Welcome to our Wrens' class page.

We are a mixed class of 30 Year 1 and Year 2 children.

Our class teacher is Mrs Agnew and we are supported by Ms Duncan.

Important information at a glance:

PE days this half-term are Monday and Thursdays 

Home reading books will be changed each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please remind your children to put their reading books in the basket ready to be changed. 

Homework is handed out each Friday and should be returned by the following Wednesday.

School closes for Christmas on Friday 20th December 2024 

Reading.

In Wrens, reading is very important to us.  We take every opportunity to read throughout the day, and we ask that you read with us at home too.  We have a special reading scheme to encourage reading and we receive prizes for reading certain numbers of books.  We really enjoy this! 

We are very proud that some of our readers have got to their 75 Books certificate!  Well done! 

The reading books that come home with us are carefully picked to match our phonics reading 'phase' and we want to read these at home with you each night.  We ask our parents to complete the reading record each day.  We read in class in small groups, in our Guided Reading sessions, 1:1 with adults and within our other subjects.  We love to read!

When we read, we love to read aloud.  We love to read to our adults and our friends.  We love to read books, comics, recipes, shopping lists, road signs, and everything else we can spot!  We love to talk about what we have read - and it really helps us to develop our skills.  When we are reading, please also:

* Ask us questions about the pictures,

* Talk with us about what has happened,

* Discuss the character names and how they felt,

* Predict what will happen next or how the story might end,

* Find your favourite part of the story, and ask us about ours,

* Retell the story with or without the pictures.

If you have any questions about how you can help support us with reading at home, please ask our teachers.

Phonics.

We also have daily Phonics lessons, working with other children at the same phonics phase, learning to segment and blend to read and write.  During the year, we will be progressing through the phonics phases and hope to be ready to pass the Statutory Phonics Screening check in June (Year 1 pupils*).  This tests our ability to read real and nonsense words, by blending together the sounds (phonemes) that we know.  A booklet came home in March to help us practice at home through the Easter holidays!

We understand that helping us with our phonics can be tricky - please speak to our teachers if you want any advice about how you can help us. There are some useful websites and links below, including some fun games that we love!

(* The statutory Phonics Screening Checks are for all Year 1 pupils - and for Year 2 pupils to re-sit if they did not achieve a pass mark in June of last year.)

PE.

Our PE days in the Autumn term are: Monday and Thursday

Can you please make sure that our full PE kit is in school on those days.  Our PE kit should be named and we can store it on our coat hooks at school in a small bag.  Please make sure we remember to remove our earrings on our PE days.

Homework.

We will bring our yellow homework book home every Friday.  Our homework will always include activities linked to previous and current learning, will give us another chance to practice a skill or show off our learning.  We need to remember to bring our homework back to school by the following Wednesday - Mrs Agnew and Ms Duncan do check this!  We really love showing our homework to our families and talking about the learning we have been doing. 

Our Learning

Autumn 2

Our theme for our learning for this half term is 'People who help us'. 

Our theme web will give you a flavour of what we will be learning across our different subjects. 

We will be pushing ourselves in English this half term, putting all of our Year 1 and Year 2 writing skills into practice to produce some excellent pieces of work.  We will read a wide range of books and use these as inspiration for our discussions and for our written work. 

In Maths, we will continue to build on our understanding of number, focusing on place value and calculations. We will developing our reasoning skills throughout and gain confidence in Maths daily. 

Our theme work about 'People Who Help Us' will have an Art and History focus. Please see attached theme web.

We are excited to get started on all of this new learning! 

What have the Wrens been up to?

We share updates and photographs on ClassDojo. 

Useful Websites and resources