Clover
Mrs Gascoyne would like to welcome you all to Clover class.
Welcome to Clover Class
Summer Term 1 2024
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope that you have all had a fantastic Easter break. I am looking forward to teaching our new topic, Blast Off! and If you go down to the woods ....
Curriculum
An outline of what we will be covering in each subject area is displayed in the table below:
Subject | Areas of Learning |
English | Reception- Oh, Oh the story man (Ruth Miskin) The King who wanted to touch the moon. (Ruth Miskin Poetry) as well as weekly Talk Through stories and Poetry basket poems. Tales Toolkit/ story scribing. Get writing RWI units.
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Maths | Reception-building numbers beyond 10, adding more, taking away, spatial reasoning. |
Phonics | Read Write Inc sessions. Additional daily sessions in the afternoon to increase fluency and speed. Handwriting. |
Science / History/ Understanding of the world. | Changing seasons. Continuous provision / interests. Growing food, planting in garden. Rockets. How to look after the earth. Learning about Neil Armstrong and gravity. Learning about Stars. Floating and sinking, woodland creatures, bears. Maps |
Music | Topic/number songs/continuous provision, listen to ‘The Planets’ by Holst. |
Computing | Continuous provision, using ipad to film, |
Art/DT/Expressive art and design | access to continuous provision linked to topic and interests. Designing aliens. Using white paint/flour to create a moon effect. Looking at ‘The starry night’ by Van Gogh and recreating. Observational drawings, leaf rubbings, printing.
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RE | Stories from the Bible. St.Georges day. Vesak. May day. Eid. |
RSHE | Growing up and Staying safe. PATHS. |
Gross motor | Speed / agility and travel. Continuous provision activities/resources. |
Forest Schools
Clover Class will continue to take part in Forest School once a week on a Thursday morning. They should arrive in school wearing a complete change of clothes with their waterproofs in a bag and bring their school uniform to change into afterwards.
Reading
You should encourage your child to read daily at home and they have a reading diary in which to record their progress. Please record a comment in these at least three times a week.
The diaries will be checked once per week on a Friday. Please continue to use your speed sounds books to practice your child’s sounds daily.
Please make sure you send your child’s speed sound book into school daily and look for the post-it which highlights which sounds to practice at home.
If you or anyone you know would be interested in coming into school to help listen to children read, please send me an email as we would love to have you.
What your child needs in school
The children must have a named water bottle with them in school at all times which will be placed in a box in the classroom each morning. No other items need to be brought into school; this includes fidget toys, pencil cases, toys and stationery, unless adults in school request it or it is required to support additional needs.
Uniform
Please consult the school website or recent letter to see what is expected to be worn to school in terms of uniform and PE kit. Smart trainers may be worn if they are completely black. Please make sure your child brings a coat into school as the weather can still be very changeable.
Bags and Wellies
The children may bring in one bag, which must be a suitable size for hanging on their pegs, and a separate, named bag for their wellies (both of which must be named) to be stored on the welly rack.
If you have any questions at all about these or any other matters, please email me on kgascoyne@pulham.norfolk.sch.uk .
We are very excited for the half term ahead!
Kind regards,
Mrs. Gascoyne, Mrs. Stone and Mrs Kineavy,
Welcome to Clover Class
Spring Term 2 2024
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope that you have all had a fantastic half term. I am looking forward to teaching our new topic, Let’s play!
Curriculum
An outline of what we will be covering in each subject area is displayed in the table below:
Subject | Areas of Learning |
English | Reception- The king who wanted to touch the moon (Ruth Miskin). The Tiger (Ruth Miskin Poetry). Talk Through stories. Poetry basket. Drawing club. Tales Toolkit. Handwriting.
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Maths | Reception-Counting 9 and 10, comparing numbers to 10. Bonds to 10. 3-d shapes, spatial awareness, patterns. Length, height and time. |
Phonics | Read Write Inc sessions.
