Boynton Primary School

Mrs Cooper is our teacher. Mrs Findlay is our teaching assistant. 

Mrs Pickering is working with us this year. Miss Catterill is a teaching assistant. 

 Welcome back! Below is some important information about the Autumn Term.

Important class information

PE: This takes place on a Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Findlay. Please send your child with their PE kits in a named bag so they can get changed before the PE lesson. Please remove all jewellery and ensure long hair (boys and girls) is tied back. 

Autumn term will be dance and gymnastics inside, so please send a white t shirt and black shorts. They will do the lessons in bare feet. 

Reading
Please listen to your child regularly, at least 3 times a week, and record this in their reading record. Reading is about listening to your child, their fluency and their understanding, so please ask lots of questions and discuss the books together. I encourage you to read a wide range of other books too. Please feel free to write these in your reading record as well. 

We are following the Little Wandle phonics scheme in school. In school I will listen to your child read a decodable book 3 times a week. This book will be sent home on a Friday to read with parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles! We also visit the library on a Friday so your child can choose a book to bring home and enjoy. 

Homework
This will be given out on a Friday and will need to be completed and returned on a Thursday.

Spellings
These are linked with the phonics and spelling rules your child is learning. They are handed out on a Friday and need to be returned on a Thursday. Please learn these at home.

Things to bring to school
* Water bottle * Named jumper/cardigan *Reading book and record * Named coat (weather appropriate) *Homework/spellings on Thursday

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 

Here is a typical timetable for Class One. 
Example timetable

Past topics 
Spring 2022/2023 - Nurturing nurses 
Summer 2022/2023 - Our Wonderful World 
Autumn 2023/2024 - Toy. Old and New
Spring 2023/2024 - History of Transport 

HALF TERM!

This term we will be learning all about ‘The Great Fire of London’ in Class One. We will learn all about what happened in London in 1666 and how the events changed the world. Below is a breakdown of some of the subjects we will be exploring.

English

We will start the year by exploring the book ‘The day the crayons quit’ to get our creative juices flowing. After that, we will explore the diaries of Samuel Pepys to learn about the Great Fire of London. When we’ve learnt all about the features of diaries, we will then write our own based on our learning.

Phonics/Spellings

Year One children will continue on their phonics journey by recapping sounds learnt in Reception and using their learning in longer words. Year Two children will start a spelling program from the Little Wandle Phonics program. Here we will learn new spelling rules so that we can read and spell a wider range of words.

Maths

In maths will be building on our number and place value knowledge to begin with. We will then explore addition and subtraction followed by learning how to tell the time. In addition, we will have daily challenges.  

Science

For science this half term, we will be learning about ‘Living things and their habitats’. We will learn about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains, and classifying animals in categories.

Art

In art we will be exploring different artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe and Van Gogh. After that, we will explore different ways of printing in order to create our own pictures using autumn as inspiration.

Below are some photos of our exciting learning. 

Enjoy! 

World Book Day 

Streetlife Museum, Hull 

Rain gauges 

Weather reporting 

Christmas Parties! 

D&T - Musical instruments 

Music lessons 

Measuring