Year 1

Welcome to Olive class

Year 1 Team

Class teachers and Teaching assistants

Miss Rebecca Dawkins – TUESDAY to FRIDAY

Mrs Helen Pearce – MONDAYS

Mrs Sonia Gratwick - H.L.T.A. THURSDAY A.M. PPA COVER

Mrs Kelly Mitchell - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Sandra Eastwood- Teaching Assistant

P.E. DAYS -Tuesday Thursday

 LIBRARY BOOK CHANGING DAY  Thursday

Summer Term 1 2024

Dear Olive Class, Parents and Carers,

Once again last term passed by so quickly! We all greatly enjoyed finding out about the history of the telephone and comparing old and new telephones. Olive Class also welcomed the early signs of spring and wrote some beautiful springtime poems following their visit to Cherry Hinton Hall.   

We are now going to tell you all about the exciting things planned for the first half of the summer term.

Our new History based topic question will be "What is the Royal Family?" We will be going back into history to find out about some of the former British kings and queens and then explore our modern royal family. We will be designing and sculpting crowns using clay and writing to members of the Royal Family. In Art we will be exploring different landscapes created by different artists including Bhavna Misra and Rob Van Hoek.

Take a look below at our Curriculum Map to see all the interesting things we will be experiencing this term.

We are also delighted to welcome Miss Madeleine Kelly who is teaching with our Year 1 team until June. She is on her final P.G.C.E. Teaching placement (Part II)from the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. 

Best wishes to all of you,

Rebecca Dawkins, Helen Pearce and the Year 1 team.

READING REMINDER and INFORMATION

It is good to see that parents are logging in to the ebooks Big Cat Collins website for your children to show off their reading to you. For those who are having difficulty please do let us know how we can help. It is important to practise at home. A new book is added every week (check the date) They should be able to read these books fluently and there are some comprehension questions at the back of each one.   

    You can also use the guide below.

READING IN YEAR 1

Reading with your child for even a few minutes every day helps them to develop their love of books and reading- as well as their confidence in learning in other subjects.

What books will children bring home each week?

1. A fully decodable ebook assigned per week on the big cat Collins website for children to read at home. (log in provided)

2. Another book from the school library which is for pleasure and for sharing- it is vital that children experience a wide range of other quality children’s books that are either read to or with them. These books play an essential role in developing a love of reading. Research shows that reading books to your child has a major impact on their future reading ability

Please encourage your child to read  their ereading book regularly and bring in their reading record to school every day. 

P.E. DAYS 

Tuesdays - Multiskills with Sports Coach Mr. Chris

Thursdays - Fundamentals unit 1 with Mrs Gratwick

• Please ensure your child comes in wearing sports clothing appropriate for indoor and outdoor P.E. on these days e.g. tracksuit bottoms, sweatshirt or hooded top and trainers or plimsolls.
• Earrings and other jewellery must be removed for P.E. and long hair tied back. If your child cannot remove their own earrings ,please remove these for your child before school on P.E. days.
• They also need to bring a bottle of water into school every day and a sunhat in hot weather. We have a class drinking fountain which they can use to refill water throughout the day.

       Thanks.