Year One Summer Term 2 - 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,

Throughout this term we will be exploring what it means to be kind and respectful to others and our environment. We will be learning about caring for others as well as being respectful of others feelings, views and beliefs.

We will be continuing the fabulous topic of ‘Wonderful Nature’. However, this term we will be leaning more towards gardens and parks, as well as mini beasts. We will be using super inspiring books like ‘The King of Tiny Things’ by Jeanne Willis and ‘Into the garden’ to have great adventures using our imaginations as we shrink into a mini beast size and explore the garden.

During our learning journey afternoons, we will be looking at the artist Matisse and using his work to inspire our own. We will also be having great fun towards the end of the summer term when we have a wonderful creative arts project, with singing, dancing, acting, arts and crafts which will run for a couple of weeks.What a fun way to end the year and celebrate all of the children’s hard work!

In Maths, we will be continuing to practise all of the skills we have be learning throughout the year. We will be learning about fractions. We will start with half of a shape, then an amount and then move onto quarters. We will also be covering time (o’clock and half past), counting in 2s, 10s and 5s, addition and subtraction and incorporating these sums into word problems. We will also be looking at measure in cm and capacity.

We are also REALLY looking forward to our school trip which is at Wilderness Woods this year, where so much fun and learning will take place in within nature.

Thank you so much for all your support with helping your children practise their reading and learn their spellings at home. This support really does make a difference to their progress and confidence.

Finally, can we also ask that now the summer has finally arrived (as soon as someone tells the sun!), your child comes to school with a sun hat and has sun cream on as we will be spending lots more time learning outside.

Thank you again for your continued support.

Year 1 Team

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