Welcome To Willow Class

Hello and welcome to Willow Class!

I'm Mrs Hill and I am the class teacher. We are lucky to have Miss. Spencer working with us this year!

Our Core Text for this half term to support all of our learning within English is titled

'The Runaway Pea' by Kjartan Poskitt

Our Spring 1 Term Topic is:

In The Garden

Enquiry Questions: What grows in the garden? 

                   Are all plants the same? 

We will be covering many subjects through this topic:

Science - The children will learn about the basic structure of plants and trees. They will identify and name a variety of common and wild plants in our local area, including deciduous and evergreen trees. The children will understand how some plants can be grown and eaten for food.

PSHE - The children will recognise the importance of maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle. They identify emotions and physical feelings associated with feeling unsafe and people who can help them when they feel unsafe. They will also learn about medicine safety and how to keep safe online.

D.T - The Children will start their DT project by exploring where different foods come from. They will then use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare their healthy fruit salad. They will taste and evaluate their final product and suggest ways to improve this.

Maths - The children will develop their understanding of place value within numbers up to 20, through objects and pictorial representations. They will begin to compare and order numbers within 20 and also identify 1 more and 1 less. The children will then apply their number knowledge to problem-solving challenges.

English - The children will construct non-fiction sentences to create a set of instructions for a healthy fruit salad. They will use time words and explore chronological order. They will also focus on a number of quality texts linked to their topic to create interesting sentences. These include ‘The Runaway Pea’ and ‘Sam Plants a Sunflower’.

 P.E. - The children will explore net and wall game skills in team games. They will learn to send and receive the ball. They will also learn how to keep their eye on the ball and work together as a team.

R.E - 

Other Information

Willow Class have P.E on Wednesday and every alternate Tuesday.  Please ensure your child has a full P.E. kit in school fully labelled with their name. PE Kits will be kept in school until the end of a half term. 

· Reading book bags need to come into school every day and children will be given new reading books once a book has been read twice. Please ensure you read with your child every night and leave a comment in their reading records stating when you have read and how many pages you have completed. Reading books will be changed every Tuesday and Friday once the children has had two good reads of the book.

 · Homework will be given out on a Friday with a task for children to complete at home. Homework Books will need to be returned to school and completed by the following Thursday.

· Alongside Reading, to further support your child at home you can allow them time to work on free games to support their Phonics Learning. They can access these using the link and log in details below for the website Phonics Play. Click the images below to take you straight to the website!

If you have any queries or worries please get in touch.

Thank you for your support!

Mrs Hill and Ms Spencer