Class R 2026 – 27
Class R 2025 – 2026
Class R Update Summer Term 6
Wowzers, what a fantastic first year Class R have had! As we start to welcome our new September starters with induction visits we reflect on the fabulous year our current class have had and all that they have achieved. It’s been a final term of ‘firsts’ with our first class assembly, our first Sports Week and our first sustainability week to name but a few. Our class assembly was a joy, full of singing, dancing, a true celebration of the children and all that they can do.
Experiencing Street Dance was a firm favourite during sports week alongside circuits where the children loved moving in Giant Granny Pants! We finished the week with our special sports morning where children and parents were able to celebrate together.
During sustainability week, we loved finding out about all the living plants and creatures in our school grounds. We were especially interested in learning about bees. Our bug hotel designs were fabulous and we look forward to seeing which creatures move into our team bug hotel at the top of the field.
During Term 6, our learning was based upon the books ‘The Snail and the Whale’ and ‘The Pirates next door’. These have inspired so much fantastic writing including stories, lists and information writing. We have learnt so many interesting new words and phrases that have really enhanced our knowledge and understanding of life in and under the sea.
It has been a fabulous year and we are so proud of all the children and the fantastic start they have made to their AK school journey. A big thank you to the parents and carers of this class who have been so supportive and played such an important role in the fabulous progress the children have made.
Class R Update Summer Term 5
Class R have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the life cycle of chickens. They watched six eggs hatch and loved taking care of them and watching them grow.
As part of our learning about different cultures, Class R took part in the Hindu festival of colour – Holi. The children had great fun throwing paint at each other, – a joyful celebration of Spring.
Class R Update Spring Term 4
Class R have had another jam-packed term full of learning through play. We have continued our learning about traditional tales through a Talk 4 Writing approach. The children learnt to retell the story of The Three Little Pigs, creating their own story maps and even making their own house out of different materials. We had great fun testing how strong they were with our very own Big Bad Wolf (aka Mrs Crowley’s hair dryer!)
Gaining an insight into the past by learning about castles has been so much fun. We have created our own castles, learnt about life in castles and enjoyed playing with and constructing castle role play. We then delved even further into the past and entered the Jurassic period where we immersed ourselves in all things dinosaurs!
For World Book Day we loved dressing up as book characters and sharing our favourite stories.
And of course, we have been continuing to make great progress in learning to read and write. One way we do this is through our daily phonics lessons and this term we gave our parents the opportunity to join us for a taster lesson. It was lovely to share and celebrate our progress in reading with so many parents and carers.
Class R Update Spring Term 3
Class R have had a fun packed couple of terms filled with lots of new learning and exploring. We began by surrounding ourselves with all things wintery and icy cold. The children loved making their very own ice mountain which led our interest into life in Antarctica and the Arctic.
Our learning then turned to traditional tales and the story of the Gingerbread man. The children had great fun retelling the story and then creating their own stories with a unique twist, some of our new titles were ‘The Waffle Girl’, ‘The Pie Person’ and the ‘Potato Boy!’
The Enormous Turnip was equally as popular a story and the children loved working as a team to pull up our very own enormous turnip in our forest school learning!
Class R Update Autumn Term 2
Class R’s second term in school has been full of fun packed learning. We have enjoyed Class R’s first stay and share story session where we were accompanied to school by our teddies. Not only did we listen to stories read by Mrs Crowley but we also had the chance to share books with our parents.
Our learning this term has been all about autumn and festivals of night and light and we have fully immersed ourselves in both. We’ve learnt about the moon, stars and planets and how to be an astronaut. We loved finding all about Diwali the festival of light and even made our own Diva lights. Of course, we have continued to learn lots of new phonemes and we are well on the way to becoming super readers and writers.
Our term has finished with a festive focus where we have learnt all about the nativity story. Our nativity show was a triumph, full of super singing, dancing and sparkle. Well done Class R!
Class R Update Autumn Term 1
WOW! We are super impressed with Class R, within a couple of weeks of starting school it was like they have always been together, despite coming from many different nursery settings. They are a wonderful class team and have settled so well into big school!
They loved having their welcome service in Holy Cross church where their wonderful Year 6 buddies led a service to welcome them and their parents and presented them with a special message of hope, support and aspirations on a bespoke personalised star. They have also been busy finding out about the magic of Autumn. They have been on an autumnal walk around the village where they picked up a record number of conkers! They have loved creating leaf people and making kites to fly in the windy weather. Forest school was a hit and the children loved creating their own forest school wands using the array of autumn colours they could find outside.
