Year 1 Week Beginning 2.4.24

Welcome back!

We hope you all had a wonderful summer break; the children have come back full of lovely stories about their time away from school. They have all settled very well into their new learning environment and have amazed us with how quickly they have learnt the new daily routines!

This week, the children have experienced whole class learning and learning through play. The structure of the day currently mirrors the Reception day structure that is followed during the Summer 2 term. This supports transition between key stages and helps the children to quickly settle. With this in mind, reading days will be kept exactly the same as in Reception. So if your child had a reading day on a Monday for example, then they will need to bring in their books into school on a Monday again. We have been very busy this week assessing your child’s current phonic knowledge and our aim is to send home reading books as of next week. Please note, it is completely normal for children to forget some letter sounds over the summer; they usually pick them back up again very quickly once they have been in school for a couple of weeks.

Our ‘Meet the Teacher’ meeting takes place next Wednesday at 2.45pm in the main hall. I will be available after to answer any questions, but please remember that I am always available on the door after school to answer any queries too! I’m looking forward to seeing you all.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,

Ms Pemberton