Welcome to Wren Class!

We are a class of children aged 4-5 years old. Attached to our classroom, we have eight Little Wrens who are 3-4 years old.

Our classroom is colourful, energetic and full of creative Wrens!

Class Teacher: Mrs Kent

 

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Spring Term 1 - News
Our topic this term was 'Be Kind, Be Safe, Be You'. We started the term by looking at a book called 'Bear Shaped', which is based on a true story. It is all about a little boy who has autism. The book looks at the way he sees and experiences the world through his bear. The children were mesmerised by this story. The little boy loses his bear and looks for it everywhere. The children were expecting him to find his bear at the end of the story, but he doesn't and never does. The loss of his bear goes global and people from all over the world start sending him bears. Although he is sent many bears there are not 'his' bear. The acts of kindness start to help the pain of losing his bear ease at little and the little boy realises he is lucky to have had a bear of his own for such a long time. So he decides to give all the bears that he has been sent away to children who do not have a bear of their own.

Such a beautiful story that prompted lots of discussion, including, did the story have a happy ending? We made our own textured bears to try and decide what texture we would like best on our bears. We made posters to help the little boy find his bear. The children thoroughly enjoyed this unit of work as you can see when looking through their books and the various pieces of artwork they brought home.

We also looked at the book 'Mr Wolf's Pancakes', a completely different story and although he gives his neighbours, who include: Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs and Chicken Licken, various opportunities to be kind and help him make pancakes they don't. So he eats his neighbours as well as the pancakes at the end of the story – well, he is a wolf after all!

We enjoyed having a go at making our own pancakes (no neighbours were harmed).

Another highlight of the term was celebrating World RE Day. Each class took a different religion to research and we all produced a power point presentation at the end of the day. So that each class could see what we had all been doing. In Wren Class we looked at Sikhism. As you can see we learnt a lot and had lots of fun doing it.

Of course, we couldn't finish the term without showing you a photo of our amazing outfits on NSPCC Number Day.

Spring Term 2 - News

What an incredibly busy term this term has been. We have done a lot of craft this term and dressing up. We started with our Mother's Day bouquets, which was a very sticky job, but they all looked amazing when they were finished. Mother's Day cards, Easter cards and of course our Easter gardens were also made this term. We also celebrated 'World Book Day' this term. As you can see, we all had lots of fun!

This term we had the chance to become forensic scientists and solve a crime using forensic science. 'Who stole the cake?' although I was on the list of suspects, I was proven not to be the culprit. My class were quite relieved to hear this as one child told me 'I didn't want you to get into trouble Mrs Kent.' 

This was a great way to end Science Week. We had also done our own experiment earlier in the week - testing the strength of pegs. So if you are looking to buy some new pegs soon, ask your child's advice for the strongest pegs! 
At the end of the term we had an Easter Bonnet parade, I think you will agree the bonnets looked amazing. We also went down to the church and took part in the Easter Service. We sang 'Spring Chicken'. Everyone loved it!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!

Summer Term 1 - News

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Curriculum

Spring 2 Termly Newsletter

Spelling and Handwriting

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Homework

Spring Term 1

Weekly phonics – QR Codes

Oral blending – parents to sound out simple words. Can your child say the word?
E.g. Adult ‘f-ar-m’  Child: ‘farm’ Adult: ‘h-air’  Child: ‘hair’

How many ways can you make 6, 7, 8?

Spring Term 2

Weekly phonics – QR Codes

Simple sentence writing – parents to say a simple sentence.

 E.g. The cat had a red hat.

The child echoes the sentence and then has a go at writing it independently. (Please do not correct spelling at this stage, it is about having the confidence to have a go)

Learn your number bonds to 10
(2 numbers that make 10)

Summer Term 1 - Yes, it is the same as last term. We need to consolidate!

Weekly phonics – QR Codes

Simple sentence writing – parents to say a simple sentence.

 E.g. The cat had a red hat.

The child echoes the sentence and then has a go at writing it independently. (Please do not correct spelling at this stage, it is about having the confidence to have a go)

Learn your number bonds to 10
(2 numbers that make 10)

Extra Resources

Alphablocks - Play along with the Alphablocks and have fun with the letters of the alphabet.

Numberblocks - Learn your numbers with these colourful characters.

 

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