Wheat Class
Reading books letter for Reception parents
Year 1 phonics and sight words October 25
17/11/25
This week in Wheat Class we have completed our final week focusing on the Billy Goats Gruff.
In both age groups we have been focusing on our writing heavily this week.
In Reception the children have been focused on retelling aspects of the story, including describing the troll, as well as the goats crossing of the bridge.
In Year 1 we have similarly been working on retelling the story with our writing independently.
In Maths we have been focusing on 'one more' in Reception, and doubling in Year 1.
10/11/25
This week in Wheat Class....
In Maths we have been working on recognising differences in length in Reception, whilst Year 1s have been working on their mathematical language, ordering objects by length and recognising the difference between length and height. To this end, we have created different length paper chains, including competitions to see who can make the longest!
In English we have been continuing to think about the Billy Goats Gruff. Reception have been describing the troll and even creating their own monster paintings of a new baddie to live under the bridge. Year 1 have been hard at creating their own story maps of a new story for the Billy Goats, including of course a new and suitably scary villain!
This Tuesday was of course Remembrance Day, the children were all extremely well behaved and respectful during the two minutes silence, we, as you too should be, are very proud of the children for this. Later in the day we were also lucky enough to receive some visitors from Hops class with some precious family stories and heirlooms.
Thank you to Wheat Class for another extraordinary week, next week will be our final week covering the Billy Goats Gruff!
03/11/25
Welcome back Wheat Class, hope everybody has had an amazing half term! This week we have officially began our newest book, The Billy Goats Gruff. We have had an extremely busy first week!
Reception have been hard at work making some bridges for the goats to cross.
As a whole class we worked in groups to create a larger bridge to cross the treacherous carpet river!
On Thursday we had our family learning day, making some billy goat and troll puppets to put on a class puppet show!
13/10/25
This week in Wheat Class we have moved onto our newest book, 'The Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis!
We have done some exploring and learning in the outside area, making habitats for the Bog Baby
And then made some Bog Babies to live there!
In Reception our Maths focus this half-term has been the numbers 1-6, this week we have been learning all about 5.
Thank you to everyone who made it to the parents evening, it was lovely to meet all of you, and another thank you to Wheat Class for another excellent week!
We have been learning about how children are welcomed into the church through being Christened or Baptised.
We held our reception Welcome Service in church.
Key Information
Our phonics is taught twice daily using 'The Song of Sounds', the links to these songs for home learning is below, simply copy and paste the link into your search engine of choice. Please ensure to use the correct 'Stage' for your child's year group.
Reception:
https://youtu.be/2Cg-CRabqyE?si=tnZ6m6fzQIP4o3gG
Year 1:
https://youtu.be/6UQHdBMLk-M?si=Ms2DXyk6wsJhLYiw
Letter Formation
Linked below is our phonic scheme's guidance for lower and upper case letter formation. If you wish to practice handwriting with your child at home (Reception or Year 1), please use this document for guidance.
Autumn Term
Welcome to our first Autumn Term Wheat Class!
Our first topic theme this year is 'Mythical Monsters', we will be exploring character, setting and retelling stories through this. Our first book this year is the classic 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson, feel free to read along at home.
Curriculum:
English- Our initial focus for our Reception children will be on retelling stories during continual provision and joining in on active storytelling via repetitive refrain. Our Year 1 children are focusing on expanding our vocabulary skills.
Maths- Our Reception children are focusing on the exploration of the numbers 1-9 whilst our Year 1s are focusing on 10s and beginning to look at place value.
Science- Our science focus for our Year 1 children is 'Animals and living things', we will be exploring different evolutionary structures such as wings and tails as well as how animals are grouped.
Geography- Our geographical focus this term will be on the continents and oceans, hot and cold areas of the world, as well as focusing on the United Kingdom and the countries that form it.
PE- PE sessions are Monday and Wednesday, please ensure your children are dressed appropriately on these days.
We look forward to a productive and creative half term, many thanks,
Thomas Nicholls
Wheat Class Teacher