Welcome to Willow Class

Our Teacher is Mrs Thompson and we are supported by our Learning Support Assistant Mrs Shilling.

This year Willow class comprises of pupils in Year One and Year Two.

We offer a broad and balanced curriculum tailored to meet the needs of our children. This also supports our aim to instil our school values and build well-rounded individuals ready for the next stages of life in our developing world.

We have daily Maths Sessions, based on the White Rose programme. Children develop their mathematical skills through small group work, practical activities and focused tasks.

We base our English skills and writing sessions on different aspects of our Themed Learning to support our cross-curricular methods. We use continuous provision to support our exploration of learning and through-out, we continue to encourage children to become independent learners, building on their natural enthusiasm and resilience.

We have regular PE sessions to promote the importance of health and wellbeing. We also recognise the importance of supporting pupils well-being through our on-going support and PSHEE learning. These continue to re-establish relationships and support our whole school community.

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Statuatory Spellings

We continuously try to learn both the reading and writing of these spellings for each year group.

Our theme this half term is Movers and Shakers

Through this project, we’ll learn all about historically significant people who have had a major impact on the world like Neil Armstrong and Rosa Parks. We will use the words year, decade and century to describe dates and times when thinking about their lives and the impact they have on people.
We will also touch on the Science companion project ‘Habitats’ which teaches children about habitats and what a habitat needs to provide. They will explore local habitats to identify and name living things and begin to understand how they depend on one another for food and shelter.
For Art we will do the companion project ‘Mix it’. This project teaches children about basic colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of primary and secondary colours and how artists use colour in their artwork.
There is definitely lots of exciting fun in our themed learning to look forward to.
Movers and Shakers Knowledge Organiser

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Our reading books for this half term: