Class Groups
Fantasia
Welcome to the Fantasia class page!
Our Nursery is called Fantasia and through our MAGIC learning, we aim to give your child a wide range of exciting learning experiences within a play-based curriculum and nurturing environment. Our friendly team are here to support your child through their first year of learning where the MAGIC begins.
Meet the Nursery Team
Mrs Brennan (Class Teacher)
Mrs Simpson
Please take time to explore our page, where you will find lots of important information about your child's learning.
In our class, we encourage children to be:
Ready
We are always ready to learn.
We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!
Respectful
We look after each other and the school property.
We take care in all that we do.
Safe
We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.
We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.
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Autumn Term 1:
This term, our topic will be: ‘Who lives in my house?
During this first term we will be learning all about life in the Nursery and practising new routines to support us to become confident in the nursery environment. The children will also learn all about themselves, their friends and their families.
Gross Motor – Using ribbons and scarves for movement to develop coordination, balance, and core strength. Using colourful props encourages large, sweeping arm movements to build the shoulder and torso muscles needed for physical control and pre-writing tasks.
Physical – Completing Dough Disco and Write Dance to build the fine motor, gross motor, and neurological skills necessary for handwriting. By combining rhythm, movement, and play, these techniques strengthen children's hands and arms to improve pencil control and mark-making.
EAD – Explore a range of lines and shapes. Use a range of materials to make a self-portrait.
UTW – Discussing past and present events in the lives of children and the lives of family members. Begin to give opinions on the quality of the environment. Explore closely similarities, differences, patterns and change.
Maths – Using number rhymes to encourage counting. Children will count objects to five, learning to recognise ‘fingers up to 5’.
Communication, Language and Literacy – The children will be exploring soundpots games using shaky eggs, large scrunchie, bouncing teddies and other resources to encourage listening and attention skills.
Books we will be using this term are:
Three Little Pigs
Lost and Found
Elmer
Super Duper You
Lulu’s First Day
All are Welcome
Love Makes a Family
This is our House
Home
The Skin you Live in
Songs we will be learning are:
We Can Build a Little House
Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Tommy Thumb
Soundpots Songs and Rhymes
Dalmatians
Welcome to the Dalmatians class page!
Here you can find up-to-date information about the MAGIC learning that your child will be taking part in during our topics. We have lots of fun learning in Dalmatians and have many MAGIC moments every day. To strengthen our links between home and school, we have included some useful links below to provide key information and opportunities for children to continue their learning at home. Share them with your child and ask them to show you all the fabulous learning that we have been doing in school.
Let's meet our 'Spotacular' staff!
Mrs Coore and Mrs Slinn Hall - (Class Teachers)
Mrs Prime
Mrs Spruce
Mrs Harley
This page is intended to help you feel involved and informed of everything that we do.
Please take the time to explore our page where you will find lots of important information about your child's learning. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
Here you can find up-to-date information about the MAGIC learning that your child will be taking part in during our topics. We have lots of fun learning in Dalmatians and have many MAGIC moments every day.
To strengthen our links between home and school, we have included some useful links below to provide key information and opportunities for children to continue their learning at home. Share them with your child and ask them to show you all the fabulous learning that we have been doing in school.
In our class, we encourage children to be:
Ready
We are always ready to learn.
We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!
Respectful
We look after each other and the school property.
We take care in all that we do.
Safe
We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.
We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.
Autumn Term:
During the Autumn Term our topics will be:
Autumn 1: What do I know about me?
Some of the texts that we will be focusing on in class are;
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Autumn 2: Why are there so many leaves on the ground?
Our ESB rhymes will be 'Head Shoulder, Knees and Toes' and 'Autumn Leaves are falling down'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZrlaViMfiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyJIfdA71Lc
Homework
In Dalmatians, we really value parental support with homework, as it is an extension of children’s learning in school.
Your child will also be set weekly homework online via ClassDojo. This is usually set on Mondays to be completed by the following Monday. Don't forget to read with your child at home daily to join in the Reading Race.
Nemos
Welcome to Nemos class page!
Here you can find up-to-date information about the MAGIC learning that your child will be taking part in during their time in Nemos. As a team, we are dedicated to providing all children with an exciting curriculum. We hope you enjoy exploring this page and that it helps you to see the wide range of learning that we access.
Below you will find useful links to help support your children with their learning at home.
Meet our staff – Nemos KS:
Miss Smith– (Class Teacher)
Miss Whitby
Meet our staff – Nemos MP:
Miss Parton – (Class Teacher)
Mrs Kennedy
Welcome to Nemos class page!
Here you can find up-to-date information about the MAGIC learning that your child will be taking part in during their time in Nemos. As a team, we are dedicated to providing all children with an exciting curriculum. We hope you enjoy exploring this page and that it helps you to see the wide range of learning that we access.
Below you will find useful links to help support your children with their learning at home.
In our classes, we encourage children to be:
Ready
We are always ready to learn.
We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!
Respectful
We look after each other and the school property.
We take care in all that we do.
Safe
We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.
We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.
The school day starts at 8.40am where the children will enter through the upper black gate. Dismissal is from the same gate at 3:10pm.
