In Hazel Class we recognise the challenge of joining KS1 from Reception. We work hard to ensure that all children have a smooth transition with plenty of free choice time and engaging hands on activities before settling into more formal learning.

 

In Hazel Class, we work hard together to learn, achieve and grow. Mrs Taylor teaches us all week but on Wednesdays, she is busy working as the Assistant Headteacher and SENDCo, so often leaves us with Miss Wood and Mr MacGowan to help us on that day.

 

We focus on learning our maths skills and our phonics each day. We are growing with our reading knowledge and are heard read regularly to support our fluency. We spend time each day on speech and communication, including lots of chatting and debate time, we also do this during our weekly 'I wonder' sessions (where we wonder and consider about different scenarios and possibilities.) We love to hear stories and spent dedicated time throughout the day listening to books and stories from our adults.

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As we have a phonics assessment at the end of Year 1, we work on how to blend and segment words which are real and alien. We work hard to challenge ourselves and read words. Our phonics tests take place in June every year, we work hard to ensure the children show progress and achieve their best. 

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Mrs Taylor has a love of history and RE and we have learned lots of knowledge from her including famous women through history, our kings and queens as well as how things have changed over time. We have also learned lots about the Bible and enjoy reading it.​

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In Hazel class, we love to laugh, learn, be silly, play, explore, get hands on, progress and achieve through a teacher led and engaging curriculum. We all work very hard to make our classroom the amazing place it is. We were so amazing last year 100% of our children passed their phonics check!