Welcome to Wrekin Class!

Welcome to Wrekin class - the home of EYFS and Year One. Wrekin class is currently taught by Mrs Gomersall. 

We are vibrant busy class with two year groups of Nursery, a Reception cohort and a Year one cohort altogether! The children enjoy a wide range of activities both within the class as well as a dedicated covered courtyard (with the opportunity to spill out into a larger area).

All children are involved with phonics, writing and maths on a daily basis. They are also enjoying the start of their reading journey where we have a good breadth of material (both fiction and non-fiction). The Year one children also explore all other areas of the Year One curriculum within this setting.

Forest School has proved very popular, here the children have the opportunity to roam wild in our wild area - digging, planting and exploring.

Above all is the opportunities to let their imagination run wild whatever they are doing!

In English, we are reading ‘The Naughty Bus by Jan and Jerry Oke. This funny book will help us explore our capital city as well as types of transport and create our own silly stories. Phonics and reading will continue to be taught in small groups daily using the Success for All phonics scheme. Language, communication and vocabulary development is embedded in our curriculum; learning how to communicate our needs and broadening our understanding .

The children read daily in class and will have reading books that follow their phonics progression to bring home too. Please make sure your child reads at least 4 x a week and books can be read more than once to develop confidence and fluency. Please make sure reading books are brought to school each day so they can also be used in class.

 In Maths, Year 1 children will be working with numbers to 20. Understanding the place value as well as addition and subtraction.

Reception children will continue to develop their understanding of number building on last term’s work; as well as investigate the capacity and mass of different objects.

In science, we will be comparing materials. We will be looking at the properties of different materials and we will use forest school time to find and describe various materials. We will investigate materials that can float and sink as well as those that do and do not let light through.

(EYFS – understanding the World)

Our RE question for this half term is Why is the word God so important to Christians? We will look at our wonderful world and the amazing creatures in it. We will use the creation story to understand that Christians believe God made this world. We will look at how we can care for our planet and the animals living on it.

In geography our topic is called ‘We’re off to Great Places’ and we are going to be learning about different places and environments around the world. First we will compare places to where we live and look at what is the same and what is different then we will look at more extreme environments like deserts and the polar regions too.

(EYFS – understanding the World)

PSHE is taught in Key Stages, so Year 1 will be taught along side Year 2 and will be learning about citizenship. This includes why we have rules, how to look after our environment and what is a democracy .

Reception will learn about managing self: learning about persistence, tackling challenges and grounding yourself when you need to calm down.

Our music this half-term is all about music and movement. The children will learn action songs and express how pieces of music make them feel with whole body movements. Music will be taught by Mrs Osborne on a Tuesday afternoon but there will be plenty of opportunities for music, singing and rhymes throughout the week as well.

(EYFS – expressive arts)

In art we are looking at painting techniques and effects tis half term and how we can mix colours, shades and tones to use in our work. We are going to learn about some famous artists like Mondrian, Klee, Pollock and Rothko and use their painting techniques to inspire our own artwork.

(EYFS – expressive arts)

In computing we are learning how to program our Bee-bots so they can follow our directions. We will learn how to ‘debug’ our instructions if they do not work and how to build on additional directions to reach and end goal.

Year 1 will be having Mr Carter for PE on a Monday alongside Year 2 and 3. He will be teaching gymnastics this half term.

I will teach gymnastics to reception children as well as circuit fitness activities with the whole class.

Forest school is on a Thursday afternoon this term. Children will need a change of trousers as well as waterproof clothing as we do strive to go out in all weathers. Our forest school learning will link to our science and geography work.