Wondrous Willow Class

Year Reception and Year 1 2024-2025

                                    Welcome to Wondrous Willows Class!

Teacher: Miss Jones

Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Miss Tillsley

In our Literacy we will be using a Talk for Writing approach with a model text of  "What the Ladybird Heard". Our text this half term is all about a ladybird who didn't say a word but the ladybird saw and the ladybird heard! Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer's fine prize cow but little do they know that the tiniest, quietest creature of all has overheard their plot and has a plan of her own!               

Homework

Homework will be set on a Friday via Tapestry.

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

Homework for Year 1 will consist of the following:

Maths Activities

NumBots https://numbots.com/

Little Wandle Spellings

Individual reading

PE

PE will be on a Wednesday and will be taught by coaches from Shrewsbury Town Football Club. Children should come to school in their PE kit on their PE day.

Year 1 will also be attending swimming lessons on Monday afternoons taught by Mrs Archer.

Forest School

Wondrous Willows will be going to Forest School weekly and sessions will be on a Tuesday. 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.

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 during the week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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

Weekly Memos will be sent via Tapestry for all children on a Friday with details of the learning for the upcoming week. 

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.