Teaching Assistants 

                                                                                      Mrs Mel Davis                          Mrs Sonika Khumanthem                         Mrs Kat Wilde                                                           

Welcome back to Year 1- Summer 2 2025

A  warm welcome back to the last half of the academic year! We have eight weeks left, with our fabulous classes and we are going to make the most of the time we have.  There are plenty of learning opportunities planned for the coming weeks, and three of those days, in the weeks to come, will involve time in new classes. So without further ado let's launch into our final topic of- 'Which Animal Are You?' 

In English, the children will be reading the text- 'Things That Are Most In The World' by Judi Barrett. The children will be acting out the story, using drama techniques, drawing story maps and story boards, imitating and innovating the text and finally publishing their own versions of the text. Of course they will be continuing to focus on spelling, handwriting and presentation.  We visit Twycross Zoo, during the third week of June, so the children will have the chance to research animals prior to their visit and then write their recount of events of the day on their return. During the final weeks we will look at poetry and base the study of this around creating animal poems.

 "What are the quietest, silliest, smelliest, and wiggliest things in the world?"From the quietest worm chewing peanut butter to the smelliest skunk convention, this book presents a collection of delightfully absurd and imaginative answers to questions about the 'most' things in the world. 

 Over the half term, we will also be learning:

• • Maths–  Measurement: Money and Time. Place Value (within 100).
  • Science- Animals, including humans and Seasonal Changes incl Sun Safety
  • Computing –  Programming (Scratch Jnr)
  • RE – What Do Hindus Celebrate?
  • Art -  Print colour collage/ Simple print making
  • PSHE – Living In The Wider World
  • Geography- People and Their Communities.
  • PE - Rounders and Athletics.
  • Music- Singing and composing.

 Knowledge Organisers:

Key Dates for Summer 2-

PE and Outdoor Learning

In the Summer 2 , PE takes place every Tuesday and alternate Thursdays (along with Outdoor Learning). ALL CHILDREN NEED A PE KIT!

 PLEASE SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL WITH THEIR PE KIT FROM Monday 2nd June. PE kits will remain in school until the end of the half term To promote independence in dressing and for hygiene reasons please DO NOT send your child to school in their PE kit. Outdoor PE kit are also needed as our PE lessons will take place outside weather permitting. 

Summer PE kit consists of a plain white t-shirt, black shorts, trainers/black plimsols
EVERY ITEM MUST BE NAMED

 The children will take part in Outdoor Learning every other week and they will need wellies, warm clothing and a waterproof coat. Outdoor Learning kit will need to be brought into school (see timetable below) in a named bag.

  Please see PE/OL timetable, for Sum 2, below: 

                          Homework in Year 1 - Take Care of My Work.

Reading - Each week, we ask that all children read with somebody at home at least three times a week. This could be any adult or an older sibling or friend. Please ensure that reading at home is recorded in the communication diary and signed by an adult. Every little bit of reading really does help children on the learning journey. Children who read at least three times a week will be 'levelled up' on our whole school Good to Be Green system on a Friday.

Spelling - We send home spellings every Friday, which are linked to the 'graphemes' and 'harder to read and spell words', that we have taught that week. We ask that you could spend some time reading and spelling these words at home. We test on the following Friday. Feel free to send in any work you do at home to support with this as we love to celebrate this in the classroom!

 Maths - Your child's login details for Numbots and TTRockstars is in their communication diary. Spending 5 mins each day on these applications each week will support your child to develop their number fluency. 

TTRockstars Login -  https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Numbots Login - https://play.numbots.com/#/account/search-school 

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