The Year One Team:

Dickens Class taught by Miss Sutton & Miss Bragg 

Sutton@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk

Earhart Class taught by Miss Field & Mrs Phillips 

Field@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk

Churchill Class taught by Miss Magnus, Mrs McDonnell & Mrs Burke

Magnus@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk 

Dates for your diary

06/01 - Term 3 Starts

11/02 – Internet Safety Day & Coffee Morning – 9.15am

14/02– End of Term 3 – Finish time 3.20pm

24/02 – Start of Term 4

25/02 – Phonics Screen Workshop – 9am Infant Hall

06/03 – World Book Day

10/03 – Parents Evening 3.40-6pm

12/03 – Parents Evening 3.40-7pm

02/04 – Spring Disco 2-3pm

04/04 – Easter Fun Day

04/04 – End of Term – Finish 1.30pm

General reminders 

• Please drop your child off at their classroom gate between 8:40am and 8:50am. If you arrive after this time, please go to the School Office. At the end of the day the classroom doors open between 3.20pm and 3:30pm. If you are unable to collect your child, please telephone the School Office. If you have made regular arrangements for someone else to collect your child, please put this in writing.
• Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE kit. Please tie your child’s hair back on PE days, and ensure your child is not wearing any jewellery (this includes earrings). Dickens PE Days – Monday & Friday. Earhart PE Days- Tuesday & Thursday. Churchill PE Days – Monday & Friday.
• Please make sure your child’s water bottle is in school every day and that their name is written clearly on the bottle.
• Please make sure your child brings their school book bag to school every day containing their school reading book, library book and reading record.

If you have any queries for your child’s class teacher please don’t hesitate to contact us via email using the addresses provided on the school website, or arrange to speak to us at a mutually convenient time. We will always try our best to help and support you.

History/Geography

We continue our learning journey with our topic of:

'Same Sky Different Day’

Do you know any key explorers?

During this learning experience, we will be exploring great sea journeys, with a focus race for the South Pole.

Science

Can you name any everyday materials?

During this learning experience, we will explore a variety of different materials and describe some of their simple physical properties.

Maths

This term we will be looking at place value (within 20), adding and subtracting 1-digit and 2-digit numbers to 20. The children will also be given opportunities to build doubles using real objects and mathematical equipment.

Numbots TT Rockstars https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

English

During our English lessons this term, we will be exploring our new book ‘Lost & Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. There once was a boy and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstop. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him. But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So, the boy decides to take the penguin home, and they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole.

Why did the penguin arrive at his door? Is he lost?

Don't forget to log in to Oxford Owl for extra reading and phonics activities each week.

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 Phonics Sounds Phonics Play

Stunning Start

WHERE DID THIS PENGUIN COME FROM?

What has arrived in our classroom? Where has it come from? Why is it here?

We will be exploring where the penguin has come from.

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Fabulous Finish 

Penguin Party Afternoon

What has happened to our classroom? We have arrived in the Arctic.

A fun afternoon of different penguin activities

Newsletter

Term 3 Newsletter 

Home Learning

Year One Spellings