Sandymere's Class Blog 4.9.26

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 3:31pm

🌟 A Fantastic First Week in Year 1! 🌟

What an amazing first week we have had in Sandymere Class! It has been wonderful welcoming the children back after the summer holidays and seeing how quickly they have settled into Year 1 life.

😊 The children have done a fantastic job learning our new routines and have shown such impressive attitudes towards their learning. We are so proud of their enthusiasm, resilience and eagerness to take on new challenges as they continue to let their light shine.

🔢 Maths

In Maths, we have been developing our understanding of numbers by subitising numbers to 5 and practising accurate number formation. We have noticed that numbers 2, 3 and 5 would benefit from a little extra practice at home.

🎵 Music

We thoroughly enjoyed our music lesson this week, where the children explored using their voices to create high and low sounds, as well as loud and quiet sounds. It was wonderful to see everyone joining in with confidence and creativity.

🧠 Happy Mind

As part of our Happy Mind learning, we learned about the three main parts of our brain, known as Team HAP:

⭐ Hippocampus
⭐ Amygdala
⭐ Prefrontal Cortex

The children practised Happy Breathing 🌬️ and discussed when and how this can help us to feel calm, focused and ready to learn.

🙏 Collective Worship

In our Class Collective Worship, we explored our class Christian value, Thankfulness. We thought about what it means to be thankful and shared some of the things we are grateful for. 💛

📌 Key Reminders

👩‍🏫 Miss Reid teaches Sandymere Class on Monday and Tuesday morning, and Mrs Bettley teaches for the remainder of the week.

👕 PE lessons are on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please ensure PE kits are in school on these days. Children are welcome to keep their kits on their pegs.

🥨 Children only need to bring a morning snack to school.

🍎 We provide fruit and milk for the children's afternoon snack.

🍓 If you would like to send an afternoon snack, please ensure it is fruit only. No other food should be brought for afternoon snack time.

We are incredibly proud of how well the children have started Year 1 and cannot wait for another exciting week of learning ahead.

✨ Have a lovely weekend! ✨

Team Sandymere 🌟