Welcome back after the summer holidays. We hope everyone has had an enjoyable time and made some memories. We are excited about the term ahead and the learning we have planned. We will begin the term by finding out about each other, new routines and creating some class rules. 

Please bring in wellies to be kept in school as we try to go out for breaktimes unless the weather is too bad. They will also need a water bottle daily and coat if due to rain/ is cold. Fruit will be provided for year 1 and 2, however they can bring their own piece of fruit to school if they'd like to. Only year 2 to bring a small pencil case in if they would like to. PE will be on a Monday and Tuesday. Year 1 will hopefully have an afternoon where they will be using the outdoor learning classroom. Please hear your child read at least 5 times a week the phonic scheme book and read other books so as to really enjoy books and the world of reading. Their diaries will be checked Monday, Wednesday and Friday and these are the changing book days.

Our topic will be World detectives. Our Geography will be exploring our wonderful world and in particular Africa and the Polar regions. They will be using atlas', Google Earth and clips to explore the human and physical geography of these places, animals which live there, the weather and more. In history we will be finding out about significant individuals who have explored some of these regions. In art we will be drawing from natural objects. In design and technology we will be designing and constructing a freestanding chair for baby bear. During literacy we will be using high quality texts to support our writing and using the Supersonic Phonic Friends to consolidate our sounds to help our reading and writing. In Maths we will be building on our knowledge from the previous year and using resources to help with this. We will be using the computers and technology to develop their skills and understands, these will be accompanied by online safety sessions.

Please read the weekly blogs for weekly information about the learning being carried out in our lessons. A link to this will be put on dojo and other notices will also be shared on dojo. If anyone has ever any questions about the learning or other issues that may arise, please do either speak to me on the door and if necessary we can arrange a meeting or email the office at office@fittleworth.school. If the email needs my attention the office will forward this.