Withyham - St Michael's Primary School

Willow Class is our Key Stage One class, which is home to children in year 1 and 2.  The class is taught by Mrs Layfield and Mrs O'Shea. There is also a range of experienced support staff . The class is a safe, warm, welcoming learning environment for all children to develop their academic, social and emotional skills.  Teaching mixes the demands of the National Curriculum with meaningful learning through practical activities. All adults work hard to create engaging learning opportunities that are both practical and create recorded learning. 

Continuous provision supports our Year 1 children with their transition from the Early Years curriculum, from Reception to Year 1. This enables the children to learn through a range of curriculum based activities promoting pupil choice and agency.

The class use a range of  high quality texts which are linked to the wider curriculum. These texts are used to shape the writing and expose the children to a wide variety of rich language. Recent texts have both linked to our topic on toys and have included 'The teddy robber' by Ian Beck and 'Major Glad, Major Dizzy' by Jan Oke.

Where possible Art and Design & Technology are also linked to History and Geography ensuring the children are being fully immersed into learning. Recent examples have included creating marionette puppets. We also provide curriculum workshop enrichment opportunities which have included visits from the police and attending a local ploughing match. We also provide a wide variety of sport enrichment: stall ball, golf and cricket. 

Throughout the year, but with a specific focus in term 1, the Year 1 children learn Place Value within 10. This includes using Reckenreks, 10s frames and number lines to support the learning of number bonds to support visual recall of the bonds. In Year 2, children learn number bonds within 20 and partitioning numbers within 100. The children are taught to use different models and resources to support their mathematical development this includes part whole modes, tens frames, Reckenreks, number lines, cubes and more. We use the White Rose Maths Scheme which teaches children to move through stages of maths concepts and skills. 

Willow Class is our Key Stage One class, which is home to children in year 1 and 2.  The class is taught by Mrs Layfield and Mrs O'Shea. There is also a range of experienced support staff . The class is a safe, warm, welcoming learning environment for all children to develop their academic, social and emotional skills.  Teaching mixes the demands of the National Curriculum with meaningful learning through practical activities. All adults work hard to create engaging learning opportunities that are both practical and create recorded learning. 

Continuous provision supports our Year 1 children with their transition from the Early Years curriculum, from Reception to Year 1. This enables the children to learn through a range of curriculum based activities promoting pupil choice and agency.

The class use a range of  high quality texts which are linked to the wider curriculum. These texts are used to shape the writing and expose the children to a wide variety of rich language. Recent texts have both linked to our topic on toys and have included 'The teddy robber' by Ian Beck and 'Major Glad, Major Dizzy' by Jan Oke.

Where possible Art and Design & Technology are also linked to History and Geography ensuring the children are being fully immersed into learning. Recent examples have included creating marionette puppets. We also provide curriculum workshop enrichment opportunities which have included visits from the police and attending a local ploughing match. We also provide a wide variety of sport enrichment: stall ball, golf and cricket. 

Throughout the year, but with a specific focus in term 1, the Year 1 children learn Place Value within 10. This includes using Reckenreks, 10s frames and number lines to support the learning of number bonds to support visual recall of the bonds. In Year 2, children learn number bonds within 20 and partitioning numbers within 100. The children are taught to use different models and resources to support their mathematical development this includes part whole modes, tens frames, Reckenreks, number lines, cubes and more. We use the White Rose Maths Scheme which teaches children to move through stages of maths concepts and skills.