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To Class 1BP

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 Our Class Teachers are... 

 Mrs Bird
Monday - Wednesday 
If you have any questions about anything regarding the school or your child, please feel free to contact us on the form below and we will get back to you as soon as we can. 

Mrs Partridge  
Thursday - Friday

Our class LSAs are 

Miss Deacon 

Mrs Beere

Mrs Webb
 
1BP are in the yellow beach hut team! 
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Here is our Year 1 timetable. As you can see we are super busy learners!

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​Our class Learning Councillors are...

​Our learning councillors have a very important job as they represent our class, putting forward our opinions and ideas so we can learn as best as we can!

​Our Eco Leaders are...

Our ECO leaders have a very important job of ensuring class 1BP are doing all the right things to help our environment!

​Our Friendships Ambassadors are...
Our friendship ambassadors are always looking out for their peers! If a member of class 1BP has a friendship worry, they can always go to our friendship ambassadors who will give a helping hand!

A small insight into our classroom!
We have a calm corner where we can go whenever we are not quite feeling our usual happy 
"green zone" selves. ​
Our Thinking Skill characters are always available to remind us of all the different ways we can learn. ​
We have a lovely reading corner in our classroom which we can use throughout the day.

Autumn Term

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This term we are going to be learning all about Castles! 

We went on a school trip to Colchester castle where we found out all about the different features that castles have to help protect it, and different ways which enemies would try to attack the castle. We learnt about jobs within the castle and had a go at holding lots of artefacts. We even got to walk along the roof of the castle! It was so much fun!
​(Awaiting photos, we have lots to sort through, please bare with us.)

English 

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In order to become a 'writer' we always have lots of experience days beforehand. In year 1 we always begin with a hands on 'experience' day and the next day we write about it. In the first few weeks, we have been busy building castles using different materials, which links in with our science topic. We have been using adjectives to describe the castles. 

Here are some photos of us making the castles. Which one do you think was the strongest? ​
​After building the castles, we had a go at using our steps to success to write some sentences. Can you remember what our steps to success are?
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Maths
In maths we have been working really hard on writing our numbers correctly and looking at number bonds to 10. We made our own Numicon sandwiches to help us remember which 2 number add together make 10. Can you remember which ingredients we decided? 
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We have also been working on 1 more and 1 less, partitioning numbers and addition. We always make our maths lessons fun, practical and challenging.​

Throughout the term we will also be covering subtraction, multiplication and division as well as 2d and 3d shape, statistics, time and measures.

Here are some fun maths games which you can enjoy at home.

Reading  ​

Children are encouraged to read at least 4 times a week at home. Your child will have a reading book and diary. We will hear your children read 3 times a week during our guided reading sessions. The first session we will encourage decoding. The second session we look at prosody (fluency) and the final time we listen to them read, we focus on comprehension skills. 

On a Friday your child will come home with a library book which they have chosen from our school library. This is their chance to develop a love of reading by sharing a book of their choice with an adult. They do not have to read every word in this book, they can have this book read to them, read a page each or read to a teddy at home.  

Here are some fun reading games you may like to try at home.
Reading games

Phonics
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We have 2 phonics session each day. One in the morning and another in the afternoon. This is to help your children with their reading. In June, your child will complete a phonics screening test. Below are some past test papers and some phonics games you can do with your children at home to help them pass the phonics test. 
                       ​Homework
Top Dog is awarded to the child we feel has put in the most effort into their homework. They will take home the 'Top Dog Teddy' for the week.
Here are some examples of some super homework. Please keep revisiting, as new homework will be added each week. 
    WOW Moments 
If your child has done something amazing at home, we would LOVE to hear about it! Please fill out a wow moment slip, which you can collect from the classroom, and your child can share this with the class before having their 'wow moment' displayed in the classroom. This can be anything from doing really well at a hobby, helping tidy their room or being kind to a sibling. We are looking forward to seeing your children working hard at home as well as school!