Class One
New starters information
Welcome to Class One
2025-26
Topic 2
Amazing Animals
Topic 2 takes us on a wild adventure through the animal kingdom! From the busy farm to the tropical rainforest, and back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth, we’ll be learning what makes something living and how animals survive in different habitats.
Our Christian Value is: Consideration
| Literacy | You will learn how to read through our phonics scheme Essential Letters and Sounds. You will learn lots of new sounds and begin to blend sounds together to read. You will apply your phonic knowledge to our literacy lessons where you will practice writing initial sounds and short words. You will listen to lots of wonderful stories and retell them through story maps, sequencing and role play. |
| Class Texts | We're Going on a Bear Hunt Handa's Surprise What the Ladybird Heard Owl Babies The Tiger who came to Tea The Gruffalo There's a Tiger in the Garden |
| Mathematics | Circles & Triangles 1,2,3,4 & 5 Night and Day More & Less Shape's with 4 sides |
| Understanding the World | Animals Celebrations Dinosaurs Mary Anning |
| Expressive Art & Design | Hibernation Boxes Painting Collage |
| Music | Celebration Music Musical stories |
| Physical Development | Forest School |
| RE | God Creation |
| Wellbeing | Special relationships |
Timetable
PE will be on a Tuesday afternoon and Forest School will be on a Thursday afternoon. In case of any changes, please make sure you have your PE kits/forest school clothes in school at all times.
Spare clothes:
Please could we kindly ask that you keep a labelled bag of spare uniform on your peg at all times.
Tapestry Learning Journeys:
Please use our class Tapestry account so that you can share your 'WOW' learning moments with your parents at home. This is the place to look out for your homework or any Memos from school.
- Swithland St Leonard's CofE Primary School
- Main Street, Swithland, Loughborough,
- Leicestershire, LE12 8TQ
- admin@st-leonards.leics.sch.uk
- 01509 890596