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Science | Changing seasons. Continuous provision / interests. How do toys work? Floating. Batteries. Sorting toys. Planting in our garden area. |
History/ Understanding the world | To remember your first toy. Old photographs of people holding toys and talking about what you can see. Talk about significant experiences. |
Music | Topic/number songs/continuous provision |
Computing | Continuous provision. Use of camera. |
Art/DT/Expressive art and design | Easter cards, access to continuous provision linked to topic and interests. Opportunities to make models of toys. Making their own moving toy. Using construction pieces to make toys. Music with a toy theme. Respond to different toys through paint, drawing materials, thoughts and feelings.
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RE | What does the cross mean to Christians? |
RSHE | Zones of regulation Looking after myself |
Forest Schools
Clover Class will continue to take part in Forest School once a week on Thursday morning. They should arrive in school wearing a complete change of clothes with their waterproofs in a bag and bring their school uniform to change into afterwards.
During our daily outside time the children will be developing different ways of moving and exploring the trim trail.
Reading
You should encourage your child to read daily at home and they should have a reading diary or home / school book in which to record their progress. Please record a comment in these at least three times a week. Please continue to use your speed sounds books to practice your child’s sounds daily and watch the phonic videos sent home weekly.
Please make sure you send your child’s speed sound book in to school daily and look for the post-it which highlights which sounds to practice at home.
If you or anyone you know would be interested in coming into school to help listen to children read, please send me an email as we would love to have you.
What your child needs in school
The children must have a named water bottle with them in school at all times which will be placed in a box in the classroom each morning. No other items need to be brought into school; this includes fidget toys, pencil cases, toys and stationery, unless adults in school request it or it is required to support additional needs.
Uniform.
Please consult the school website or recent letter to see what is expected to be worn to school in terms of uniform and PE kit. Smart trainers may be worn as long as they are completely black. Please make sure your child is bringing a coat into school as the weather can still be very changeable.
Bags and Wellies
The children may bring in one bag, which must be a suitable size for hanging on their pegs, and a separate, named bag for their wellies (both of which must be named) to be stored on the welly rack.
If you have any questions at all about these or any other matters, please email me on kgascoyne@pulham.norfolk.sch.uk .
If you have any old family toys or photos of any that you would be willing to share with Clover class please let me know.
We are very excited for the half term ahead!
Kind regards,
Mrs. Gascoyne, Mrs. Stone and Mrs Kineavy
Welcome to Clover Class
Spring Term 2024
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope that you have all had a fantastic Christmas holiday and I wish you all a Happy New Year. I am looking forward to watching your children continue to grow in confidence, excitement and enthusiasm over the next half term.
Curriculum
Our next Learning Means the World unit is called ‘Over the Rainbow’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ which explores different weathers, seasonal colours, the story ‘Wizard of Oz’ and Dinosaurs and the Stoneage. An outline of what we will be covering in each subject area is displayed in the table below:
Subject | Areas of Learning |
English | Reception- The Enormous Turnip (Ruth Miskin) Where am I? (Ruth Miskin Poetry) Daily handwriting Tales Toolkit. Talk through stories book focus and vocabulary. |
Maths | Reception-Introducing zero, comparing numbers to 5, exploring 6,7,8. composition of 4 and 5, comparing mass and capacity.
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Phonics | Read Write Inc sessions. Additional daily sessions in the afternoon to increase fluency and speed. |
Science | Weather, seasons, skittle experiments, observation of flowers, hot /cold countries, rain cycle, magnets, herbivores. |
History/ Understanding the world | Sharing special events, hot /cold countries, Stonehenge, Fossils, Dinosaurs, endangered animals, |
Music | Topic songs, rhythms, fast and slow music. |
Computing | on-line safety, use an ipad to take pictures, paint programme, Research hot/cold country. |
Art/DT/Expressive art and design | Hand printing rainbows, exploring colour mixing using water /straws, make different shades, cold/hot collage, printing with wellies, printing, fast /slow music, painting on stones, fossil prints, papier mache eggs, puppets. |
RE | Chinese New Year, Shrove Tuesday, Valentines Day, lent. |
RSHE | PATHS /Zones of regulation. Being Healthy and What do people do all day. |
PE | To kick a ball, to hop, jump and step, to send a ball / beanbag, to send and stop in a game, playground games. |
PE and Forest Schools
Clover Class will continue to take part in Forest School once a week on Thursday morning. They should arrive in school wearing a complete change of clothes with their waterproofs in a bag (waterproofs alone will not be enough as the weather gets wetter and muddier) and bring their school uniform to change into afterwards.
