Category: Phase One

Dear Parents and Carers,

Happy New Year! I hope you had a lovely Christmas break. It has been a busy start to the new term in Phase One with each class starting their new topic.

Attached is a copy of your class’s Curriculum Map which covers their learning for the Spring Term.

Year One ‘Into the Woods’- Curriculum Map Spring

Year Three ‘Invaders and Settlers’ – Curriculum Map Spring final Year 3

Please note that year two’s curriculum map will follow next week.

Wishing you all a restful weekend,

Miss Luetchford 🙂

 

With the Christmas holidays fast approaching, it has been a busy week in Phase One.

Year 3 enjoyed a trip  with year 4 to the Royal Festival Hall where they listened to and performed various carols with the organ.  The children all described the trip with great enthusiasm and even the wet walk back to school couldn’t damper their Christmas spirit.

Year 3 have also been busy producing poems as part of the Young Writers Poetry Competition. The children were asked to write a poem about a monster and I’m thrilled to announce that some of our children’s work has been chosen for publication. Congratulations to : Matilda, Finn, Lily D, Lucas, Erin, Abderlrhman, Ella, Leon, Benedict, Harry, Kallum, Blake, Chris, Nelson and Sofia whose poems will all feature in the book ‘Poetry Monster- Fangtastic Creations’. Well done!

Next Wednesday afternoon (18th December) years 1 and 2 will be having their KS1 Christmas party. The children are invited to bring party clothes in a named bag that they can change into for the afternoon.  Outside the classrooms is a sign-up sheet for parents to provide any food or party drinks. Any donations towards this will be greatly appreciated. Please ensure that all food is nut free. 

On Thursday 19th December year 3 will be participating in the KS2 Christmas party. The children are invited to bring party clothes in a named bag and food will be provided for by the school. To pay for the party food and drinks, the children are asked to bring in a £1.00 donation.

I hope you have a restful weekend and we would all like to wish Mr Peck a very happy birthday for Saturday.

Miss Luetchford 🙂

What a busy week we’ve had in Phase One.

Now that we are in the season of Advent, the children are learning about the first arrival of Jesus in R.E lessons and assemblies.

Years one and two performed in the FSU and KS1 Christmas production of ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’.

The children all worked incredibly hard to remember their cues, learn their lines and perform each song with a  big smile on their face. Thank you to everyone who helped put this performance together and for showing your support. I can’t wait to watch the  year threes perform in their carol concert on Tuesday 17th December. The Christmas season has officially begun.

A note from Mrs Sharon and Mrs Killy, please can you ensure your child’s book bag is in school on a Tuesday ready to have their book changed for the week.

I hope you have a lovely time at the Christmas Fair and a restful weekend,

Miss Luetchford 🙂

Dear Parents and Carers,

Once again, it’s been a busy week in Phase One.

Years one and two, have started preparing for their Christmas Show ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’.

All of the children have taken home a letter describing what clothing is required for their costume, along with a copy of their line(s) to practise at home. If you have any questions  please come and speak to me and I will be happy to help.

Mr Peck has kick started singing assemblies, for years 3,4,5 and 6, in preparation for the ‘Carols by Candlelight’ concert which takes place on Tuesday 17th December at 18.00 at St Matthew’s Church. This is the first time the year three children will have taken part in the concert and I can’t wait to hear them singing to get us all in the festive spirit.

This week Mrs Bibby organised an art project for Remembrance Sunday. All of the children in the school learnt about this important day and why we wear poppies at this time of year. Each class made a poppy wreath that will be laid in our own remembrance assembly on Monday.

I hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford 🙂

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week in Phase One we have been preparing for our Harvest Service.  The theme of the service this year is ‘God provides’. The children have been learning various songs and drama pieces ready to share with you all next week.

On Wednesday, Years One and Two went to the Royal Albert Hall to watch the ‘Primary Proms’ performance. It was a fascinating experience for the children as  they learnt about the various instruments and enjoyed listening to the music. Some even got up and had a boogie to the jazz band’s rendition of ‘Rocking Robin’.

Thank you to all of the parents who joined us on the trip and to Mrs Rainey for booking the tickets for the children.

I hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford 🙂

It’s been another week of active learning in Phase One.

Year One have been busy making sandwiches, Year Two have been writing riddles about animals (and some teachers) and Year Three have been carrying out some exciting science investigations using clay and soil.

Today our new garden was officially opened.

The garden was built in memory of Alex Merriman who we keep in our thoughts as we remember all he did for our school during his time as Chair of Governors. To open the garden, the School Council performed a poem all about nature and a cherry tree was planted in his memory.

I hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford 🙂

Dear Parents and Carers,

It’s been another week of exciting (although slightly wet)  learning in Phase One.

Year One have been busy making shadow puppets, Year Two have become budding reporters and Year Three have been busy making fossils.

School Council

This week we elected our School Councillors, congratulations to our newest members of the School Council team:

Year One

Year Two

Year Three

We look forward to hearing about all of their wonderful ideas throughout the year.

Attached is a copy of your class’s Curriculum Map which covers their learning for the Autumn Term.

Year One- ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ Curriculum Map Autumn final

Year Two- ‘Wish You Were Here’ Curriculum Map Autumn Year 2

Year Three- ‘Time Travellers’ Year Three Curriculum Map Autumn Term

 

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford 🙂

Welcome to our brand new Phase 1 blog!  We plan to use the blog to keep you up-to-date with all the exciting learning that takes place every week at St Matthews. The blog will also be a space for posting school reminders, as well as links to sites we may all find useful, so please do check in regularly! We sometimes will post as individual classes and other times as a phase group, we hope you will find it valuable and look forward to your encouraging comments.

Please note, I do not own any of the images included on our blog, apart from the photos of our classroom and children.

What a lovely start to the year it has been. The children have settled into the new academic year and it’s been great hearing all about their busy summers.

Assemblies have looked at ‘fresh starts’ and the children have been thinking about what they can do to be the very best version of themselves in this school year. It is sometimes difficult to start something new or face a challenge but Joshua 1:9 reminds us:

‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.’

Thanks for reading and I hope you are as excited as I am for this new opportunity to bring school and home together through the Phase 1 blog!

Miss Luetchford 🙂