Talk homework

With it being transition week next week, this week we would like you to talk to your grown ups at home about what you enjoy most about learning, something that you would like to share with your new teacher (a talent, something you enjoy, something that has happened to you), and something that you are looking forward to about moving up to Year 2. You could draw or write your ideas down or just be ready to share it with your new teacher on Monday!

Please bring in an old white or light coloured t-shirt that you don’t wear anymore (yours or an adults at home) by NEXT FRIDAY as we will be designing and repurposing an old piece of clothing into something brand new in our DT learning the following week.

Reading

Thank you to everyone who has been logging their reading on our new Boom Reader app! Please ensure that you are reading EVERY DAY with your child and logging it on the Boom Reader app.

Spellings

There are no spellings this week.

Handwriting

Please follow the link below to access LetterJoin, a website which is really useful to support children’s letter formation and cursive handwriting. You can see how we use cursive script by following the tutorials and you can also download handwriting sheets to support your child’s handwriting practice at home.
The login details are as follows:
Username: bpa_3
Password: Year 1

Twig Science Reporter

Please follow the link below for lots of interesting Science articles which can be linked to lots of areas of our science learning. Some of our talk homework may be linked to this website so please keep an eye out for future blogs.

https://www.twigsciencereporter.com/

Another week has flown by as we head towards the end of the Summer term!

We really enjoyed writing your children’s reports and we hope that you enjoyed reading about your children and how they have got on this year, we are incredibly proud of all of them.

This week the children have wowed us with their Maths learning as they have completed a reasoning paper to show us their understanding of the maths curriculum. We have also started learning how to tell the time to the nearest hour – we have learned that a clock face is just like a number line and when the small hand is pointing directly to the number, it must be o’clock! We will continue learning about this after Transition week.

The children have been getting themselves ready for Year 2 in our English learning this week through completing a piece of independent creative writing to share with their new teachers next week, as well as written their new teachers a letter to talk about themselves, what they are looking forward to and what they enjoy learning about.

The children had their final Sports Day practises ready for the big day today and they all enjoyed participating for their Houses – we are incredibly proud of them all for how they joined in and for how they cheered on their team mates as well as their friends in different houses!

We hope that the children have a fantastic four days with their new class teachers, and we look forward to hearing all about their new and exciting adventures when we get them back on Friday!

The Year 1 email address in a direct way of contacting the Year 1 Teachers: year1@buckdenacademy.org.

Best wishes and enjoy the lovely weather!
The Year 1 Team