Welcome to Willow Class

  Classteachers: Miss J. Dandy/Mrs. L. Dhanak

2025-26

Welcome to Willow

Week Beginning 9.3.26

Thank you for sending in tiny boxes. If you have any more to contribute, please send them in by Wednesday 11th March. 

This week we have been continuing our learning based on the story 'The King of Tiny Things'.  We have discussed character in depth, using our key vocabulary to describe our thoughts (e.g.: 'I think he is considerate when...').  We have been building towards creating our OWN tiny things, using knowledge of character and setting to inform our work.

The children have been investigating numbers to 10 this week and are becoming experts in explaining their thinking in a systematic way.  They are using their deep knowledge of number to calculate between 5 and 10, including odd, even, parts and wholes.  They are working on identifying one more or one less than a given number to 10 with the same confidence and speed; well done, Willow!

Subitising - Why It Is Important

A video which clearly explains the concept we are instilling in Maths at school.  The KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts) your child has brought home are also included in this page's attachments and run beautifully alongside the message you will hear in the video.  

Support for Phonics at home

Please CLICK HERE for videos showing the sounds we teach in Autumn and Spring terms.  There are also really handy guides to accompany what the children will be learning in school and might be useful for when the children bring home decodable reading books.