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

Who is in Class One?
Mrs Bloxham is our teacher
Both Mrs Garside and Miss Walton also teach in class 1 on Tuesdays.
We are supported by Mrs Hinchliffe, Mrs Davies, Mrs Wood, Miss Dickinson, Mrs O'Dwyer and Mr Kenworthy.
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!
Our Curriculum
Our curriculum overview can be seen by following the link below. This sets out the learning opportunities which will be available for the children across the year to ensure they have a breadth of learning in all subject areas in line with the National Curriculum as set out by the government.
This term our topic is 'Explore the Great Outdoors'. Our main thematic learning opportunities will be focused within Science where we will look learn to identify common plants and trees, investigate life cycles, and will offer the exciting challenge of a sunflower growing competition - the children will be learning about how to take care of a growing plant.
To compliment this terms learning, and last term's 'Down on the farm' theme, we are very excited about our visit to Cannon Hall farm where we will hopefully see new life and many other signs of Spring!
Please see the attached newsletters (underneath useful websites) to give an overview of Class 1, Summer Term.
Useful Websites
Here are a list of websites that you can access at home to help support you child's learning - please use the log in details provided for Spelling Shed, TT Rockstars and ilearn2 to access the content. The rest are free and can be used to support sound work, timestables and other areas of maths - topmarks is where you will find 'hit the button'. (Log Ins can be re-sent should you need them)
- www.mathsbot.com
- www.topmarks.co.uk
- www.timestablerockstars.co.uk
- www.spellingshed.com
- www.readingeggs.co.uk
- www.ilearn2.co.uk
- www.phonicsplay.co.uk
Our Curriculum
Our curriculum overview can be seen by following the link below. This sets out the learning opportunities which will be available for the children across the year to ensure they have a breadth of learning in all subject areas in line with the National Curriculum as set out by the government.
This term our topic is 'Explore the Great Outdoors'. Our main thematic learning opportunities will be focused within Science where we will look learn to identify common plants and trees, investigate life cycles, and will offer the exciting challenge of a sunflower growing competition - the children will be learning about how to take care of a growing plant.
To compliment this terms learning, and last term's 'Down on the farm' theme, we are very excited about our visit to Cannon Hall farm where we will hopefully see new life and many other signs of Spring!
Please see the attached newsletters (underneath useful websites) to give an overview of Class 1, Summer Term.
Useful Websites
Here are a list of websites that you can access at home to help support you child's learning - please use the log in details provided for Spelling Shed, TT Rockstars and ilearn2 to access the content. The rest are free and can be used to support sound work, timestables and other areas of maths - topmarks is where you will find 'hit the button'. (Log Ins can be re-sent should you need them)
- www.mathsbot.com
- www.topmarks.co.uk
- www.timestablerockstars.co.uk
- www.spellingshed.com
- www.readingeggs.co.uk
- www.ilearn2.co.uk
- www.phonicsplay.co.uk
Recommended Reads
We love books in class 1! We regularly share stories with the class, and encourage the children to read for pleasure. The attached file is a list of our recommended reads - the children will borrow one per week with the aim of reading all the books on the list. Please use their Reading Diary to make comments about the recommended read each week as we value yours and your child's feedback. This will be in addition to their usual RWI reading book. We would love to receive any recommendations that you have as we love to grow our collection of books - fiction and non-fiction!
What Can You Do at Home?
To help your child become more independent, you could practise the following things at home:
Buttoning and unbuttoning coats.
Zipping and unzipping coats.
Have a go at shoelaces.
Encourage children to hang items up.
Encourage children to try new foods, and have a go at using a knife and fork to cut their food.
Encourage children to thoroughly wash and dry hands.
Read regularly.
Practise sound recognition regularly, red words and blending.