Useful Information

• Weekly Schedules

  • P.E. Sessions: Every Friday. Children should arrive at school in their P.E. kits.
  • Forest School Sessions: In term one, Year 1 will have Forest School on Tuesdays. On these days, children must wear their plain long sleeves and trousers covering their arms and legs.
  • All weather Clothes: Waterproofs and wellies are expected to stay in school all year. All children must also have a complete set of change of clothes in a clearly labelled bag at school. This set does not need to be the school uniform.

• Spelling Practice

  Children will engage in regular spelling learning and practice as part of the Little Wandle Phonics and Spelling Program. Weekly spelling will be sent home every Thursday. Children will be tested on the following Friday. We encourage regular practice of tricky words and spellings at home. 

  Term 1: Year One Autumn Spellings

  Term 1: Year Two Autumn Spellings

  Tricky Words

  KS1 statutory spellings

• Reading and Book Changes

  Books will be changed every Friday. Please ensure your child’s reading record and book are in their book bag daily. All children are expected to read at least five times a week. Kindly record each reading session in their reading records.

  Recommended reads for Chestnut Class:

  Year 2 Book List

  Year 1 Book List

• Maths

  Year 2: Should continue to practise year one skills, especially number facts. Additionally, they should practise their 2, 5 & 10 times tables. A useful tool is:

  Doodle Maths Year 1s: Should practice their initial number facts so that they have confident recall. Some engaging activities can be found using:

  White Rose: 1 minute maths

Class Pages

• Beech: Year 3 and Year 4
• Chestnut Class: Year 1 and Year 2
• Oak: Reception and Nursery
• Sycamore: Year 5 and Year 6

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