Cliddesden Primary School

Welcome to Willow Class. We are a mixed Foundation Stage and Year 1 class. Our class teachers are Mrs Nicholson and Mrs Robinson, supported by Mrs Garland and Mrs Verwoerdt.

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.

We will end the first half term joining the whole school in celebrating the Queen’s platinum jubilee and immerse ourselves in a decade (1980’s) from the Queen’s reign.

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.

In art, our focus artist is Seurat and using different mediums to show the sea. Our DT challenge is to make a healthy picnic for the seaside.

In science we will be learning about habitats and how animals have adapted to their environments. We will investigate different animal habitats in our local environment and use foodchains to understand the importance of habitats.

In ICT we will be using 2simple to draw our own pictures and word process sentences, making factfiles about different animals.

What Willow Class have been learning this week.