Class
1
Class
1
has
a
bright
and
welcoming
classroom with its own outside area which is
shared with pre-school. Within the classroom there is a carpet area for
whole
class work, discussions, stories etc. and a quiet cosy
area for children to read alone, with a friend or to a teddy.
We
have a role play area for developing speaking, listening, drama and
social
skills and offering the chance to practice other skills such as paying
with
coins. This area changes regularly, for example we have a post office,
a dark
place and a travel agent. This area also gives us opportunities to act
out
stories with props and costumes.
In
the building corner children can use various construction materials to
meet
challenges e.g. Can you build a tower a metre
tall or
a house for the three bears?
We
have a writing table where children can go and work independently on
stories,
letters, lists etc. They have a variety of resources to choose from
including
word books and banks. We also have a big apple tree covered in apples
with high
frequency words on. The children can practice reading, writing and
spelling
these words whenever they like.
We
like to use ICT to support all areas of the curriculum. We have an
Interactive
Whiteboard, and a CD player with headphones. We also make regular use
of the
school’s trolley of laptops.
There
is
a
team
of
adults
working
in the class. The teachers are Mrs Lara
Lambert and Mrs
Louise Siddle. We have a number of
fantastic Teaching
Assistants – Dianne Harris, Jo Willetts, Penny Mathias,
Sharon Dance
and Fiona Harkin. Our parents are very
supportive and several of them regularly come in to help in the
classroom, come
on trips or help in practical ways such as making books for our writing
area.
Our
outside
area
is
a
very
valuable
extension to our classroom, and we use it
across the curriculum as often as we can. The school also has lovely
grounds
including a wildflower meadow, arboretum and pond.
Class
2
Class
2
is
taught
by
Miss
Claire Old.
There are 3 teaching assistants who work with us: Mrs. Fiona Harkin,
Mrs. Jo Jones and Mrs Michelle Herbert. Children in years 2 and 3 are
in class 2.
It is a hard working, helpful, colourful,
friendly
and
enjoyable
classroom
to
work in.
We
have different groups for core and
non-core subjects, so we can support each other and encourage each
other to
work. We also work in pairs and other groupings to share ideas and help
each
other to improve our work.
We
have an interactive whiteboard which
is used by the children and teacher in most lessons.
We
read frequently and have reading
workshop groups which get us thinking about our books, reading as a
group and
giving opinions about what we have read.
Our
work
is
planned
through
topics,
this
means that we learn about these topics
in
most of our lessons. (including ICT, drama,
writing,
history and geography). Our topic this term is Nocturnal Animals.
Class
3
Children
in
Years
4,
5
and
6
are in Class 3. Their teachers are Mrs
Janice Peacock (The Headteacher) and Mrs Katie Clarke
The
classroom
is
a
pleasant
room,
with
windows overlooking the playground, and two
areas of carpet. We have an Interactive Whiteboard which is used in
most
lessons. The furniture is arranged in different ways to suit different
groupings, subjects and topics.
We
teach within a creative curriculum, making as many links between
subjects as we
can. Learning is topic based most of the time, and we use real and
motivating
start points when planning work.
We
use the outside environment as much as possible. This might be anything
from a
day in the grounds, to a village walk or residential study visit
further
afield.
Over
a
two-year
cycle
our
work
is
based on a range of topics: history (e.g.
Tudors
and Stuarts,
PE
has a central role in our