What an action packed week! Read on to find out all about it...

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!

We have been working especially hard on our red words. Some of us even challenged ourselves to make up our own sentences using them, take a look!

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

In Maths this week we have been recapping our fractions. In particular, we have been practising counting in halves. We also spent time doubling and halving to help us with a conjecturing and reasoning investigation!

Art

We were very lucky to wrap up our drawing unit this term by taking part in a workshop with a local artist. Jennifer Hooper is a Margate based visual artist, she studied painting at Camberwell College of Art, drawing at The Royal Drawing School, and is now a friend of Miss Bryson!  She spoke to us about her love of nature, observational drawing and all the colours except purple! We loved watching her work from real butterflies and learning how to blend colours by starting with the palest shade first. We asked her some great questions and found the session very inspiring. Take a look at some of her amazing art below....

RE

This week we have been learning all about Muslim beliefs. We found out about Muhammad, Mecca and Eid al-Fitr, taking time to think hard about everything that we ourselves are thankful for. 

Home learning

This week we would love for you to practise your observational drawing. Choose anything that takes your fancy from the natural world - maybe a leaf, flower or some bark from a tree? Remember to adjust the pressure of your pencil to achieve different effects and to blend your colours to produce a range of tones. 

Other news

As individual classes, we worked together to come up with some questions for our new class teacher. We wanted to find out some more information about them and our new year group to help us get ready for our transition days. We were very excited to receive a video message back from our new teacher answering everything we wanted to know. 

For Team Azure from Mrs Winchcombe...

For Team Peacock from Miss Kennedy...

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.

Dates to remember...

12^th July - School reports out to parents and school fair

15th, 16th, 17^th July - Transitions days (children to spend these days with their new teachers)

18^th July - Inflatable fun day and year 6 leavers party 3.30-6  **PLEASE WEAR HOME CLOTHES AND BRING A BIG STRONG BAG TO TAKE ALL YOUR EXERCISE BOOKS FROM THE YEAR HOME (a bag for life is ideal) **

19^th July - School finishes at 2pm

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