Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 27th June 2025

  Happy Friday, everybody! We have been very busy this week finishing off our animal habitat boxes which we have been creating in Design & Technology. Hopefully they will be ready for next Thursday when it will be Open School Evening from 3:30-5:00pm. This will be a chance for you all to come and visit all the different classes in the school and see some of the things we have been making this academic year. We look forward to seeing you all!

Upcoming Events

• Thursday 3rd July - Open School 3:30-5:00pm
• Friday 18th July - PTA Disco
• Monday 1st September - INSET Day
• Tuesday 2nd September - Children return to school

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Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 64 & 65.

For Year 1's this looks at 3D shapes. This covers the names of the 3D shapes the children should know and it is important to discuss the mathematical properties of these shapes, that is the number of faces, vertices and edges.

Below is a link to some games to help support these ideas.

For Year 2's this looks at drawing shapes and patterns. Patterns can be repeating patterns, sequencing patterns (like at the bottom of page 64) or symmetrical patterns. Look around you and see where you can find shape patterns.

Below is a link to some games to help support these ideas:

Shape Games

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have an amazing weekend!

Best wishes

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 20th June 2025

 Happy Friday morning, everybody! We are all ready for our Sports Day today - it will be a fun albeit hot day for everybody. We hope you enjoy/have enjoyed it!

Upcoming Events

• Friday 18th July - PTA Disco
• Monday 1st September - INSET Day
• Tuesday 2nd September - Children return to school

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 62 & 63.

For Year 1's this looks at 2D shapes. This covers the names of the 2D shapes the children should know and it is important to discuss the mathematical properties of these shapes, that is the number of sides and corners (or vertices).

Below is a link to some games to help support these ideas.

For Year 2's this looks at sorting shapes. This again helps the children to focus on the different shapes mathematical properties - faces, vertices and edges for 3D shapes and sides and vertices for 2D shapes.

Below is a link to some games to help support these ideas:

Shape Games

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have an amazing weekend!

Best wishes

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 13th June 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody! Amazing to think that Barleylands was a whole week ago! All the children in Key Stage 1 were fantastic and it was such a lovely day. Enjoy looking at all the photos on this week's newsletter!

Upcoming Events

• Monday 16th June - Book Fair begins (after school)
• Friday 20th June - Sports Day Click here for the letter from this week)
• Friday 18th July - PTA Disco
• Monday 1st September - INSET Day
• Tuesday 2nd September - Children return to school

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 60 & 61.

For Year 1's this looks at measuring time. Understanding how time is measured helps work out slower and quicker times and whether times are earlier or later than each other. Try timing your child doing different tasks and compare the times that it took. Also reinforce how 60 seconds make up a minute and 60 minutes make up an hour.

Below is a link to some games to help support these ideas:

Time Games

For Year 2's this looks at 3D shapes. This focuses on the names of the shapes the children should know and their mathematical properties - faces, vertices and edges.

Below is a link to some games to help support these ideas:

Shape Games

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have an amazing weekend!

Much love

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 6th June 2025

Happy Friday, everybody! All is poised here this morning for our whole school trip to Barleylands! We are all looking forward to an amazing day - look out for the photos in next week's newsletter.

Upcoming Events

• Friday 13th June - PTA Father's Day Sale
• Friday 13th June - Father Day Tea at 3:15pm
• Friday 20th June - Sports Day Click here for the letter from this week)

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 58 & 59.

For Year 1's this looks at reading and writing the time on an analogue clock. This can often be quite a tricky concept so take the time to notice how the hands of the clock are different from each other and they have a distinct role in telling the time. Practical reinforcement of reading the time to the hour and the half hour around the home will also help embed this concept.

Below is a link to some games to help support these ideas:

Time Games

For Year 2's this looks at 2D shapes. This focuses on the names of the shapes the children should know and their mathematical properties - sides, corners (vertices) and lines of symmetry.

Below is a link to some games to help support these ideas:

Shape Games

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a lovely weekend!

Best wishes

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 23rd May 2025

Happy Friday, everybody! Incredibly we find ourselves at Half Term and about to go into our last half term as Year 1's and Year 2's! We would like all the children to have a relaxing week off, so we are not sending homework books home this week but if you can keep up the reading little and often this will have a hugely positive effect on their progress.

We are also currently doing an inventory check on Guided Reading books so these have also not come home this week. Please keep an eye out for any Guided Reading books you may still have at home and bring these back after Half Term.

Upcoming Events

• Monday 2nd June - INSET Day (School Closed)
• Friday 6th June - Whole school trip to Barleylands (see here for the letter)
• Friday 13th June - PTA Father's Day Sale
• Friday 13th June - Father Day Tea at 3:15pm
• Friday 20th June - Sports Day

Have a wonderfully relaxing break!

Best wishes

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 16th May 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody! It has been a lovely summery week for everybody here in Key Stage 1. We have been doing all we can this week to support our Year 6's as they have risen admirably to the challenge of their SATs. As a result of some changes to our usual weekly timetable, we will not be sending home spellings or Guided Reading books this week.

Upcoming Events

• Friday 23rd May - Wellbeing Day
• Monday 2nd June - INSET Day (School Closed)
• Friday 6th June - Whole school trip to Barleylands (see here for the letter)
• Friday 13th June - PTA Father's Day Sale
• Friday 13th June - Father Day Tea at 3:15pm
• Friday 20th June - Sports Day

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 56 & 57.

For both Year Groups, this continues to look at the area of time.

Keep practicing these areas as outlined in the homework books and relate them as much as possible to your child's everyday life. We will leave the same links as before to help support this learning at home.

Months Game 1

Months Game 2

Time Games

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a lovely weekend!

Best wishes

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 9th May 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody! We all enjoyed celebrating VE Day on Thursday this week, with all the children looking resplendent in red, white and blue! We have also been busy with our "Down At The Bottom Of The Garden" project in writing reports about garden birds in English and going on minibeast hunts in science!

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 54 & 55.

For both Year Groups, this is looking at the area of time.

For Year 1's this looks at days of the week and months of the year.. Being able to sequence the days of the week and the months of the year is an important area in time and underpin all the later work that we do going into Year 2. Think about the different things you do on certain days and the key events of the year and in which month they happen.

Months Game 1

Months Game 2

For Year 2's this looks at reading the time on analogue clocks. Read carefully through the page which explains this concept and be patient - time can be a very challenging area of the maths curriculum! There are lots of time games on the link below to help practice your clock reading skills:

Time Games

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a lovely weekend!

Best wishes

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith