Welcome to Hedgehog Class

Welcome back to the Summer Term! I hope you had a lovely Easter break and got to do some fun and exciting things, I look forward to hearing all about what you have been doing.

In English, we are going to be reading "Lost and Found" by Oliver Jeffers.  During the two weeks exploring this text, we will be learning how to use different types of sentences in our writing. The children will write questions, use adjectives to help describe a character, write command sentences to give instructions and also to write sentences to retell a story.  Later in the half term we will explore the book "Yeti and the bird".

In maths, we will be focusing on multiplication and division before moving onto fractions. The children will be working on counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and using this knowledge to help them solve problems about equal groups and using arrays. As the children complete a unit of work from White Rose, we assess them to gain their overall understanding of the unit.  The data collected from that is then used to plan future consolidation sessions to ensure all gaps are covered.  The assessment they complete is sent home with them so you can see how they got on.  The assessments are done in small groups, and the children enjoy showing off what they can do!

In Year One, our foundation subjects are usually taught in the afternoon, and we block teach our subjects.  Music, PSHE and PE are all taught weekly.  Our afternoon learning this half term will start with History, where we will be learning about the history of our school before looking at the history of our local area. Our RE learning will be focused on Judaism. We will be learning about some of the festivals that are important to Jewish people and finding our how they are celebrated.  In DT the children will be using their PSHE learning to help them think about healthy foods. They will use this knowledge to design and make a fruit salad.  In science, we will be learning about Plants. We will be exploring the different parts of a plant and the lifecycle of a plants.

Please catch me in the playground if you have any questions.

Mrs Salter

General reminders:

Our PE lessons are on Friday afternoons. We will also be visiting the Library on Friday's and the children need to bring their library books in then so that they can choose a new book.

Please bring reading books to school every day - we will normally change them on a Monday.

Now that the weather is going to be getting warmer please can you ensure your child has a water bottle in school every day and that their jumpers and cardigans have names in them to assist us in returning them to the correct child.