Holly Class
Welcome to Holly Class!
Welcome to Holly class website page!
We are a mixed Year 1 and Year 2 class.
Miss Rogers, Mrs Evans and Mrs Thompson work in Holly class ☺️
Miss Rogers Mrs Evans Mrs Thompson
AUTUMN TERM!
Our topic for this term is 'The Great Fire of London'.
We practise our essential English and Maths skills everyday in a number of ways! We independently work on our individual targets each morning as we come in to school, and complete daily RWI phonics sessions and Maths Meetings.
In Maths lessons, we will be looking at place value. This means learning about the tens and ones in a 2-digit number and making sure we are really good at using a ten-frame to support us with this. We will use lots of practical equipment like dienes and numicon to help us. We will then move on to looking at the four main operations we use in Year 1 and 2 - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
How high can you count from zero? What methods can we use to add and subtract?
In English, we are changing our writing programme a little bit. We will still do RWI phonics daily for 30 minutes to learn new sounds and practising reading and writing words containing the sounds we know, but we will be spending more focusing on our writing skills. We will make sure to do handwriting practise every single day, focusing on our letter formation. We will also be looking at different types of text and practising our grammar skills, making sure to include the correct punctuation in our sentences.
What do you think we need to include for a super sentence? What strategy can we use to help us sound out words?
In Science, we are going to be learning about animals including humans. We will identify and name a variety of animals and learn all about their features such as talons, gills or fur. We will find out about human body parts and sing songs such as 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.' We will investigate our senses and complete some investigations about our bodies.
What animals live in our school habitat? Who will be able to jump the furthest in our class?
In History, we will be learning all about the Great Fire of London. As well as finding out how it started, where the fire was, how far it spread and how the fire fighters eventually stopped it we will find out about famous people from this time such as Samuel Pepys and Thomas Farriner.
Do you know anything about the Great Fire of London? Why is Thomas Farriner famous?
In Computing, we will be talking about internet safety and how to stay safe online in every lesson. We will also be doing an animation project to look at making our own animated cartoon!
Have you ever made your own picture on a tablet or laptop? Why is it important to keep your password safe?
In Design Technology, we will be designing and making our own Tudor style houses, linked to our History learning about the Great Fire of London. We will plan out what we want our houses to look like, making a list of what equipment we need, and then we will be inviting our grown-ups into school to help us build them!
What does a Tudor house look like? What materials might we use to make a model house?
In Music, we will be using our voices to practise different singing exercises, including call and response songs, and later in the term, we will be learning Christmas carols and songs four our Christmas performance!
What is your favourite song to sing? Do you already know any Christmas songs?
In Religious Education, we will be looking at how we can make good choices to be kind to everyone, before we start thinking about which religious books and stories are important.
What religious books do you know? What good choices do you make?
In PSHCE, we will be thinking about 'Being me in my world' including feeling special and safe, our rights and responsibilities, and what consequences there might be if we make the wrong choices.
Which places or people make you feel safe? How can we help each other learn at school?
USEFUL INFORMATION
Homework
At our school, homework is set in the form of a 'menu'. This will have a range of activities to give you choice and flexibility, e.g. you can choose more creative activities on quieter weekends when you have more time. One task should be completed from the menu each week.
In Holly class, homework will be set on a Friday, and is due back by the following Wednesday.
Parent Forecasts
Our Parent Forecasts will be available below for you to see a brief overview of some of the learning we are planning to do each term. This is not exhaustive, but just to give you a flavour of what we will be up to! If you have any questions about this, please come and see us.
Our PE day
Holly class PE day is Monday. We also do PE on Thursday afternoon for Creative Curriculum. On PE days, please come to school in your PE kit - a white or blue plain t-shirt, black or navy blue shorts, joggers or leggings, and sensible black trainers.
Children should have earrings removed in advance, and long hair should be tied back for safety.
Remarkable Readers
At Kirkby Avenue Primary School, we believe reading to be extremely important. Reading underpins so many other areas of the curriculum and supports the children in developing their imagination. To support your child with their reading, we ask that you listen to them read at home as often as possible and record this in their ‘Reading Record’.
Our new Reading recognition system, Remarkable Readers, aims to ensure that all our children are remarkable with their Reading throughout the year. Each time a child reads they achieve a ‘Reading Point’. Depending on age, this could be:
- Reading at home to an adult
- In school independently
- At home independently
Reading Points are cumulative and will be added up weekly throughout the year.
35 points = Bronze Award (Certificate)
85 points = Brilliant Bronze Award (Certificate)
130 points = Silver Award (Certificate, message home & prize)
175 points = Super Silver Award (Certificate, message home & prize)
220 points = Gold Award (Certificate, message home from Mrs Clifford & prize)
265 points = Glittering Gold Award (Certificate, message home from Mrs Clifford & prize)
310 points = Diamond Award (Certificate, message home from Mrs Clifford and a prize)
355 points = Dazzling Diamond Award (Certificate, message home from Mrs Clifford, a prize and an Afternoon Tea in The Reading Nook with our Reading Ambassadors)
400+ points = Platinum Award (Certificate, message home from Mrs Clifford, a prize and a Book Voucher)