Welcome to Puffin Class
Miss Hopgood and Mrs Kishore
Puffins Staff:
Miss Hopgood - Class teacher
Mrs Kishore - Teaching Assistant
Class Agreement coming soon!
Our first quest for the year is 'Once upon a time'.
During this quest we will learn about castles and the King! We will also read lots of stories, fairytales and enjoy a medieval banquet!
Our banquet day is on the 20th October 2025
Our PE days for this term are on a Wednesday and Friday, so please make sure your child has their full P.E. kits on these days. Please also make sure any ear piercings are removed on these days. We will keep P.E. kits in school and send them home each half term to be washed.
Homework expectations:
Reading
- On Fridays the children will bring home a special RWI 'book bag book' that links to the one they have been reading. This is an unfamiliar text and will therefore test the skills they learnt the week before to read it. Ideally the children should be reading 5 times a week.
- On Wednesday, your child will also be set a RWI inc book via the Oxford Owl website. This is the book that they will have been studying that week in their RWI lessons.
- Children can also borrow a 'Reading for Pleasure' book from the classroom or a library book.
Maths
For now no formal Maths homework will be set. However, is always helpful to practise counting. In Year 1 we will be counting in 1s forwards and backwards to 100, in 2s forwards and backwards to 24 and in 10s forwards and backwards to 120. Practising speedy knowledge of number facts such as number bonds (to 10 or 20), doubles and halves are also beneficial.