Early Years - Class 1 and 2

Summer Term 2020

Home learning packs are available to collect by Friday 20th March 2020.

This includes a seesaw home learning code. To access seesaw please follow the instructions below:

Students and families, we will be using Seesaw for home learning. Please sign in with your Home Learning code following the steps below:

 1. Go to https://web.seesaw.me on a computer. Or install the Seesaw Class iOS or Android app.

2. Tap “I’m a Student”.

3. Scan or type in your Home Learning code.

4. Post to your journal, respond to activities, and view class announcements.

5. Remember, this code is like a password. Keep it safe!

Your child can upload the work that they complete at home for your teacher to see and comment.

Twinkl – www.twinkl.co.uk/offer

Twinkl is offering all parents a one month free trial to access all Twinkl resources. Follow the web link above. The Twinkl School Closure free access code is: PARENTSTWINKLHELPS.

Phonics play - www.phonicsplay.co.uk is also offering free access and offers some fantastic phonics games and resources. 

Username: march20

Password: home

Welcome to Class 1

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Welcome to the blog page for class 1, which is part of the Early Years class.

Listed below is some important information about class 1 -

• Mrs Thomas and Mrs Hughes are the class teachers. Mrs Thomas teaches the class on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday morning. Mrs Hughes teaches the class on a Wednesday afternoon, Thursdays and Fridays. Our teaching assistants are Mrs Evans and Miss Davies
• Our PE days are a Monday, Thursday and Friday.

       (Please make sure your child has a PE kit in school at all times). 

• Homework goes home on  Monday and should be returned on Thursday.
• Snack Money is £1 per week, payable on a Monday. Children will be given a healthy snack of fruit and a drink of milk or water each day. 

If you have any questions, please come and speak to any member of staff in the Early Years room, diolch yn fawr.

Spring Term 2020

Happy New Year! We have lots of exciting things planned for this term and can't wait to get started! To begin this term, our topic will be 'People who Help us', including work on our school motto - 'Dream, Believe, Achieve'. We are encouraging children to think about what they might like to achieve in the future and will be inviting several visitors with different jobs to come and talk to the children.

We will also be learning all about Chinese New Year. Children will be exploring the different customs associated with the festival, reading and retelling the Chinese New year story, making some traditional crafts and tasting some delicious Chinese food!

During Eco week we will be looking at ways to care for both our school environment and the wider world. We will be learning all about recycling through fun activities in class.

Autumn Term 2019

All the children are settling into school brilliantly and are having lots of fun exploring the classroom and making new friends. Our topic for this term is 'Food'. This is a really exciting topic which will involve the children growing, cooking and tasting many different kinds of foods as well as finding out about where our food comes from.

We will be visiting the local 'Hub' cafe at the Caia Park Partnership to have a look around and sample some of the food as well as holding our own teddy bears picnic in school. 

Summer Term

Our topic for the summer term is 'Y Fferm' (The Farm).

We are looking forward to learning about lots of different farm animals as well as finding out how our food is produced.

Our trip this term will be to The Outlook Meadow where we will be focusing on the the story of The Three Little Pigs - meeting some real-life pigs and taking part in lots of other exciting activities. 

Our class assembly will take place on Thursday 23rd May at 9.15am

Spring term Update

This term's topic 'Dwr' has been a big hit with all the children! We began our topic with the story of the Rainbow Fish and found out how he learnt to share.  We made our own Rainbow Fish and explored different types of creatures that live in the sea.

We enjoyed the story Noah's Ark and made our own promises which we will try very hard to keep! Finally, our work on pirates has been very popular with the whole class. We have had great fun dressing like pirates, learning pirate songs and reading pirate stories such as Pirates Love Underpants! 

Spring Term 2019

Our topic for the Spring Term is 'Dwr' or 'Water'. We have already begun our topic by reading the story 'The Rainbow Fish'. We are looking forward to lots of exciting activities throughout the term such as looking at which creatures live in water, finding out all about pirates and reading lots of stories with a water-based theme such as Noah's Ark, Kipper's Rainy Day, Jonah and the Whale and many more!

Settling in

All the children have settled brilliantly into school and are having lots of fun exploring our indoor and outdoor areas.

Our topic for the Autumn term is 'All About Me'. We will be talking about our friends and families and the different homes that people may live in. We will also be learning  how we can take care of our bodies, as well as exploring lots of exciting activities linked with our senses. 

Take a look at what we have been up to in our first week of school!