Cressing Primary School

YEAR 1

Dear parents and carers,  

Welcome back, we hope you all had a lovely break. The children have settled back into school routines brilliantly and are ready for an exciting term of learning. 

Key adults 

Miss Chisnall – Class Teacher 

Miss Belmont – Learning Support Assistant 

Spring Term Learning 

Our theme this half-term is ‘Kings and Queens’. This is one of our historical units. We will be learning about various British Kings and Queens as well as comparing them. Other exciting things we will be learning about this half term include looking at fruit and vegetables within our Design Technology unit, where we will be making fruit and savoury salads. Furthermore, we will be developing our typing skills in Computing as well as planting seeds and observing their growth over time during Science lessons. In Mathematics, we will continue to practise arithmetic skills, place value of numbers within 20 and addition and subtraction of numbers within 20. 

Reading in Year 1 

Please make sure that every time your child reads their schoolbooks, it is recorded in their reading record.  Reading records and reading books should be kept in your child’s clear plastic folder. This folder should be brought to school every day.   

Housekeeping 

· P.E. days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Earrings must be taken out at home as we are unable to help with this, and your child will not be able to take part if they are wearing them. 

· Home learning will consist of one phonics and one maths activity per week. Homework will be sent home every Friday to be completed in your child’s homework book. Please ensure that any home learning is returned to school by the following Thursday to be marked. 

· Please make sure that your child brings a water bottle and a snack each day for break times. 

· Please make sure that any items such as bottles, lunchboxes and clothes are clearly labelled to avoid things getting lost. 

· If you need to contact me urgently, please email the school office and they will forward your email to me. 

· No pencil cases are needed in Year 1 as the children will be provided with all necessary stationary and colouring supplies. 

· Show and tell will take place on Friday afternoons, so if your child has any exciting experiences or achievements that they would like to share with the class, we would love to see badges, certificates and photographs! Please keep in mind that we will only have time for a few children to share each week, so we will keep track of this to ensure fairness. 

We look forward to another wonderful term! If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Kind regards, 

Miss Chisnall and Miss Belmont