Blackbirds – Year One and Two Pupils
Welcome to the Blackbirds class information page.
Mrs Saunders and Mrs Blake teach the Blackbirds
Mrs Whitlock, Mrs Thomas and Mrs Hawes are our Teaching Assistants
Welcome back Blackbirds! Hope you all had a great half term!
Here is a summary of what we will be getting up to this half term:
This term our topic is Up, Up and Away. Have a look at our topic web to see all the exciting things we will be learning.
last term our topic was The Victorians. Our topic web shows what we learnt.
In term three topic was Under my Skin. Have a look at our topic web to see what we learnt.
In term two our topic was India. Have a look at our topic web to see what we learnt.
In term one our topic was An Island Home. Have a look at our topic web to see what we learnt.
In Maths we will be focusing on:
- Using Money
- Place value multiplication and division
- fractions
Phonics: Any additional work at home based on the phase 3/4 and 5 sounds would be really beneficial for your child 🙂 As you may or may not be aware the year 1 Blackbirds will be taking part in the Phonics Screening check in June. The phonics screening check is a short, simple test taken by Year 1 children in England each June to assess their reading ability. If you click on the following link it will explain more about the phonics screening check:
www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/parent-tutorial-phonics-screening-check/
Here are some useful websites for your child to use to help them with their sounds:
- www.phonicsplay.co.uk
- www.lettersandsounds.co.uk
- www.education.com/games/phonological-awareness/
Here is a link for the past papers that we use in school with the children to familiarise them with the layout and practise those tricky words! www.satspapers.org.uk/Page.aspx?TId=21
There are also loads of apps that you can download from the app store – Mr. Thorne Does Phonics and Zat Phonics are great apps that you can buy. There are also lots of free apps that can be downloaded too – Phonics Genius
Reading: Please spend 5 minutes a day reading with your child – it makes such a big difference!! 🙂
Useful links to websites for the Blackbirds will also be added here.
Purple Mash Mathletics
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