Welcome to Class 1

Reception

Class Teacher

Miss Horrigan 

Class Teaching Assistants

Ms Jarosz

Autumn Term 2

Hello and welcome to Class 1.

Here you can find your class page where you can keep up to date with your child's learning 😊

Our theme this half term is Let's Celebrate! The children will be learning about a variety of celebrations, including Diwali, Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day, birthdays, weddings and Christmas.

We will begin our Bonfire theme by reading The Bonfire Dance by Christopher Stokes, exploring the story through a range of comprehension and writing activities. For Expressive Arts and Design, the children will also create Kandinsky-inspired artwork and Rangoli patterns linked to our Diwali celebrations.

In phonics, we will continue learning Phase 2 phonemes and tricky words, using our developing knowledge to blend and segment words for reading and writing. In maths, we will explore the composition of numbers within 10 and develop our ability to recognise quantities through subitising.

Our PE day will continue to be on Mondays, with gymnastics as our focus. The children will develop their gross motor and fundamental movement skills through our indoor PE sessions.

We are also delighted to say Forest School will continue to be on Wednesdays until further notice.

We will also continue to develop our handwriting and letter formation using the Red Rose ditties and regular handwriting sessions. Dough Disco will help strengthen our fine motor skills and pencil grip, while play opportunities and circle times will continue to support the children's listening, attention, communication and social skills.

Oh, and we have a Nativity to prepare for! Exciting! 🎄✨

Miss Horrigan 

Timetable

Our PE day is on Mondays.

Please arrive at school in your PE kit:

• Plain, dark tracksuit bottoms/Plain, dark shorts
• Plain white t-shirt
• Blue school jumper/cardigan/hoodie (no other hoodies)
• Trainers
• No earrings

Home Learning

	Reading	Online Learning Children should access each online learning platform 3 times a week	Home Learning Grid These are suggested home learning tasks that promote curiosity in the subjects the children are currently learning.
EYFS	Daily reading for 5 minutes	Topmarks (EYFS games) Phonics Play (Phase 2 & 3) Numbots	Home Learning Grid Class 1 Class 2
KS1	Daily reading	Year 1 Numbots Year 2 Numbots TT Rockstars  Spelling Shed	Home Learning Grid Class 3 Class 4 Class 5
LKS2	Daily reading	TT Rockstars  Spelling Shed	Home Learning Grid Class 6 Class 7 Class 8
UKS2	Daily reading	TT Rockstars  Spelling Shed Y6 SATs companion	Home Learning Grid Class 9 Class 10 Class 11

The children’s passwords are in the front of their reading record.

Class dojo is used for parental communication, reminders and for photos of activities at school