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Autumn 1 – 2022: ‘Out and About’!
Hello Sunshine Classes!
We are looking forward to welcoming you in September! Our first topic for Autumn 1 is called ‘Out and About’ which focuses on looking at our environment and the local area. We have lots of fun things planned such as a walk to the duck pond and a WOW day full of outdoor activities. Our first WOW day will be Monday 12th September where you will be asked to wear outdoor clothes, more details will be announced in the first welcome to the week email in September. Please see the ‘Topic Web’ below for details of what we will be covering during the half term.
Sunshine 1 – Mrs Gilbert Scott is your teacher and Mrs Aziz and Mrs Dawson, (Tuesday – Thursday), work in class with you as well.
Sunshine 2 – Miss Hawes is your teacher and Mrs Kirby works in class with you as well.
Mrs Law teaches Music in both classes each week.
Forest School
‘Forest School’ will be on Wednesday for both Sunshine 1 and Sunshine 2.
We are lucky enough that this year we are able to offer ‘Forest School’ sessions all year round. Miss Hawes will be teaching forest school to both classes every Wednesday. Please ensure your child wears suitable clothing, we will be outside in all weathers, (except high winds or thunder), so please dress your child appropriately. Please see the ‘Forest School’ page for more information.
We do lots of outdoor activities throughout the year so please provide your child with a pair of named wellies which we will keep outside of the classroom on our welly rack for easy access.
PE
On PE days, your child will be required to come to school in their PE kit and wear it for the day. We will go outside for PE when the weather permits so please ensure your child wears a pair of tracksuit bottoms and a sweatshirt / fleece in a dark colour for the colder weather. PE days for each class are as follows:
Tuesday: Tennis for both Sunshine 1 and Sunshine 2
Wednesday: Second PE session: please wear ‘Forest School’ clothes for this, (see above).
Spellings
Here are the spellings we will be learning this half term. Any practise you can do at home as well will be beneficial.
‘Learning Logs’
At the beginning of each half term a list objectives will be posted below. For Autumn 1, this list is also stuck in your child’s ‘Learning Log’ book. Please choose one task to complete each week. There are more objectives than the number of weeks so you have a wide range of activities and subject areas to choose from. If you would like to support your children at home, these objectives have been provided for that purpose but there is certainly no pressure to complete them all. The objectives are linked to the work covered in class during the half term. Please send your child’s ‘Learning Log’ into school when they have completed a piece of work and we will return it with feedback.
Parent Information Powerpoint Presentation:
Reading
Bookbags will need to be brought into school daily and we will issue 3 books each week for your child to read at home.
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Here is a link to the Year 1 Common Exception words the children will be reading and spelling throughout the year. Year-1-Common-Exception-Words
Our class email addresses are below. Please use these for non-urgent queries and information, as we will not be able to check emails whilst we are teaching during the day we ask that if you have something urgent to let us know please email the school office where it can be dealt with more quickly. Please also use the school office email to report if your child is absent as they will need to update the register straight away.
sunshine1@haddenham-st-marys.bucks.sch.uk
sunshine2@haddenham-st-marys.bucks.sch.uk
With best wishes for a very exciting year,
The Sunshine Team
