WELCOME TO ACORN CLASS

Hello and welcome to Acorn Class. 

Our lovely staff in Acorns are Miss O’Brien (EYFS Lead), Miss Richards (class teacher), Mrs Ballard (Teaching Assistant) and Miss Moore (Teaching Assistant).

Sometimes Mrs Walton-Smith teaches in our class too!

Our website page aims to give you a snapshot of your child's learning at school. We hope you find this information helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the following content. 

Class Dojo is used daily for updates on learning and information for your child's class. 

Reading at Home

Reading is the key to unlock our children's future potential. We understand that reading is the cornerstone of your child's learning at school. We prioritise reading across school and here is how you can support your child's reading at home. 

• Little and often- research shows that reading with your child is more effective if this is done for short periods of time and more regularly than longer periods less regularly.
• We recommend 4 times a week to read with your child and for each home read, your child will receive a dojo point. Dojo points=prizes!
• Your child will have 3 books. This is because each of the 3 books is for a different purpose. 

1. Library Book-Chosen by your child to read for pleasure

2. Book Bag Book-Unfamiliar book at your child's phonetic level. Your child should be able to read this. 

3. Decodable Book-Familiar text at your child's phonetic level. They may have previously read this book in class, but they will get more familiar with the structure of the story and the language used. 

Our enquiry is also driven by language rich key texts that support our children's understanding of carefully planned genres. See below for the list of our key texts this term. 

What makes me a me? 

Peace at last, Jill Murphy 

Six Dinner Sid

Burglar Bill

Owl Babies, Martin

In every house, on every street 

Same, same but different  

Angelo 

The fabulous Foskett Family Circus