Class Teachers

Willow Class: Miss Eskell

Cherry Class: Miss Evans and Mrs Walshe

Willow@henleaze-inf.bristol.sch.uk
Cherry@henleaze-inf.bristol.sch.uk

Key Information

We start at 8:45am We finish at 3:20pm

Don’t forget book bags, coats, water bottle, and named PE kits. These will stay in school and will get sent home to be washed at the end of term.

 

Diary dates

 

Diary dates

Friday 9th Oct - INSET day - school closed to children.
Friday 16th Oct - Phonics learn along - Year 1 and Year 2. Parents welcome into school at 9am to see what a phonics lesson looks like in KS1.

Friday 23rd Oct - Last day of term 1. Non uniform day. Contributions to FHIS.

Monday 2nd Nov - First day of Term 2

Monday 30th Nov - INSET

Friday 18th Dec - Last day of Term 2

English

Phonics
This week we will be continuing revision of Phase 4. In year 1 we start with a revision of sounds taught in Reception to ensure that children are secure in their decoding and blending skills before moving onto learning new sounds. This week we will be focusing on:

 

Handwriting focus: 

Our whole school begins a new handwriting scheme this year: Unlocking Letters and Sounds Handwriting. This term we are looking at number formation mastery. This week we will be writing 2 and 3. As part of our revision of common exception words, we will also be practicing writing these words informally throughout the week: me, we, be, he

Writing
This week we will be writing simple sentences. We will be focusing on capital letters and full stops and correcting errors of missing or incorrectly placed capital letters or full stops.

Reading
All children have now received a book based on their end of Reception assessments. We will continue reading one to one with children throughout the week and changing books. Please ensure books are brought in daily.

Maths   

Number fluency
Counting forwards and backwards from any number within 20.
Number recognition within 10 (and 20).
Number formation
Subitising

 

Main learning:

Find 1 less

To compare numbers using the language greater than and less than and equal (as well as the symbols >, < and =)

To order 3 non-consecutive numbers within 10
 

 

Wider Curriculum

PE- SHINE Outside Session - Team Games

Class PE - Fundamental Movement Skills: Footwork Patterns and One Leg Balance

R+WV- We begin our Religion and World Views learning. We will be learning to show respect when talking about big ideas.

Computing - We will be recapping how to log in to Purple Mash and will be creating an avatar for our profiles. We will also be discussing why we have an avatar and the importance of keeping our log in details private.

Art: We will continue exploring colour and drawing self portraits

PSHE: We will be learning about when and why people might have different emotions

Science - We will continue to learn about the seasons and explore what the weather is like in each season