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. The nursery as a whole is called Fantasia 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.

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Spring Term

This term the children will be exploring the topics:

Spring 1: What are colours used for? 
Spring 2: What do you find on the Farm?

Children will be exploring primary and secondary colours, using different media to create artwork. They will discuss how different colours make them feel, exploring emotions and completing lots of art and science experiments.

The books we will be reading in spring term 1 are:

    

Songs we will be singing this term are:

Spring 1:

Week 1.  Three Blind Mice
Week 2.  I can sing a Rainbow
Week 3.  Little Boy Blue
Week 4.  5 little ducks 
Week 5. 10 green bottles
Week 6.  5 little monkeys jumping on a bed

Spring 2:

Week 1.   Old Mc Donald had a farm
Week 2.   Hey diddle diddle
Week 3.  Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken
Week 4.  Baa baa black sheep
Week 5.  Spring Chicken
Week 6. 10 fat sausages

This term children will be learning about what you will find at the Farm.

We will be looking at what animals we may see at the farm and what their babies are named.
We will look at the types of machinery we might see on the farm and learn about what makes a tractor move.

We will be using initial sounds to say what each animal begins with and helping Fred Frog to orally blend to make a word e.g. p-i-g = pig or d-o-g= dog.

In maths, we will be counting farm animals using 5 frames, sorting and putting them in size order and describing where the animals are, using positional language.

In art, we shall be drawing and painting farm animals, making our own tractors with junk modelling, designing a woolly jumper, making various farm animals with collage materials and using different animals to make a music composition.

We will be inviting our Special Ladies into school for an assembly and tea party and holding a fundraising Easter sing-a-thon. Our grown-ups will be able to come into school to watch our Easter Bonnet parade and listen to our lovely Easter songs. Children will also be learning how to stay safe on the internet and to speak out to stay safe with NSPCC.

Books we will be reading this term are:

    

 

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Spring Term 1:

How can a map help?

During this topic, the children will be exploring the text ‘Martha Maps it out’ to learn all about maps. The children will be looking at what maps are and different types of maps. We will be using our own forest school area within school to learn about key features, and we will be having a go at drawing our own maps.  To finish our topic, we will learn about the journey of a letter and hope to take a visit to the postbox to post a letter home and on the way look at features in our own community surrounding our school.

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

Three Little Pigs 

Jack and the Bean Stalk

 We’re going on a bear hunt

 

Spring Term 2:

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

During this topic the children will be learning all about space. The children will use the core text ‘Inside Space’ to learn all about space. They will watch a clip of a rocket launch and discuss what a star is. The children will finish the topic by learning about the day in a life of an astronaut.

Meg on the Moon

Whatever Next 

Aliens love underpants

Our ESB rhymes will be ‘Little Bo Peep’ and ESB: ‘Zoom Zoom Zoom’ We’re Going to The Moon

In maths this term the children will be learning numbers to 10, comparing numbers within 10, addition to 10, measure (length, height and weight), number bonds to 10, subtraction and exploring patterns.

Phonics

At Co-op Academy Hamilton, we use the RWI phonics scheme. See below for some top tips when reading with your child at home.

Ask your child’s class teacher if you would like further RWI resources to support your child’s learning.

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 and sign the diary so that we can win Class Star Reader!

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!

Spring 1

For the Spring 1 term we will be enjoying the topic ‘Which birds and plants would Peter Rabbit find in our park?’

The children will be scientists observing the changes across the four seasons; they will observe and describe the different types of weather associated with the seasons and how the day length varies. The children will enjoy an additional unit in science, focusing on Plants; they will be identifying and naming plants and working scientifically to observe and contrast plants and their changes over time. They will name a variety of common and wild garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. They will also identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.

In English, we will be completing lots of fun learning activities based on the stories of ‘Handa’s Surprise’ by Eileen Browne, and the traditional tales of ‘The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff’ and ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.

The children will be creating a class story map for each story and using it to retell the story, and later innovate it, including lots of super story language! They will be writing sentences based on their story, ensuring they include their ‘Just Do It rules’  (including capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, Fred talk to spell, and ensuring they read and check their work makes sense). Year One children will also be taught how to include appropriate adjectives (describing words, eg 'enormous', 'scary') within their writing, and well as conjunctions (eg 'and', 'but').  After learning to retell each story, we will spend some time innovating it; i.e. amending our story map accordingly and writing new sentences based on our innovated story. We will also be learning 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 listen to the story:

 

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

At Co-op Academy Hamilton, we use the RWI phonics scheme. RWI explains below how to support your child's reading at home.

