Welcome to Neptune Class

Class Teacher: Miss Davies

Miss Jones – Monday & Thursday

TA: Miss Croft

LSA: Miss Tucker

Neptune Class email address: neptune@kafed.org.uk

SCHOOL DAY

Monday - Thurs 

8.40 - 3.15

Friday 
8.40- 2.15 

FRIDAY - SWIMMING 

IN A SEPERATE BAG-
swimming trunks/ costume, towel, swimming cap 

Everyday your child needs to bring in their school bag / reading wallet and a water bottle.
 

PHONICS

We use a scheme called Little Wandle to teach children phonics. In Year 1 children will learn Phase 5 sounds. Please watch this video to support your child with the pronunciation of each sound.

Spring 2

Topic - Growing

English: we will read The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy (Author), Niamh Sharkey (Illustrator). It is a wonderful retelling of the classic Russian tale about a farmer whose turnip is impossible to pull from the ground.

Watch a re-telling of the story here.

Our second book is called The Extraordinary Gardener by Sam Boughton. This is a charming story about the importance of nature and community.

Watch it here.

We are working hard in our garden and we will post progress of our planting – watch this space!

Support your child’s learning at home by:

• Reading every day.
• Completing the weekly challenges on Big Maths.
• Try some of the activities on the Homework Grid.

Spring 1

Topic - Space

English: we will read Look Up by Nathan Byron. We will write letters, flyers, and storymaps.

Watch a re-telling of the story here.

Maths: We will focus on using numberlines to solve addition and subtraction.

Each week we do the Big Maths Learn Its Challenge. Now your child can practise their maths at home with their own login to Big Maths.

Science: We will learn about the changes that Winter brings. We will also learn the names of the planets in our solar system.

History: We will learn about Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space. You can watch Mae Among the Stars.

Here is Mae Jemison talking about her life.

Support your child’s learning at home by:

• Reading every day.
• Completing the weekly challenges on Big Maths.
• Try some of the activities on the Homework Grid.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

We hope you have a lovely break. 

Neptune have worked really hard this term and deserve a good rest.

The new term starts on January 9th. See you all then.

Autumn 2

Topic - Theme Light and Dark

English: we will read Peace At Last by Jill Murphy and Ning and the Night Spirits by Adriena Fong. We will write character descriptions, letters and invitations.

Maths: We will be using units to measure length, finding halves by sharing, sorting.

Each week we do the Learn Its Challenge. Now your child can practise their maths at home with their own login to Big Maths.

Geography: we will learn about the seven continents. We will also learn how to label map with human and physical features.

Science: We will learn about the changes that Autumn brings. We will also learn how to identify light sources.

Art: we will learn how to make line drawings of teddy bears.

DT: we will learn how to use joining techniques to make a bear with moving arms and legs.

Support your child’s learning at home by:

Reading every day

Try some of the activities on the Homework Grid

Week beginning 30.10.2023

Halloween

In the first week back the children looked fantastically scary in their Halloween costumes.

Week beginning 6.11.2023

We were learning about Autumn this week. We began the week with a trip to Beckenham Place Park. We did a nature hunt and found lots of leaves turning orange,  red, yellow and brown. We saw lots of squirrels hunting for acorns ready for the winter months. It was a beautiful day and the tress looked amazing in the Autumn sunshine.

Neptune had a great time.

Week beginning 13.11.2023

We started a new book called peace At Last by Jill Murphy.

Mr Bear can’t sleep because he is kept awake by lots of noises in his house and garden.

You can watch it read by Damien Lewis on Cbeebies.

HALF TERM HOLIDAY

We can't believe how fast the time has flown. Well done to all of the children. They have settled into the new routines and expectations of Year 1 really well. Everyone deserves a restful week. 

All the children brought home tricky Word Flashcards. Please read them everyday. If you want an extra set please click on the link below.

Don't forget the Homework Grid to try out some of the things we have learnt this half term.

Have a great week and see you on Monday 30th October.

AUTUMN 1 TOPIC

Our topic this half term is called All About Me.

History: we learn about our personal timelines – what we were like when we were babies and how we have changed over time.

Geography: we will look at our local area – we will make maps of the local area around our school.

Art – we are looking at our faces and creating self-portraits. We have looked at famous artists who have made self-portraits.

PHSE/RE: The unit is called belonging and we have learnt about how we belong in different communities (families, school and clubs)

PE: Ball skills

Music: We are learning to listen to music, keep a steady beat, and develop a sense of pitch by echo singing a leader. Our song is called The Menu Song. You can practise it at home with this video

HOMEWORK GRID

Each half term we will post a Homework Grid. It has activities for you to support your child's learning at home. All the activities are linked to our topic. Please share anything you do at home by sending it in or emailing a photo which we can share with the class.

WEEK 4

This week we also had a lot of fun at Pizza Express. We learnt about the ingredients need for a Marguerita Pizza. Yum, Yum

We learnt about our personal timelines and wrote about what we were like when we were babies.

Our class book is Knuffle Bunny.

WEEK 2

We drew and wrote about our families. Our class book is Five Minutes Peace. You can watch it at home.

WEEK 1

You can see how well we are settling in and learning our new timetables and routines.