Wellhouse Junior and Infant School

Welcome to Class One!

Welcome to our Class One page. 

I hope that the information contained in this page is helpful and that you are able to find out everything you need to know about what happens in Class One.
In Class One we have a mix of Reception and Year 1 children. We are a happy and friendly class who have fun and are always eager to learn new things. We take pride in our work and always want to achieve great things.
Take a look around our class page so that you can find out more about what we get up to, and access some helpful resources to support any home learning.

Here is a picture of 'us guys, and you, Mrs Bloxham' by Reuben, aged 5.

Mrs Bloxham

Class Teacher

What do we do?

Every morning the children are taught Phonics, Literacy and Mathematics. After lunch we focus on Foundation Subjects which covers History, Geography, Art and DT, P.E., Computing, Music, PSHE and Religious Education.  Science is also taught 1 afternoon a week.

To ensure a smooth transition from Reception to Year 1, all children have access to a carefully planned Continuous Provision, indoors and outdoors.  The children use the outdoors in all weathers so it is important that they have appropriate clothing for this.

PE is on a Thursday.  Children should come to school in their PE kits, with suitable outdoor PE shoes.

Book Change day is on Wednesdays.  Please return your child's book-bag containing their RWI reading book and recommended read so that we can swap them over.  There is a reading diary in the book bag for you to add your own comments for us to read at school - it can be a useful tool for us to communicate about their reading progress.  Children read with an adult at school a minimum of once per week.

Year 1 spellings are set via 'Spelling Shed' every Wednesday for practise at home.  Children can access these for 1 week, and are then informally tested at school every Tuesday afternoon.  There are opportunities for children to practise these at school between 8:30-8:45 before register is taken and during quiet class times.  Spelling Shed offers fun ways of practising spellings through games which we highly recommend.  There will be common exception word games (words that the children will use regularly in their writing and reading), and words with specific spelling patterns. 

Reception children are given opportunities to practise their sounds throughout the day - you could do this at home by selecting 10 at a time, and flash carding.  Please get in touch if you would like any resources to use at home or ideas of fun ways to practise at home.  We will send home phonics books, and blending to practise, regularly.

In Class 1, we use 'Evidence Me' to provide you at home with an insight to what your child is doing in reception.  Evidence Me tracks your child's progress against the EYFS Framework allowing us to monitor their development.   We hope you will enjoy looking at what your child has been doing, and would welcome you to send us any of your own observations through the Evidence Me portal so that we can share their development both ways!