Magpies  

Welcome to Magpies class page!

Teachers- Mrs Harris and Mrs Cox (Thursdays)

Teaching assistants- Miss Berlie

MDSA- Mrs Heath

PE will be on a Tuesday afternoon with Mr Cooke and a Friday morning with Mrs Harris. Please can the children have a named PE kit in school. 

The children now have some spellings to learn. These are attached to their reading record. Please can they practise at home. We will begin to informally test them next week and once they can spell all 5 words, they will be given the next set. Each term, the children will start back on red, but with new words. Occasionally, some spellings will be repeated, if they need some extra practise. 

Thank you for your continued support!

English

This term, our focus text is 'The Papaya that spoke', which is an African folk tale. The children have enjoyed getting to know the story and can retell it with great  enthusiasm. We have even tried papaya! 

We have been learning all about past tense verbs and how to write them in our sentences.

The children all wrote a fantastic diary of the farmer's unusual day!

Maths

In maths, we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. The children are fantastic at identifying and naming these shapes and are always spotting them in our environment. At home, you could encourage the children to continue to name and find shapes. 

In the pictures below, Magpies worked in pairs to create 2D using sticks, this was quite a challenge as the shapes got trickier and needed more sides. 

Home learning

Every Wednesday, the children will bring home their green home learning books and they will be due back in on the following Monday. This term's home learning activities are shown below. On the left is the weekly activity which is linked closely to our learning and on the right are extra things that you could practise at home.  

Phonics screening check

Children in Year 1 throughout the country will all be taking part in a phonics screening check during the same week in June.

Please see the link below for information and here are some resources that you might like to try at home! Please let me know if you don't have access to a printer and would like them.