year1currletter

Dear Parents/Guardians, Welcome back to the school!

What a start Greenwich Base have had – cooking, painting and generally getting to know each other! We have thoroughly enjoyed the week.

Well – what have Greenwich Base got in store for them this term? Below is more information about what we will be learning across the curriculum as well as some useful information. Our theme this half term will be Pirates – I am very excited about this one – and after the half term break we will be learning about Time. Hopefully you can see the links to Greenwich!

Literacy: We have already started by looking at poetry linked to our senses and we will follow this with writing information texts about the plague of the seven seas – Pirates.

After half term, we will be learning about stories with familiar settings as well as learning how to write instructions.

Numeracy: We’ve had a great first week playing with numbers and will continue by improving our counting skills and comparing numbers. Then, we move onto learning about shapes as well as conducting our own survey!

RE: Greenwich Base will start by looking at the world we live in and asking what is special about it. We then move onto thinking about what Christians think about God through the story of Noah’s Ark. After half term, we will start to think about Christmas and the idea of gifts being given through the story of the Nativity.

SEAL: As you will have seen from our celebration assembly, the children have already started this topic by thinking about their rights and responsibilities in the classroom.

We then move onto thinking about dealing with feelings, especially when we are

worried about a new beginning. After half term, we look at getting on and falling out, which looks at friendships.

Topic: As I have already mentioned, our first topic will be Pirates and I can’t wait to see what the children want to know about them. Through our topic, the children will be learning and experiencing new art skills, investigating scientific questions about ships and will also develop their music skill by creating their very own pirate song!

PE: We have done brilliantly this week remembering to change into our trainers for active time. Our PE sessions are on a Monday and Friday and the children have done really well with changing into their PE kits. We are improving our gym and ball skills this term – looking at developing our skills in both and after half term; we turn to dance – which will link to our topic of time and team games. This will link well to our SEAL topic as well.

Gosh – what a lot going on!

The children have all been given a new reading record – unless they had lots of spare paper in their old one – and a new reading book. It is so important to hear your child read at home as it will help them to consolidate their skills as well as develop their confidence. Please, feel free to come in a change your child’s reading book when they have finished – they are in the same place as last year – and if you are not sure then just ask.

Throughout this term, your child will occasionally be sent home with a list of tricky words to learn. It would be fantastic if you could help your child learn these through games, songs, writing them in the steamy mirror etc.

Lastly and not by any means least, I would just like to mention show and tell. It was lovely to see all of the children’s special things after the holidays but we have now decided that show and tell will be on a Friday afternoon. We would like the focus to be on something special to them, something they have been given, something they have bought on an outing etc as it will help the children have something to talk about. Please could they bring their items in on a Friday and let an adult know. This means we can make a note of their name so they are not forgotten.

It just leaves me to say if you have any questions or queries then please do come and see me and many thanks for your help and support. Oh – and keep an eye on our blog. There will be photos, regular updates and links to all kinds of sites for the children and adults.

Many thanks

Miss King & Mrs Gibson