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 Welcome to Class 1
​Reception and Year 1


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Autumn 2021
​All About Me

Please inform school if your child is isolating. We will be happy to provide teaching and learning resources if your child is feeling well enough.
​Mrs Lewis
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Week Commencing 10th May 2021
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Our lifecycle this week is the lifecycle of the sunflower.  In PSHCE we will also be learning about the healthy eating and lifestyle choices. We will also be learning about where fruit and vegetables come from.
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Our character strength for this week will be RESPONSIBLE. We will be learning about how to be responsible for our planet and the plants and animals that live here with us.  This week in RE we will be visiting St Mary's Church and looking at some of the things that can be found there to celebrate and worship God.

Our math's focus this week will be recapping 2D shapes and learning more about 3D shapes and their properties.


If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 
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Week Commencing 3rd May 2021
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Our lifecycle this week is the lifecycle of bees. We will be learning about why they are so important to plants and to us, and how to look after them. In PSHCE we will also be learning about the human lifecycle too!
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Our character strength for this week will be CONSIDERATE. We will continue to explore why it is important to be considerate, and what being considerate looks like in the context of our world, plants and animals. This week in RE we will be looking at a selection of different faiths and how they are similar and how they are different.

Our math's focus this week will be to 
learn about one more and one less and comparing quantities using vocabulary including more, less, greater, fewer. 


If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 
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Week Commencing 26th April 2021
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As we continue to learn about life-cycles this week, we will be looking at the butterfly life-cycle, with the addition of caterpillars to the classroom. Wow, that will be duck eggs, tadpoles and caterpillars! Plenty to get the children observing and talking about life-cycles!
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Our character strength for this week will be CONSIDERATE. We will be exploring why it is important to be considerate, and what being considerate looks like in the context of school, home and our world. In RE this term we will be learning about special places; places that are special to us and places that are special to others. This week we will be learning about churches and taking a look at some photos of the inside of St Mary's Church, Harby, and re-watching a snip-it of Reverend Jamie's Easter service to help the children learn about who works in a church.

Our math's focus this week will be to 
learn about subtraction from 5. 


If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 
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Week Commencing 19th April 2021
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As we continue to learn about life-cycles this week, we will be looking at the frog life-cycle, with the addition of frogspawn to the classroom.
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Our character strength for this week will be FOCUS. We will be exploring why it is important to focus when we are learning and think about all the different types of things that need us to focus. In RE this term we will be learning about special places; places that are special to us and places that are special to others. We will be moving on to thinking about places that are special to us outside of school.

Our math's focus this week will be to 
revisit number bonds to 10 in lots of fun and active ways. 


If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 
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Week Commencing 12th April 2021
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Welcome back! This term the children will be learning about Our Wonderful World. We are starting with life-cycles, and we will be introducing the children to some duck eggs that we will be incubating in the classroom.
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Our focus character strength for this week will be PRIDE as we think about all the amazing things our bodies can do in PSHCE! In RE this term we will be learning about special places; places that are special to us and places that are special to others. Initially we will be thinking about special places in school.

Our math's focus this week will be to 
start learning about our number system and how we make numbers with groups of 10s and 1s. We will be focusing on teen numbers 11-19. 


If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. ​​


Week Commencing 4th January 2021
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This term the children will be going on a journey to discover the owners of some very special eggs. For the first two weeks we will be exploring the polar regions and finding out about the animals that live there and their habitats.
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Our focus character strength for this week will be CURIOSITY as we investigate the possible owners of our fabulous clutch of eggs!

Our math's focus this week will be to learn about sequencing events using language including first, then, next, finally. We will also be focusing on our number formation.

If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 
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Week Commencing 14th December 2020
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This week we are continuing to learn about Christmas.   Our focus character strength for this week will be CREATIVITY as we explore a range of creative activities


Our maths focus this week will be to consolidate our learning about patterns by providing opportunities for the children to recognise and create repeating patterns. We will also be looking at subtraction and number bonds to 10 in very practical ways using Numicon, Sumblox and counters. We will be learning about special books and stories in RE this term, this week our focus story will be the parable of the two brothers and understanding what a promise is. In PSHCE we will be learning about who is special to us, friendship and anti-bullying. 

If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 
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Week Commencing 7th December 2020
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This week we are continuing to learn about Christmas.   Our focus character strength for this week will be CREATIVITY as we explore a range of creative activities


Our maths focus this week will be to recognise and use number 10 and understand how we can make it using other numbers. We will also be looking at one more. We will be learning about special books and stories in RE this term and in PSHCE we will be learning about who is special to us, friendship and anti-bullying. 

If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 
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Week Commencing 30th November 2020
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This week we will be starting to think about Christmas.   Our focus character strength for this week will be TEAMWORK as we challenge each other to 'colour team' and 'whole class' challenges!


Our maths focus this week will be to recognise and use number 9 and understand how we can make it using other numbers. We will also be looking at length and ordering object by length. We will be learning about special books and stories in RE this term, this week our focus story will be the Nativity. In PSHCE we will be learning about who is special to us, friendship and anti-bullying. 

If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 
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Week Commencing 9th November 2020
This week we will be learning about Diwali and Children in Need. Friday is World Kindness Day which will help us to think about our character strength for the next two weeks,  KINDNESS. We will be exploring Rangoli patterns using powder paint, Mehndi art designs and continuing to explore 2D shapes whilst making pictures and patterns.


In phonics we will be learning h/b/f/ff/l/ll/ss with the Phonic Fairy and some more fantastic stories! We will be learning about special books in RE this term, and in PSHCE we will be learning about who is special to us, friendship and anti-bullying.

This week in maths we will be consolidating our number work to 5 and introducing 6. The children will have opportunities to practice their subitising with dice board games, and their shape recognition 
and understanding of shape properties using shape blocks, wooden shapes for tessellation and creating pictures, and paper shapes for art.

If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. ​


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Week Commencing 2nd November 2020
This week we will be learning about Remembrance Day and Bonfire Night. The children will learn about firework safety, explore some simple onomatopoeia and exploring firework inspired art. Our work on Remembrance will help us to think about our character strength word COURAGE. We will be creating poppies and watching the short animation 'Poppies' by CBeebies.


In phonics we will be learning ck/e/u/r with the Phonic Fairy and some more fantastic stories! We will be learning about special books in RE this term, and in PSHCE we will be learning about who is special to us, friendship and anti-bullying.

If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities
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Week Commencing 26th October 2020
Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn Term

We will be starting our term with a fantastic art inspired day! We will be taking our inspiration from Kadinsky and the book The Dot to create some spotty-dotty pieces of art!

Each fortnight we will be focusing on a Character Strength and over the next two weeks we will be thinking about courage.

The children will be welcomed back to our transformed classroom which now has a Halloween theme ready for the week ahead. We have lots of Halloween themed activities planned so that the children can still enjoy the time of year even though it will be very different for many of them. We are really looking forward to our little party on Friday afternoon.

In phonics we will be learning g/o/c/k with a visit from a bear, some musical socks and some corn flake and ketchup play! We will be learning about special books in RE this term, and in PSHCE we will be learning about who is special to us, friendship and anti-bullying. In maths this week, we will be focusing on consolidating up to 5, including number recognition and subitising.


If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities
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WONDER

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Welcome to the Autumn term! This term we will be exploring a selection of books as a whole school.  We are kicking off this term with The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas, who is an artist, illustrator and art therapist.  The books explores a range of emotions and links them to colour.
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Week Commencing 12th October 2020
This week our whole school focus book will be  Naughty Bus by Jan and Jerry Oke. 

We will be using this book to help us learn about some of our Character Strength words. You can find out about these on our Route to Resilience Website page. We will be focusing on self-control, kindness and enthusiasm. We will also be exploring number and measuring with buses. The children will have the opportunity to practice taking turns, sharing, playing cooperatively and imaginatively in our London themed Tuff tray. We'll be mark-making with bus wheels and paint and exploring sensory play with baked beans.

We will be continuing with our phase 2 daily phonics sessions.  This week we are learning the letters i\n\m\d. Please go to our phonics page to learn more about phonics in Reception.


We will also begin our daily whole class maths input.
We focus on developing maths mastery by ensuring that children not only know their numbers and how to count, but also have a solid understanding of number, place value and number patterns, and they can use what they know to solve a range of number problems.  We also learn about other mathematical concepts such as shape, weight, time, height, length etc.

If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 


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Week Commencing 5th October 2020
This week our whole school focus book will be  After The Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat. 

We will be using this book to help us learn about some of our Character Strength words. You can find out about these on our Route to Resilience Website page. We will be focusing on resilience, perseverance and optimism. The children will be creating a collaged bird as part of a whole class display to celebrate their own character strengths.

We will be starting our phase 2 daily phonics sessions.  This week we are learning the letters s/a/t/p. Please go to our phonics page to learn more about phonics in Reception.


We will also begin our daily whole class maths input.
We focus on developing maths mastery by ensuring that children not only know their numbers and how to count, but also have a solid understanding of number, place value and number patterns, and they can use what they know to solve a range of number problems.  We also learn about other mathematical concepts such as shape, weight, time, height, length etc.

If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 


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Week Commencing 28th September 2020
This week we are continuing with our whole school focus book   Here We Are: Notes For Living On Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers. In class the children will be learning about their bodies and how to look after them.  We will also be exploring equality, inclusion and fairness as we learn that everyone is unique but also all the same. We will also be learning about pollution, plastic in out oceans and recycling.  If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 

Here are some photographs of the activities we have been enjoying the week commencing 28th September. 
​Our learning and interests led us to explore habitats, recycling and start our building journey a little earlier than Mrs Lewis had planned!

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Week Commencing 21st September 2020
For the next two weeks, our whole school focus book will be  Here We Are: Notes For Living On Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers. In class we will be exploring our place in our school and village whilst using Google Earth to put or village and school into context.  We will be thinking about our world as it changes seasons and we will be off to look for signs of Autumn in a walk around the village.  We will also be looking closely at environmental print and seeing if we can recognise familiar logos that we might see at home, around school, or whilst our and about. As we continue with phase 1 phonics we will begin to think about the noises we can make with our bodies as body percussion.
If your child is not able to attend school and they are well enough to continue their learning, please go to our class current weekly learning page for suggested home learning activities. 

Here are some photographs of the activities we have been enjoying the week commencing 21st September.  Our learning and interests took us off into space! We had a fantastic week.

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Week Commencing 14th September 2020
​This week we have read We're All Wonders by R J Palacio.  As a class we have been thinking about other words that we could use as well as 'wonder', and came up with wonderful, amazing, fantastic, brilliant and 'good at things'.  The children created their own 'Wonder' themed picture of themselves, filled with all the things that make them a wonder or the things that they think are a wonder. They have also drawn some beautiful pictures of their family which we have mounted and displayed in simple house shaped wooden frames.  We have had some simple space themed activities out including catching stars in our finger gym activity, threading beads on to our number star wands, and small world space play. The children have explored a range of scented play dough based creative activities including 'autumn hedgehog' dough and 'make a face' dough exploring emotions further. They have enjoyed the ice cream parlour role play outside and exploring fruit and herbs in our mud kitchen. The children have also had fun having a go at a rhythm activity combining music and Phase 1 Phonics.  We have played The Three Little Pigs board game and played sound lotto in teams.


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Week Commencing 7th September 2020
This week the children have continued to explore emotions and feelings using the Colour Monster book.  They have also been retelling familiar stories such as The Three Little Pigs and We're Going on a Bear Hunt.  We have started our Phase 1 phonics which has involved a listening walk and a mystery instrument hunt!


Week Commencing 31st August 2020
This week the children have been able to freely access a wide range of activities whilst developing relationships with each other and the adults in class.  We have been so pleased to see how well and quickly the children have settled.  The activities available have included geli-baff with numbers hidden in it, water and ducks/nets, dinosaur small world, fire station, secret messages in the message centre, Duplo aeroplane, making listening ears, colouring our own colour monster, painting, drawing, chalking and the potion station.

Summer 2020

The children had a great first day back.  We decorated our name cards, did some Joe Wicks PE, played with the water channels, painted, made our own bubble wands and blew bubbles and ended the day with some MineCraft Cosmic Yoga!

Spring 2020

January to March 2020

This term we will be explore the topic 'People Who Help Us'.  The children discussed the theme before Christmas and came up with some lovely ideas about jobs and roles that they would like to explore which have been included in the topic overview on the Medium Term planning page.  So far we have looked at how families and friends help us, and thought about how grateful we are for what they do.  The children have also enjoyed exploring the role of teachers through role play.  We have met Katy, a surgical nurse, Heather, a dental hygienist and Tracey, a Police Community Support Officer.  They came in to talk to the children about what they do and brought in some equipment for the children to look at. After half term we are looking forward to meeting more people who help us including Diane who will be helping us learn about recycling, how to do it and what happens to our recycling once its taken away!
We have also been learning about Chinese New Year and nature, thinking about things that are living, once living and never living.

Autumn 2019

October to December 2019

For the second half of the Autumn term we have been celebrating a range of Autumn and Winter festivals in our topic, Festival of Lights. Below you find photos of a range of activities the children have taken part in including activities for Diwali, Bonfire's Night, Remembrance Day and Christmas.  We have also spent time learning about road safety and taken part in simple anti-bullying activities with an emphasis on being kind to others.

September to October 2019

We have had an amazing start to the school year! Our topic this term is 'A Splash of Colour' which will enable the children to explore themes of colour and creativity through their interests.  We started with a picture book being used to inspire learning throughout the school, Flotsam by David Wiesner. The children created under the sea themed portholes and it was soon clear that their imagination was taking them off in the direction of 'pirates' which we supported by providing the children with a selection of pirate-themed activities including message in a bottle writing, treasure in sand-foam, treasure maps, role play props and dress-up and a very special pirate dress-up day!

Just make a mark and see where it takes you...

We have also read 'The Dot' by Peter H. Reynolds, as well as 'Ish' and 'Sky Colour'.  These books have really inspire the children's creativity and they have been exploring lots of different painting and collage techniques.  Below is a display created by the children using a range of different techniques and colours.  We then moved on to looking at Pointillism and trying different techniques to create pictures with dots!
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Finger Gym

Finger gym is a great opportunity for children to practice their hand-eye coordination, fine manipulation, pre-writing and writing skills.  There are always opportunities for other learning to take part here including number and shape recognition as well as turn taking.  
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