Class 1

Welcome to Butterflies

We are delighted to welcome you to the class page of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.
We would like to share with you all the exciting learning we are learning.
On this page you can find out all of the information that you need to understand what your child will be learning each term and how best to support them at home. We are really excited to share some photos of our progress throughout the year.

We have PE on a Monday and Friday. Please click on the icons below to find out more.

If you have any questions or queries, please catch me on the gate for a chat or email the school office on [email protected]
Miss Timbrell & Mrs Stevens

Autumn 1 Newsletter

Welcome to the latest edition of the Class One newsletter! Please click on the link below. Our topic this half term is called Towers, Tunnels and Turrets. We are excited to share all the amazing things happening in Class One this half term.

From our trip to Tamworth Castle, to fun-filled activities, there’s plenty to keep us all engaged and inspired. Stay tuned for updates, announcements, and important information via Facebook, Seesaw and the school newsletter.
Let’s make this Autumn term a memorable one!

Autumn 1 – Towers, Tunnels and Turrets.

Twycross Zoo Trip
Our last topic this academic year is On Safari. To support and celebrate this learning we will be going on a trip to Twycross Zoo on Tuesday 11th June 2024. This will be a very exciting opportunity for your child to learn more about the animals we will be learning about in school and see them for themselves. We will also be having a ‘African Adventure’ session with a teacher at the zoo, where we’ll go on a journey through African landscapes from the savannah to the rainforest. Along the way, we’ll be introduced to African species that live at the zoo. We’ll investigate the similarities and differences based on where they live, while determining whether they are under threat, and the different threats that they may face.

Challenge at Home

The idea behind this homework is that you and your child will have a go at things together and record what you have done on paper or digitally via Seesaw. You can choose any way that you would like to record your experiences, for example, you can use pictures, photographs, writing, cartoons or you could stick any souvenirs in your book. You can also choose the order in which you complete the challenges.

Please don’t worry if you do not get chance to complete all of the challenges, they are designed for you to pick and choose which activities you would like to do with your child and that fit around your family life. We do hope that you can complete as many challenges as possible so that your child can share their successes. The children will have chance to share their work during the topic during our speaking and listening sessions.

We hope that you enjoy helping your child with this exciting project.

Click on the link below to access the homework challenges for our current theme:
Memory Box Homework Challenge
Take a look at some of our complete homework challenges below!

How To Support Your Child At Home

The most important way you can help your child is to show an interest in what they do at school, ensure they attend regularly, eat a nutritious breakfast and get plenty of sleep. You can really help your child by talking to them about what they have done at school but some children are more forthcoming than others. To help you support your child, our class pages have an overview of what your child will be learning each term as well as ideas to help specific to their class and topics.

Weekly spellings are uploaded to Seesaw for the Year 1 and 2 children, to be tested on a WEDNESDAY. Please take a look at these each week and help your child to spell the words independently.

Homework Challenges — Please use this to access the homework and spellings online. Each child will receive a homework challenge menu. There will be enough tasks to complete at least 1 per week based on our topic. You can choose any way that you would like to record your experiences, for example, you can use pictures, photographs, writing, cartoons or you could stick souvenirs in your book. You can also choose the order in which you complete the challenges. Please don’t worry if you do not get chance to complete all of the challenges, they are designed for you to pick and choose which activities you would like to do with your child and that fit around your family life. Each week we will choose a selection of work to be presented to the class to develop social and communication skills. We do hope that you can complete as many challenges as possible so that your child can share their successes with their peers and school staff.

Timestables Rockstars – All children in Year 2 have a TTRS login. We recommend that the children use TTRS for a few minutes each day, as little and often is much more beneficial to the children retaining the knowledge they gain, than once a week.

Reading

Please ensure that your child’s reading book and diary comes to school every day. Please remember to write in your child’s diary every time you read with them. We very much value your support in listening to your child read. Sharing books together is a fantastic way to nurture positive reading habits. Bedtime stories where you model the reading is hugely beneficial.

High quality phonic teaching is the prime means by which we teach children how to read and spell words.
At Hemington Primary School, we follow the ‘Sounds-Write’ phonics programme and this guide is designed to help you, as parents or carers, to understand ‘Sounds-Write’ so that you can support your child at home.

Sounds Write Parent Guide