Class Groups

Fantasia (Nursery)

Welcome to the Fantasia class page!

This page is to introduce you to the staff who will be working with your child and to keep you informed of the exciting and magical things that we do in Nursery. Nursery as a whole is called Fantasia class and has 2 key worker groups: Green Mickey and Yellow Mickey Group.

Nursery is where your child starts their magical learning journey.

Meet the Nursery Team

Miss Shingler - (Class Teacher)
Mrs Bromage
Mrs Prime (maternity leave)
Mrs Cooper

Please take time to explore our page, where you will find lots of important information about your child's learning.

In our class, we encourage the children to be:

Ready

We are always ready to learn.

We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!

Respectful

We look after each other and the school property.

We take care in all that we do.

Safe

We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.

We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.

Autumn Term

Our topics for this term are:

‘Who lives in my house?’ and ‘Where does the day go at night?’

During the first half-term we will be learning all about life in the Nursery and practising new routines to help us to become confident in the nursery environment. The children will also learn all about themselves, their friends and their families.

In the second half-term we will be discussing what happens when we go to sleep and what noises we may hear in the night.

We will also be learning how to be kind, share and form new relationships. We will be exploring the Forest School areas and starting our P.E. lessons. The stories we will be reading are:

We will also be reading various Christmas stories. Songs we will be singing are:

We will also be practising songs for the Christmas nativity performance.

Dalmatians

Welcome to the Dalmatians class page!

Here you can find up-to-date information about the MAGIC learning that your child will be taking part in during our topics. We have lots of fun learning in Dalmatians and have many MAGIC moments every day.

To strengthen our links between home and school, we have included some useful links below to provide key information and opportunities for children to continue their learning at home. Share them with your child and ask them to show you all the fabulous learning that we have been doing in school.

'Spotacular' Staff:

Mrs Harrison
Mrs Whitehead
Mrs Prime (maternity leave)
Mrs Cooper

In our class, we encourage the children to follow our school rules;

Ready

We are always ready!

We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!

Respectful

We look after ourselves, each other and the school property.

We take care in all that we do.

Safe

We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.

We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.

Here is a copy of a generic timetable of the Reception class to give you an idea of what your child's day may look like.

This page is all about the learning that we do in the Dalmatian class.

We hope that you find the information useful and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask a member of staff.

Homework

In Dalmatians, we really value parental support with homework as it is an extension of children’s learning in school.

Your child will also be set weekly homework online via ClassDojo. This is usually set on a Monday to be completed by the following Monday.

Don't forget to read with your child at home daily and join in with the Star Reader Challenge.

You can click on the image below to take you to the Oxford Owl site where you can log in.

Oxford Owl Site

Scroll down the page to get an insight into some of the topics we will be covering each term in class.

Autumn Term

During the autumn term our topics will be:

Autumn 1: What do I know about me?

Autumn 2: Why are there so many leaves on the ground?

Some of the texts that we will be focusing on in class are:

The Colour Monster
The Gingerbread Man
The Enormous Turnip
Room on the Broom
Little Red Riding Hood
Stick Man
One Snowy Night

Our ESB rhymes will be 'Head, Shoulders, knees and Toes' and 'Autumn Leaves are Falling Down'.

Homework

In Dalmatians, we really value parental support with homework, as it is an extension of children’s learning in school.

Your child will also be set weekly homework online via ClassDojo. This is usually set on Mondays to be completed by the following Monday. Don't forget to read with your child at home daily to join in the Reading Race.

Dinosaurs

Welcome to the Dinosaurs class page!

This page is intended to help you feel involved in and informed of everything we do.

Please take the time to explore our page where you will find lots of important information about your child's learning.

Come and meet our ROAR-some team!

Miss Williams (Class Teacher)
Miss McCue

In our class, we encourage children to be:

Ready

We are always ready to learn.

We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!

Respectful

We look after each other and the school property.

We take care in all that we do.

Safe

We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.

We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.

Here you will find all the fun learning that the Year One children are completing.

You can also find more on our Class Dojo page!

Autumn Term 1

For the Autumn 1 half-term we will be enjoying the topic 'Why are humans not like tigers?'

In this topic, we will be super scientists, as we will learn to identify and name a variety of common animals, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, describing and comparing the structure of these animals. We will also identify and name animals that are omnivores, carnivores and herbivores.

Following on from this, our children will be amazing engineers in our D&T unit on ‘Mechanisms, wheels and axels’, wherein we will design, make, test and evaluate our own moving vehicles! We can't wait for the learning to begin!

