Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had a lovely but busy half term. It is fair to say that the children deserve a good rest!

We will continue with independent learning and will be looking at foundation lessons consisting of Science, Music, PSHE, History, Art, computing and PE.

• Healthy snack: We kindly request that you provide a healthy snack (fruit or vegetables) for your child to enjoy in the afternoons. Please note that the school provides a morning snack for the children. If your child's snack is placed in a Tupperware container, please ensure it is labelled with their name.

• World Book Day: 6.2.25- Please could all children bring in an empty toilet roll? If you have more than one, please bring them in. We need these for an activity for World Book Day.
• Phonics:If you would like to support your child at home with their phonics, please watch this short video to ensure your child is articulating the phonemes correctly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSYdCzsoqXA

Phonics Play-If your child would like to access some fun phonics games, there are some free games on Phonics Play that they can access. To access the free games, click on "Resources" and "Buried Treasure," "Picnic Pluto," and "Dragon's Den" are free games: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources

• Maths:The children have enjoyed playing this game in class while learning to read and count from a given number. Here is the link if they would like to play this game at home. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off
• Please ensure all children bring a named coat to school. Children can bring a pair of wellies and leave them in their cloakroom to use, if needed. Please ensure your child comes to school with a water bottle (water only, not squash) and a healthy snack (school fruit is available).
• Reading record books- Please try and fill in the reading record so we can see how much your child is reading (just the book name and an adult initial). When your child has read these books a minimum of 3 times, they can change their books in class. Please can reading records be brought into school every day.
• The weekly spelling books will be sent home on a Monday and need to be returned to school on the following Monday, for new spellings to be added.
• We kindly request that children do not bring fiddle toys or any other toys from home to school. These items are getting lost, which is causing upset among the children. To avoid any further upset, please ensure that all toys are kept at home. However, children who have specific arrangements in place and require these toys for support are exempt from this request. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Thank you for your support. We hope you all have a lovely half term and enjoy lots of quality time with family and friends.

The Year 1 Team