Dear Parents,
We cannot believe that we have already reached the end of our first half term in Year 1! We are so proud of how well the children have settled into their new classrooms, made successful friendships and made good progress in their learning. They are becoming such independent learners!
This week in Maths we have been learning all about 2D and 3D shape. The children are trying really hard to learn all of their names! Any help you can give them at home would be fantastic. It would be great if the children can identify shapes in their everyday lives, for example, recognising that a ball is a sphere and a tin can is a cylinder.
In Literacy the children have been busy writing a new verse for a poem we have been learning about! They are starting to use their sounds when writing new, unfamiliar words.
The children had a really exciting lesson with Mr Knight this week! They were the first year group to use our brand new robots! They impressed us with how well they worked in pairs to control the robots using the iPads. More of this to come later in the year!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all very much for your support in your children’s learning.
Have a restful half term break and we look forward to seeing you for our first Topic in Year 1 – Food!
Many thanks,
The Year 1 Team