Welcome to Acorn Class

At Water Primary School, Acorn Class is home to Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Year 1 children.
Your child's class teacher is Mrs Smith and their teaching assistants are Mrs Greenwood, Miss Ross and Mrs Sanderson.

Focused Learning

In English, we will begin the term by exploring the text Giraffe's Can't Dance.

We will be looking at the character of Gerald and the other animals whilst linking the story to other areas in the classroom. Our children take part in daily phonic lessons; your child will be sent home with a reading book and these will be changed throughout the week. We always encourage parents to read with children each night. It is really important that you read the book more than once. For example:

1. Let your children try to read independently.

2. Encourage your children to use their phonics skills to segment and blend words together.

3. Model reading for your child.

4. Ask questions about what has been read e.g. Who is the main character? Can you tell me what happened at the end?

5. Please sign the reading record book, so we know the book has been read.

We will endeavour to read with all the children throughout the week too. 

In maths, our Reception children will continue to develop their understanding of numbers, and this term, start to use Power Maths. 

Year 1 children will start studying mass and capacity before moving onto multiplication and division.

You can help your children at home by playing number games, counting and even learning to count in twos, fives and tens.

We will also teach your child handwriting and phonics through discrete lessons. Not all of our learning in Acorn Class is through adult-led, focused groups. We also give children the opportunity to learn through play in time called continuous provision (independent learning).

Learning through exploring

Our classroom is set up to enhance children's independent play. This is an important time for our children as it develops so many skills, such as communication, problem-solving and understanding the world. At home, encourage your children to play and to talk to you about what they have done throughout the day.

PE 

This half term, Acorn Class PE will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure that your child wears their full Water Primary PE kit with trainers and navy leggings or joggers so that we have the flexibility to train inside or out, depending on the weather. 

Forest School

This half term, Acorn Class will be attending Forest School every Friday. The reception children will be attending the forest in the afternoon, whilst the year 1 children will attend in the morning. Please could the Year 1 parents send their children into school ready for the forest.

Please send your child to school in their Water Primary PE kit and ensure that they have waterproof pants and a waterproof coat and wellies in a bag. Hats, gloves and spare socks are a good idea at this time of year too.

Snack Time

In Acorn, we operate a snack system. If you would like your child to have a snack, please pay for it on Parent Pay at the beginning of the half term, which will cover your child’s snacks for the full half-term.

Keeping in Touch

Our door is always open and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to speak to us before or after school. We always welcome any news from home so please share any exciting activities which you have done with your children.

Please see our twitter pages;

@mrsejsmith

@Waterprimary