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Dear Parents and Carers!

Welcome to Spring 1st Term week 4.

School starts at 8.55 am and finishes at 3:05 pm. 

Your child’s Mathletics and Google classroom passwords are attached at the back of your child’s yellow reading record book.

We are continuing to learn with lots of adult-led carpet sessions in the classroom and free-flow & choice activities indoors and outdoors.

Thank you for supporting your child’s homework. Please return it by Wednesday 19th January.

If you have any relevant questions,  please contact us via the Year-Group-Email: year1@howard.croydon.sch.uk or the comment feature in Google Classroom. We will aim to respond as quickly as possible.

 

Our learning for this week………

Reading:

Thank you for reading with your child. We will change the books on Friday. Please return your child’s reading book back with your comments on your child’s yellow reading records books. Reading books will not be changed without your comments.

Phonics:

In our phonic groups, we are revising all the sounds that we have learned so far.

Mrs Hunjan’s Group

Miss Robinson’s Group

Mrs Jeevahan’s Group

Miss. Parkinson’s Group

Miss Allcorn’s Group

 

Maths:

We will revise representing numbers using different resources, greater than, smaller than.

Then introduce odd and even numbers.

Science:

We will be naming and describing the structure of mammals and birds.

http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/animals/classifyinganimals/

 

Geography

This week we will be comparing Croydon with a coastal area-Brighton and a mountain area- Northern Mountains.

We will identify some human features and natural features in these two areas. Then make their own imaginary map of there two areas.

 

PE:

We have PE on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please send your children with their PE kits to school on these days.

Sports and P.E. Kit (Boys and Girls):

Blue school T-shirt with logo
Shorts black or navy
Black plimsolls. Trainers can be worn for outdoor sports.

RHE  – Relationship and Health Education

Jigsaw has two aims for all children:

• To build their capacity for learning
• To equip them for life

Jigsaw brings together PSHE Education, emotional literacy, mindfulness, social skills and spiritual development. The topic this term is ‘Dreams  and Goals.’ Week 3  lesson. This week children will learn to understand, how to work well with a partner and celebrate achievement with them.

I can understand how to work well with a partner and celebrate achievement with them.

 

 

 

 

 

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