Our classes
Class One – Twinkles & Key Stage One
Teachers: Mrs Wright and Miss Benson
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Furness
Our Approach to Learning
Our Reception and Year 1/Year 2 children learn within two spacious, connected classrooms that provide a balance of high-quality teaching and purposeful play-based learning. This unique environment allows children to move seamlessly between focused learning and carefully planned active learning opportunities throughout the day.
We are committed to providing a nurturing, inclusive and stimulating environment where every child feels safe, valued and supported to achieve their best. Our approach helps children develop confidence, independence and strong foundations for future learning.
How We Teach
Children follow a carefully planned curriculum that meets the needs of all learners.
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Phonics and Mathematics are taught in groups matched to children's stages of development, ensuring learning is appropriately targeted and progressive.
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English is taught as a whole class, with activities adapted to meet the needs of each year group.
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Foundation subjects are often taught through shared learning experiences, with different levels of challenge and support provided to ensure all children make progress.
Alongside direct teaching, children benefit from high-quality continuous provision, enabling them to practise and apply their learning through exploration, creativity and purposeful play.
What children need each day
To help every child feel prepared and ready to learn, we ask that they bring:
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Water Bottle
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Reading Book
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Reading Diary
Staying Connected
We use the Class Dojo app to share updates, celebrate achievements and keep families informed about the wonderful learning taking place each day.
The non-negotiables can be accessed here:
Non Negotiable Parent Leaflet Reception
Class Two
Teacher: Miss Mellor / Mrs Meese
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Holland
In Class Two we are expected to bring the following items in with us every day:
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Water Bottle
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Reading Book
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Reading Diary
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Any equipment I need to support my learning e.g. glasses
Our teachers expect us to read daily and with an adult a few times a week. This is to be recorded in our reading diaries and these will be checked every week.
We are expected to practise our times tables and/or division facts daily and will be tested on the ones we are working on every Friday. We can use Times Tables Rock Stars and Purple Mash to help us practise.
We have a Home Learning book that each week we complete a task linked to our current learning. These tasks will be set on a Friday and expected back in by the following Thursday.
Each term, we will set a home learning project around one of our curriculum questions. The children will have the opportunity to present their project in a variety of different ways.
An overview of Class Two curriculum can be found here.
The non-negotiables for Year 3 and 4 can be accessed here:
Class Three
Teacher: Mr Bakewell
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Walker
In Class Three we are expected to bring the following items into school every day:
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Water bottle
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Reading Record
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Reading book
Our teacher expects us to read regularly and record our reading in our reading record. We have weekly spellings to learn and also times tables to practise.
We have regular home learning tasks. These include shorter tasks to support our learning in class and long term projects which we work on with our families.
We all have access to Purple Mash and Times Table Rock Stars so that we can extend our learning at home.
An overview of Class Three rolling curriculum can be found here.
The non-negotiables for Year 5 and 6 can be accessed here: