Class 1 Information

17th July

 

Many parents have requested to come to the mini graduation ceremony of children due to start reception in September and the children who are moving into class 2 in September.  We have listened to your requests and have decided to try and adapt the current plan to accommodate you.  Therefore, if you would like to stay after dropping your child into class 1 on Tuesday 23rd July we will hold the mini graduation ceremony shortly after 9am once we have registered all children.

 

If your child does not usually attend on a Tuesday please feel free to bring them in for the ceremony.

 

We look forward to seeing you.

 

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

1st July 2019

Dear Parents,

 

Class One Weekly Update; Summer 2: week 10 – 1ST July

 

Tomorrow is ‘moving up’ day.  The current reception children will arrive at school tomorrow and go straight to class two where Miss Jones will be meeting them.  They will spend all day in class two and get to experience life as a year one pupil.  Parents will then need to collect them from the same place as the rest of the school at the end of the day.  Current nursery children who are going to be reception children in September will arrive and be collected from class one as usual.  They will be taking part in more reception based activities including maths, reading, writing and phonics……and they will even be cooking their own afternoon snack!

 

With the sunny weather forecast, please can we remind all parents to provide your child with sun cream and a sun hat.  Please can you make sure that both are named.  Please also ensure that your child has a water bottle in school.

 

Sports day is planned for next Tuesday and at the moment the weather looks good so hopefully it will go ahead this time.

 

 

Literacy

 

During phonics and handwriting this week we will be introducing the letter /m/.  This is the last sound that we will be introducing this year and for the remaining few weeks nursery children will be recapping the phonemes (sounds) taught so far.  We will also be continuing to work on their fine motor skills through a variety of different activities in order to help them develop a good writing position ready for September.

 

Reception children will continue to practise their handwriting pre cursively with a different letter focus each week.  We will also be ensuring that all children can confidently write their names pre cursively.

 

 

Maths

 

This week in Maths the children will be consolidating their understanding of doubling and halving in the continuous provision.   During guided sessions the children will be looking at different times of the day.  They will be sequencing different activities in the day and they will be introduced to telling the time to the hour.

 

 

Regards

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

24th June 2019

Dear Parents,

Class One Weekly Update; Summer 2: week 9 – 24th June

Thank you to all the parents who have brought in natural objects for the children to use as part of their play.  This last week the children have had a fantastic time playing with the tyres; they have built dens, made a theatre by using the tyres with cushions to make chairs and transporting the tyres by rolling, carrying and working as a team.  The children have also enjoyed using our shopping baskets and carrying things around the outdoor area.  All of these activities help children to build their muscles and gross motor skills which are pre cursive to them developing and refining their fine motor skills needed for writing.  The different activities also help children to develop their imagination and curiosity which will give them exciting things to write about.  So all your donations are greatly appreciated – thank you.  In addition if you have any milk bottle crates, wooden planks or pallets, large logs that the children could use as stools, old pots and pans or wooden spoons, china tea sets or any other natural object that they would be willing to donate we would be extremely grateful.

 

With the sunny weather forecast, please can we remind all parents to provide your child with sun cream and a sun hat.  Please can you make sure that both are named.  Please also ensure that your child has a water bottle in school.

Literacy

 

During phonics and handwriting this week we will be introducing the letter /r/.  If you have any items at home that you would be willing to share please bring in to go on our phonic table.  Both nursery and reception children are getting much better at forming their letters pre cursively and their writing is becoming much neater.

In literacy the reception children are continuing to look at learning and writing some dinosaur facts.  They are focussing on ensuring they remember to use finger spaces and they they try to form their letters correctly.

 

 

Maths

 

This week in Maths we will continue to look at doubling and halving and considering different ways of doing this.  We will then be moving onto looking at different times of the day.  We will be sequencing different activities in the day and they will be introduced to telling the time to the hour.

 

 

Regards

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

17th June 2019

 

Dear Parents,

 

 

Class One Weekly Update; Summer 2: week 8 – 17th June

 

Sports day is still going a head tomorrow at present although please check in the morning as the forecast in the afternoon is uncertain.  If a decision is made at late notice a text will be set to all parents.

