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. 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.

Summer Term 2:

This term, our topic will be: What can I do with water?

Gross Motor – Using a ball to throw, catch, roll and kick to help children build coordination, balance, strength and hand-eye coordination.

Physical – Fine motor, developing scissors skills and holding a pencil between thumb and finger, with good control

EAD – Make imaginative and complex small worlds. Draw with increasing complexity and detail.

Writing – Write some or all of their name

UTW – Exploring journeys now and in the past. The children will discuss how and why people travel.

Maths – Compare quantities using language ‘more’, ‘fewer than’. Experiment with their own symbols and marks as well as numerals. Solve real world mathematical problems with numbers up to 5. Shape of the week: cube, triangular prism, cuboid, sphere. Talk about and explore 3D shapes using informal and mathematical language

Communication, Language and Literacy – The children will be exploring letters and developing vocabulary through 'Talk Though Stories', song and rhyme.

Books we will be using this term are:

Billy’s Bucket

Rainbow Fish

Tiddler

Lost and Found

Commotion in the Ocean

Things that go

Songs we will be learning are:

Five Fish They Swim in the Ocean, Oh!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive

Ring o Ring a Roses

Who Built the Ark?

Down by the Station

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester

If You’re Happy and you Know it

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.

Summer Term 2 :

During the summer term 2, our topic will be:

'What bears can you find around the world?'

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

The Little Red Hen
Farmer Duck
Cops and Robbers
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldyluck and the Three Pandas

Our ESB rhyme will be:’

‘When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears'

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!

Dinosaurs

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...

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!

Summer Term 2:

For the Summer 2 term we will be enjoying the topic 'Why can’t a penguin live near the equator?

In this topic, we will be super Geographers, as we will learn to name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans, identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles. We will also learn to use maps, atlases and globes to identify the UK and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied in this key stage. Furthermore, we will use compass directions (North, South, East, West) and locational and directional language (e.g. near, far, left, right) to describe the location of features and routes on a map. We are using these super videos to help us learn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6BE4VcYngQ

We can't wait for the whirlwind of learning!

In English, we will be completing lots of fun learning activities based on the stories of ‘Lost and found’ by Oliver Jeffers, ‘Penguin Parcel’ by Victoria Cassanell and a non-fiction text about penguins. 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 (being describing words, eg 'enormous', 'scary') within their writing, and well as conjunctions (eg 'and', 'but'), exclamation marks (!) and question marks (?). After learning to retell each story, we will spend some time innovating it; 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 stories:

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.

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

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/suO2EDo2/bOkUfUa5

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/0i9sZKZv/PsHsjJNj

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/n3B6OHYe/MVZ22Ej5

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/xHSaWb5B/Cw4mSCK8

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/NbyejRNe/C4rAZFX6

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/HFHeKndJ/f6uVO1sZ

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/rmebzplu/6Hc5FvyO

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/Uf9AtzQR/qM1C60bo

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:

Numbers to 100, Time, and Money.

You can support your child at home by encouraging them to recognise, count to and write numbers up to 100. Can they identify how many tens and ones are in that number? For example 48 has 4 full tens and 8 ones. Support your child's learning of time by referencing it through the day. Use vocabulary such as before/after/first/next/finally/morning/evening. Finally, it would be of great benefit to your child if you could expose them to money - allow them to handle and use it. Help them to identify the different coins and notes, and to pay with money when out and about.

You can also continue to count in 2s, 5s and 10s, as well as help to complete their 'Big Maths' multiplication quizzes, which they bring home each week. Could they group count their peas at dinner time and see how many they have if they have 5 groups of 2? Can they count them 2, 4, 6, 8, 10? etc.

Check out these fun videos and games to support your child's maths:

Paint the Squares - Interactive Number Charts (topmarks.co.uk)

Caterpillar Ordering - An Ordering and Sequencing Game (topmarks.co.uk)

Helicopter Rescue - Mental Maths for 4 to 8 Year Olds (topmarks.co.uk)

Range Arranger || Ordering non-consecutive numbers on a Jenga theme (ictgames.com)

Toy Shop Money Game (GBP) - Topmarks

Coins Game for 4-10 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

Teaching Clock (topmarks.co.uk)

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 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 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.

Summer Term 2:

For the Summer 2 half-term we will be enjoying the topic ‘Where would you prefer to live England or Kenya?’

For this topic, we will be inquisitive geographers. We will understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country. We will identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles. To enhance our learning of geography, we will also use world maps, atlases and globes.

In Art, we will be using clay to create 3D houses. We will focus on shaping and decorating clay. We will create a pinch pot and design and make a clay tile with house features. This unit will help to emphasise children’s skills in working with clay and applying artistic techniques in a structured project.

In English, we will be completing lots of fun learning activities based on the stories of ‘Hansel and Gretal’ by Antony Brown and ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl. 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 explore non-fiction texts and write a non-chronological report comparing Kenya and the United Kingdom. We will use the text ‘If You Were Me and Lived in… Kenya’ by Carole Roman to enhance our learning. We can't wait to see what the children achieve!

Click on the link below to listen to the stories:

In Maths, our clever Mathematicians are learning about position and direction. They will also be developing their knowledge of time, weight, volume and temperature. The children will also 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.

To support your child further with their reading skills, please click on the link below 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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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

Summer Term 1:

For the Summer 1 half-term we will be enjoying the topic ‘What Makes Plants and Flowers Grow and Flourish?’

This half-term, we are scientists! Children will explore the fascinating question, “What Makes Plants and Flowers Grow and Flourish?” through hands-on investigations and outdoor learning experiences. They will discover what plants need to survive, including water, light, nutrients, and space, while learning about the different parts of a plant and their functions. Pupils will observe how water is transported within plants, investigate how light affects growth, and explore the life cycle of flowering plants. Through planting, measuring, and recording changes over time, children will develop their scientific enquiry skills and a deeper appreciation for the natural world, encouraging curiosity, responsibility, and care for living things.

In English, we are exploring 'George’s Marvellous Medicine' by Roald Dahl, using the story to inspire our own narrative writing and to practise innovating by adapting ideas in creative ways. We are also learning how to write persuasive instructions about how to make magic potions – we can’t wait to get started!

In maths, we are learning about fractions and time. We will develop our understanding of fractions, including how to find parts of a whole, recognise equivalent fractions, and solve fraction problems. We will deepen our knowledge of time and will learn how to tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII. We will also use 12 hour and 24 hour clocks. In addition, we will estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute, record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours and will use key vocabulary such as; o’clock, am, pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight. These topics help us build important skills for everyday maths and problem-solving.

This half-term in Art and Design, children will explore the fascinating world of prehistoric art through “Prehistoric Paintings.” They will learn about how early humans created art using natural materials, such as charcoal and pigments made from plants and minerals, and discover the purposes these paintings may have served. Pupils will experiment with different textures, tones, and techniques to recreate cave-style artwork, developing their observational skills and creativity. Throughout the unit, children will also study famous prehistoric sites and use these as inspiration to create their own imaginative pieces, building confidence in expressing ideas through art while gaining an appreciation of history and early human culture.

This half-term in Computing, we are learning about ‘Creating Media’ with a focus on ‘Desktop Publishing’. Pupils will learn how to create and edit digital documents using desktop publishing software. They will explore how text and images can be combined to communicate information effectively and creatively. Children will also develop skills in formatting text (such as font size, style, and colour), inserting and positioning images, and arranging content using templates or layouts. They will learn how design choices can impact readability and the overall appearance of a document.

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 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!