Welcome to Hazel Class

PE DAYS Summer 1 – Wednesday and Friday 

Family Forest School – Friday 17th April 1.30pm

Class Teacher: Miss Ashworth

Class Teaching Assistants: Miss Crowther, Miss Ross, Mrs Sanderson and Mrs Greenwood

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break and enjoyed some well‑deserved rest with family and friends. Hazel Class is excited to begin the Summer term, which is filled with engaging activities, new learning opportunities and lots of exciting experiences for the children!

English

This half-term, we will begin the Summer term by finishing our narrative writing unit inspired by the wonderful stories of Oliver Jeffers. The children will continue developing their story structures, characters, and descriptive language as they complete their imaginative narratives. After this, we will move on to exploring a new text!

Guided Reading

In Year 1, children take part in small-group guided reading sessions. Groups are based on phonics knowledge, helping each child build confidence and fluency with texts that match their learning stage.

In Year 2, the children will continue to read The Pirates Next Door!

The children will develop skills by answering questions following our VIPER skills which are:

VIPERS stands for 

Vocabulary 

Inference 

Prediction 

Explanation 

Retrieval

Sequence or Summarise 

Maths

In Maths this half-term, both Year 1 and Year 2 will be diving into a range of exciting and practical topics.

In Year 1 this half-term, the children will finish learning about numbers to 50 and will then move on to length and height and mass and capacity.

In Year 2, the children will be focusing on multiplication and division and then mass, capacity and temperature. The children will be building their confidence with different methods and applying their skills to a range of problem‑solving activities.

Multiplication is a pivotal part of Maths education and underpins so many aspects of the curriculum through school. It would be so beneficial if at home, children could be practising times tables. The primary focus should be on 2s, 5s and 10s in Key Stage 1. TT Rockstars is a great way for children to practice their times tables. The children will have a TT Rockstars login in the front of their reading record. 

Your child will now also be able to access NumBots.  NumBots is an online learning platform that we’re using to support your child’s understanding of number bonds and to help their addition and subtraction skills. These are the essential building blocks for higher-level maths concepts, so we are excited by the impact that NumBots will have on your child’s learning. The TTRockstars login code, which is in the front of your child’s reading record book will also give you access to Numbots.

Science

This half term, Year 1 and Year 2 will be learning all about plants. Year 1 will explore the basic structure of common plants and trees, naming parts such as roots, stems, leaves and flowers. They will also observe how plants grow over time.

Year 2 will build on this by studying what plants need to survive, including water, light, and a suitable temperature, as well as describing how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants. Together, the children will carry out simple investigations, make observations, and develop their scientific vocabulary as they discover the life cycle of plants.

Readers

Reading books will be changed twice per week. Books will be changed on Tuesdays and Fridays each week. If your child finishes their book early, they are welcome to read their library book, re-read their current book or use bug club.

Get caught up in a book...

In Hazel Class, we understand the importance of reading and expect children to read for at least 10/15 minutes each night. It is important that we instil the skill of sustained reading into our children rather than just reading a few pages a night. This will encourage a love for reading as well as helping with fluency and expression. Record books will be checked and we will also encourage a love of reading through choosing books from our reading corner and school library. Bug Club is also available if you want to read further books with your child at home.

Our class library day is Monday when children may select a book to take home from the library. Please return to school the following Monday and then your child can choose a new book.

P.E

Our P.E. lessons this half-term will be on a Wednesday and Friday afternoon. Please could you ensure that children come to school wearing the correct P.E. kits on the day of their session. 

Spellers

Weekly spellings will be on Edshed every Monday for the week. Your child has their own Edshed login attached to the inside of their reading record book. We encourage you to look at these spellings at home with your child. However, we will not complete a test during school. Instead, we will assess the children through spelling games and activities on the spellings for that week throughout the week. If you would like a paper copy of the weekly spellings, then please let me know, and I can sort this for you.

Each week's spellings will be linked to the phonics focus for that week, reinforcing the sounds and patterns covered in class.

https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login?redirect_uri=%2Fen-gb%2Fgroups%2F2602998

Forest School

Family Forest session on Friday 17th April at 1.30.

Snack 

If you would like your child to have a snack, please pay for this on parent pay at the beginning of the term.

Notices

If you have any questions or concerns, my door is always open.

Thank you for the support.

Miss Ashworth