 

Last week we sent out a letter about trying to gather and reuse some natural objects and interesting things for the children to build and play with.  If you are able to offer any donations we would be very grateful.  We are especially interested in trying to get hold of some tyres, plastic dog beds, wooden planks and logs, china tea sets and small objects, including glass beads, stones and shells.

 

 

Literacy

 

During phonics and handwriting this week we will be introducing the letter /h/.  If you have any items at home that you would be willing to share please bring in to go on our phonic table.  Both nursery and reception children are getting much better at forming their letters pre cursively and their writing is becoming much neater.

 

In literacy reception children are looking at learning and writing some dinosaur facts.

 

 

Maths

 

This week in Maths we will be looking at doubling and halving and considering different ways of doing this.  The children will be introduced to this in a playful manner and with lots of role playing and exploring to help them understand the concepts.

 

 

Regards

 

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

3rd June 2019

Dear Parents,

 

Class One Weekly Update; Summer 2: week 6 – 3rd June

We hope that you have all had a great half term holiday. We all enjoyed hearing about all the children’s adventures in class 1 today – it sounds like a good time was had by all!

Tomorrow is ‘moving up day’ at Bishops Nympton school. All current reception children will be moving into class 2 for the day. All nursery children who will be starting reception in September are invited to come to class 1 for the moving up day. They will also all be able to have a free school lunch on the day.

 

Just a reminder that the class 1 trip to the Dinosaur and Wildlife Park is on the 11th June. Sports day is confirmed for the 18th June weather permitting.

 

Literacy

During the next two weeks the children will be recapping the previously taught phonemes – /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/, /i/, /n/, /c/, /k/ and /e/ and trying to read and write words using these sounds.

We have had a delivery of caterpillars into class 1 and the children will be thinking about the life cycle of a caterpillar. We will do some writing around the caterpillars life cycle.

Maths

This week in Maths we will be focusing on number formation whilst completing simple addition and subtraction number sentences.

 

Regards

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

20th May 2019

Dear Parents,

 

Class One Weekly Update; Summer 1: week 5 – 20th May

Apologies for the missed weekly updates recently due to staff shortages, bank holidays and internet problems but they will now continue to be every Monday as usual.

We are pleased to confirm that the class 1 trip to the Dinosaur and Wildlife Park will be going ahead on 11th June. You should receive a letter today with the permission slip. Sports day is confirmed for the 18th June weather permitting.

 

Literacy

Over the last few weeks the children have been working very hard learning the new sounds of the week. This week all children will be learning /e/ (nursery children are learning the sound while reception children are learning to write it pre cursively). After half term we will be recapping the previously taught phonemes – /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/, /i/, /n/, /c/, /k/ and /e/ and trying to read and write words using these sounds.

The reception children are currently finishing off inventing their own story based on following the story of the three little pigs. The children are focussing on remembering to use finger spaces, writing the letters correctly and pre cursively, using their phonetic knowledge to sound out words and trying to say, repeat and then write a sentence independently.

This week the children are sharing their favourite stories so please feel free to bring in a named book that your child would like to share with their friends.

 

Maths

This week the reception children are working on time, thinking about what they do at different times of the day, and ordering different activities during the day. The children will also be continuing to practise their number formation.

Nursery children will be thinking about the order of different activities they do in the day and using positional language, such as behind, on top, next to etc.

 

We hope that you all have a great half term holiday and look forward to seeing you again after the holiday.

Regards

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

1st April 2019

Dear Parents,

 

Class 1 Weekly Update
Week commencing 1st April

 

What a great day all the children had at Ilfracombe aquarium on Thursday. We have all enjoyed hearing about all the adventures in class 1 today and Miss Horrell can’t believe that a seagull ate Charlie’s ice cream!

This week our focus is on Easter activities. The children will be doing a variety of different Easter activities including an Easter egg hunt, making Easter nests and making bunny ears, as well as the usual Easter themed activities in the continuous provision.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came in to support the Easter bonnet making this morning. We clearly have some very talented and creative parents and children in class 1. The standard was very high and we were very impressed with the children’s finished designs. We can announce that the winners of the Easter bonnet competitions are Max Tickle and Jacob Molyneux. Both children will be bringing some a large Easter egg in celebration of their efforts. May Baldwin and Charlie Bawden made fantastic Easter bonnets at home that the class 1 team were so impressed with. Well done to you both!

