Welcome to Miss Dilks' Class!


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Welcome back to school! I am really looking forward to getting to know you all and for a fun filled and exciting half term!.

Autumn Term 1
We will be spending time, at the beginning of term, settling the children in and developing routines and expectations, lots of our work will be based on keeping safe and making friends.

Maths
We will be following Power Maths across the school.
This term we will be focussing on developing the children's place value and then using this to add and subtract.  Initially we will start with small numbers, as it is important that the children understand the processes and small steps.

Literacy
We will continue to develop the children's understanding of phonics and applying the skills to both reading and writing.  We will continue to use Monster Phonics and build on what the children learnt in Reception.

Much of our work will be based on key texts, for example; The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Cave Baby.  We will be learning how to recognise and write a range of text types including; narrative, lists, captions and letters.

Science
In Science we will be naming and labelling body parts and finding out about our senses.  The children will be encouraged to plan and carry out their own investigations.

Art
Our art work links nicely to our science as it is all about portraits.  As part of the work we will be looking at the work of Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee and Andy Warhol.  The children will experiment with different media including pencils, pastels and paint.

History
Our history work is based on changes within living memory and our focus will be finding out about how toys have changed since grandma (or grandad) was little.  

Computing
Our work links to our history topic as it is all about programmable toys.  We will be developing our coding skills and debugging skills as we work out how to take the toys around a maze.

PE
Our P.E days are Tuesday and Thursday.  
Please remember that the children will be coming into school in their P.E. kits on these days.

​Our PE policy states PE kit is the following: a white top, black or navy bottoms, outdoor shoes/plimsolls and a plain jumper/jacket (your child could wear their school jumper).

Please also make sure that all jewellery, including earrings is removed on these days.

Uniform 
Please could you remember to clearly label all your child's uniform as children are still leaving them and loosing them. There a lot of jumpers and cardigans still left in the jumper box. It will make it a lot easier for them and yourselves to find the correct one.


Reading

Your child will be sent home with a reading book on Monday 14th September. This will be a reading for pleasure book and will be collected in on Thursday of each week. It will then be changed and your child will receive a new book on the following Monday. 

Please listen to your child read as often as possible and also encourage your child to read for pleasure at home. This can be any type of book that they are interested in and in a place that they feel comfortable in. This can include comic books, recipes books, poems, non-fiction books, newspapers. 
 

We have such a busy but exciting half term ahead! Please continue to take a look at our class dojo page to see all the fantastic learning that we are doing! 
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Here are some interactive games and videos that will support your child's learning

Websites
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga/videos  Mental Health keeping your body and mind active. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXdH1dA5vI  Monster Phonic Actions and Graphemes.