Year 1/2
We are now officially over half way through the year, it has gone so quickly! Time flies when you're having fun. The children have grown and developed so much throughout the year, which has been wonderful to see. We have also welcomed lots of new children into the year group, with lots from all over the world, which we celebrated during our international mother tongue day.
Our new topic this half term (Spring 2) is MEXICO! On our first day back we had our incredible immersion day where we 'flew' to Mexico and did some traditional Mexican crafts, learnt some Mexican dancing and learnt all about the Gods that are worshipped in Mexico. Throughout this very short half term, we will be growing our own plants in Science and looking at the life cycle of a plant. In Geography, we will be comparing the UK to Mexico and in RE we will be looking at Islam, where we will be very fortunate to receive a visit from an Imam and having our very own special Eid party. As well as this, we will be cooking some traditional Mexican food in DT and in Computing we will be continuing our typing skills. In Music, we will be creating our own Latin music and in PE we will be doing football and gymnastics. We are really excited for this action-packed half term!
Slides from Y1/2 Parent Welcome Meetings (held on 6 September)
Year 1/2 Routines
Reading books will be changed once a week, please speak to your child's teacher or email the office if you want to discuss your child's reading. Please record what your child has read in their reading records. Reading records will be checked by teachers at the end of every half term and only need to be returned in the last week of the half term.
On the days children have PE they should come to school dressed in their outdoor PE kit. They should wear black or blue joggers/shorts, a white or light blue t-shirt, jumper and trainers please. Please note NO sports teams kits, eg NO football shirts). It is very important they have extra layers they can take on and off when the weather gets colder.
PE days for Hardwick are:
Mr Regan: Monday and Thursday
Miss Williams/Ms Swann: Monday and Thursday
PE days for Cambourne are:
Mr Atkinson: Wednesday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor)
Mrs Emery/Mrs Menezes: Monday (indoor) and Thursday (outdoor)
Mrs Jodin: Tuesday (indoor) and Thursday (outdoor)
Please can we remind parents to make sure children are dressed appropriately for the weather and remember we will continue to keep classrooms well ventilated so classrooms may be cool.
Home Learning
Reading, times tables, real life maths and vocabulary-building are all excellent ways to help your child learn and make progress at home. The home learning expectation in year 1/2 is that the children do the following learning at home
• Daily reading (suggested time 10 minutes)
• Read to your child daily (suggested time 10 minutes)
• Spellingframe twice a week (suggested time 10 minutes)
• 1 question from the maths homework on Seesaw per week (suggested time 10-15 minutes)
• 2-3 topic activities from the home learning ideas grid on Seesaw per half term (time and activities are up to you)
You can also check out the school website maths and English pages for lots of other exciting things to do at home.
Topic Home Learning Grid
Additional maths materials
Please check Seesaw or speak to your child's teacher for Maths home learning suggestions.
The number bonds, doubles and halves games on 'Hit the Button' are also great for improving fluency.