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Cooking and Gardening Summer Term

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Design Technology Lesson 3rd July

On Thursday 3rd July, children will start making their own moving vehicles. Please can children bring in a small box, for example; perfume, tissue, toothpaste, teabag, lego box. NO SHOE OR CEREAL BOXES PLEASE. These are too big. 

Cooking Summer Term (WB 14.07.25) - As our last cooking unit, we will be making muffins. Please send your child with a container for cooking so they can take what they made home. Thank you! 

Reading - Please ensure you have read the PDF (which is the first PDF listed below as information about reading) as it explains how and what to read with your children. 

Phonics Screening check - Please read information above about the phonics screening check. This will now take place wb.19th of June.

Writing

As we transition to a new approach to teaching writing, called IAACW, you may notice that your child's writing outcomes appear lower than expected when they are published. This is due to the adjustments we are making to align with this new method. You can find out more in our news article here. These are the key indicators for children to be working at age-related expectations at this point in the school year. We have redesigned our curriculum to fit with the new approach.
 

Key indicators include:
 

• Forming lower case letters correctly, starting and finishing in the right place.
• Forming uppercase letters correctly, starting and finishing in the right place.
• Thinking, saying, and remembering a sentence that starts with a time word (time adverbial / time adverb).
• Thinking, saying, and remembering a sentence that starts with an opener.
• Thinking, saying, and remembering a sentence that starts with a time word or an opener.
• Correcting any missing capital letters at the start of a sentence and for names of people.
• Writing a sentence starting with a time word (time adverb / time adverbial) and ending with a full stop.
• Writing a sentence starting with an opener and ending with a full stop.
• Using a capital letter for names of people.
   

Thank you for your understanding and support as we implement this new approach to enhance your child's writing skills.

Cooking voluntary contribution

We are very proud to continue to provide a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to attend cooking sessions. These sessions take place with their class teacher, within the School House kitchen, during the school day.

An annual voluntary contribution of £13.00 has been added to MCAS to cover the cost of ingredients, required to supplement the fresh ingredients provided from the school garden. This fee covers sessions for the whole school year, from September 2024 until July 2025.

This fee is voluntary, however, without the support of our parents, we will be unable to provide an opportunity such as this for our pupils.

To make payment, please log into your MCAS account. The fee, located within the Clubs section, is now available to be added to your basket

Weekly homework checklist:

1. Spellings - see below for new spellings each week.
2. Numbots - Can you reach your 10 minute weekly goal? 
3. Learn your number bonds target number.

        Your sheet will tell you what level you are on.

   4. Read at least 5 times per week.

Computing

We would like to request that passwords for Purple Mash and Numbots are not changed at home. Teachers have a copy of all pupil log ins and passwords for use during lessons. 

Reading and/or talking about their reading to an adult for at least 20 minutes, 5 times a week. Complete your child’s reading record each time they read. Remember it doesn’t always have to be their school book. Reading records and reading books should be sent into school daily.

Numbots for Mathematics

Why do we use Numbots? Please read here to find out more about Numbots.  The programme helps children develop a secure understanding of numbers bonds using multiple representations. This consolidates learning completed in school. Children should aim to do Numbots every week for at least 10 minutes. We would like to thank you for all the support at home.

Number Bond Challenge

Every Thursday children will be given  a Number Bond Challenge to complete within two minutes. They will begin with Number Bonds to 5. If children complete the challenge successfully, they will move to the next challenge the following week.

Children are expected to know how to spell the following words in order to be considered 'At the expected standard' in writing at the end of year 1. You all must have had a copy of this at the end of last term.

a, the, is, to, do, of,

put, I, was, today, his, has,

were, you, your, they, be, he,

me, she, we, no, go, so,

by, my, here, there, where, love,

come, some, one, once, ask, friend,

school, said, push, pull, full, house, our.

WB 23.6.2025

Compound words

football, playground, bedroom, farmyard, blackberry

WB 30.6.25 and WB 7.7.25

verbs that end in 'ing' and 'ed'

hunt - hunting, hunted

buzz - buzzing, buzzed

jump - jumping, jumped

WB 14.7.25

add -s to the end of nouns to make them plural

friend - friends

apple - apples

verbs that end in 'er' and 'est'

grand - grander, grandest

fresh - fresher, freshest

quick - quicker, quickest