Welcome back!
Our new learning theme is ‘Dream Big, Reach High’. During this topic we will be finding out about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole and how they changed the face of nursing, while also thinking about our own aspirations and goals. We are very much looking forward to our class trips to Fort Nelson to learn even more about Florence Nightingale. Please take a look on the school website, on the Year 1 page, for the half term curriculum overview.

Homework
Thank you to the children who regularly complete their weekly homework. We enjoy celebrating and sharing homework in our classes. It is noticeable that children who regularly carry out homework tasks are transferring their knowledge to their class work. We will continue to set homework on a Friday, to be completed by 5pm, the following Thursday.

PE
For the next six weeks, our PE days will continue to be Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please continue to send your child to school dressed in their PE kits of these days.
After February half term, our PE days will change to Tuesdays and Fridays. We will send out a reminder closer to this date.

Home Reading packs
Children will bring home their new home reading book each Friday. These are closely matched to the children’s current phonic ability and they should be able to read this independently. Please ensure these are returned on Wednesday each week. This is to ensure we have enough time to process them and that the full set of books can be reallocated to the next group of children.

Library
In Year One, children visit the library on a Tuesday afternoon. Therefore, we ask that their previous library book is returned on Monday each week, to ensure we have time to process these ready for new books to be chosen and allocated. Library books are chosen by the children and it is suggested that these are used as a shared story to be enjoyed together.

After February half term our learning theme will be ‘Poles Apart’ and our curriculum overview will be available on the school website.

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Garland, Mrs Cryer and Miss Jupp