KS1 Newsletter – Autumn Term 2024

Reminders for Autumn Term 2024

Please can you make sure your child has a coat at school every day.  We like to take advantage of our lovely outdoor area and encourage the children to explore and investigate in the fresh air as much as possible whatever the weather (within reason!). 

Please ensure your child has a named bottle filled with water with them each day.

Reading diaries will be sent home, and new eBooks assigned, on Fridays. Please return Reading Diaries to school on Mondays.

We will be sharing our favourite stories on Mondays, and on Fridays we will be celebrating children’s out of school achievements, so please send any trophies or certificates in on Fridays.

On P.E days children need to come to school on these days in their P.E kit.

          Robin: Monday and Thursday

Rabbit: Monday and Friday

          Squirrel: Thursday and Friday

Updates will continue to be uploaded to ClassDojo, so please remember to check for updates. If you need to get in touch with me, please message me directly on ClassDojo. If you would prefer to email, my email address can be found using the contact box on our class page on the school website.

Curriculum Focus for Autumn Term 2024

Maths – In Maths Year 1’s will be exploring previous reception experiences and counting within 100. Year 2’s will be learning numbers 10 to 100 and calculations within 20.

English – We will be writing to entertain. We will be developing our use of capital letters, noun phrases, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, conjunctions and adverbials.

Science – In Science we are exploring the question ‘How are the seasons different throughout the year?’.

Geography – We will be exploring how weather changes throughout the year.

R.E – We will be learning about what Christians learn and understand about God through bible stories.

P.E – In P.E, Rabbit and Robin will be doing throwing and catching with the sports coach, as well as gymnastics. Squirrel Class will also be doing throwing and catching and gymnastics.

Art - We will be learning about silhouettes and exploring how Lowry’s work can influence their own.

Music – We will be exploring the question ‘How does music help us to make friends?’

Computing – In Computing we will be learning what a keyboard is used for.

Diary Dates for Autumn Term 2024

Diary Dates for Autumn Term 1 2024 

2nd and 3rd September – INSET days for staff – school closed to pupils

Wednesday 4th September – Children return to school

Friday 27th September – Macmillan Coffee morning, 10 – 11:30am

Tuesday 8th October – Wrates – individual photos

Wednesday 16th October – Parents Evening

Thursday 17th October – Parents Evening

Friday 18th October – Last day of Autumn term one

As we have learnt, the best made plans sometimes need to change.  The above dates may need to be altered but we will do our best to communicate any necessary changes as soon as we are aware.