Magpies  

Welcome to Magpies class page!

Teachers- Mrs Harris and Mrs Cox (Thursdays)

Teaching assistants- Miss Berlie

MDSA- Mrs Heath

A big welcome back! We hope that you have had a fantastic summer. 

We are thrilled to welcome the new class of Magpies! The children are already settling in well and are enjoying exploring their new classroom.

PE will be on a Tuesday afternoon with Mr Cook and a Friday morning with Mrs Harris. Please can the children have a named PE kit in school. 

English

This term, we are learning about the story 'The Enormous Turnip'. The children will learn to retell the story in our Talk for Writing sessions. They will then make changes to create their own story!

In 'Play to Learn', the children created their own ways to pull up the turnip. They had some wonderful ideas!

Rebecca- "My helicopter has a special rope to pull up the turnip".

Connie- "The bit at the back can pull the turnip up really fast".

Rose- "My train can back up and pull the turnip".

Maksymilian- "Someone has to tie a rope around the boiler and then it has to pull, pull, pull".

Borys- "The lazers are going to make a ring around the turnip to help to dig it out".

Diego- "My car has blue bits that can pull the turnip up". 

Walk Safe 20/9/24

Magpies had a fantastic morning, taking part in 'Walk Safe'. We begun by carefully looking at scenario cards and discussing the ways that we can stay safe as we walk around. The children were very knowledgeable and were  confident to share what they already do! Then, they practised crossing a zebra and puffin crossing. The children took it in turn to be cars and pedestrians.  The pedestrians were very safe and all managed to get across safely (you may need to watch out for some of our drivers in the future though!).

Art

Our first foundation subject block has been Art. The children have enjoyed learning all about the artist Andy Goldsworthy. They can recall all of the natural materials that he uses to create his art! We have been creating our own collages, using natural materials and the artwork of Andy Goldsworthy as our inspiration. We began by creating lines and circles. We even made wonderful birds nests for Magpie!

Home learning

On 11th October, the children will begin to receive weekly home learning. Every Wednesday, they will bring home their green home learning books and they will be due back in on the following Monday. Term one's home learning activities are shown below. On the left is the weekly activity which is linked closely to our learning and on the right are extra things that you could practise at home.  

Phonics screening check

Children in Year 1 throughout the country will all be taking part in a phonics screening check during the same week in June.

Please see the link below for information and here are some resources that you might like to try at home! Please let me know if you don't have access to a printer and would like them.