Cliddesden Primary School

Welcome to Willow Class. We are a mixed Foundation Stage and Year 1 class. Our class teacher is Mrs Nicholson, supported by Mrs Busby and Ms Frewin.

Willow Class will be developing their learning through the theme of ‘Under' and 'by the Sea’.

We will start the term exploring under the sea with Barry, Tiddler and the Rainbow Fish, using our imaginations to share and write stories. Using non-fiction texts, the children will investigate different creatures under the sea.

Our history focus is our school and how it has changed over time.

After half term, we will be finding out about the coast and what it’s like to live by the sea.  Using stories and poems, we will compare different viewpoints like the lighthouse keeper, fishermen and children by the sea. We will investigate where should the lighthouse keeper build his lighthouse?

In art, our theme is ‘water’ and our focus artist is George Seurat. The children will be exploring different materials to show the sea using the pointillism technique. Our DT challenge is to make a healthy sandwich for the lighthouse keeper.

In science, we will be learning all about animals. We will be noticing that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults and finding out about the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air). We will also be answering the question, are all the trees in our grounds the same?

In ICT Y1 will be creating media and asking, can we use a computer to write? We will also be programming a character on screen to move.

Class Information

Mental maths skills Thursday, test Friday.

PE is on Monday and Friday.  On Monday we would like the children to come to school in their uniforms and bring their PE kits with them to change into.  On Friday, we would like the children to come to school in their PE kits.

Library is Monday.