Wishing everyone a restful half term
The children have worked incredibly hard this half term and have settled into Year 1 life with ease. The children have adapted really well to the strange situation they have found themselves in and that is thanks to your support and patience as we work through the situation together. Next term in…
Harvest Donation
Thank you to all parents for their response in donating non-perishable food which has been colleccted by Kearsley and Franworth Foodbank to distribute around the community.
Spelling
Spellings for the week ahead - to be tested Friday 6th November.
Learning to spell two syllable words
Today we are learning how to spell 2 syllable words eg chicken, jacket, zigzag, boatman, tonight etc. Please use opportunities when sharing a book with your child or listening to them read to help identify these word types. Recognising the syllables in words helps support spelling and breaks it…
Supporting phonics at home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvq9bdm
We have been using the above clips and activities located on this website. If your child needs further support with some of the tricky digraphs and trigraphs that we are covering why not have a look at this site.
New models and images for the children to explore
We are currently going full steam ahead with our addition and subtraction unit in maths using the models and images above so if your child comes home talking about part, part whole models or bar modelling the above diagram hopefully explains this new language your child is using.
Roman Roads
This afternoon we have made cross sections of roman roads. We began by drawing and labelling a diagram in our topic books and then creating an edible roman road in a cup.