Welcome to the Summer Term

This term, our topics will be, 'Into London'   and 'Seasides' 

This term we will continue to be independent in our work. We will be working increasingly as a whole class.. We will continue to learn creatively and hands on as possible. Children are encouraged to share, be resourceful, imaginative and be able to respect the resources and tidy them away. 

In English, we will be looking at  a variety of books including 'Paddington', Traction Man' and 'The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch.' We will be writing diary entries, stories and postcards. We will be continuing to work on punctuation, using adjectives in our writing and using joining words like and, so, but. We will make sure we read back our work for sense. We will continue to try to write neatly, holding the pencil correctly and forming the letters the correct way.

In Maths we will be following Active Learn focusing on numbers to 20 and beyond. We will be multiplying. finding fractions, learning about money, position and direction, time and numbers up to 100. Continue to log on to Active Learn at home to play some of the Maths games to support your learning.

In Science, we will finish looking at plants, move on to materials and then a unit using our scientific skills.  In History, we will be learning about toys and explorers. We will be making windmills in DT and using Bee Bots in computing.. 

In June, we will have our Phonic Screening Tests. Please ensure your children are completing the Phonics homework, practising the tests and reading as much as possible at home.

We have lots of fabulous learning throughout our subjects throughout the Summer Term. We aim to make learning practical as possible and we expect Peacock class to always try their best, making 'every second counts.'

Please ensure ALL clothing, coats and shoes are clearly named.

PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays. Please come to school with appropriate PE clothes, hair tied back and no earrings (staff are unable to remove earrings for the children).

Please make sure shoes, including PE shoes, do not have laces unless your child can tie them independently. 

Children are expected to read each day and are expected to change their own books independently. Keyrings will be collected in and practised at school, please practise as much as you can at home too.

Spellings will be set on a Monday, with spelling tests to be carried out the following Friday

Homework books will be handed out on a Monday and are due back in the following Friday

Phonics is key to year one learning. Practise reading as much as possible at home, including your home books too

We look forward to teaching your children this year.

The Peacock Team