1. Welcome to Class 1

2. PE: Tuesday (Dance), Wednesday (Multi- skills), Friday (Athletics) Show and Tell: Wednesday WOWchers Take-home teddies Homework

3. Phonics Reception: Beginning Phase 2 – Learning letter sounds and a few ‘tricky words’ – Beginning blending sounds together to make words  Phase 3 will begin after half term and Phase 4 in the summer term. http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for- home/reading-owl/expert-help/phonics- made-easy

4. Year 1: Phase 3 and 4 – Phase 5 begins later on this term once children are secure in all of the sounds. – Children will learn alternative spellings and pronunciations for the sounds already learnt. Year 1 Phonics Check (May 2015)

5. Handwriting Reception: taught within Phonics Year 1: 15 mins handwriting every week Cursive

6. Wish list Please collect: – Cans with plastic lids (e.g. gravy granules) – Milk bottle lids – broken bricks with holes, broken garden canes, dead wood, pinecones