Cuba
Welcome to Cuba Class!
Bienvenido! We are a Preschool, Reception and Year 1 mixed class. Our teacher is Mrs Ransom, and our fabulous team of teaching assistants are, Miss Horrox, and Mrs Vertigan.
PE
Our P.E. days are on a Thursday and a Friday, so please make sure that your child comes into school wearing their blue school hoodie and PE kit, which is suitable for outdoors (including appropriate footwear). Long hair must be tied back and all jewellery, including earrings, must be removed.
Reading
Reading is extremely important so please listen to your child read as often as you can! Children on RWI will bring 2 RWI books home. The paper book will be the storybook they are reading in their RWI sessions. The second book is a story that is linked to one of the books they have read in their RWI sessions. These books will be changed every 3 days. It is important for children to re-read stories. Not only does this help with their fluency but also enables them to develop a stronger understanding of the story. Each time they read their RWI books, please write in their reading records to say they have read at home. Children do not have to read both books in one night – just let us know which page they have read up to and the books will be sent home again.
Each time your child brings in their signed reading record they will receive a raffle ticket for our class raffle and will be in with a chance of receiving a prize at the end of the term. We are also introducing our new Reading Owl reward scheme- please see the information in front of your child’s reading record.
On a Friday all children will receive a reading for pleasure book. This is a book that your child has chosen and is for you to share with them.
Please make sure reading books are returned to school. If your child loses their reading record or books, then please let us know so we can send new one’s home.
Phonics
We use the RWI phonics scheme. Please follow the link to see more information and some key terminology.
https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/
Drawing Club- Reception
The children will explore the fantastic story-telling journey of Drawing Club daily. The children will be able to explore high quality vocabulary and illustrate their imaginative ideas onto paper. The children can create their own stories focusing on the character, the setting and the plot. Children will then use their illustrations and key words to write out their stories on the 6th day embedding their taught ‘hold a sentence’ from the RWI scheme.
English- Year 1
The children will be exposed to a quality text each week. We will retell the story, using story maps, focusing on key vocabulary. The children will focus on the character and the setting and discuss key events. The children will then take part in a dictate the sentence activity, a polish a sentence activity and then create their own sentences about a picture in the story.
Maths
Pupils in Cuba class will have daily sessions of Mastery Number as well as a daily maths lesson, focusing on place value, addition and subtraction and geometry this half term. Further teaching of Maths is incorporated into our high-quality environment where children can use taught skills and knowledge to further deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts. Both Reception and Year 1 children also have a weekly mathematical challenge to ensure the whole curriculum is being taught.
Topic and Learning Focus
Our topic for this term is ‘Me Being me in my World’. We will be focusing on the past and present and exploring our children’s lives so far. Our children will be learning about themselves, where they live and comparing similarities and differences on how they have changed from when they were a baby. The children will be gaining skills and knowledge on map work, investigating humans and senses and chronological reports on their life so far by exploring significant past events in their lives.
If you have any worries or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me on cuba@griffinfederation.co.uk or by making an appointment at the school office. We will endeavour to get back to your enquiries as soon as possible and help in any way possible. In addition, please keep checking the school’s website and Facebook page as often updates are posted there.