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 2' sounds. Your child will already be familiar with the routines used in Read, Write, Inc. 

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/KnEc2IM1/u0zduzvE

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/1Dieav0n/XB0MwL1y

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/0qWNXeIT/Z7EyzRsM

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/wWMJU03w/2eB2Y6bR

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/cFPDsiYC/rjHYhk5e

The following engaging phonics videos help the children learn some 'Set 3' sounds:

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/E3EJhV6b/v1AFxD4G

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/phW0tmQx/IhOUtkmA

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/l3JiVthP/4IEfKa5i

http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/IQMub9o3/9uBzeo1h

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, click here to watch a short video: 

In Maths, our clever Mathematicians are learning all about:

Addition and subtraction within 20, Numbers to 50.

You can support your child at home by developing their understanding of numbers to 50; counting up to these numbers, finding one more/less, recognising and writing the numbers – ensuring numbers are formed correctly – and being able to order number cards correctly. Can they also identify how many tens and ones are within that number? 

You can further support your child by adding and subtracting with numbers up to 20. Can your child solve the given question? Can they write the corresponding number sentence? Eg 19 – 9 = 10

At school, we offer children a range of strategies to choose from when calculating: concrete (using counters or physical items to add/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). 

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

https://www.arcademics.com/games/alien

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/addition/fruit-splat-game

https://www.starfall.com/h/addsub/addsub-ladder/?sn=math1--math0

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

Don't forget to log into your child's TT Rockstars account to practise their times tables too! We will be setting weekly challenges on their homework profile on Class Dojo and will be competing to see who achieves the best score. Please visit:

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... 

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.

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 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.

Spring Term 1

For the Spring 1 half-term we will be enjoying the topic ‘What is our school made of?'.

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Don’t forget to complete learning activities on:

• https://www.purplemash.com/sch/northwoodhamilton
• 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:

• 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! 

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

Spring Term 1

For the Spring 1 half-term we will be enjoying the topic ‘What Do Rocks Tell Us About The Way The Earth Was Formed?’

In this topic, we will be scientists! In Year 3, we will learn to be scientists by exploring the natural world around us. We will compare and group different kinds of rocks by looking closely at their appearance and simple physical properties, such as colour, texture and hardness. We will also learn how fossils are formed in simple terms—when plants or animals that once lived become trapped within layers of rock and are preserved over millions of years. As young scientists, we will also discover that soil is made from tiny pieces of rock mixed with organic matter, including the remains of plants and animals.

In English, we will be learning about Alice in Wonderland (Big Cat Collins version), where we will delve into the tea party scene and use it as inspiration to write our own narrative. We will also be learning how to write a clear and creative set of instructions for making a tea party treat. In addition, we will explore poetry by studying A Matter of Taste by Eve Merriman, thinking about its language, rhythm and meaning.

Click on the link below to listen to the story:

We can’t wait to see the children’s amazing work!

In maths, we are learning all about money and statistics. We explore how to recognise and use different coins and notes, work out totals and change, and solve real-life money problems. We are also developing our understanding of statistics by collecting information, organising it into charts and tables, and interpreting what the data shows. This helps us build important everyday maths skills in a fun and practical way.

In D&T, we are exploring exciting hands-on projects through Kapow. We are learning about mechanical systems by creating our own pneumatic toys, discovering how air pressure can make parts move in fun and imaginative ways. We are also developing our understanding of structures, investigating how different materials and designs can make models strong, stable and effective. These projects help us build creativity, problem-solving skills and confidence in designing and making.

In Computing, we are learning about Programming A – Sequencing Sounds. We are exploring how to create simple programs by choosing, ordering and controlling different sounds. As we build our sequences, we learn how instructions work together to make a complete piece of code. This helps us develop our computational thinking while having fun experimenting with music and technology.

In P.E., we will be using Matilda by Roald Dahl as a stimulus. The children will practise and rehearse a performance, developing the use of clear facial expressions to show character and emotion. They will also incorporate and perform confidently with a prop to enhance their storytelling.

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!

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.

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:

• 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 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!