Please don’t forget the Easter assembly in the school hall at 2pm this Thursday. The children have been working hard making bunny ears and learning a song.

Literacy

This week our phoneme focus is /i/. If you have anything at home that starts with the letter /i/ that you would like to add to our /i/ table please bring it in. The reception children are learning to write the letter pre cursively and the activities within the setting will link to the five sounds that we have taught this term – /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/ and /i/. After the Easter holidays we will recap all of these phonemes before continuing to learn new sounds.

In between the Easter activities happening this week, the Reception children will be continuing their work on Rosie’s Walk. They will be building up to writing their own story involving prepositional language, such as inside, around, over.

 

Mathematics

This week the children will be concluding their work on addition and subtraction ready to start a new block of learning after the Easter holidays.

 

Thank you for all your support and encouragement this term. We would like to wish you all a super Easter break and enjoy the beautiful weather that is expected. We look forward to seeing you all again on Wednesday 24th April.

Kind regards

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

25th March 2019

Dear parents

 

Class 1 Weekly Update: Week commencing 25th March

 

This week we have moved away from the Under the sea topic that we have been following this term and we are now working on the topic of Spring. As part of this topic the children will learn about new life, growing and changing and will be watching tadpoles grow and change over the coming weeks. If you have any expertise or young animals that you are willing to share or bring in please let a member of the team know.

Please can parents ensure that the letters are returned tomorrow for the Ilfracombe aquarium trip. This sounds like it will be a fantastic day out – you don’t want to miss it!

 

Literacy

This week the reception children are continuing to work on the story, Rosie’s Walk. They will be mapping and learning the story with actions so that, towards the end of the week they can alter the story in order to come up with their own version. During this block of work we will be getting the children to use positional language, such as under, across, over, around and beneath.

The phoneme focus this week is /p/. If you have any objects at home that start with a /p/ that you would be willing to share in school please bring them in. Nursery children will spend the week recognising the letter, learning the sound and matching pictures starting with the letter to the letter itself. Nursery children will also be practising blending the four sounds that they have now been taught – /s/, /a/, /t/ and /p/. Reception children will be practising their pre-cursive writing for the letter /p/, as well as consolidating their own oral blending skills through supporting the nursery children’s learning.

 

Mathematics

We are continuing our work on estimating and addition and subtraction. The children will be doing a range of activities including estimating and then counting objects. Later in the week the children will be working on their addition and subtraction skills.

 

As always if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask them. We hope that you all enjoy your aquarium visit and that all Mummy’s manage to have a relaxing Sunday!

 

Yours sincerely

 

The Class 1 Team

Class 1 Newsletter

18th March

 

Dear Parents,

 

Class One Weekly Update – Week commencing 18th March

 

Just a quick reminder to bring in your expression of interest letter about visiting the aquarium as soon as possible. We need to know how much interest there is so that we can confirm whether the trip can go ahead.

Last week the children were introduced to completing some ‘jobs’ – they need to complete certain activities throughout the day to receive a surprise during the afternoon. Lot’s of the children have been very excited about trying to do these ‘jobs’ so that they can receive a surprise and it has already shown a marked increase in the number of children writing and completing simple maths activities independently.

Our theme this week is recycling and the children will be recycling a range of different objects during the week.

 

Literacy

This week we are learning the letter /t/. Nursery children will be introduced to the letter and the sound that it makes during the week and can practise writing it. Reception children will be learning to write the letter pre cursively and practising using paint, technology, chalk, rice, shells, pens and pencils. As always if you have any objects at home that start with the letter /t/ please bring them in to go on our /t/ table.

Reception children will be beginning to learn a new story this week, Rosie’s Walk. They will be learning actions and drawing story maps to help them learn the story.

 

Mathematics

The children are finishing off their learning about shapes and will then be moving onto practising simple addition and known number facts.

 

Please remember that this Friday we will be holding a late red nose day celebration and all children are welcome to dress up as their favourite famous person (sorry I think I told you this was last Friday on red nose day but due to the older children being on a residential it was moved to this Friday).

 

Yours sincerely

The Class 1 Team