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
Spring 1
Our learning theme for the Spring term is ‘Animals’
This half term we will be beginning our learning topic all about Animals. We will learn what animals are and what they need.
We shall learn to explore and talk about seasonal changes during Winter and learn how animals in the UK survive during the winter months.
We will learn how animals are amazing at adapting to their environments as we learn about the animals that live in the Arctic and how they keep themselves warm in the very cold climate.
This half term we will be marking children’s mental health week as we explore ways to keep our minds healthy and further develop our sense of belonging within our classroom and whole school communities.
Questions we will learn to answer include:
What is it like in Winter?
How does Winter weather impact humans?
How do animals survive in Winter?
What is it like in the Arctic?
How do Arctic animals keep warm?
What is an animal?
Our photo gallery
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.