Sunshine
Hello Sunshine Classes!
We hope you all had a lovely Easter break. We have lots of exciting activities and events planned for this half term, including a ‘virtual visit’ to Windsor Castle with an interactive online workshop!
Our topic for Summer 1 is called ‘Fantasy, Dragons and Castles’. Please see the topic web below for an outline of what we will be learning. We will be starting our new topic with a wow day on Monday 19th April. If you would like to you can dress up in something with the theme of fantasy, dragons and castles on that day.
Castles, fantasy and Dragons topic web
Homework
Spellings
Here are the spellings to learn this half term:
Sunshine spellings to practise summer 1
Please find below the link to the website ‘Spelling Frame’ which is useful for practising spelling patterns. Your child has a login to be able to access the full range of games and activities. Select Year 1 and a sound you would like to practise. Your child is learning all of the sounds throughout the year so any practise would be helpful. The new spelling code to practise this half term’s spellings is: 87154
Learning Logs
At the beginning of each half term a list objectives will be posted below. Please choose one 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. The objectives are linked to the work covered in class during the half term. Your child’s Learning Log will be sent home after half term. Please keep it at home and return it in the last week before the Easter break so we can quarantine, mark and send back home again with new tasks for the next half term.
Who is in our team?
Sunshine 1 – Mr Williams (Monday and Tuesday) and Mrs Williams (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) are your teachers and Mrs Kirby , Miss Booth and Mrs Tombs-Gallagher work with you in class each day as well. Mr White teaches your PE lessons on a Wednesday.
Sunshine 2 – Mrs Nickless is your teacher and Mrs Aziz works with you in class each day as well. Mrs Law teaches you on a Wednesday.
Please click the link below to see more information about the daily routines in Sunshine Class.
Reading
Reading books will be sent home each Monday. Please return the finished books and record to school on a Friday ready for new books to be issued on the following Monday. Your child will have a separate book kept in school to read to adults in class. Your child will also bring home a login to the bookshelf on the Oxford Owl website so they can access additional reading books online if you wish. 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
Phase 2-5 Oxford Owl L & S Home Reading Guide September 2020
PE
PE days for each class are as follows. Your child will be required to come to school in their PE kit and wear it for the day.
Sunshine 1: Wednesday
Sunshine 2: Thursday
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.
Outdoor Learning
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.
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
Best wishes,
The Sunshine Team
