Team aire, wharfe & ouse (Year 1 & year 2)

Good afternoon,

The children have worked incredibly hard on their independent writing this week. They have been innovating a superhero story, using their imagination and creativity to make it their own. It has been wonderful to see the children carefully adapting characters, settings, and events while applying the writing skills they have learned throughout the year. They have shown great enthusiasm and pride in their work, producing some fantastic and unique stories.

In reading, the children have been developing their inference skills and have become real reading detectives! They have been learning how to use clues from the text and illustrations to understand how characters might be feeling, even when it is not directly stated in the story. The children have enjoyed discussing their ideas and justifying their answers using evidence from the text. We are very proud of the progress they are making in becoming thoughtful and reflective readers.

Important Dates:

Friday - Sports Day

Changing books:

To support with reading in school we are changing the day we are sending new books home. Please can book bags and reading records be sent to school on THURSDAYS. 

REMINDERS:

This half term, our PE days will be Monday and Friday. 

HOMEWORK:

Next half term will see us completing the phonics screening check week commencing 8th June so any extra practise with phonics would be greatly appreciated. 

Your children will bring home their reading books on Thursday. We ask that you read with your child 3x a week and write in their reading records each time you read.

The children who have read 3x, will be giving a raffle ticket to be in with a chance to win a prize.

We know reading is essential for your child/ren and we thank your support with this.

Every Friday, Year 1 will now be bringing home a phonics home learning sheet looking at sounds that we have covered throughout the week. Any extra practise would really support your children's reading journey. 

Below is a list of KS1 common exceptions words. These are a list of words that the children need to be able to read and write - although this isn't homework as such, it may be useful to practice these at home. Across Key Stage 1 we are working really hard to improve spelling and handwriting so any support with this at home would be greatly appreciated. 

Any questions, please come and ask us.

Thank you for your continued support, 

Team KS1