Year 1: Rocket Class
Welcome to Rocket Class, where:
Here you will find our class newsletters, photos, and any important information you may need to know!
Our class teacher is: Miss Newey
Our wonderful teaching assistant is: Mrs Hoffman.
If you have any questions, please feel free to speak to either of us at the end of the school day; alternatively, you can email the school office to arrange a meeting with Miss Newey.
Important Class Information:
Tuesday and Thursday are our PE days
- for safety reasons, if your child wears earrings, please ensure they are either removed on PE days, or they come in with tape covering the earrings.
- PE kits will be sent home to be washed on Fridays; please ensure they are back in school ready for Monday morning.
Monday and Thursday are our book changing days.
- we encourage reading at home daily, of either their school book or a book at home.
- please ensure your child has read their Phonics Read Write Inc book x3 a week, that it has been ticked off, and any comments added to the reading record book, before getting it changed. Reading it more than once allows your child to consolidate their knowledge of sounds and helps to build fluency and expression.
Term 6
Key Dates:
Important dates:
Monday 3rd June – School starts again
Thursday 6th June - Year 1 and 2 Amaze Day
W/C Monday 10th June – Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
W/C Monday 17th June – Year 2 SATS Week
Thursday 4th July - Sports Day
Friday 12th July - Reports to parents
Saturday 13th July - FOBS Summer Fair
Monday 15th July - Class Swap Morning (your child will spend the morning with their new class teacher)
Friday 19th July – Break up for the Summer holidays at 2pm
Topic
- This term our topic is all about the upcoming Olympics, but we are also going to be looking at the Paralympics as well. We will be starting the term by looking at the history of both the Olympics and Paralympics, and we are going to be having an Amaze Day focusing on Paralympic sports.
- We are then going to be moving on to PSHCE and the Year 1 and 2 children will follow a slightly different curriculum: Year 1's will be looking at life cycles; recognising how our body might be different to someone else's; how the body works and ways of staying clean and healthy. Year 2 will be looking at the names of body parts; the ways they have changed since they were born; the ways they will change over time and choices they can make to stay healthy.
- We will also be using ICT to create a PowerPoint about The Paralympics.
- The last part of our topic will be some Art and we will be completing a study on Warhol.
English
Learning to read is a life-long skill and a key thing your child will learn at our school. Everything else depends upon this skill, and so at Bourton we put as much energy into ensuring that every single child not only learns to read but learns to love reading!
Phonics is the key to unlocking reading and writing, and it is why we have chosen to use the Read Write Inc (RWI) phonics and writing scheme at our school. Children have daily RWI lessons, which includes an English lesson (made up of reading and writing) and a Phonics session (made up of sounds, words and spelling). Children are assessed termly to identify their progress. Learning to read is a life-long skill and the most important thing your child will learn; we encourage you to embrace your child's journey with phonics, and have included Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 sounds below:
Maths
This term we are looking at 3 different units: shape, position & direction and then measure (including lots of practical work around length, capacity and weight).
We will continue with Maths Passport practise and how to use our problem-solving and reasoning skills in Maths.
Our Maths Passport will be tested in school on a fortnightly basis - if you would like your child's home copy updated, please send it into school (an up-to-date school copy remains in class).
Your continued support at home with reading and Maths passport practise will help your child progress further and develop more confidence with reading and number knowledge.
Wellbeing
Mindfulness is being aware of our feelings and emotions and how they impact us.
In class, we have been learning about mindfulness and wellbeing. We often do 'mindfulness for children videos' after lunchtime, and in case your children would like to do them at home, I have included some of the link below:
Rainbow Relaxation: Mindfulness for Children (youtube.com)
Bubble Bounce! Mindfulness for Children (Mindful Looking) (youtube.com)
Thought Bubbles! For Anxiety & Worry. (youtube.com)
Balloon (Peace Out: Guided Meditation for Kids) | Cosmic Kids (youtube.com)