Dear Parents and Guardians,
Happy New Year and welcome back! We hope you and your children had a wonderful and restful break together after an action-packed Term 1 learning about ‘Our Class is a Family’ and ‘Endangered to Extinct’. Â
We are now embarking on Term 2, which looks set to be equally as busy and fun-filled as the last term.
In Discovery this term, the children will be addressing the question, ‘How have structures in Hong Kong and the rest of the world changed over time?’ in our next exciting unit ‘Let’s Build Structures’. In line with this, in English, we will be looking at the texts: Young Frank Architect and Iggy Peck, Architect.
Please continue to discuss your child’s learning with them. Much of their work is recorded within their classroom and on Seesaw.
With regard to homework, we will be continuing with our regular system and schedule of:
- Weekly Common Exception Words will continue to be sent home each Friday, which will follow the spelling patterns, spelling families and sounds taught in school. Children are encouraged to practise these spellings following a precursive handwriting style to consolidate their learning. Remember to look in the front of your red book for activities and ideas when revising spellings.
- Reading each night. Children are to record the title of their book and the pages that they read in their diaries on a daily basis. Please can you, as parents, make notes of any celebrations or difficulties so we can challenge and/or support your child where necessary.
Please find the Year 1 Term 2 Key Dates linked HERE.
For more information regarding Year 1 or the academic year 2024-25, please refer to the linked Welcome to Year 1 booklet and the Key Stage 1 (Year 1 & 2) Curriculum Handbook, which can also be located on the Hub.
We look forward to welcoming you back to school very soon.
Best wishes,
The Year 1 Team