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Autumn Term Class Information

 This term our class topic is 'Home Sweet Home'

^{8th September 2025}

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope that you have had a lovely summer and welcome you back to a new school year. 

Much of this term’s work will be based on our new topic ‘Home Sweet Home’.  We will also refer to seasonal changes and celebrations such as Bonfire Night and religious festivals.  We will be learning about different types of houses, materials used to build them, homes in the past, our address and routes to school.  We hope to have a class visit to St Fagans National Museum of History to visit the Rhyd-y-car Terrace. We will be working collaboratively with Year 2 and 3 as this is a shared topic.  Please send in any books or items of interest related to the class topic for ‘show and tell’.   

The main Literacy focus will be on correct letter sounds and formation as well as the development of simple sentence structure. The children will continue learning phonics through Read Write Inc, as a class and in small groups. Weekly themes will include stories and poems as well as non-fictional work.

Please ensure that your child has their book bag and ‘reading record’ in school Mon, Tues and Weds as they will be taking part in a reading roundabout ERIC time (Everyone Reads In Class). Please listen to your child read as often as possible and make a weekly comment in the record, these are really helpful.  Your child will also be able to select a book of their choice from the school library to share with you at home.

Maths will be taught through a range of practical activities, songs, rhymes and games. We will give the children lots of opportunities to get hands on and explore maths in a practical way. We will be focusing on number work, time, pattern and financial literacy.  Literacy and Numeracy across the curriculum will be taught through our class topic with a cross curricular approach.    

PE will be held on Wednesday and Thursday (kit can be left in school). Forest school will be on a Friday.  Please ensure that your child has suitable ‘named’ clothing for these activities, including appropriate footwear.  Due to the lack of space in our shared area it will not be possible for the children to leave their Forest school wear in school, this will have to be brought in on a weekly basis. 

Cooking sessions will take place when linked to our learning, we kindly ask for a £3.00 contribution towards the cost of ingredients for this term, it is much appreciated.

Please send a fruit or vegetable snack in a named box/bag for your child to eat during the day as well as a named water bottle, these can be refilled when necessary. 

Finally, if you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind Regards,

Ms. de Vall and Ms Macfarlane (Thursday’s class teacher)

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