Class information:

Year overview:

Yearly overview

Children need to bring a coat with them each day as we access the outdoor provision throughout the day and in all weathers. We also ask when the weather is hot, suncream is applied at home in the morning and the children can reapply later in the day, if needed. In addition, they will need a sun hat and a water bottle.

When the weather is cold, children will need a coat, hat and gloves to keep them warm and dry at school each day.  All items of clothing must be labelled with your child's name, so items can be returned.  

Home learning: 

Read at least 4 times a week at home (Reading record to be signed by an adult). 

Spellings - Purple Mash (yr1 and 2 children)

TTRockstars (Yr 1 and 2 children)

Active Learn Phonic activities (Reception children)

PE:

PE will be on Tuesday afternoons. However, we ask for PE kits to be in school every day and we will send them home to be washed at the end of each half term or when we feel necessary. PE kits should include:

- PE top and jacket or jumper

- PE shorts / trousers

- PE footwear dark coloured trainers

- Socks only if your child wears tights

Hair should be tied back and any watches taken off.

Forest school:

Forest school will be running every Monday afternoon for Reception children. Please provide a waterproof, wellies, wellie socks and appropriate clothing for the weather as children attend Forest school in all weathers. Children attending forest school can come to school wearing non-uniform on forest days so you can layer more easily. We aim to keep forest kits in school for the half term however, we will send them home if they need drying out or cleaning ready for the following week.

Reception spellings:

Reception will be given tricky words (exception words, words that don’t fit a phonic pattern) these have been sent home in children’s bookbags once we feel your child is secure with reading and writing these independently we will provide the next set.

Year one and two spellings:

Each week children will be given spellings from Purple Mash. Your child will bring home a Look, Cover, Write, Check sheet with their spellings on please practise these as well as logging on to purple mash to practise using the quiz game. Children will also have their tricky words (exception words, words that don’t fit a phonic pattern). Please practise these words at home reading and writing them. We will then focus on these words the following week in their writing. The Purple Mash login details are in the front of their reading records.

Active Learn:

Your child's login details are stuck in the front of their reading records. We use active learn during the school day so we ask that your child practises at home how to log themselves into Active Learn.  When using Active Learn you need to allow pop ups as the e-books open in new window. Each e-book has a small picture of bugs and these are where the children will click on and a question will be provided about the book for your child to answer. Please ensure your child answers the bugs.

Reading: 

Your child will bring a reading book home each night these will be changed regularly in school. We encourage re-reading books to allow for questions to arise to ensure a better understanding. We advise parents to read at least 4 times a week with your child. Please ensure you record when your child has read and to who in their reading record. We also advise a mix between e-books and physical books. Your child will bring home a book of choice as well from our class library which will be changed once a week to share with you at home if they wish.

The purple stage / picture books: These books are to encourage your children to look at the illustrations and infer what is happening in the story and what might happen next. There is support and example questions in the inside cover of each book.

WOW moments: 

If your child has a WOW moment please record it and inform Parks’ class staff of the WOW moment and any photos you may have of it. These moments can be shared via the class email or reading record. WOW moments can be things like riding a bike, baking a cake or achieving something they had found difficult. We want to share these with the class.

Reward systems in class:

Desk pets -  Children have the chance to earn dojo points to have a desk pet on their table or for reception in the provision. Once a child has reached 20 points they can work towards earning the next amount to get a habitat for their desk pet and so on.

Stickers and smelly stickers - Given when appropriate to individuals. 

Class rewards - The class is able to vote on a class treat when, as a class, they have earned it such as an extra playtime.

Star, merits and VIP -We also have merits and a star of the week which is shared with the entire school on a Friday during Collective Worship.

Colin the Chameleon – Colin is our class pet he is a chameleon who loves to go on adventures and has the highest seat in the classroom to watch over all of us and see who has tried their best to then go home with them on a Friday for the weekend. Children will take him home and fill in the diary to then share with us at school on a Monday when Colin is returns to Parks’ class about his adventures over the weekend.