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Summer Term Class Information

 This term our class topic is 'Hop, Skip and Jump!'

5^th May 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back to the Summer term!  We hope that you had an enjoyable Easter break.  We are looking forward to lots of opportunities for learning outside and have been lucky with the weather so far!

Much of this term’s work will be based on our new topic ‘Hop, Skip and Jump!’ as well as learning about VE Day and related celebrations. We will be working collaboratively with Year 2 and 3 (Criw Carw) as this is a shared topic. The children have already started planning their learning and have thought of lots of exciting, active activities.  We will be finding out how our body works, what happens to it when we exercise and the importance of exercise for both our physical and mental health and wellbeing.  On a creative level we will be looking at artwork based on sport and people in action, in particular LeRoy Neiman.  Literacy and Numeracy across the curriculum will be developed through Thrive Time and topic related themes such as Joe Wick’s The Burpee Bears and Funny Bones by Janet and Alllan Ahlberg.  Please send in any books or items of interest related to the class topic for ‘show and tell’.   

In Literacy lessons we will focus on the development of sentence structure, including punctuation, connectives and the use of adjectives.  We will use stories, poems and non-fiction texts to inspire our work.  The children will continue to learn phonics through Read Write Inc and will progress through the sound sets (as shared in Parents’ Evening).   

Please continue ensure your child has their bookbag and reading record in school Monday-Wednesday for our reading activity carousel, this includes reading with an adult, in pairs, individual as well as Bingo work and multi-sensory sound practice. 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.

Mathematics will involve further number work including an introduction to multiples and division by sharing.  Learning will be supported through practical exploration including problem-solving.  Other themes will include capacity, fractions and time.

PE will continue to be held on Wednesday morning and a Thursday afternoon (kit can be left in school). Forest school continue to be first thing on a Friday morning. As previous, please ensure that your child has suitable ‘named’ clothing for these activities, including appropriate footwear.

Please continue to 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 as necessary.

Thank you for your continued support.  If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind Regards,

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

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