Thank you everyone for supporting ' Hello Yellow' World Mental Health Day!

The children had a fantastic day! We learnt about the importance of looking after our mental health as well as our physical health. Throughout the day the children made emotion paper plate faces, planted daffodils bulbs, took part in a glow band PE session and created a sunflower based on the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh.

We raised a brilliant total of £110 for the charity Young Minds. This charity helps children and young people to know that they are not alone with their feelings and can get help to feel better.

Well done Bushmead!

Welcome to year 1 meeting

Thank you to everybody who came to our ' Welcome to year 1 ' meeting, it was lovely to see so many parents.

If you were unable to attend and would like a copy of the presentation please see Miss Maw or Mrs Haynes.

Thank you to everyone who popped in to say 'hello' on Wednesday afternoon for meet the teacher, it was really lovely to see so many parents. I hope you enjoyed seeing your child's new classroom!

Meet the teacher!

On Wednesday 18th September at 2.45pm please come and say 'hello' and see your child's new Year 1 classroom.

This is a lovely opportunity for the children  to show off their classroom and for you to meet the Year 1 team. We hope you will join us if you can!

A very warm welcome to Year 1! The children in Holly and Alder have settled in beautifully and are already working hard. We are so proud of all the children- they are amazing!

Class Information

Holly Class

Teacher- Miss Maw

Teaching assistant- Mrs Whittle

Cover teacher - Ms Myers

Forest School - Mrs Whittle

Alder Class

Teacher- Mrs Haynes

Teaching assistant- Mrs Case

Forest school- Mrs Whittle

Today (Monday 9th September) the children have brought home their new reading folder. This has in it a VIPERS reading bookmark, a new reading diary, a Phonic reading book and a reading for pleasure book chosen from the school library.

Please note that this book is to be shared at home together and we are not expecting the children to be able to read this independently.

Please make sure reading folders come back into school each day with a signed signature that the children have read at home.

Year 1 PE days

The children in Holly and Alder class will have PE on the following days:

Indoor PE- Wednesday

Outdoor PE- Thursday

Please send your child to school in the appropriate PE kit, any questions please see a member of the Year 1 team.

PLEASE, PLEASE label all your child's belongings that come into school.

We will always do our best to return all your child's belongings at the end of the day, but it does become difficult if belongings aren't labelled. All of the children's uniform looks similar and are often the same size. When we find clothing with names in, it makes it so much easier and quicker to return it back to the child.

Thank you for your support

This week in Year 1... week beginning 14.10.24

Phonics

The children having started learning new Phase 5 GPC's. This week is assessment week.

English

This week we continue to learn about non-fiction writing. We will looking at amazing buildings in our world and reading and writing labels. The children will then have the chance to design their own dream building, label the important parts and write a matching caption.

Maths

This week in Maths the children will be continuing to learn about addition. The children will be exploring lots of fun and interactive ways to learn about number bonds within 10.

Our half term topic is 

THE BIG BUILD!

During this topic the children will be learning  different skills linked to the foundation subjects.

Art- Paul Klee - artist who is brilliant at block printing

Science- Materials and their properties

Geography- Investigating the different houses in our local area

History- The story of Lego

RE- The Christian family

PSHE- Beginning and belonging

PE- Fundamental skills and gymnastics

Music- Keeping the pulse- my favourite things!

Design and Technology- Design and make a house that the big, bad wolf can't blow down!

Computing-Technology all around us

 General Reminders

All children need a named water bottle in school.

Children in Year 1 are offered fruit every day, if you would like your child to bring in a snack for playtime please can it be healthy- fruit, cereal bar, crackers etc. No sweets, chocolate or nuts.

Please also help us by naming all of your child's belongings to help us encourage your child to be independent. 

Finally, we would also like your child to have a pair of wellies to keep in school, particularly as it gets muddier outside! 

Year 1 will receive spellings linked to their Little Wandle Phonic teaching after the October half term holiday.

A typical day in Year 1

In our busy learning actives we teach in a play-based style where children access a range of activities which support the Early Years and Year 1 curriculum.