storytime in Year 1 is a magical part of our day. We gather together to enjoy a story for pleasure, letting our imaginations come alive as we dive into exciting adventures, colourful characters and wonderful worlds. Sometimes we bring stories to life with props that make the tale even more fun, and we create story maps to help us remember what happens. We love to innovate, changing parts of the story to make it our own and we think carefully about questions that help us understand the text even better. Storytime is not just about reading, it’s about exploring, imagining, and sharing the joy of stories together. Next week our story of the week will be

Thematic

This week we went on our first ever Year 1 trip to Nethercourt park! We were all so excited and showed the Chilton way beautifully, our adults were so impressed! We looked at what Nethercourt looked like today in the present and compared it to the past and found out about Nethercourt house and how it had been a manor house, a farmhouse, a vicarage, a civil defence centre and in WWI a military hospital.

Next week we will be inviting you to come in (please see below for more information) and we will be looking at Augustus Pugin.

Family Visit

To enrich our students' learning experience, we warmly invite parents and grandparents to come into the school on Wednesday, 24th September, at 1:45 pm. If possible, please bring along any old photographs, toys, or objects from the past that may help the children visualise how things have changed. We will set up a “mini-museum” in the hall, where the items will be displayed, and children will be encouraged to roam, explore, and engage by asking questions. We will provide tea and coffee to make it a relaxed and enjoyable experience.

We look forward to creating special memories with the children and making history come to life for them. Thank you for your support, and we can't wait to see you on the 24th!

Reading

Today the 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 - first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please ensure that the reading folders are being placed in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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.

Home Learning

Thank you for all of your wonderful Love 2 Learn books this week.

For this week’s learning we would like the children to find as many ways as possible to make 10. You can use natural resources, like pinecones, pasta shapes etc.

Please can Love 2 Learn books be returned each Wednesday and only use one page in their books.

Additional Information

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3 will start next Friday at 3pm this is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday thereafter this term.

Key dates 

25th September – Chilton School’s 50th Birthday (please see separate letters for details on how we will be celebrating this)

26th September – Thrive coffee morning 9am-10.30am in the studio – a chance to meet our well-being team

8th October –2.45pm Year 1 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

17th October – Final day of term

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 Ocean eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Monday)

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

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard

Maths

This week in maths we have been looking at number and place value! At the beginning of the week, we used number lines to help us find 1 less and 1 more than a given number. We even challenged ourselves and even had missing numbers on our number lines! Later in the week we learnt to compare quantities using words such as more than, less than and equal to. We have also been comparing numbers using the < > and = symbols.

Next week in maths the children will be continuing their skills of number and place value using number lines.

Read, Write Inc.

This week in Read, Write Inc. We have met our new RWI teachers. We have been reviewing our sounds and working so hard phonetically reading words. 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.

Reading

Today the 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 - first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please ensure that the reading folders are being placed in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

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.

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.

Home Learning

For this week’s learning we would like the children to decorate their own Love 2 Learn book anyway they wish.

Please can Love 2 Learn books be returned each Wednesday.

PSHE

On Tuesday we read the story ‘Rufus goes to school’ this made us think about our behaviours in school, our school rules and the Chilton Way. On Wednesday we went through our zones of regulation and talked about different tools we could use when we are feeling upset or angry. On Thursday we read the book What Does It Mean to Be Kind? by Rana DiOrio. We then linked these to our values. Today we looked at what makes a good friend and how we can work together as a team.

Next week we will be starting our thematic learning ‘My home my town’.

Additional Information

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3 will start next Friday at 3pm this is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday thereafter this term.

Key dates 

16th September – Meet and greet for years 1 and 2 from 8.45am-9am in your child’s classroom. This is an opportunity to meet your child’s teaching team and get to hear about what to expect in the year ahead.

25th September – Chilton School’s 50th Birthday (please see separate letters for details on how we will be celebrating this)

26th September – Thrive coffee morning 9am-10.30am in the studio – a chance to meet our well-being team

8th October –2.45pm Year 1 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

17th October – Final day of term

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 Ocean eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Monday)

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

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard