Well done one and all for a FABULOUS assembly this week! We are so proud of you all for having the courage to sing and perform in front of such a large audience. It's heart-warming to see how much your confidence has grown since the Nativity. Lots of the Key Stage 2 children commented on how brilliant you were and how much they enjoyed the show. Props to our props team - Trisha, Lottie, Myla, Margot, Romy and Christopher - and our host and soloist - Florence and Marli - for making it an unforgettable experience! 

Read, Write Inc.

We have been continuing practising spotting our sounds and then using fred talk to read words. We have also been continuing to use our fred fingers to help us write the words in our books, but not for the red words, because we all know you can't fred a red! We have been working hard on our writing and making sure all our letters are formed correctly. We have been really working on our big writes, keeping diaries at home, writing comic strips, writing postcards/cards, and making up stories at home can really support this. In your child’s reading folders, you will find some set 1,2 and 3 sounds and also some red words. Any practice with these would be wonderful!

Reading

*UPDATE*     Read, Write, Ink home readers will now be changed on Mondays not Fridays. Please continue to remind the children to put their reading folder in the coloured trays so that we can give them new books.

Reading at 3 - Every Friday at 3 our doors will be open for you to come in and read with your child. Please note, this will be for the full 15 minutes and children should not leave any earlier. Their books will be set up and ready for you to come in and enjoy listening to their wonderful reading. 

Reading folders - All children will bring home two books, one being a RWI home book. Children are expected to try and read this three times during the week to ensure they are building on their reading fluency. The RWI home books will be changed, by an adult, every Monday.

The other book (with the coloured sticker) should be changed independently by the child themselves - first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! 

Please ensure that the reading folders are being placed in the reading-coloured trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this!

Please listen to your child read as much as possible at home and record this in their reading records. Every week, one child from each class will receive a reading certificate in our Chilton Heroes assembly.

Let's practice spotting special friends, fred talk, read the word. Your words of the week are....remember you can break up multisyllabic words into two chunks with your finger to help!

 

Maths

This week we have been recapping the value of coins and notes, ordering these coins and notes from the smallest to the largest value and learning to exchange amounts. We have been solving problems like how can we make 20p in different ways. We worked with our partners to do this and we did a fabulous job. When we became confident, we have to convince our partner how and why we should exchange amounts. For example; We had to convince our partner four 5p coins is the same as a 20p. They then had to check to see if it was correct. We also learned that we get change when we give a person too much money for an item. We used a number line to count on to find what change would be needed each time.

 

 

Next week we will be looking addition and subtraction.

Thematic

This week in history, we brought all our learning together in a piece of writing. We explained how we can tell the difference between toys from the past and now by looking at the materials that they were made of, how simple or complicated they were to use, if they are safe or technically advanced. We all agreed that we prefer toys from the present because they are more fun to play with, lucky us!

 

 

Home learning

This week we would love for you to use scissors to practice your cutting skills in preparation for D.T. next week.  This can be displayed anyway you wish 😊

Other news

PE is on a Wednesday.

Sports project will be on a Tuesday – Only trainers needed, with full school uniform.

Doors will continue to open in the morning at 8:30am. Registration will be at the slightly earlier time of 8:45am (doors close at this time).

Mrs Howard will be teaching Team Peacock every Tuesday and Team Azure on Monday afternoons.

Olympian visit!

We are incredibly excited to announce that on the 6^{th of} June we have Olympic gymnast Danny Crouch visiting Chilton, to deliver a class assembly with a Q & A session and a short fitness session. Every child has received a sponsorship form this week to complete and fill in to try and raise as much money as possible for Danny to help him with his career. There will be prizes for the most amount raised! If you would like any extra information about Danny, his crowdfunding page is linked below.

 

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chilton-primary-school

Dates to remember...

22nd May - Year 1 and 2 Viking Games at Chilton Primary School

24th May - Dress to Express day and Be here, be you, belong parade at 2.15 on school field

24th May - Last day of term

Thank you for your support towards your child's learning,

 

Mrs Winchcombe, Miss Bryson and all the Year 1 team.

 Mrs Poppy Winchcombe – Team Peacock – poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Miss Polly Bryson – Team Azure – polly.bryson@chiltonprimary.co.uk