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 Julia.

We cannot believe that we have come to the last term of this academic year and our final term together as Willow class. We are so proud of how hard the children have worked this year and the progress they have made.

Our new big question this term is ‘Why is our world wonderful?’ In English we will use the Talk4Writing approach to learn actions and map the text ‘Trixie Stickybeak’ by Pie Corbett. We will be creating our own version of the story by changing the characters and the problem. We will also be writing our own rhyming poetry themed around penguins. In Geography, we will be looking at landmarks around the world. In DT, we will be making animal finger puppets inspired by the story ‘The journey home’ by Frann Preston-Gannon. The Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon In Science, we will be exploring different animal habitats around the world. As part of Explore and Learn we have been looking at different play projects. This consists of four main areas; create, construct, draw and write and the children can work in any of these areas depending on what they decide to do. We will begin the term by looking at World Ocean Day! Children have begun to earn their DT licenses and are confidently using the saws and glue guns to create some fantastic projects.

PE will be on a Tuesday and Friday Please can children wear their full P.E. kit to school every Tuesday and Friday. Please note that no jewellery is to be worn during P.E. and earrings should be removed before the lesson or will have to be covered with medical tape. Also, long hair will need to be tied back on PE days, so it might be worthwhile having a couple of spare hairbands in their bag just in case. Children with Mr W will be learning team building skills in preparation for Sports Day and on a Friday with Mrs Gardener and I dodgeball and practise races.

Reading and Writing

Year 1 will continue learning their level 5 sounds and spelling rules this term beginning with are saying /air/. Year 2 children will continue to learn Level 6 sounds and spelling rules this term beginning with tion making /sion/. Year 2 children will be in reading fluency sessions be continuing with ‘The boy who grew dragons’ by Andy Shepherd. Year 1 children will begin reading fluency sessions beginning with the book Mrs Armitage on wheels.

Reading books will continue to be changed each Friday. Please record all reading, including additional books you may share into your child’s record. Please ensure this is in school every day as children read with an adult throughout the week. 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.

Maths

This term, Year 1 will be continuing to explore subtraction before moving onto time. Year 2 children will be working on statistics and capacity.

Homework:

All children have been assessed against the common exception words and have at home a common exception mat with words highlighted that can be used to practise at home. We will reassess in June.

Year 2 children have their TTRS login to practise their multiplication facts. I have set the 2x, 5x and 10x 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.

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!