Welcome to Hawthorn Class
The children in Hawthorn Class are Reception and Year 1.
In Hawthorn Class our teacher is Mrs Bott, who is supported by teaching assistants Mrs Neale, Mrs Elsworth and Mrs Harris throughout the week.
This year we have 18 children in Hawthorn Class.
We love to learn in our classroom and the spacious, adjoining outdoor area.
We use our outside area every day and enjoy spending time exploring in our garden.
What are we learning at the moment?
In terms 1 and 2, our class learning enquiry big question is 'What am I?'
The enquiry is underpinned by three key concepts : Self, belonging and culture.
Throughout their learning journey, children explore a number of key questions. These will be:
Who am I and what makes me special?
What does each part of my body do? (including the senses)
What makes me similar to animals?
What makes me different to animals?
What makes other people special?
What has changed over time?
Please click her to find out more information about this terms learning enquiry.
'What Am I?' Tell Me About Sheet
AutumnTerm 2024
Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a lovely break over Summer.
We would especially like to welcome our new reception children and parents to our school community!
This term our learning enquiry is 'What Am I?'
We will be reading a variety of different texts, including The Colour Monster, Home, Ruby's Worry, Incredible You and My Body.
Our class readers this term will include Shine, Willy the Wimp, Funny Bones, What the Ladybird Heard and The King's Hat.
We will continue to develop our knowledge of phonics using Read Write Inc and this will help to support our spelling and reading skills. During this term the Reception children will continue to learn the sounds which many of them started to learn in Little Learners. This will support the children when they start blending the sounds to read words, with the help of our Frog called Fred.
In Maths we will use NCETM to support the children when learning about numbers in fun and exciting ways. We continue to foster a love of Maths in Hawthorn Class this year which will give the children good foundations when they move through the school. We encourage the children to investigate and reason about their maths, talking about what they are doing, why they have chosen this method and how they could change their approach when needed.
In Science we will be learning about Humans and other animals.
In PSHE our learning areas are ‘Being Me in my World' and 'Celebrating Differences'. We will be talking about ourselves, our feelings and celebrating what makes us special.
In Computing we will be learning about online safety and data handling.
In our learning theme we will be learning about our own history, the Royal family and comparing common animals, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. We will be exploring 3 key concepts in our learning themes throughout the year, which are Self, Belonging and Culture.
We will be sketching and drawing in Art and making puppets in DT.
In Music, we will be learning about pulse and rhythm and dynamics and tempo.
We are looking forward to a busy and productive term!
Look at our learning!
Class Information
PE days are on Tuesday & Friday each week