Class R 2024 -2025 –Terms 3 and 4
Class R have had a fun packed couple of terms filled with lots of new learning and exploring. We began by surrounding ourselves with all things wintery and icy cold. The children loved making their very own ice mountain which led our interest into life in Antarctica.
Our learning then turned to traditional tales and the mysterious disappearance of our gingerbread man! Last heard he was walking the mountains of Wales!
The children had great fun retelling the story and then creating their own stories with a unique twist. The Little Red Hen was equally as popular a story and the children loved following a recipe and baking (and eating!) their own bread!
Gaining an insight into the past by learning abou
t castles has been great fun. We have created our own castles, learnt about life in castles and enjoyed playing with and constructing castle role play. We then delved even further into the past and entered the Jurassic period where we immersed ourselves in all things dinosaur!
And of course, we have been continuing to make great progress in learning to read and write. One way we do this is through our daily phonics lessons and this term we gave our parents the opportunity to join us for a taster lesson. It was lovely to share and celebrate our progress in reading with so many parents and carers.
Terms 1 and 2
We are super proud of our reception children who have settled beautifully into ‘big school’. We have already had so much fun getting to know each other and exploring our classroom and outside space. Our learning this term has been based upon Marvellous me where we have been finding out all about each other, our likes and dislikes, our families and homes. We have had many first experiences such as our first yoga lesson, our first forest school session, our welcome service in the church and a beautiful Autumn walk through the village collecting an array of seasonal objects. We can’t wait to see what next term brings…
Class R 2023 – 2024
Terms 5 and 6
What a fantastic year Class R have had! As we start to welcome our new September starters with induction visits we reflect on the wonderful year our current class have had and all that they have achieved. It’s been a couple of terms of ‘firsts’ with our first class assembly, our first class trip and our first sports week to name but a few. Experiencing a sound bath during our yoga lesson was a firm favourite during sports week and we thoroughly enjoyed our special sports morning where children and parents were able to celebrate together.
Always willing to dress up and get into character, we had a great time becoming pirates and mermaids for the day. Walking the plank became a little risky although fortunately no one actually got eaten by a shark!
Basing our learning this term on the books ‘The Snail and the Whale’ and ‘The Pirates next door’ has inspired so much fantastic writing including stories, lists and information. We have learnt so many interesting new words and phrases that have really enhanced our knowledge and understanding of life in and under the sea.
Term 4
We have had a brilliant Spring term and hopefully there will be a little more warmth and sunshine as we look forward to ending the term with our Holi and Easter celebrations.
We have been brightening up the classroom with spring flowers and Mrs Dyminski has been helping us create some beautiful clay wall hangings with a spring theme. Arthur correctly informed us that we were “doing pottery.”
Our Stay and Share phonics session was a great success and we hope you all found it useful and enjoyed having an insight into your child’s learning. The children certainly enjoyed having family members come and watch their phonics lesson as well as sharing their superstar writing books with their families. Thank you as always for your support.
Gaining an insight into the past by learning about castles and dinosaurs has been great fun. We have created our own castles, learnt about life in castles and enjoyed playing with and constructing castle role play. We even made a castle in Forest school.
Through our key texts ‘Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp!’ and ‘The girl and the Dinosaur’, we have entered the Jurassic period (according to our palaeontologist Eddie!) and have immersed ourselves in all things dinosaur!
We have a worship area in Class R where children can have a moment or two of calm. Using a prayer space activity we learnt how to use our hands to help regulate our breathing to calm us and enable us to have a quiet few minutes during our busy day.
Learning to reflect on any wows, ows or nows is also important to us in Class R.
Term 2 Update
This term has been full of fun packed learning. We have enjoyed Class R’s first bedtime story session. Children came back to school in their pyjamas as it was getting dark to listen to stories and have hot chocolate and cookies by the fireside. Our favourite teddy bears came too. Not only did we listen to stories read by the teachers but we also had the chance to share books our with our parents.
We have had so much fun in forest school – a highlight was burying Mr Jackson completely in leaves!
Our themes this term have been autumn and festivals of night and light and we have fully immersed ourselves in both. We’ve learnt about the moon, stars and planets and how to be an astronaut. We also learnt about the importance of a healthy sleep routine with the help of Michelle the sleep expert. Of course, we have continued to learn lots of new phonemes and we are well on the way to becoming super readers.
A huge thanks to all families who donated towards the Hospital Pyjama Appeal. With the huge help of Olivia and her Mum Class R were able to support this fantastic charity. We were overwhelmed with the amount of donations received – thank you!
Our term has finished with a festive focus where we have learnt all about the nativity story. Our nativity show was a triumph, full of super singing, dancing and sparkle. Well done Class R!
