Welcome to Puffins - Reception/Year 1 

 This half term will be full of excitement as the children will be learning about a range of celebrations.

This half term our learning theme is  “Past and Present”.

In reception the children will learn about how they have changed and what their parents looked like when they were young. Year one will be comparing how toys and technology have changed over time as they answer the question:

How has technology changed our lives?

Reception children will continue to focus on developing control through a range of fine motor activities. The children will be learning the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’, retelling the story as a class. Year one will be learning to build sentences and writing simple sentences to describe the characters.

In RE we will focus on Christianity as we explore the following questions:

 Reception- “Why do Christians perform Nativity plays at Christmas?"

 Year 1 - Why does Christmas matter to Christians?"

In PE the children will develop their gymnastics skills; focussing on balance, position and control.

In Maths the reception children will be learning to recognise, subitise and count with numbers to 5. The year 1 children will be focusing on addition and subtraction within 10.

Throughout all lessons we will think about core values and our My Personal Best values- imagination and reflection.

We will use Tapestry to share your child's learning with you and to share important class messages. Please make sure you check the app regularly. Click here for Tapestry website  

Please make sure book bags are brought into school daily. Puffins have PE on Mondays and Thursdays, please ensure that your child has a PE kit with trainers in school each day. Please send a coat to school for your child each day. 

 Thank you

Mrs Kistle, Mrs Sanders and Mrs Hart