Welcome to Oak Class! 

Welcome to Oak Class. This year Mrs Few is teaching on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday each week and Miss Ashcroft teaches the class on Thursdays and Fridays. Mrs Borrett, Mrs Fuller, Mrs Lockwood, Mrs Douglas and Mrs Mitchell work with us as TAs during the week - two work with the class in the mornings, and one in the afternoon. Liam is teaching P.E. on Tuesdays - don't forget to bring in your P.E kit!

You can learn more about what we are learning in the termly newsletters below and on the curriculum section of the website.

We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning!

Mrs Few and Miss Ashcroft

Learning at Home

Weekly spellings for this term

Please find below the half termly overviews for spellings for year 1 and year 2 for this term. We know that many parent/carers find these useful to use to help to support their child's learning. Thank you.

Maths at home with Numbots

Your child will have their own personal log-in to numbots for use at home. Please read the document below for more information. Have fun!

Our Learning Autumn 2023

Friday 1st December

Today Year 1 were practising remembering their number bonds. They are getting really good at knowing them without using their fingers to count.

Friday 24th November

We've started our DT project. So far, we've learnt lots of vocabulary linked to sewing, selected our coloured felt and thread and ....... everyone managed to thread their needle to begin sewing. Amazing! 

Week Beginning 13th November

This week Oak class have been….

• Finding the difference and learning to subtract.
• Making 8 and 9 in different ways using rekenreks and our knowledge of odd and even numbers.
• Using different methods to subtract two 2 digit numbers.
• Writing and improving our Amelia Earhart biographies.
• Reading poems and answering reading comprehension questions.
• Finding out about our senses – collecting data and presenting it in tally charts, experimenting with different objects to make a range of sounds.
• Learning the correct letter formations.
• Listening to our book of the week – The Storm Whale.
• Learning our weekly spellings/sounds.

Friday 17th November

Today we joined in with Children in Need, putting coins on Pudsey bear and wearning our spots!

Friday 17th November

It was a busy day today as we also had a PE enrichment session - ice hockey. We didn't have any ice but did learn some new skills.

Week Beginning 6th November

This week Oak class have been….

• Finding related addition and subtraction facts.
• Making 6 and 7 in different ways using rekenreks and our knowledge of odd and even numbers.
• Using different methods to subtract.
• Listening to and reading biographies.
• Planning to write our own biography about Amelia Earhart.
• Discussing surprising friendships in our class assembly.
• Answering reading comprehension questions.
• Finding out about our bodies – labelling body parts, understanding what a skeleton is and why our skull is useful.
• Learning the correct letter formations.
• Listening to our book of the week – Julia Donaldson – A Biography.
• Learning our weekly spellings/sounds.

Friday 10th November

Oak class visited the war memorial at church today for a special remembrance service. They were extremely respectful as we stood for a two minute silence. They also placed poppies to remember each of the people from Creeting who didn't return home from the two world wars.

Friday 3rd November

Lovely to see that so many people made it back to school today. Year One wrote some amazing equations - following patterns. We also enjoyed eating our home packed lunches!

Week Beginning 16th October

This week Oak class have been….

• Using tens and ones to add a 2 digit number to a single digit number.
• Solving addition word problems.
• Finding doubles.
• Talking about how we can show respect towards others.
• Thinking about who helps a newly Christened child learn about Christ.
• Completing some research about Floella Benjamin.
• Learning how to find answers to questions by skimming and scanning a text.
• Learning how to write sentences with capital letters at the start, full stops at the end and finger spaces between words.
• Learning the correct letter formations.
• Listening to our fiction book of the week – My Friend Harry.
• Learning our weekly spellings/sounds.

Thursday 19th October

Year 2 have been helping to teach Year 1 how to log onto our school network on the laptops! Thank you!

Friday 20th October

Be bright be seen! Today we are dressed in bright clothing to help us to keep safe when the darker nights arrive.

Week Beginning 9th October

This week Oak class have been….

