Class 1

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Welcome back, we hope that you had a lovely Christmas and a happy new year! The children appear to be settling back in well and are enthusiastic to make a start on their Spring term learning! We have some fantastic topic this term called ‘Unity in the Community’ and ‘Jurassic Hunter’

The Spring term is always a busy time for children in Year 1. In maths children will be continuing to build on their 2d and 3d shape knowledge followed by the composition of numbers up to 20 and corresponding additive structures taught through the Mastery Maths approach. In English, we will continue to build on all of our writing skills, including capital letters, full stops, the conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’, sentence openers and adjectives, through a range of fiction and nonfiction topic-based texts. Children will begin their science learning by looking at winter and we will identify and name common animals, group them by diet, describe their features, and understand basic human body parts and the five senses. We will be starting Spring term with our topic of ‘Unity in the Community’ which focusses on Geography, Computing and Art and moving onto Jurassic Hunter which has a history focus.

Children in Year 1 will receive regular Maths and English homework. Children will also continue to receive reading books linked to the ‘Floppy Phonics’ scheme and a weekly list of words to read.

PE sessions for Class 1 will continue to take place on a Wednesday and Thursday.

Please be aware that these sessions may be flexible, therefore children need a PE kit in school at all times. As we get into the winter months, children will need an outdoor kit. Please can we remind parents that no jewellery should be worn in school with the exception of stud earrings, and in line with Health and Safety guidelines these should not be worn on PE days.

Children will continue to enter and leave school through the KS1 door on the front playground. Late children will need to report to the main office.

If you have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to speak to us. Thank you for your continued support.

Yours sincerely,

Miss S Dillon

Year 1 Class Teacher

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Crash Landing

Something exciting has happened! A spaceship has crash landed on our playground. When Class 1 came back to school after half term, they noticed that a mysterious spaceship had crash landed on the playground. They used the clue around the spaceship to figure out who it belonged to and to ask questions.

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Class 1 are Artists

This week we have been learning about César Manrique, a Spanish artist and sculptor. We explored a range of his artworks and shared our opinions about the pieces we liked and disliked. Inspired by his designs, we then created our own plate spinners. We focussed on our painting and cutting skills. Here are some of our final designs.

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What was Palmers Cross like in 1966?

In History, we’ve been exploring how schools have changed over time, and we were curious to discover what our own school was like 60 years ago. On Tuesday 3rd February, we were lucky enough to welcome a grandparent who first attended Palmers Cross in 1966. Before their visit, we each prepared questions we were eager to have answered. Hearing their memories first hand made the past feel real, and it was fascinating to learn how much our school has changed since then. We also e

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