1. Welcome to Starlings’ Class
Our teachers are: Mrs Shaw, Mrs O’Connell, Mrs Egleton, Ms Mukhtar
and Mrs Juric

2. Please bring your child straight to the playground.
Uniform
Water bottles
Book bags
Fruit snack for after school clubs
No need to provide pencil cases

3. Topics Autumn Term: Around the World! Spring Term: Twisted Tales
(Countries around the world, cultures, traditions and celebrations, weather, animals.)
Spring Term: Twisted Tales
(Fairy tales, castles, dragons, knights, princesses.)
Summer Term: Time Traveller
(Significant people in history.)

4. PE Kits Swimming second half of term Wednesdays for 5 weeks
Parents are welcome to help walk children to swimming.
Outdoor PE every Tuesday
PE kit

5. English and Maths Capital letters, full stops, finger spaces.
Handwriting
Spellings – test on Monday
Grammar – past tense rules, e.g. adding -ed
Number facts – number bonds to 10 and 20, times tables 2, 5, 10, 3, division (can use fingers to work out.)

6. Homework Sent home on Monday Spellings, number facts and times tables
Spellings – test the following Monday
Number facts and times tables – test the following Tuesday

7. Reading 3 day reading scheme
Please write in your child’s reading record
Ask comprehension questions as much as possible
Reading comprehension every few books

8. Dates for your diary Class assembly: 12th June
Parent sharing afternoon: 11th February
Autumn term parents’ evening: Thursday 17th and Tuesday 22nd October