Willow Class 2024 - 2025

Miss Jackson

Welcome to Willow Class!

Miss Jackson welcomes you to Willow Class.

We are a mixed class of Year 1 and 2 children. We are fun, curious and love our learning. In Willow class we are supported by Mrs Gardener and Mrs Lanchbury.

Welcome back to our third term, we hope you enjoyed the break. This term we have a new big question to focus on, 'What makes a hero?’ This term our geography topic is a comparision study between Ampney Crucis and Shanghai. We will be exploring the question, What is is like to live in Shanghai? In science, we will be finding out about materials, identifying material properties and how they change. Please see the curriculum web and knowledge organiser for this term to see other areas of learning we will be doing. The children will also have independent ‘Explore and learn’ time to consolidate and further stretch their learning. We have a range of exciting and inspiring areas including small world, construction, art, role-play and an inviting reading corner.

We will first explore the text ‘Send for a superhero’ by Michael Rosen and Katherine McEwan. We will create our own sequel to the original text and create wanted posters and write emails. Year 2 will continue weekly reading fluency sessions reading the 'Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl.

In Maths, Year 1 will begin this term by looking at partition numbers from 11-16 before moving onto 3D shapes and length. Year 2 will begin this term by looking at multiplication through arrays and division before moving onto times tables. We will finish the term by looking at mass.

In our class in addition to our learning, we complete 'Explore and learn' challenges to extend and deepen our learning. This includes a fabulous ourdoor area with our own writing shed. We also enjoy our role play area currently set up as a doctors surgery, small world and a range of art and maths challenges.

Homework:

Reading books will be changed each Friday. Each child has been given a book linked to the phonics scheme and the sounds we are learning. Year 1 children are beginning to learn Level 5 sounds and Year 2 are consolidating their phonics knowledge by looking closely at different spelling patterns. Reading is to be recorded in the children’s reading record. This can be a note of the book read but also include any comments or questions you may have. The book and reading record should be in school every day as the children will be asked to read to an adult throughout the week. Books will be changed every Friday.

Spelling bookmarks of the sound/s of the week will be sent home Friday to be assessed the following Friday, please ensure pink books are in on Friday. Year 2 additionally have their spelling fish at home to practise their common exception words. Although we will not reassess until February, practising these regularly will help with spelling accuracy in their writing.

Year 2 children will be coming home with their TTRS login to practise their multiplication facts. I will first set the 2x table to practise before adding additional facts as we cover them within class. Year 1 children now have their Numbot logins to practise their bonds.

Reminders:
PE takes place on a Tuesday and Friday afternoon with Mr Wood from Atlas Sports and Friday with myself. Year 2 will be taking part in Forest school this term so please send in wellies and wear appropriate clothing for the day.

My PPA time takes place on Tuesday afternoons, when the class will be covered by Mrs Wood and Mrs Gardener.

Please ensure your child has clothes for all weathers in school (including a coat), we try to get outside as much as we can!