Welcome to Badgers’ Class Page
On this page you can find out about our learning in class and enjoy looking at pictures of us!
Things we are looking forward to in Badgers’ Class this term:
We have an exciting and busy term ahead, packed with a variety of fun and enriching experiences. To start the term, new children will be welcomed into our school family in our special Pebble Worship at St James’ Church. We are looking forward to a visit from Oakey Bear, to create our own bespoke Willow Sculptures for our school playgrounds. Later, in October schools from across the trust are coming together to celebrate Poetry for Black History Month. At the end of term, we will be opening our school doors for a Community Tea and Coffee morning. It’s going to be a fantastic and action-packed term!
Badgers’ is our Year 1 and 2 class and is taught by Mrs Loram.
We are a friendly mixed aged class and love learning! Through structured adult led teaching, as well as continuous provision children in Badgers are able to flourish and shine in their learning.
Our Learning this Term:
We’ve started the term focusing on History and the Great Fire of London. We will be using different historical sources to find out information about when it happened, how it happened and how it impacted London today. Our History will also link to some of our key texts in English. In Geography, we will be comparing England and Kenya using Globes and Atlases. Our science work will focus on living things and their habitats, including animals in the UK and Africa. We will also be learning about plants. For full details of our learning this term, please see our Term Overview below.
Take a look at our Autumn Term Overview
Badger Class Routines
Reading
Children get two new reading books every week, children 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.
Click here for the ELS Phonics Parent Support.
Spellings
Spelling words will be set every Monday and will be linked to previous Phonics Learning (Year 1) and Spelling Patterns (Year 2). Please use the ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check’ sheets to help your child learn their spellings at home in preparation for Spelling Test each Friday.
PE
Our PE day is Wednesday. Children can come into school wearing PE kits on Wednesday. This term we are focusing on Ball Skills and Gymnastics.
School 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. Children need to return their school library book before being able to choose another one.
