Wrens

Wrens

Welcome to the Wrens class

Year 1

Our amazing learning environment

Please find photos below of our learning environment including photos of inside the Wren's classroom, the Atrium (our continuous provision space attached to our classroom) and of our outdoor area.

Summer 1

Welcome back to the summer term in Wrens.

Our focus text for this half term is 'The Lion Inside'. Through this book we will learn to write descriptions, stories, poetry and continue to learn grammatical skills such as applying suffixes (-er, -est, -ed, -ing), capital letters and punctuation (full stops, question marks, exclamation marks).

In phonics we will be continuing to learn alternative graphemes for the phonemes (sounds) that we already know. We will also start to prepare for the Phonics Screening Check which children will be tested in June.

In maths, we will be learning place value to 50 and exploring measure. This will include practical activities learning how to measure length, mass and capacity.

Science is all about the seasons. We will be learning how many seasons there are, features of each one and what we enjoy about the different seasons and the changes that they bring.

Our geography topic is the United Kingdom. We will be exploring the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom and how England differs from Kenya which links to our key text 'The Lion Inside'.

On top of all of this learning, we will be completing much more in our PSHE, PE, art and RE topics exploring differences between boys and girls, defence skills in games, printing and answering our key RE question ' Why do Jewish families say so many prayers and blessings?'.

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Support your child with phonics and learning how to read with Little Wandle

Reminders

Please ensure that you child has a water bottle every day and any of their belongings are named.

Please try to read with your child everyday (at least 3x per week) and record any reading sessions in your child's reading journal. This can just be a date and a signature. Your child will be entered into a half termly raffle every time they read 3x a week so please remember to record any reading in their journal to maximise their chances of winning a voucher/book!

Ensure homework is completed each week and the homework book is in your child's book bag to be collected in every Monday.

PE kit to be worn on Tuesday and Thursday

Thank you