• Using hundred squares to find ten more and ten less.
• Finding related number facts.
• Making 8 in different ways.
• Learning the names of the different countries in the UK.
• Listening to the story of Jesus welcoming the children and relating this to our work on christenings in R.E.
• Reading about Floella Benjamin and listening to one of her stories – ‘Coming to England’.
• Sequencing pictures from a story.
• Learning how to write sentences with capital letters at the start, full stops at the end and finger spaces between words.
• Learning the correct letter formations.
• Listening to our fiction book of the week – Coming to England.
• Learning our weekly spellings/sounds.

Friday 13th October

More fun painting today! Colour mixing to create art in response to Jasper John's 0-9.

Week Beginning 2nd October

This week Oak class have been….

• Learning about ‘part, part, whole’ models.
• Finding related number facts.
• Making 6 in different ways.
• Comparing Celtic, Saxon and Tudor houses.
• Finding out about Baptisms in the Christian faith.
• Writing sentences linked to our topic, ‘Houses and Homes’.
• Learning how to write sentences with capital letters at the start, full stops at the end and finger spaces between words.
• Learning the correct letter formations.
• Listening to our non-fiction book of the week – Victorian Homes.
• Talking about things and help and harm our neighbourhood.
• Learning our weekly spellings/sounds.

Friday 6th October

Lots of painting this week! Today we were exploring colour mixing and painting the pile of mattresses that the princess had to sleep on in the story of 'The Princess and the Pea'.

Week Beginning 25th September

This week Oak class have been….

• Counting in 2s,5s,10s and 3s.
• Using a number line to help us compare numbers.
• Developing fluency with numbers to ten – finding 5 in the numbers 6-10.
• Learning about Celtic and Saxon houses.
• Writing sentences linked to our topic, ‘Houses and Homes’.
• Learning how to write sentences with capital letters at the start, full stops at the end and finger spaces between words.
• Learning the correct letter formations.
• Listening to our fiction book of the week – Giraffes Can’t Dance.
• Explaining the difference between wild and pet animals.
• Describing the characteristics of an animal.
• Learning our weekly spellings/sounds.

Friday 29th September

More art this week on Thursday and Friday afternoons. We've been exploring drawing lines in different ways and applied this to drawing images from some of our favourite stories. Here are some pictures from the story of the three little pigs.

Week Beginning 18th September

This week Oak class have been….

• Ordering numbers, using phrases such as ‘greater than’, ‘less than’, equal to’ and ‘fewer’.
• Comparing numbers using <, > or =.
• Making 5 in different ways.
• Developing fluency with numbers to ten – finding 5 in the numbers 6-10.
• Talking about different homes and houses in the UK.
• Writing sentences linked to our topic, ‘Houses and Homes’.
• Learning how to write sentences with capital letters at the start, full stops at the end and finger spaces between words.
• Learning about our local community and what we can do to make it a kind, friendly, safe place to be.
• Listening to our non-fiction book of the week – Homes through History.
• Finding out about different animal groups (amphibians, reptiles and fish this week) and some of their similarities and differences.
• Discovering what different animals eat and grouping animals into those that are herbivores, carnivores or omnivores.
• Learning our weekly spellings.

Friday 22nd September

We enjoyed our PE enrichment session working on skills linked to American Football! 

Week Beginning 11th September

This week Oak class have been….

• Reading and writing numbers to 10
• Understanding how to partition numbers into tens and ones
• Making 5 in different ways.
• Developing fluency with numbers to ten – finding 5 in the numbers 6-10.
• Writing sentences linked to our story of the week.
• Learning how to write sentences with capital letters at the start, full stops at the end and finger spaces between words.
• Learning about our school community and what we can do to make it a kind, friendly, safe place to be.
• Listening to our story of the week – The Three Little Pigs.
• Finding out about different animal groups and some of their similarities and differences.
• Learning our weekly spellings.

Friday 15th September

Year 1 shared their writing in celebration assembly today so here are some pictures of Year 2. This morning they were partitioning 2 digit numbers in different ways and had fun matching equations and representations to the correct number.

Thursday 7th September

It has been lovely to see the new Year 2s so grown up and also to welcome the new Year 1s into Oak class. So far, we have been working really hard - reading, phonics, writing, handwriting, maths, music, art/PSHE activities have all been started. The new Year 1s are also gradually learning all the routines of Oak class. Wow - well done everyone.

Here are a few photos from music this afternoon. We were feeling the pulse in music, listening to high/low, long/short sounds and learning a new song.