Welcome to Hedgehogs’ Class Page
On this page you can find out about our learning in class and enjoy looking at pictures of us!
Our Easter Bonnet Parade was a huge success! Each hat was unique, creative and fun. Well done Hedgehogs for bringing a ray of Easter sunshine at the end of last term.
We also showed our creativity creating book characters from potatoes as part of our Literature Festival. What characters can you spot?
Things we are looking forward to in Hedgehog Class this term:
We have an exciting and busy term ahead, packed with a variety of fun and enriching experiences. We are looking forward to taking part in the KS1 MultiSports Festival, where we can develop our teamwork and physical skills. The PTFA Spring School Disco is always something to look forward to. Our musical talents will be put to the test during Big Sing rehearsals with Ben, from Longborough Festival Opera. We are also excited about our upcoming visit to Chipping Campden Library, where we can explore new books and stories. It’s going to be a fantastic and action-packed term!
Hedgehogs’ is our Year 1 and Reception class and is taught by Miss Karasinski.
Our Learning focus this term is, ‘Wonderful Weather’.
Welcome to Summer Term in Hedgehogs! We are a welcoming and small mixed aged class of Reception and Year 1 Children.
This term in Geography we will be learning all about our local area as well as seasonal changes and weather patterns. We will learn if Chipping Campden is a city, town or a village. We will look at the weather across the year and think about why this changes. In Science we will be learning about plants and trees. Thinking about parts of flowering plants and trees as well as what plants need to flourish.
Hedgehogs all love phonics. Year 1s are currently reviewing all taught sounds and preparing for the Phonics Screening Check. Receptions are continuing to learn Phase 4 words and reviewing Phase 2 and Phase 3.
We are enthusiastic learners and love to show our learning through structured activities as well as continuous provision.
For full details of our learning this term, please see our Termly Overview below.
Take a look at our ‘Wonderful Weather’ Summer Term overview →
In Hedgehog Class we love learning! We are incredibly lucky to be able to offer both children in Year R and Year 1 continuous provision. We have a bright open classroom as well as our own outside area. We have our own on-sight forest school, which we use every week with Mrs Monkhouse, our Forest School Lead.
We do Phonics, Maths and English every morning. All other Curriculum Subjects are taught across the week in the afternoons.
Hedgehog Class Routines
Reading
Children get two new reading books every week, you need to read each book three times. This improves phonics, expression and comprehension. Please write in your child's reading record book when you have read, and send them in with their reading folder daily. Reading books will be changed once a week on a Friday in preparation for the new week.
PE/Physical Development
Our PE day is Friday. Children can come into school wearing PE kits.
Forest School
Every Thursday morning we have Forest School with Mrs. Monkhouse. Your child will need to come into school wearing sensible clothes/layers. Your child will also need a pair of wellies in school. We provide waterproof coats and trousers. For the afternoon, children will need to get changed into school uniform, so please send this in with them every Thursday.
Library
Once a week we visit our school library and the children choose a book to bring home to share with an adult. We are not expecting the children to be able to read these books, they are to promote reading for pleasure and give the children the opportunity to read different text genres.
Helping your child at home
Your child will bring home a reading folder every night. In the folder you will find:
A reading book. Yr1 Children will have spellings for the week containing the phonic sounds they have been learning at school. YrR Children will have a phonics pencil case containing flash cards of phonic sounds and harder to read and spell words.
Please read every night with your child. Ask the child to tell you what sounds they can see "c-a-t" and encourage them to blend the sounds together "cat" to hear the word "cat". This will click but can take some time, if your child cannot blend yet help them by blending the word yourself. Click here for the ELS phonics Parent Support.
