Skylark |

Welcome to Skylark Class!

We have 13 children in Skylarks class from Reception to Year 2. Our teacher is Miss Huckle and our teaching assistants are Mrs Phillpotts and Mrs Priddin.

We have a lovely, bright, well-resourced classroom, with a creative area for indoor learning & play and a safe, enclosed outdoor area that is always accessible (with boots and waterproofs ready for rainy days!).

In Early years, children have access to a range of resources in our classroom and outdoor area where they can be creative and take ownership of their learning. We plan activities and enhancements and children are taught phonics on a daily basis to develop their knowledge of blending and segmenting sounds. Adults support children by introducing them to new experiences, concepts and skills.

This term our topic is ‘Brilliant Bodies.’

Here is an overview of what we will be learning during this topic:

Science: The Human Body and the 5 senses

History: Florence Nightingale

Geography: Our Local Area

Art: Portraits

DT: Making a fruit salad

ICT: Using the internet safely

PE: Gymnastics – Travelling and Balancing

Music: Singing

PSHE: ‘Growing up.’

Curriculum Map – Brilliant Bodies

EYFS Curriculum Map – Brilliant Bodies

Things to remember for this year:

Reading books:

Children are expected to read on a daily basis and reading books are changed daily at school so please remember to bring book bags in everyday.

Each week children will have:

*A phonetically decodable reading book

*A reading book for fun

*A library book

Maths Packs:

Maths packs are changed every Monday for children to complete during the week. These packs include games and practical activities.

Year 2 Homework:

Homework will be sent out on Mondays and will need to be handed in the following Monday.

Year 2: Homework Grid – Term 1

Spellings: (Y2)

Spellings are uploaded onto ‘EdShed’ each week. Parents will be given a log in during the first week of term. There will be no spelling test in school but it is really important that children practise these daily.

P.E:

P.E. is taught on Mondays.

Please can you make sure that full P.E kits are available in school all week.

Golden Time is on Friday afternoons – The class will decide on their weekly treat with their class teacher and parents will be informed if they need to bring anything in.

‘Show and Tell’: Children in Reception and Year 1 can bring in something to talk about every Friday.

Useful websites:

These are some websites we use with the children so they will be familiar with most. They especially enjoy singing the number songs!

Reception:

Ordering and sequencing numbers-

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

Crickweb has lots of different games suitable for early years.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html

Here are some that are useful:

Initial sounds

Count with Lecky

Colouring sequence