Welcome to Yellow Class Years 1 and 2

Yellow Class teachers are Mrs Harris and Mrs Richardson

🌟 Summer Term 1 🌟

🌟We are excited to begin a new half term filled with engaging topics and opportunities for the children to continue growing in confidence and independence 😊

✏️ English

This term our writing will be inspired by the exciting theme of pirates! 🏴‍☠️ We will be exploring explanation texts, where children will learn to clearly explain ideas and processes, before moving on to writing their own diary entries. The children will enjoy bringing their ideas to life while continuing to develop their vocabulary, sentence structure and creativity.

🔢 Mathematics

This term in Mathematics:

🟦 Year 1 will be:

• Continuing learning about length and height 📏
• Exploring mass and capacity 🧪
• Beginning multiplication ✖️ and division ➗
• Introducing fractions 🟰

🟩 Year 2 will be:

• Continuing mass and capacity 🧪
• Learning to tell the time ⏰
• Moving on to fractions 🟰

🌍Curriculum

We have lots of exciting learning planned across our wider curriculum:

🔬 Science – Living things and their habitats 🌱
🌎 Geography – Learning about climate and different environments around the world ☀️❄️

🙏 RE – Exploring What are sacred texts and why are they important? 📖
🎨 Art – Creating spiral patterns and exploring how artists use shape and line 🌀

📚 Reading

Your child will be sent home with:
📒 A yellow reading diary
📖 A reading book

Please read with your child as often as possible and record each reading session in the yellow diary ✍️.
Each time your child reads, they will earn a raffle ticket 🎟️!

📘 Phonics books will come home on Wednesday and be collected in on Monday.
Please ensure your child brings their reading diary and current reading book into school every Monday so we can monitor progress throughout the term and year.

⚽ Physical Education (P.E.)

This term, P.E. will take place on:

📅 Monday – with JB Sport
📅 Thursday – with Mrs White and Mrs Evison

Please ensure your child comes to school wearing a suitable P.E. kit 👟.
Some sessions may take place outside, weather permitting ☀️🌧️.

🧥 Extra Housekeeping

Please ensure:
🏷️ All uniform is clearly labelled
🚰 Water bottles are in school daily and named
⌚ Watches are simple time-telling watches only (no games, voice recording or cameras)

This helps us keep everyone safe and organised 😊.

📩 Questions or Support

If you have any questions about your child’s progress, or anything else, please don’t hesitate to contact the school office or arrange a meeting with us.

Thank you for your continued support 🙏