Welcome back, everyone! We hope you had a lovely Easter break and that you are ready for all our super learning in the summer term – we can’t believe how quickly it has arrived!

 

Year 1:

The story of a boy who faced his fears and went on to reach the stars.

Our first book of the summer term is ‘The Darkest Dark’ by Chris Hadfield. It tells the story of a boy who is desperate to be an astronaut when he is older, but first, he must overcome his biggest fear – the dark! There are lots of amazing writing opportunities, and we will be writing a set of instructions, a character description and a diary entry. We will revisit the basic EGPS features we have looked at over the course of this year, as well as introducing commas in a list, apostrophes to mark where letters are missing and expanded noun phrases.

 

Please have a look at our Summer Term Curriculum Map to see what we will be covering throughout the term.

 

We will be completing our phonics screening check in the summer term. All of our children have been practising their reading and identifying those pesky alien words, and we are so proud of the progress we have seen in each and every one of them. Please continue to read regularly with your child to support them with this and feel free to contact me if you would like any additional help with this.

F2:

Our topic for the summer term is ‘Animals’ and ‘Under the Sea’. In this topic, we will be exploring lots of different animals, and how we can look after them and our planet.

Please see below some of the books we will be looking at throughout the summer term:

                               

Throughout this topic, we will be writing clues about  different animals, continuing to work on writing decodable sentences for a wide range of audiences, retelling stories and rereading our work to ensure that it makes sense.

Please have a look at our Summer Term Curriculum Map to see what we will be covering throughout the term.

Our P.E. day will continue to be on a Monday. *Remember to remove your earrings*and we hope to complete this outside in the sunshine where possible, so please make sure your child is wearing the appropriate kit and that they always bring their water bottle.

 

How can I help my child at home?

Make sure you read with your child at least 5 times per week.

Help your child to complete their weekly spelling and handwriting homework to develop key skills

Ensure your child completes their maths fluency activity every week.

Please make sure you complete your homework weekly, five reads every week, arrive in the correct PE kit and have an attendance of 96% or above to be ‘In It To Win It’!

We are looking forward to a fantastic term together in F2/1P, and we hope to continue to be...

'Be the Best we can Be'.