Welcome to Wrekin Class!

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

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!

This term focuses on History and a peek into our past. We will look at pictures of ourselves from a baby until now, focusing on the different stages of life we have already been through. We will speak to a grown up about how their childhood was different and compare what is the same and what is different. We will develop a timeline of ourselves and our life.

In English we will be using the book The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth. We will use a number of books to help us in creating a story! We will focus on how drama and role play can support us in increasing our language bank to create fabulous descriptions! Our SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) focus will be on our use of capital letters and full stops, as well as beginning to look at suffixes, alongside other forms of punctuation.

Maths will be taught in line with the National Curriculum expectations for Year 1 and Reception.  This term, children will be focusing on numbers to 10 in Reception and counting in 10’s to 50 in Year 1. We will all look at our length, height, mass and volume – learning how to measure using cubes and centimeters.

Science this term will focus on identifying materials! We have lots of fun ways to explore materials, thinking about what different materials are used for and helping Teddy to stay dry in the rain!

This half term we are focussing on Art. We will be creating a self portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso. We will be focusing on ourselves, our facial features and understanding who we are.  

This half term the children will be focussing on tempo! We will be exploring tempo changes through movement and clapping simple rhythms.

In computing we will be following instructions to record data.  

This half term in PSHE we will be focusing on money! We will look at the difference between what we want and what we need. Thinking about how we can keep money safe and what a bank is. As well as this we will focus on our listening skills, understanding why it is important to listen. In PE this half term we will be focussing on Dance, using different parts of the body singly and in combination to create a simple routine. As well as this we will be further developing and refining a range of ball skills.

In forest school we will be looking at seasonal changes and flower dissection.

Our question in RE is “Who is Jewish and how do they live?”. We will look at the Chanukah, what this is and why this is special.  

We will also develop our understanding in what is precious to Jewish people.