Class 1
Welcome to Class 1!
Teachers: Mrs Stevens/Mrs Ham
TA: Mrs Willson
1:1 LSA: Mrs Stevens
Welcome to an exciting term ahead in Class 1! We would like to say huge well done to all of our new entrants, who are settling in extremely well and to our most wonderful Year One children, who have been supporting their new peers.
The children are already thoroughly enjoying sharing their ‘boxes’ with the class and are demonstrating real pride as they discuss their own family and interests. This is all linking in beautifully with our ‘suspended curriculum’ with a focus on individuality and the topic we will be discovering more about soon!
'Home and Away'
We will be starting our year with a topic based on 'Home and Away.' Here we will explore homes within our locality, as well as those in the rainforest. You may have noticed our home corner, where we have a very popular 'tree house' at the moment!
To support our topic, we will be studying a couple of books to help the children appreciate different types of homes. This will hopefully encourage them to develop their own ideas about what they regard as a home.
Here are some of the things we will be learning and exploring this term:
- Where do I live and what makes me special
- Brainstorming ideas-What’s a home?
- Develop our own stories based on ‘who and where’
- Discovery of trees and leaf printing
- Rainforest creatures
- Plants
- Collections of Autumn
- Counting and sorting
...and much more!
With all this exciting learning taking place, we have decided that we will be arranging an opportunity to have a hands-on experience of the rainforest...just wait and see what your children will be discovering soon!
Class One Parents' Story Time
This term we are welcoming the parents and grandparents of children in Class One to come in and share their favourite stories with us.
Please let us know if you can spare the time and would like to be involved!
Class One's Mud Kitchen: Now Open For Business!
Welcome to our Mud Kitchen!
We will be serving a variety of dishes each day using only the finest, locally sourced ingredients.
Take a look below to see how we use this in our outdoor environment...
PE Kits
Please remember that your children have a PE session on Tuesday morning for which their full PE kit is required. PE kits will be sent home during the last week of each term for a wash!
Letters and Sounds
We will be starting this during week 3 in Class One, where we will have our daily phonics lessons! Why not take a look at the link below and explore 'Mr Thorne Does Phonics' to support your child with their learning at home?