In English, we will be completing lots of fun learning activities based on the stories of ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell, ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson and ‘The Tiger who came to tea@ by Judith Kerr. The children will be creating a class story map for each story and using it to retell the story, and later embellish it, including lots of super story language! They will be writing simple sentences based on their story, ensuring they include their ‘Just Do It rules’ (being capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, Fred talk to spell) and ensuring they read and check their work makes sense! We will also be learning how to plan for our writing; breaking each story up into a beginning, middle and end.

We can't wait to see what the children achieve!

Click on the images below to watch and listen to the stories:

Our ESB poem for this half-term is ‘A trip to the Zoo’ by Helen Moore. Do please practice reciting this at home with your child:

As always, we will be working hard on our phonics.

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At Co-op Academy Hamilton, we use the RWI phonics scheme. Please watch the videos below to help explain what this is and how you can best support your child.

Learning to read at home - Ruth Miskin Literacy

To support your child further with their reading skills, please click on the links below to watch Read, Write, Inc's engaging phonics videos for children to watch when learning set 3 sounds. Your child will already be familiar with the routines used in Read, Write, Inc.

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Phonics screen information

In June, all Year One children across the country will sit their National Phonics Screen. To find out more about what's involved, watch this short video:

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/3wAZDlno/x00SzYIA

In Maths, our clever Mathematicians are learning all about:

Numbers to 10, Part-whole within 10 and Addition and subtraction within 10.

You can support your child at home by developing their understanding of numbers to 10; counting up to 10, finding one more/less than numbers to 10, recognising and writing the numbers – ensuring numbers are formed correctly – and being able to order number cards correctly. When adding and subtracting within 10, can your child write the corresponding number sentence?

You can further support your child using some great online games. Check out:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/subtraction/subtraction-to-10

At school, we offer children a range of strategies to choose from when calculating: concrete (using counters or physical items to count/subtract with), pictorial (drawing dots then adding more/taking some away by crossing them out), or abstract (using a number line and counting forwards/backwards along it, ensuring one jump per number counted).

Don't forget to log into your child's TT Rockstars account to practise their times tables too!

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You can further support your child's maths through the new '1-minute maths' app, from White Rose Maths. Click on the link below to find out more...

You can further support your child's maths through the new '1- Minute Maths' app, from White Rose Maths. Click on the image below to find out more...

Thank you for taking the time to read our class page.

If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to speak to the Year 1 team.

Incredibles

Here you will find all the fun learning that the Year Two children are completing. Let's meet our 'Incredible' staff...

Mrs Willis (Class Teacher)
Mrs Keeling

This page is intended to help you feel involved and informed of everything that we do.

Please take the time to explore our page where you will find lots of important information about your child's learning.

In our class, we encourage children to be;

Ready

We are always ready to learn.

We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!

Respectful

We look after each other and the school property.

We take care in all that we do.

Safe

We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.

We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.

For the Autumn 1 half term we will be enjoying the topic ‘Why would a dinosaur not make a good pet?'

In this topic, we will be super scientists. We will classify things into living, dead or never lived and we will know how a specific habitat provides for the basic needs of things living there (plants and animals). We will also match living things to their habitat, name some different sources of food for animals, know about and explain a simple food chain.

In English, we will be completing lots of fun learning activities based on the stories of ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and ‘Red Riding Hood’ by Jonathon Langley. The children will be retelling and later innovating these stories. They will also use story maps and differentiated texts to help them write these narratives. We will be learning to plan our writing, breaking it up into beginning, middle and end, as well as correctly using their just do it rules! As well as going on a journey into the world of narratives, the children will also write a non-chronological report about woodland animals, for example wolves. We can't wait to see what the children achieve!

Click on the images below to listen to the stories:

In Maths, our clever Mathematicians are learning about numbers up to 100. They will also be developing their knowledge of addition and subtraction. The children will learn to use methods such as column addition, column subtraction, using a number line, drawing tens and ones and using dienes to help them. If you need any support with helping your child at home, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher via Class Dojo.

This half term we will also be learning to tell a story through drawing in art. The children will develop their mark making skills to create a concertina storybook.

We will also be learning about computing systems and networks – IT around us. The children will be learning about how information technology (IT) is being used for good in our lives. With an initial focus on IT in the home, learners explore how IT benefits society in places such as shops, libraries, and hospitals. Whilst discussing the responsible use of technology, and how to make smart choices when using it.

