Year 1 Newsletter – 4th July 2025

July 4, 2025

English

We will be writing our own farm story, using our plan from last week. We will think carefully about the beginning, middle and end of the story and decide on a problem that needs to be solved. 

In phonics we will be moving on to new phonics learning. We will focus on the digraphs: ear as in learn, wr as in write, st as in  listen sc as in science.

Reminders

7th July Non Uniform Day – Bring a bottle (shampoo, pop, squash – not alcoholic)

11th July Summer Fayre 2pm-4pm school playground – sign out children from classroom at 2pm

22nd July – Sports day (begins 11am), picnic on field at 12 and a half day finish (1.15pm).

Maths

We are going to be learning about money.  We will be learning to recognise the different coins and understand their individual value. We will enjoy creating a pretend shop to practise using these coins.

Topic

In DT we are working on a project to create our own smoothies. Over the next few weeks we will explore different fruits, taste test different ready made smoothies and then plan and create our own. 

In science we will be completing our experiment on what a plant needs to survive. We will also be investigating the differences between wild and garden flowers/plants.

Homework

The children will be coming home with their maths homework books again this half term. 

Please look at pages 32 and 33.   

 

Please hand these in by Wednesday so they can be marked.

Top Players

Class 4

Amelie Whipp-Carby,Jessica Adelola,Brayden Monk

Class 5

George Broughton Erica, Elliott-Clark

Class 6

Erin Bailey

 

CHP

Class 4

Karen Ozturk

 

Class 5

Adam Waylen

 

Class 6

Mia Riley, Harrison Barber

If you have an availability to help with set up/or on the stalls at our Summer Fayre (set up at 1pm, stalls between 2pm-4pm whatever time you can do) please let your child’s class teacher know. 

Please complete the google form questionnaire in the link below if you haven’t already. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17fH0aR1oXAMezcGBfKCPKwl6nAa3W-3CtUKfHAIFibk/edit 

 

If you have any donations of prizes for the prize tombola or teddies for the teddy tombola please bring in to your child’s class teacher. Cake donations to be brought in on the day of the fayre. 

Thank you