Reading
You should encourage your child to read daily at home and they should have a reading diary in which to record their progress. Please record a comment in these at least three times a week. Year 1 children should hand their diaries in once a week on a Thursday morning to be checked by staff in school.
Please continue to use your speed sounds books to practice your child’s sounds daily.
Please make sure you send your child’s speed sound book in to school daily and look for the post-it which highlights which sounds to practice at home.
If you or anyone you know would be interested in coming into school to help listen to children read, please send me an email as we would love to have you.
What your child needs in school
The children must have a named water bottle (with a straw or spirts cap) with them in school at all times which will be placed in a box in the classroom each morning. No other items need to be brought into school; this includes fidget toys, pencil cases, toys and stationery, unless adults in school request it or it is required to support additional needs.
Uniform
Please consult the school website or recent letter to see what is expected to be worn to school in terms of uniform and PE kit. Smart trainers may be worn as long as they are completely black. Please make sure your child brings a coat into school as the weather gets colder and wetter.
Bags and Wellies
The children may bring in one bag, which must be a suitable size for hanging on their pegs, and a separate, named bag for their wellies (both of which must be named) to be stored on the welly rack.
If you have any questions at all about these or any other matters, please email me on kgascoyne@pulham.norfolk.sch.uk .
We are very excited for the half term ahead
Kind regards,
Mrs. Gascoyne, Mrs. Stone and Miss Kineavy.
Welcome to Clover Class
Autumn Term 2023
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope that you have all had a restful half term and are looking forward to the rest of the autumn term, in the run up to Christmas! I am looking forward to watching your children continue to grow in confidence, excitement and enthusiasm over the next half term.
Curriculum
Clover Class loved the ‘Tell us a story’ unit as part of our Learning Means the World curriculum.
Our next Learning Means the World unit is called ‘Under the Sea’, which explores learning about sea creatures, boats, different shades of blue as well as exploring different music and instruments.
An outline of what we will be covering in each subject area is displayed in the table below:
Subject | Areas of Learning |
English | Reception- Room on the Broom, Farmer Duck, Stick man (Talk through stories) Cake-o-saurus (Poem) Goldilocks and the three bears (Ruth Miskin story time) Poetry basket Tales Toolkit / story scribing |
Maths | Reception-represent/compare 1, 2, 3. Circles and triangles, positional language. Representing numbers to 5, one more/ one less. Shapes with 4 sides, time.
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Phonics | Read Write Inc sessions and handwriting. Pinny times Additional daily sessions in the afternoon to increase fluency and speed. |
Science | Weather, seasons, sea creatures, learning about fish. Floating /sinking |
History/ Understanding the world | How to look after fish. Diwali Christmas theme |
Music | Use instruments to represent different animals, respond to music using movement. |
Computing | Taking photos, painting apps to draw sea creatures. |
Art/DT/Expressive art and design | Moving like the sea/sea creatures, sea rhymes, shades of blue/white, sea songs, construction materials to make lighthouses etc. Christmas cards |
RE | Why do Christians perform nativity plays at Christmas? |
RSHE | Reception-PATHS/ Friendship (My life) |
Forest Schools
Clover Class will continue to take part in Forest School once a week on a Thursday morning. They should arrive in school wearing a complete change of clothes with their waterproofs in a bag (waterproofs alone will not be enough as the weather gets wetter and muddier) and bring their school uniform to change into afterwards.
Reading
You should encourage your child to read daily/ practice their sounds at home. Please record a comment in your home/school book at least three times a week. There is a list of questions stuck in the cover of the book to help you when you are sharing books with your child.
Please continue to use your speed sounds books to practice your child’s sounds daily.
Please continue to add books shared at home to our Cover Class padlet.
If you or anyone you know would be interested in coming into school to help listen to children read, please send me an email as we would love to have you.
What your child needs in school
The children must have a named water bottle (with a sports cap) with them in school at all times which will be placed in a box in the classroom each morning. No other items need to be brought into school; this includes fidget toys, pencil cases, toys and stationery, unless adults in school request it or it is required to support additional needs.
