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:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
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
Online Homework and Information
Resources
Phonics websites for games to help support your child with phonics.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm
For more information about helping your child with phonics please refer to the following websites.
P.E.
Positive Behaviour Information for Parents
The links below offer information to support parents: Final PBS flyer design Spring23 v1 Information about PBS workshops for staff working with families v2
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,...
Year 1 Homework 27.01.23
This week’s homework 27.01.23 for Year 1 is CGP Maths pages 6 Ordering Numbers. Children to return completed for Friday 03.02.23 Thanks Mrs Short & Miss Thompson Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school...
Working towards the Artsmark!
Our journey towards achieving the Artsmark award has begun. This award (accredited by Arts Council England) is the only creative quality standard for schools and will allow us to reflect on our curriculum for subjects such as art and design and music. Over the next...
KS1 Science Investigation – w.c. 16.1.23
KS1 took part in a practical experiment that investigated the properties of materials. Our learning intention was to be able to differentiate materials from everyday objects. As part of the investigation, the children were encouraged to describe and identify the...
Robins and Owls Homework
This week’s homework 20.1.23 for Year 1 is CGP Grammar Punctuation and Spelling page 4 Children to return completed for Friday 27.1.23 Thanks Miss Thompson & Mrs Short Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to...
Windy Winners!
Congratulations to all of our winners this week. Our two awards were for a Top Mathematician and a Top Effort. Class Top Effort Top Mathematician Dragonflies Amaris Elliott Ladybirds Tovino Emily Robins George Riley Owls Louie Harry Heidi ...
Creating algorithms in Computing
This week in Computing, KS1 learned about algorithms and how they are a set of detailed steps to make something happen or work something out. We worked in partners to create a set of instructions on how to draw a crazy character, our partner then had to follow the...
Measuring in Owls
The children have enjoyed learning about different ways of measuring using non-standard measure and centimetres. They used paper clips and cubes to find out the length of different objects from around the classroom and a ruler to measure lines in centimetres. Article...
Owls enjoy Five Minutes Peace
In English this week the children have enjoyed reading the text Five Minutes Peace by Jill Murphy. They looked at enriched vocabulary from the text and matched it to the correct meaning, sequenced the story using pictures then read the text to match to the correct...
KS1 look at identifying and naming materials
This week in Science KS1 have been looking at different materials and their names. They discussed every day materials of things around the classroom, what they use at home and what they were wearing. They then discussed as a class silk, ice, stone, paint, sponge,...
Year 1 Homework 13.01.23
This week’s homework 13.01.23 for Year 1 is CGP Maths pages 24 & 25 Measuring Problems. Children to return completed for Friday 20.01.23 Thanks Mrs Short & Miss Thompson Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go...