Tapestry

In Acorn class we use Tapestry to share the children's learning journey with you, it is a fantastic and easy way for you to see what your children are currently learning about and the activities they take part in during their time at school.  Remember to check Tapestry regularly it is updated all of the time. Don't forget we also love to see what you have been up to :)

Spring 1 in Acorn Class

We are starting off the spring term with a very exciting topic, which is 'Big Wide World'. In the Big Wide World project, your child will find out about the world in which they live. They will learn about different climates and explore habitats, including their flora and fauna. They will locate the United Kingdom on a world map and compare life in the United Kingdom with life elsewhere. They will also learn about caring for their environment, both locally and beyond.

There are a variety of activities that you could do at home with your child to further support their understanding of the world we live in, for example: 

• Use  Google Earth to explore where you live and look up places you would like to visit.
• Talk about places around the world you have visited, or places that family members or friends live. Look at the places on a map and talk about ways to travel.
• If you go on holiday, send a postcard to school to show where you went.
• Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.
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Phonics and reading

Our school are now using the Little Wandle Phonics scheme to encourage and inspires teachers to deliver engaging lessons which foster and support a love of Reading. All children will read daily, this may be as part of a group or individually with a teacher. 

English

To inspire our English lessons we use Literacy Tree,  a complete, book-based platform for primary schools, covering all Primary English curriculum requirements, training and support. 

The Magic Paintbrush

In this ten-session Writing Root, which we suggest will take 3 weeks to cover, the children discover a magic paintbrush and are asked what they would paint with it. Then, through the story of The Magic Paintbrush, they meet Shen who loves to paint and draw. Shen is presented with a magic brush but she is to only use it for good. In the story, she overcomes a greedy Emperor who sets his dragon upon Shen. The children create their own dragon-like monsters through playing Mix and Match Monsters and record ideas by drawing and labelling a diagram. They then write an own-version narrative by changing the items that their main character paints and including their own monster that the main character overcome.

Super Milly and the Super School Day

In this ten-session Writing Root the children discover some superhero items left in their class then consider what their super power would be if they were an actual superhero. The text, Super Milly and the Super School Day is shared, letters of encouragement for the main character are written and the concept of qualities and positive traits such as kindness and generosity being super powers is explored. The children reply to a job advert for a superhero before writing their own superhero story with them as the main character but first they must decide what their super powers will be and who they will help. This is done through singing and adding to a superhero song, sung to the well-known melody of Ten Green Bottles.