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Welcome to Reception and Year 1!

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​Miss Slack - Class Teacher


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Mrs Kemp - HLTA

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Miss Brock - Teaching Assistant

"Play, learn and grow together."

Our topic this term is: Let's celebrate​!

                                                    WELCOME
A warm welcome to our class page. We are excited to be a part of your child's first year in school.  
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 Topic Overview

Term 2! 

We are ready to look at the wonderful world of celebrations! This term we will be taking a closer look at the different celebrations from all different religion's. 
We will be learning to draw similarites and differences to the celebrations we take part in ourselves and look at how other people may celebrate.
We will look at where celebrations will take place, what happens at these celebrations that take place and who is involved.

We will be looking places of worship, visiting the local church and ..... hosting our own wedding!



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Book List.
Each week our provision is led by a book below are the books we will be reading; 


Week 1 Theme Bonfire night
Sparks in the sky

Week2 : Theme Remebrance
Poppy and the blooms / Where the poppies grow now.

Week3: Theme, Diwali
Binny's Diwali
Week 4: Theme Weddings
The Scarecrows wedding.

Week 5: Theme Weddings
Celebrating weddings around the world ( Non-fiction)
Week 6: Theme Christmas:
Pick a pine tree.

Week 7: Theme Christmas
There is an elf in my book.



Phonics
These daily phonics lessons are really good for anyone who would like to give them a try!  Just click on the link below to access them.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured?disable_polymer=1
Keep active whilst counting and developing your phonics knowledge with these helpful videos.

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What's on in our classroom...

Monday- Book bags 
Tuesday-  Book bags
Wednesday- Forest school and baking.
Thursday-Book bag.
Friday- PE day.

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