Welcome to Valley Class
Our Valley Class children are our Reception, Nursery and Rising Threes. We aim to provide a fun, inspiring environment where all children feel safe, nurtured and valued and therefore are able to learn.
We are kind, gentle and we always try our best.
In Foundation, we learn through a creative and play based approach, which aims to provide a rich, stimulating and nurturing environment that inspires all children.
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum to develop knowledge, skills and understanding through the 7 areas of learning. These are Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED), Physical Development, Communication and Language, Literacy, Maths, Expressive Arts and Design and Understanding the World. We use Development Matters to shape our curriculum, environment and assessment. Find out more here: Development Matters (Revised, 2021)
Topics and lessons are enquiry based and begin with a question for learning. Our topics ensure curriculum coverage whilst leaving scope to follow the children's interests.
Meet our staff
Mrs Leicester
CLASS TEACHER
Ms Stott
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Autumn 2
Our learning theme for Autumn 2 is People who help us.
This half term we will be continuing with our learning theme of ‘people who help us’
We shall be learning about people who help to keep us to safe and healthy and who we can call for help in emergencies. We shall also be learning about our body, including our teeth, and how we can help to keep ourselves healthy too.
We shall continue to learn about a variety of celebrations and festivals throughout the Autumn term including Bonfire Night, Hanukkah and Christmas.
Questions we will learn to answer include:
Who do I call in an emergency?
What is the role of a police officer?
How do we know when to call the fire fighters?
What do I do if I hear a fire alarm?
Who celebrates Christmas and why?
Why is Hannukah important to Jewish people?
Class Letters and
Curriculum Overviews
Home Learning
How can you help your child? Each week the children will bring home:
a new phonetically decodable reading book
a book from the school library that they have chosen
new sounds to practise (via class dojo)
Remote Learning
Class Dojo will be used as the main platform for remote learning if part or whole school closure is required. Some resources may need to be uploaded to this class page and we will direct families if needed. Please ensure you login and check Class Dojo every day to access a wide range of cross curricular home learning activities.
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