Autumn 1 

Welcome back to Park Mead! We hope that everyone had a fantastic summer holidays. 

We are excited to welcome the children back in to school on Thursday 4th September.

Doors open at 8:45.

Please be reminded that end of day collection is at the bark at the top end of the Year 1 playground this year. 

Useful Information

PE Days

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays for both classes. Please ensure children come to school in their PE kit on these days.  

Library Days

We will be visiting the library to change books every Monday for both classes. 

Books are issued for two weeks at a time but can be returned earlier. If your child wishes to keep a book for longer than two weeks, please send it in to school on their library day so that it can be renewed.

 English:  

Autumn 1 Fiction Unit: Hansel and Gretel 

Focus: Character Description 

We are learning to use: 

Capital letters and full stops

Finger Spaces

Use simple similes to describe e.g. He stood as tall as a tree

Use adverbs to describe how something does something e.g. she tiptoed quietly

Use adjectives to describe a noun with a comma (noun phrase) e.g. a small, round ball

Autumn 1 Non-Fiction Unit: The Land of Far, Far Away 

Focus: Information Writing 

We are learning to use: 

Capital letters for place names 

Consistent use of present tense 

Exclamation marks for emphasis

Co-ordinating conjunctions

Cursive Handwriting 

This year we will be teaching joined writing. 

Children will learn to join letters in a planned sequence. 

      Reading, Phonics and Spelling :

Phonics/spelling lessons happen every day. We will do this as a class and provide extra support for children who need it.

Guided Reading sessions 

Children will have whole class reading sessions 3 times a week. 

These sessions take extracts from well known texts and explore reading for fluency and understanding (comprehension) 

English Homework:

Reading

We would like the children to read at home at least 4- 5 times a week with an adult or as often as possible. 

Spelling

   (link)   (logins in reading records)

Spelling challenges are set every Friday on Spelling Shed .. 

The words will comprise of spellings linked to the spelling taught that week 

We would like children to practice their spelling at least 3 x a week.