Uniform
Please consult the school website or recent letter to see what is expected to be worn to school in terms of uniform. Smart trainers may be worn as long as they are completely black. Please make sure your child is bringing a coat into school as the weather gets colder and wetter.
Bags and Wellies
The children may bring in one bag, which must be a suitable size for hanging on their pegs, and a separate, named bag for their wellies (both of which must be named) to be stored on the welly rack.
If you have any questions at all about these or any other matters, please email me on kgascoyne@pulham.norfolk.sch.uk .
We are very excited for the half term ahead!
Kind regards,
Mrs. Gascoyne, Miss Kineavy, Mrs Stone.
Welcome to Clover Class
Autumn Term 2023
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope that you have all had a lovely summer holiday and are looking forward to the Autumn term ahead. It is already looking to be a busy one with lots of exciting things happening!
Curriculum
As a whole school we will be continuing to develop our ‘Learning Means the World’ curriculum. This is a thematic approach to learning through a global curriculum that has been designed to help pupils acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values needed to thrive in the twenty-first century.
This curriculum is divided into four main areas known as the 4Cs: Communication, Conflict, Culture and Conservation. Our first whole school area of focus will be Communication which will cover listening, talking confidently, exchanging ideas and explaining clearly.
Clover Class’s first Core Unit is called ‘Tell us a story’ which is based around Fairy Tales and Traditional Tales. Please see the attached WhISK (What I Should Know) sheet for further information.
An outline of what we will be covering in each subject area is displayed in the table below:
Subject | Areas of Learning |
English/Phonics/ Communication and Language. | Read Write Inc daily phonic sessions. Daily Talk Through stories sessions. Sharing Chatterboxes. Tales Toolkit story sessions. Poetry basket. Daily Storytime. |
Maths | Match, sort and compare. Talk about measure and patterns. |
Phonics | Daily session to teach letter recognition and formation. ‘Fred games’ |
Understanding the World (Science) | Giant animals. Fruit and vegetables. Our ears. |
Understanding the World (History) | Changes in our Lives |
Music | Creating and Sequencing Character sounds. Instruments to explore in environment. |
Computing | Interactive whiteboard in class. |
Expressive Art/DT | 3-D models. Creating scene trays. Making mirrors. Design and make Cinderella Crown. Listening Booth. |
RE | Why is the word God so important to Christians? |
RSHE | PATHS My Life-All about me. |
Forest Schools
Clover Class will take part in Forest School once a week on a Thursday morning.
A letter outlining what will be required will be sent in due course from Mrs. Shreeve.
Reading
You should be sharing stories with your child at home every day. Please record a comment in the home/schoolbook at least three times a week about the books you have shared or letters you have practiced. Once we begin learning our letter sounds, we will send a book home for you to practice the letter sounds at home. There is a list of questions stuck in the cover of the home/school book to give you some ideas about sharing stories.
What your child needs in school
The children must have a named water bottle with them in school at all times which will be placed in a box in the classroom each morning. No other items need to be brought into school; this includes fidget toys, pencil cases, toys and stationery, unless adults in school request it or it is required to support additional needs. Spare clothes can be left on your child’s peg. If the weather is hot the children will need a hat in school.
Uniform
Please consult the school website or recent letter to see what is expected to be worn to school in terms of uniform. Smart trainers may be worn as long as they are completely black.
Bags and Wellies
The children may bring in one bag, which must be a suitable size for hanging on their pegs, and a separate, named bag for their wellies (both of which must be named) to be stored on the welly rack.
If you have any questions at all about these or any other matters, please email me on kgascoyne@pulham.norfolk.sch.uk. If you would prefer to speak in person, then please arrange a meeting with me.
Please look out for a letter which will contain information about a meeting in school outlining how we teach reading at Pulham Primary school.
We are very much looking forward to working with you and your children in the term ahead!
Kind regards,
Mrs. Gascoyne, Mrs. Keeley and Mrs. Stone
We will also be beginning a story telling session in school following the principles of Tales toolkit. This is a new initiative in school and we are very excited to be developing this area of the curriculum.