Class 1 2022 - 2023

Welcome to the summer term!

I cannot believe that the children are in their final term and will soon be moving on to Class 2.  They have all grown in so many different ways; it has been a real joy to see them progress.

We have a full term ahead of us.  We will be looking at the coronation this half term and then ending with our Lost Words fortnight, when we will again be walking to Lindow Common to look at nature.  Then in the second half term we have sports week and our summer performance.  I have also mentioned to the children the idea of having a picnic and they were all very enthusiastic!

We will be continuing to send home the Little Wandle reading books every weekend.  During the week the children will be reading other books from school which contain sounds and tricky words that they have covered during our phonics sessions.  We leave these books in the bags so that they can be read at home over two days – using the first day as a decoding session and then the second day as a prosody session (looking at fluency and expression).

We will still be providing the children with a healthy snack and the snack money is £6 for this half term and £7 for the second half term.  Please send this into school in a sealed, named envelope.

We will still be having PE on a Wednesday afternoon and a Friday morning.  Please can you check that each item of their kit is still clearly labelled - if you have written their names in biro this can fade in the wash.  Please go over any names that are becoming difficult to see/read.  Kits should be brought in on a Monday and will be sent home every Friday so that they can be washed.   

This term has started with some lovely weather and we hope it will continue.  If we do have hot weather then please remember to provide your child with a sunhat and that suncream has been applied before they come to school.  Please try to help them learn how to apply this independently so that they can 'top up' during the day.  The children will of course have their water bottles available to them through the day and we will make sure that they are regularly topped up and that the children use them.

I did mention the idea of 'mystery readers' in the Meet the Teacher evening back in September but unfortunately no one has remembered about it.  The children really do enjoy this experience so could I encourage you to volunteer to have a go at this?  It entails a parent/grandparent coming into school to share a story at the end of the day.  I have done it for my daughter when she was in Primary school and I can assure you it is a very enjoyable and rewarding experience.  We would love to welcome you on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday at 3pm.  If  you would like to take part in this please let me know or write a note in your child's reading record - try not to mention it to your child as we like to keep it as a surprise!

If there is anything about your child,s learning or wellbeing that you would like to discuss, please do let me know and we can arrange a meeting.  Or if you prefer to contact me by email then my email address is at the bottom of this page.

I do try to tweet regularly from our class account @stannesclass1, so please follow us to keep up with the activities that the children take part in each day.

sdale@stannesfulshaw.net    @stannesclass1