12th March 2018

We can't believe that we are nearing the end of our second term in year 1!

This week in English we have been reading the traditional tale The Frog Prince. The children have been creating their own stories using the frog as a main character. We have encouraged them to think of where the story is set, which other characters are in the story and what happens. We have been really impressed with their creativity and the effort they have put in to their writing. 

In math we have been recapping number bonds to 10 and introducing number bonds to 20 (two numbers that add up to 20 e.g. 12+8=20, 10+10=20). We have set a 2do on purple mash with a bubble bond number game which your children can complete if they like. Remember that the log in details can be found on the front of home learning books. As part of your home learning you could practice number bonds to 20 using toys such as lego or pencils and see how many different ways you can split them up. If children are keen to record these as number sentences then they can in the yellow home learning books. 

Due to the bad weather we have been unable to use our outdoor area but with the warming weather we will be using it more often. The children have enjoyed being outside this week and it was lovely to see them working together to watch birds using the binoculars, using calculators to make numbers and pretend to be spies and go bug hunting! 

We are keen to continue improving this area so we would be grateful of any donations of...

• toy cars
• kitchen role play or old pots, pans and utensils
• bug hunting equipment
• plastic toys such as dinosaurs and mini beasts 
• natural resources such as clean sticks, pine cones, pebbles and different leaves
• children's gardening tools

We will be holding a fundraiser in the summer term to help us raise funds to buy some of the things on the children's wish list.

As you will have seen the trim tail is now open! Please remember that we ask children not to play on the field and equipment before school to stop them bringing in mud! Thank you for your support with this.

Next Monday is our second reading event in the school hall. Please join us from 2.15pm.