Year 1/2 – Green Class 2024 - 2025

Miss Moran

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Welcome To Green Class!

Our class teacher for the 2024-25  academic year is Miss Moran.

Our teaching assistant is Mrs Williams.

In Green Class, we cover many exciting topics to enhance children’s knowledge and understanding in-line with the National Curriculum. British Values also underpin our curriculum.

Our key topic areas this year are:

What will I see on a bus journey around Oldham?

Core Text: 

Naughty Bus : Oke, Jan: Amazon.co.uk: Books Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!: Amazon.co.uk: Willems, Mo, Willems,  Mo: 9781844285136: Books Oi Frog! (Oi Frog and Friends): Amazon.co.uk: Gray, Kes, Field, Jim:  9781444910865: Books On the Way Home : Murphy, Jill: Amazon.co.uk: Books

 

This is a Geography based topic. We use use our map skills to learn about different places near our school.
Click here for Local Area Knowledge Organiser

What do Beegu think of the United Kingdom and where else could he travel?
Core Text:

Beegu: Amazon.co.uk: Deacon, Alexis: 9780099417446: Books Introducing Australia (Introducing Continents) Snail Mail: With Pull-Out Postcards : King-Chai, Sharon: Amazon.co.uk: Books Over in Australia: Amazing Animals Down Under Animals (Poems About) Dave's Christmas Cracker

 

This is a Geography based topic. We will build on our knowledge of human and physical Geography by comparing two familiar places.
Click for UK Comparison Organiser

Why did The Wright Brothers, Amy Johnson and Amelia Earhart take to the sky?
Core Text:

Taking Flight: How the Wright Brothers Conquered the Skies : Hancher, Adam:  Amazon.co.uk: Books The Wright Brothers: A Kid's Book About Achieving the Impossible: 15 (Mini  Movers and Shakers) Amelia Earhart: A Kids Book About Flying Against All Odds   Flight School: Amazon.co.uk: Judge, Lita, Judge, Lita: 9781442481770: Books Izzy Gizmo: Amazon.co.uk: Jones, Pip, Ogilvie, Sara: 9780857075130: Books

 

The is a History based topic. We will learn about the Wright Brothers and why they decided to take to the sky! We will also look at key events surrounding the lives of other famous pilots and how aviation has changed over time.
Click here for Wright Brother and Amy Johnson Knowledge Organiser

Why can’t a Penguin live near the Equator?

Core Text: 

Lost and Found: A beautiful children’s picture book from international  bestseller Oliver Jeffers: Amazon.co.uk: Jeffers, Oliver, Jeffers, Oliver:  ... The Emperor's Egg: Amazon.co.uk: Jenkins, Martin, Chapman, Jane:  9781406366990: Books Antarctica (Usborne Beginners) : Bowman, Lucy, Stower, Adam: Amazon.co.uk:  Books Penguin Poems by unknown or other authors - Nature Poems

 

This is a Geography based topic. We will learn about the human and physical features of Geography. We will compare two different locations. We will learn about hot and cold places.
Click here for Equator Knowledge Organiser

What was life like under the rule of Queen ELizabeth II? Would I have liked to live under the rule of Queen Elizabeth I?

Core Text:

The Queen's Knickers : Allan, Nicholas, Buswell, Sue: Amazon.co.uk: Books If I were King - A.A Milne :: BehanceThe Kings Breakfast and Other Selections from A. A. Milne: Amazon.co.uk:  Milne, A. A., Shepard, Ernest H.: Books Amazing Facts King Charles III: A fun illustrated children’s book packed  with stories and trivia about the British king and the royal family  (Amazing ... King Charles (97) (Little People, BIG DREAMS) : Sanchez Vegara, Maria  Isabel, Hunt, Matt: Amazon.co.uk: Books King Charles III's Colourful Coronation (Campbell London): Amazon.co.uk:  Books, Campbell, Billet, Marion: 9781035021734: Books
The King's Pants : A children's picture book to celebrate King Charles –  The Bookshop. Mold. The King's Coronation: A Push, Pull and Slide Book (Campbell London) King Charles III: Celebrating His Majesty's Coronation and Reign (History's  Great Leaders) : Mills, Andrea, Poh, Jennie: Amazon.co.uk: Books Winnie-the-Pooh Meets the King Our King Charles by Eleanor Grey (Paperback)

 

This is a History based topic. We will be learning about what life would have been like for a child living during this period in Oldham.
Click here for Queen Elizabeth Knowledge Organiser

What was the Great Fire of London and why did it spread so quickly?
Core Text:

  The Great Fire of London: An Illustrated History of the Great Fire of 1666  

This is a History based topic. Through the use of historic artefacts we will learn about life in London in 1666 and the events leading up to, and after, The Great Fire of London.
Click here for The Great fire of London – Knowledge Organiser

PE:

Green Class will have their PE lessons on Thursday.  It is essential that children have the correct PE kit in school. Earrings also have to be removed for PE lessons.

Kit:

Indoor sessions:

  • Black shorts
  • Red polo shirt
  • Black pumps

Outdoor sessions

  • Black shorts or dark tracksuit bottoms (winter)
  • Red polo shirt
  • Trainers (not fashionable)
  • Sweater (winter)

Our Learning Line

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The Learning Line helps us the children to evaluate their own progress in lessons. The children helped to design our learning line and use it in all areas of the curriculum. It follows the process of: Plan, Understand, Passion, Act, Evaluate, Embed.

Our Golden Promises

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Our Prayers:

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Homework

Homework is explained on the newsletter each week.  It will be handed out on a Friday and must be returned to school the following Wednesday.  Homework will include: English, Maths, Spelling and Phonics

Your child will also have a reading book which needs to be returned each Wednesday.

 

 

Links for home learning

Little Wandle (Phonics) | Armfield Academy

Little Wandle for Parents

Letter-Join - Home Learning School

Letter Join

Purple Mash - AWE Club

Purple Mash

 

 

If you would like any more information about our class, please do not hesitate to contact us via the school office.

 

Miss Moran and Mrs Williams

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