Each day, children will need to bring in the following:
- A spouted water bottle containing water;
- Reading book and diary;
- A red book bag;
- Appropriate coat and wellies if necessary.
PE
Nemos KS PE day is on Wednesday.
Nemos MP PE day is on Tuesday.
Children need to come to school in their PE kit. This is a plain white T-shirt, a grey tracksuit and trainers.
Library
Nemos MP library day is a Monday.
Nemos KS library day is on Tuesday.
Please ensure that your child returns their library book on their library day in order to exchange it for a new book.
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Autumn Term:
Throughout the Autumn Term, children will engage in the following learning:
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Autumn 1 Why are humans not like tigers? |
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English Text 1: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell Text 2: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson Text 3: The tiger who came to tea by Judith Kerr
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Maths Unit 1: Numbers to 10 Unit 2: Part-whole within 10 Unit 3: Addition and subtraction within 10 |
Science Animals, including humans and 2 weeks of seasonal change.
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History How do people change over time?
Enrichment First aid and mindfulness
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Computing Computer Systems and networks (1.1)
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RE Who do the Christians say changed the world? |
PSHE Healthy lifestyles |
Music Charanga – Hey You |
DT Mechanisms wheels and axels
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PE Mulit Skills |
Please check your ClassDojo for:
RWI phonics, TT Rock Stars and reading homework.
Home Learning
Home learning is set each week by the class teacher on ClassDojo. This will consist of reading, phonics and maths and is checked each week. Reading at home is extremely important, and we would like all children to read at home at least 3 times per week.
Please don't forget that if you have any questions or queries, then please contact your class teacher via ClassDojo between 8.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
Here is a list of educational websites that you might want to use with your children at home. These websites include a range of curricular activities.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMY4o8_rPjmFoatx7F4TvHQ/videos
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/covid19-school-closures
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/
https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
Incredibles
Welcome to the Incredibles class page!
Here, you will find all the fun learning that the Year 2 children are completing.
Let’s meet our “Incredible” staff…
Mrs D Wiltshaw and Miss K Smith – (Class Teachers)
Mrs Golik – (Class Teacher - maternity leave)
Mrs Lewis
Mrs Harley (maternity leave)
Mrs R Harding
This page is intended to help you feel involved and informed about everything that we do.
Please take the time to explore our page where you will find lots of important information about your child's learning.
In our class, we encourage children to be:
Ready
We are always ready to learn.
We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!
Respectful
We look after each other and the school property.
We take care in all that we do.
Safe
We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.
We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.
Summer Term 2:
For the Summer 2 half-term we will be enjoying the topic ‘Where would you prefer to live England or Kenya?’
In this topic, we will be inquisitive geographers. We will understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country. We will identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles. To enhance our learning of geography, we will also use world maps, atlases and globes.
In Art, we will be using clay to create 3D houses. We will focus on shaping and decorating clay. We will create a pinch pot and design and make a clay tile with house features. This unit will help to emphasise children’s skills in working with clay and applying artistic techniques in a structured project.
In English, we will be completing lots of fun learning activities based on the stories of ‘Hansel and Gretal’ by Antony Brown and ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl. The children will be retelling and later innovating these stories. They will also use story maps and differentiated texts to help them write these narratives. We will be learning to plan our writing, breaking it up into beginning, middle and end, as well as correctly using their just do it rules! As well as going on a journey into the world of narratives, the children will also explore non-fiction texts and write a non-chronological report comparing Kenya and the United Kingdom. We will use the text ‘If You Were Me and Lived in…Kenya’ by Carole Roman to enhance our learning. We can't wait to see what the children achieve!
Click on the images below to listen to the stories:
In Maths, our clever Mathematicians are learning about position and direction. They will also be developing their knowledge of time, weight, volume and temperature. The children will also use concrete, pictorial and abstract methods to solve questions and challenges, using methods efficiently to solve problems. If you need any support with helping your child at home, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher via Class Dojo.
To support your child further with their reading skills, please click here to watch Read, Write, Inc's engaging phonics videos. Your child will be familiar with the routines used in Read, Write, Inc.
Do you love to listen to stories? Click on the image below to take you to a fabulous website where you can listen to a variety of stories read by different authors. In Maths, our clever Mathematicians are learning about position and direction. They will also be developing their knowledge of time, weight, volume and temperature. The children will also use concrete, pictorial and abstract methods to solve questions and challenges, using methods efficiently to solve problems. If you need any support with helping your child at home, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher via Class Dojo.
We will also be learning about making music using computers. They will listen to a variety of pieces of music and consider how music can make them think and feel. Learners will compare creating music digitally and non-digitally. Learners will look at patterns and purposefully create music.
To support your child further with their reading skills, please click here to watch Read, Write, Inc's engaging phonics videos. Your child will be familiar with the routines used in Read, Write, Inc.
Do you love to listen to stories? Click on the image below to take you to a fabulous website where you can listen to a variety of stories read by different authors.
How can you help your child at home? Check out our useful links… But be prepared to use your MAGIC learning behaviours to help you to tackle tricky problems!
Thank you for taking the time to read our class page. If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to speak to the Incredibles team.
