Ladybirds (Reception, Years 1 & 2)
Welcome to Ladybirds!
Hello, I am Mrs East and I am the class teacher in Ladybirds, I am really looking forward to the new term to begin!
The reception children have really settled in well to Ladybirds life and are certainly making their mark within the wider school community. Last term saw them enjoying spending time with their buddies, participating in school clubs, such as sports ambassadors club and had a fantastic time practising for our whole school nativity, which was a roaring success!
In year 1 and 2 the children heard all about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole and how they changed the path of modern medicine. The children were inspired to write about all Neil Armstrong and Tim Peake as they researched and how their resilience and bravery into space exploration secured them onto our historical timeline.
This term we have so many new and exciting things planned for the children, with stories about forests, and far away lands and asking our Explore term project inquiry question, 'IS DIFFERENCE A GOOD THING?'
Our new roots focus will be self regulation, a concept that the children work really hard to understand and develop. I am always amazed how focused and engaged they are in our roots concepts and how they show such friendship and compassion with each other by giving 'top tips' to remember the roots focus. By demonstrating these fantastic values they love to proudly wear their roots badge for the day, I wonder who will be wearing it in Ladybirds next?
Mrs M and Miss Ray are always available to help and support the children in the class and around school.
Please find our curriculum map below which outlines each area of the curriculum that we will be learning this term.
Important Information:
Ladybirds have PE on a Tuesday afternoon and Friday mornings, children should come into school dressed in PE kit appropriate for the weather.
The children should dress for PE on the days that they are taking part in sports ambassador club which currently is every monday lunchtime.
On Mondays children are involved in our Forest Schools curriculum, lead by Miss Ray and Mrs Freemantle. Please can all children have a pair of wellies and waterproof/warm clothing that can stay in school, as they will take part in Forest Schools in all weather.
Could they also bring in a spare pair of trainers, for them to change into to wear around the school on these days please, as this time of year the classroom can get very muddy, thank you.
For Year 1 and Year 2, spellings this term will be sent home every Friday could this book please be back in school on Mondays for the children to continue to practise in class?
Each day children are encouraged to choose/change a Reading for Pleasure book which they can take home. The Reading for Pleasure book might be picture book that have been read in class, or a book that catches their eye in the reading area. Every time your children reads in class they or an adult are encouraged to write in their reading records, this approach would be fantastic if you continued at home. Anytime a child reads a recipe, a road sign, a newspaper or their reading book- anything really, it all counts as reading!! As a school, fostering a love for reading is a great passion and is a skill that underpins all learning.
In class your child will be matched according to their phonological decoding ability with a Little Wandle reading book. They will read this in class all week and this book will come home on a Friday for them to share with you over the weekend. Please could you return this book back to school on Monday so we are able to update / renew the children's class reading book, thank you.
We are very excited to begin our Explore Term.
