Wondrous Willow Class

Year Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 2025-2026

                                    Welcome to Wondrous Willows Class!

Teacher: Miss Jones

Teaching Assistant: Miss Tillsley

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Childs

 In our Literacy/English we will be using a Talk for Writing approach with a model text of "The Magic Paintbrush".  This is a story about a young man who was poor and kind and liked drawing so much that he drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paintbrush and asked him to use it to help poor people. When he woke up, he found the magic paintbrush on his desk...

Homework

Homework will be set on a Friday via the school newsletter.

Homework for Year Reception will be based on the Early Years Curriculum Areas of Learning.

Homework for Year 1 and Year 2 will consist of the following:

Maths Activities

NumBots https://numbots.com/

Little Wandle Spellings

Individual reading

PE

PE will be on a Wednesday. Children should come to school in their PE kit on their PE day.

Forest School

Wondrous Willows will be going to Forest School weekly and sessions will be on a Thursday. Children will need to bring appropriate clothing to put on such as waterproof coats, trousers or suits and wellington boots.

Drinks & Snacks

Please ensure that your child brings a drink of water (not fruit drinks or squash) to school each day. This needs to be in a labelled bottle that we can keep in the classroom which can be accessed during the day.

Your child will receive a piece of fruit or vegetable during morning snacktime.

Year Reception children will also receive a drink of milk. Parents of Year 1 and 2 children are able order milk for their child if they wish. 

Lunches

School dinners need to be booked by parents online using the Eduspot system. 

Books

Reading practise books will be sent home on a Friday and will need to be returned by the following Monday.

Book Club

Books to share with family at home can be changed on Mondays and Fridays.

Celebration Assembly

Our Celebration Assembly is on a Friday when children are able to share their achievements, from both within school and outside school, with their peers.

Communication

Communication is via the school admin email account - admin@bitterley.shropshire.sch.uk  

Phonics at Bitterley –

Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised

Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.