Year 1/2 – Green Class 2024 - 2025
Miss Moran
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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
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
Our Prayers:
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
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
Year 1/2 – Green Class: Calendar items
Manchester Airport - Green Class, by St Anne's CE (Aided) Primary School
Fireground - Green Class, by St Anne's CE (Aided) Primary School