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Owls (Y1/2)

Welcome to Owls

Hi and welcome to Owls. Our teacher is Mr McKay, who is accompanied by Mrs Collison, Miss Turnbull and Miss Carr and Mrs Wilson.

In Owls we love to have fun and learn lots of new and exciting things. We always try our best in everything we do.

Resources:

Must Reads KS1 master copy

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Important Information for Owls Parents

Homework – KS1 – Owls, Robins and Nightingales

Choose one of the activities each week as a homework task.  You can choose any activity you want from the table and you can record it in your homework book.  Once you have completed the task, colour the box and add the date you completed it.  Homework books will be handed out on a Friday to be returned on the Wednesday.

Spellings

Spellings will be set each Friday and tested the following Friday. Each week, your child’s spellings will be stuck in their reading diary so please ensure it is in school on a Friday. A half termly overview can be found below. Please check carefully which set of spellings your child is learning.

Overview of Spellings Spring 1

P.E. – Tuesday

Children must come to school in their school P.E. kit of plain white t-shirt, black shorts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms and plain white or black trainers.

Please check ARBOR for regular updates and information.

Thanks

Mr McKay

DT – King of the Castle w.c. 13.2.23

DT – King of the Castle w.c. 13.2.23

KS1's DT project this week was to design a castle strong enough to protect the king! The first part of the process was to research different types of castles and identify the features found on both stone castles and motte & bailey castles. Using this research, the...

Understanding happy and sad emotions

Understanding happy and sad emotions

Children in KS1 have been looking what being happy and sad looks and feels like in myself and others. They enjoyed playing the game 'I can make you laugh' where they asked each other questions such as What is our school made of? What is the name of your best friend?...

Windy Winners!

Windy Winners!

Well done to all of our winners from last week. Top Attitude and Top Reflector Class  Top Attitude    Top Reflector   Dragonflies  Zach   Callie     Ladybirds  Ada   Anna    Robins  Willow   Jackson   Owls  Thomas  Ava   Nightingales  Faith   Mikey   Bluebells  Sonny...

Year 1 Homework 10.02.23

Year 1 Homework 10.02.23

  This week’s homework 30.09.22 for Year 1 is CGP Maths pages 15 & 16 Multiplying. Children to return completed for Friday 17.02.23 Thanks Mrs Short & Miss Thompson Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go...

Windy Winners!

Windy Winners!

Congratulations to all of our winners - awards for Top Computer Scientist and our Value of the month for January - Perseverance! Class  Value – Perseverance    Top Computer Scientist   Dragonflies  Enya  Demi-Leigh    Ladybirds  Elo Harrison    Robins  Carter  Bronx ...

Owls enjoy sketching

Owls enjoy sketching

During their basic skills lesson Owls enjoyed a sketching lesson. They looked at sketching their head and face. First they talked about the different features on their face such as shapes and lines. Then they used a cross line effect to help them centralise their...

Safer Internet Day 2023

Safer Internet Day 2023

This week, all of our classes celebrated Safer Internet Day. This year's theme was 'It's Good to Talk About Life Online'. With this in mind, all of our classes discussed what we do online and the different things we enjoy. It was great to hear from our children about...

Safer Internet Day 2023: Parent Information

Safer Internet Day 2023: Parent Information

This afternoon, a workshop was held in school to support parents to have up-to-date knowledge of online safety issues faced by our children. Thank you to parents who were able to attend, and we hope you found the session to be useful and informative. For those parents...

Future gymnastics in Owls

Future gymnastics in Owls

Owls have enjoyed putting together a basic routine with different moves using big and small body parts, wide narrow and curled. First they did a warm up travelling in different directions and then having to balance when the whistle was blown. Then they combined all of...

Year 1 Homework 03.02.23

Year 1 Homework 03.02.23

  This week’s homework 03.03.23 for Year 1 is CGP English page 3 Forming Sentences. Children to return completed for Friday 10.03.23 Thanks Mrs Short & Miss Thompson Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to...

KS1 Hylton Castle Visit

KS1 Hylton Castle Visit

Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being,...