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!

English is a time when we enjoy stories, develop language skills and use the phonics knowledge we are gaining. We will follow Pathways to Write and will be focusing on the adventures of The Gingerbread Man (retold by Mara Alparin) amongst other stories.

Phonics and reading are taught in small groups daily using the Success for All phonics scheme. The children read daily and will have reading books that follow their phonics progression to bring home. Books will be changed regularly but not daily as we ask for the books to be read more than once to encourage fluency and familiarity. Please make sure reading books are brought to school each day so they can also be used in class.

In Maths, we start the year learning about place value. This will include counting forwards and backwards; order and comparing numbers; identifying one more and one less. We will be learning key vocabulary to support this learning. Later in the half term, we will being to look at addition and subtraction within 10.

In science, we will be learning about animals, including humans. In particular, we will be recognising parts of the body and how different parts of the body have different functions. We will make comparisons between animals too.

Our RE question for this half term is Being Special: where do we belong? This unit looks at what makes us feel special, how do we make people feel welcome and how babies are welcomed into the Christian faith and in the Muslim tradition.

 Our topic this half term in Geography is called ‘Our House’ and it looks at where we live, our homes and local area. We will learn about buildings,  addresses and features inside and outside our houses. We will use and create maps of familiar places and look at different ways we can view things.

Our Art this term looks at self- portraits. We will be looking at self-portraits by famous artists as well as creating our own. We will be exploring different paints including poster paint and water colours as well as using clay to make faces in different ways.

We will begin to look at how we use computers this term. This will include recognising some features of a keyboard, how to login and how to use a mouse to click, drag and drop an item.

PSHE is taught in Key Stages, so Year 1 will be taught along side Year 2 by Mrs Gomersall. We will be developing our understanding of families, friendships and feelings.

In music songs and rhymes are included in our learning in Wrekin class throughout the week. Mrs Osborne will also be following our Kapow scheme to teach music this half term exploring sounds from our voices, environment and from instruments. We will also be learning songs for our Harvest festival.

Year 1 will be having Mr Carter, our new sports coach, for PE on a Monday. This session will be alongside Year 2 and 3 and Mr Carter will be developing their skills to play ball games. We will also participate in yoga and gross motor-skills development activities throughout the week.