In this section you will find a quick reference guide to your class including your Forest School rotation, letters and uniform requirements. There is also a copy of the welcome booklet for your class - please do refer to it throughout the year because it contains lots of useful information about what to expect in this class, how long homework should take each week, samples of age-appropriate handwriting and more.
Your teachers in Wagtail class are:
Mrs Emma Kearney (Teacher)
Mrs Emma Stollar (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Sarah Hawkswood (Year 1 Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Ana Marsh (Forest school on Thursday)
Mrs Vicky Francis (Music on a Thursday)
Mrs Jo Head (RE on a Thursday)
Mr Dan Jones (PE on a Tuesday)
You can find your child's Forest School Timetable here.
Home Learning
Year 1 |
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This year we will continue to teach the children using materials from our updated Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) scheme. This edition of ‘Teaching RSE with Confidence in Primary Schools’ reflects the recent developments in SRE and the Science National Curriculum. This resource encourages children to develop the skills of listening, empathy, talking about feelings and relationships with families and friends.
All the lessons have a clear structure and are age appropriate. The lesson plans have clear aims and learning outcomes with suggested additional activities and accompanying resources:
Year 1: Growing and Caring for Ourselves-
Different friends
Growing and changing
Families and care
Uniform requirements
A full list of the school's uniform requirements is on the school website here. In Year 1, points to note are:
Core school uniform | No special notes for this class |
Bags |
1. Book bag with shoulder strap 2. Drawstring PE bag (school logo optional) |
PE / games |
Trainers not plimsolls. Football boots may be required for some activities. |
What have we been up to recently?
We finished off the Autumn term with our Animal WOW Day! The children dressed up as their favourite animals and visited Antarctica and Africa! We started by reading Blown Away by Rob Biddulph and learning about the animals of Antarctica and then we followed Penguin Blue into the hot, sweltering African jungle where we learned about African animals. We made penguins, igloos out of sugar cubes, rescued animals frozen in ice and shaving foam, made animal footprints in the sand, created our own binoculars and did some African gumboot dancing! It was an amazing day and I hope that the children had a fantastic time!