To support your child further with their reading skills, please click here to watch Read, Write, Inc's engaging phonics videos. Your child will be familiar with the routines used in Read, Write, Inc.

Do you love to listen to stories? Click on the image below to take you to a fabulous website where you can listen to a variety of stories read by different authors.

How can you help your child at home? Check out our useful links… But be prepared to use your MAGIC learning behaviours to help you to tackle tricky problems!

Thank you for taking the time to read our class page. If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to speak to the Incredibles team!

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Don’t forget to complete learning activities on:

Here’s a list of educational websites that you might want to use with your children at home. These websites include a range of curricular activities:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/
https://www.redtedart.com/
https://toytheater.com/
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/
https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
https://www.brainpop.com/
Phonics Play
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
Forest School
Top Marks

Finally, thank you for taking the time to visit our incredible class page. We take pride in the children and their work, and we hope that you feel the same way as we do about our magical school!

"First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare."

Walt Disney

"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."

Walt Disney

Aladdin

Welcome to Aladdin NG class page!

Here you will find all the fun learning that the Year Three children are completing. So come and join us on a ‘magic carpet ride’ to find out more…

Y3 staff:

Miss Grocott (Class Teacher)
Mrs Robertson

This page is intended to help you feel involved and informed about everything that we do.

Please take the time to explore our page where you will find lots of important information about your child's learning.

In our class, we encourage children to be;

Ready

We are always ready to learn.

We are patient, and we pay attention so that we can be super learners!

Respectful

We look after each other and the school property.

We take care in all that we do.

Safe

We listen carefully so that we are safe at all times.

We use our kind hands, and we follow the instructions all the time.

Alongside our school rules, we teach our children the Co-op ‘Ways of Being’. These are core values and behaviours that help to develop a positive environment for all. The 4 ‘Ways of Being’ are:

Do what matters most
Be yourself
Show you care
Succeed together

Autumn Term 1

For the Autumn 1 half term we will be enjoying the topic ‘How Far Can You Throw Your Shadow?’

In this topic, we will be super scientists. We will recognise that we need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light. We will investigate reflections and understand that light is reflected from surfaces. We will recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect our eyes. We will understand that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object, and we will find patterns in the way that the size of shadows can change.

In Art we will explore the use of shapes, shading and texture to enhance our drawing skills. The art unit will emphasise developing a sense of light and dark, using frottage for texture, and experimenting with different tools to create expressive and abstract art – we can’t wait to get started!

In English, we will be completing lots of fun learning activities based on the key text ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson.

The children will be retelling and later embellishing these stories. They will also use story maps and adapted texts to help them write these narratives. We will be learning to plan our writing, breaking it up into beginning, middle and end, as well as correctly using their 'just do it' rules! As well as going on a journey into the world of narratives, the children will also explore non-fiction texts and write a non-chronological report about nocturnal animals. We can't wait to see what the children achieve!

Click on the image below to listen to the story:

In Maths, our clever Mathematicians will be learning about place value within 1000. They will also be developing their knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The children will use concrete, pictorial and abstract methods to solve questions and challenges, using methods efficiently to solve problems. If you need any support with helping your child at home, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher via Class Dojo.

In computing we will be learning about computing systems and networks. Children will begin to name and identify digital devices as well as being able to recognise and understand that all devices have an ‘input – process – output’ structure which is fundamental in enabling devices to work. We will also continue to learn the importance of e-safety focusing particularly on self-image, identity and online relationships.

In PE this half term, Year 3 will be focusing on developing their skills in football. They will learn the basic rules of the game and work on fundamental techniques such as dribbling, passing, shooting, and defending. Through a variety of fun and engaging activities, students will improve their coordination, teamwork, and spatial awareness. Emphasis will be placed on fair play, communication, and working together as part of a team. By the end of the unit, children will have a better understanding of how to play small-sided games and will have gained confidence in their football skills.

Do you love to listen to stories? Click on the image below to take you to a fabulous website where you can listen to a variety of stories read by different authors.

How can you help your child at home? Check out our useful links… But be prepared to use your MAGIC learning behaviours to help you to tackle tricky problems!

Thank you for taking the time to read our class page. If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to speak to the Aladdin team!

Don’t forget to complete learning activities on:

https://ttrockstars.com/

Here’s a list of educational websites that you might want to use with your children at home. These websites include a range of curricular activities:

Finally, thank you for taking the time to visit our Aladdin class page. We take pride in the children and their work, and we hope that you feel the same way as we do about our magical school!