Otters (year 1) - Mrs F. Smith and Miss A. Slater

Rabbits (year 1) - Miss P. Sparkes

Squirrels (year 2) -Mrs V. Lewis

Hedgehogs (year 2) - Mrs S. Bennett and Mrs L. Jones

Welcome to Year 1 and 2! We are looking forward to an exciting and interesting Autumn Term.

Our topic for the Autumn Term is ‘Blast From The Past’ and throughout the term we will be developing skills in History, Science and D&T.  

In History, we will be exploring toys from the past and compare these with our present day toys. We will start the topic with an exciting Teddy Bear’s Picnic and bring in a teddy or toy which is special to us! In DT we will continue exploring toys by designing and making our own racing car! In Science, we will begin to look at seasons and identify the weather associated with each season. We will also explore materials and their properties and investigate the best material for a given scenario.

You will not need to bring your PE kits to school but you can wear your PE kits on our PE days. Some PE lessons will be outside so please make sure children will be warm enough.

Homework will be set at the start of the year on Seesaw. Children can upload any homework they complete on Seesaw or they can keep a record in their Reading Link book. Any homework children complete will be rewarded.

You can support us by listening to your child read regularly and support them with their phonics. An R1 (previously ‘shiny’ in EYFS) and a tally will be given each time your child reads at home. At the end of term, a raffle will be drawn based on the tallies and the winner will get a small prize. Please remember to sign children’s reading records to let us know they have read so they can earn their raffle tickets. This can also include books read at home which are not your child’s reading book. As well as this you could watch Numberblocks, play Maths games on the White Rose app, practice phonics using the Phonics Play website and practice reading and spelling the red words from your child’s colour bookmark.

We look forward to learning lots of new and exciting things!