Welcome to Sherwood Class!

A warm welcome to Sherwood class for the 2024-2025 academic year. This year our class consists of Year 1, 2 and 3 children! We are really excited for some fun-filled learning, interesting topics and new experiences. 

The Sherwood Team

Meet the adults that will help you in your class:

Mr Ben Haynes-Greenwood Class Teacher	Mrs Sarah Morton  Teaching Assistant

PE

Our PE lessons are weekly on Wednesday afternoons. It would be helpful for children to keep their PE in school all week to cater for any possible timetable changes. Please label all items of your child's PE kit. Long hair must be tied up and all jewellery removed. 

For autumn term 1, our PE lessons will be team invasion games (outdoor kit needed).

For autumn term 2, our PE lessons will be dance (indoor kit needed).  

For spring term 1, our PE lessons will be gymnastics (indoor kit needed).

For spring term 2, our PE lessons will be ball skills (outdoor kit needed).

For summer term 1, our PE lessons will be football (outdoor kit needed). 

For summer term 2, our PE lesson will be athletics (outdoor kit needed). 

Homework

• The children are expected to read as much as possible, and be listened to aloud at least 3 times per week. Please record this in your child's reading dairy. Children earn rewards for each 100 reads as per our whole school reading reward scheme. 
  Reading books are changed on a rolling programme by coloured group (books are only changed if 3 or more reads have been recorded in their reading diary):

  Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
  Red Table	Blue Table	Orange Table	Green Table	Purple Table

• Alongside reading, the children will have spellings to learn (tested on a Thursday) and maths challenges to practise in preparation for our weekly challenges on a Friday.
• Optional weekly homework, based on your child's current learning, is sent home at the beginning of each term in their beige folder. Please complete this at any pace that suits you and your family. For Autumn Term, hand in is by Friday 13th December.

Autumn Term Topic

Our topic for the Autumn term will be 'The UK'! 

Curriculum and Timetable

Please see our class long term plan and our current timetable, which runs on a two-week cycle:

Snack and Dinnertime

Children will be offered fruit each day at morning break time. Children can bring a snack from home if they prefer. There is also opportunity to purchase a snack item from school at morning break time. See our options and prices:

At lunchtime, all Key Stage 1 children are entitled to a cooked school lunch free of charge as part of Universal Free School Meals. Alternatively, children may bring their own packed lunch from home. Our school dinner menus run on a 3-week rolling programme, with two options for children to choose from each day. See our current menus here: