Hares Class

 

Welcome to Hares Class

Reception/Year 1/Year 2

Mrs Thomas will be teaching Hares Class everyday. Mrs Hoare and Mrs Williams will be supporting every day.

We will use this page to share important information with you. You can find out what your child is learning in school, what they need to bring, and any special dates to remember.

Please check this page often to help you stay up to date. If you have any questions, you can always talk to us at the classroom door, or contact us through the school office.

 

What do you need to bring to school?

     

                               Book Bag                             Reading Book             Water Bottle                    Coat

 

Our Week:

Outdoor Learning	Wednesday
PE	Friday
Homework	Return on Thursday

 

Dates to remember:

Thursday 25^th June- 1:45-2:45 Parents Open Afternoon (Parents are invited to come in to school to celebrate their child’s learning) 

Thursday 2^nd July- Sports Day 

Thursday 9^th July- Praise Assembly in Church 

Friday 17^th July- Leaver’s Service in Church 

Friday 17^th July- Last day of term 

 

How can you help your child at home?

Homework For Reception

It is really important that the children practise their sounds book, read to you and listen to stories and rhymes every day.

To support your child with maths, talk to the children about things you notice for example, you have 3 fish fingers, this mirror is a circle etc.

Homework for Year One and Two

Reading:

We will be reading with children at school; however, it is incredibly important that children are read with at home daily to support their fluency especially. Children will be bringing home a phonics book which is closely matched to the sounds they already know and a ‘book to share’ which you can read with or to them. We ask that you note down daily reading in the children’s reading records so we can award dojos.

Spellings:

For year 1 and 2 there will be weekly spellings introduced during spelling lessons. Please help your child to learn these spellings at home so they can use them in their writing. There will not be a test but it will really help your child if they have opportunities to write them at home.

Maths:

Maths homework sheets will be sent home every Friday for children to complete and bring back into school to be marked each Thursday. Dojo points are awarded for children who complete their homework.

 

What are we learning this term in Reception?

English	Focus on writing sentences.
Maths	Visualise, build and map
Topic	People who help us.   PSHE-Changing Me   RE-Which stories are special and why?

 

What are we learning this term in Y1/Y2?

English	Retelling/innovating stories. Focus on plot. Focus on settings.
Maths	We are learning about mass, capacity and temperature.
Foundation Subjects	Computing-Presenting Ideas   Design Technology-Food Technology   History-Significant figures   Music-Pitch   PE-Introduction to net and wall games.   PSHE-Changing Me   RE-Who is a Muslim and how do they live?   Science-Making Connections-working Scientifically

 

 

Beautiful work - Writing:

Reception children enjoyed exploring the adventures of Batfink through storytelling, role-play and creative writing activities. Inspired by the superhero theme, they invented their own characters, created exciting adventures and wrote captions, labels and simple sentences to share their ideas.

 

What the children say “ I liked describing Batfink”. “I liked using different words”. “I liked adventure time”.

What skills were developed? The children developed their phonics knowledge, letter formation and early writing skills, while building confidence in communicating their thoughts.

What the teacher says The children have been using their own ideas to write simple sentences. They have been introduced to simple punctuation including capital letters and full stops.

In Years 1 and 2, children explored Grandad’s Secret Giant and used the story as a stimulus for developing their narrative writing skills. Through storytelling, and discussion, pupils first learnt to retell the story, focusing on the sequence of events, characters and key themes. As their confidence grew, they innovated the text by creating their own versions of the story, changing the setting and events while maintaining the original story structure. This process helped children to develop their imagination, vocabulary and understanding of narrative features. Alongside this, pupils practised using accurate punctuation, descriptive language and sentence structures to create engaging and independent pieces of writing.

What the children say “We enjoyed changing the story”. “We enjoyed changing the problem”. “We learnt to use exciting language”.

What skills were developed? The children learned to create narratives with a clear structure, developed characters, explored settings, and sequenced events logically. Through retelling and innovating stories, the children also developed confidence, creativity and independence as writers.

What the teacher says The children have been using ambitious vocabulary in their writing. The children in year one have been successful in sharing their own ideas through their writing. The children in year two have developed their stamina and explored their own creative style making purposeful choices.

Maths-Key Instant Recall Facts: