Welcome to Year 1
Meet the Team
Miss D'Arcy, 1D - D'Arcy Class Teacher.
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Mrs Duffy, 1D - Duffy Class Teacher.
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Mrs Mansfield, Class 1D - Duffy Teaching Assistant.
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Mrs Whittingham, Class 1D - D'Arcy Teaching Assistant.
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Summer Term 1
History - exploring toys from the past.
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History - exploring toys from the past.
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History - exploring toys from the past.
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Violin lessons - holding a violin!
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DT - making moving toys!
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Forest School - bug hunting!
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Disney Club - we are expert cartoonists now!
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DT - we designed and made smoothies. They were delicious!
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English - we designed and made dragon traps and caught a real life dragon!
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Owl experience morning - we loved meeting Gwen the Tawny Owl.
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Computing - we have been learning about the different parts of a computer/laptop.
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Science - we used playdough to make animals and then sorted them into groups.
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Science - we used playdough to make animals and then sorted them into groups.
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PE - we really enjoyed our Tag Rugby taster session!
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PE - we really enjoyed our Tag Rugby taster session!
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Art - we have been busy creating our own land art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.
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Art - we have been busy creating our own land art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.
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English - we have been writing Autumn themed poems. The children loved using their senses to describe a pumpkin!
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Geography - the children enjoyed role-playing a hot air balloon ride across Gloucester!
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Geography - the children enjoyed role-playing a hot air balloon ride across Gloucester!
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Art - the children really enjoyed using playdough to make mini-models of natural objects.
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English ('An old piece of ivy for Bill...') - the children are really enjoying our class text, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell.
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English ('The owl Mother') - the children are really enjoying our class text, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell.
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Geography (model towns) - the children have been exploring the difference between towns and the countryside.
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Geography - the children have been exploring the difference between towns and the countryside.
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Art - observational drawings from nature.
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Art - observational drawings from nature.
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Art - observational drawings from nature.
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Reading in Year 1
Your child will be bringing home new reading books once a week. Reading books should be brought to school daily. Please listen to your child read every day and record that you have done so in their yellow reading record to evidence this.
Homework
We will be sending out ‘pseudo’ (alien) words to practice at home in preparation for the PSC in the Summer Term 2. These will be given out every Wednesday.
Fruit and Milk
Your child will be offered fresh fruit/veg everyday at snack time. This is free of charge. You also have the option to order a daily carton of milk for your child via the www.coolmilk.com website.
P.E.
This half term P.E. will take place on a Wednesday afternoon and will be run by Montagu Academy. Please bring your child to school in full P.E. kit on Wednesdays.