Class teacher- Miss Holliss

Class teaching assistant- Mrs Hoffman

Welcome to Milky Way's class page. Here we will keep you updated on what is happening both in school and within our class. However, if you have any questions about anything, please feel free to catch up with us at the beginning or end of the school day.

Book changing and Maths Passport

Pupils will have the opportunity to change their books twice a week, on a Monday and a Thursday. We encourage pupils to read each night and to read the Phonics Read Write Inc books 3 times before they change them to consolidate their knowledge of sounds and build fluency and expression. 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. If you would like an update on your child’s maths passport target, please send in your home copy to be updated.

PE 

On PE days, if your child has their ears pierced, can they remove them if possible or bring tape to cover them for safety reasons. If children are taking their PE kits home to wash on Fridays, please can you make sure they are back in school on Mondays. Our PE sessions are on Wednesday and Thursday.

Additional Information 

Children are able to access and drink water throughout the day. With the weather still cold, it is important that children bring in a clearly labelled  jumper or cardigan as well as a coat if it rains.

If your child requires any medication, please could you make us AND the office staff aware. For any medication, a medical form is required to be filled in. You can get this from the school office.

Term 3

Topic

This term our topic is called 'Art Attack' and has been chosen by the children of KS1 as part of our children's choice topic. It mainly has an art and ICT focus. Each week, using various mediums, we will be creating our own pieces of art. We will be discussing different types of art and our opinions on them. We are going to be focusing on how it is okay to not like everything as long as we can give reasons to explain our thoughts. We are also hoping to have a whole school digital detox and well-being week and take part in Safer Internet Day. 

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:

Those who have completed the RWI scheme and have moved to the literacy group will be using high quality texts to support both their reading and writing. 

As always, there will be regular reading and handwriting practise throughout the term.

Maths

Children will be split a little bit this term with regard to their Maths learning.

Mrs Gainford's maths group will be looking at properties of shape, measure and place value up to 50.

Miss Holliss' maths group  will be looking at fractions, properties of 3D shapes and position and direction.

Important dates:

Tuesday 7th January 2025- Return to school (need PE kits ready for the Wednesday)

Week beginning 13th January 2025 - Whole school Oracy heats

Week beginning 20th January 2025 - Digital Detox wellbeing week

Friday 31st January -Wear blue for Diabetes Day 

Tuesday 11th February - Safer internet Day

Tuesday 11th February - Parents open morning

Friday 14th February - Break up for half term at 3.15 pm