Nansledan School

Fleming Class Y1

Welcome to Fleming Class

Our class is a team - we are discoverers, educators, leaders and learners of the 21st century!

Our class is named after Sir Alexander Fleming, he was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He is best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.

Mrs Reskelly

Class Teacher (Monday - Tuesday)

All about me!

I'm Mrs Reskelly and I will be teaching in Fleming class on Mondays and Tuesdays.

I am looking forward to working with Mrs Oswick to teach Fleming class, we will work closely with Mrs Kiell in Newton class, we are really lucky to have such a great year 1 team. We have a fun year ahead with lots of exciting learning and enrichment opportunities planned.

Here are a few facts about me:

Favourite colour: Teal
Favourite animal: Dogs (and penguins)
Favourite beach: Harlyn (I got married there)
Favourite book: The Twits by Roald Dahl
Favourite food: Potatoes - in any form!

Fun Fact about me: I lived in Australia for seven years until I missed Cornwall too much so I moved back home to be closer to family and the beautiful Cornish beaches. I have taught in Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka but in my opinion Cornwall tops them all!

Mrs Oswick

Class Teacher (Wednesday - Friday)

All about me! Mrs Oswick

Hello, I’m Mrs Oswick and I will be teaching in Fleming class Wednesday - Friday.

Throughout the year ahead, we will work closely with our Yr 1 partner class, Newton and their teacher, Mrs Kiell. We have such an exciting curriculum to look forward to together and exciting trips, visitors, activities and WOW moments lined up for you all.

Here are a few facts about me:

Favourites:

Colour – Yellow

Animal - Dog

Beach – Porth

Food – Lasagne

Fun Fact: I have lived in Hong Kong and Thailand and LOVE to travel and visit new places!

Mrs Parris

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Richards

Teaching Assistant

Summer 1

English

This term, we will be starting our story 'After The Storm'. The children will:

The children will learn the story using key language and actions.

The children will learn to change certain parts of the text such as characters, settings.

The children will write their own version of the story.

Non-fiction:

Instructions - How to plant a seed.

Our reading and phonics is taught through our daily Little Wandle sessions. The children will be heard read three times a week and will develop their skills of Decoding, Prosody and Comprehension. Reading books will be changed every Monday. We encourage all children to read their books at home every day to support these skills.

A weekly phonics and spelling overview sheet will be uploaded to Dojo every Monday. These are to inform parents of the phonics being covered that week and for children to practice certain spellings at home if they wish to do so.

Your child can also choose and change their love of reading library book throughout the week once they have finished it.

Maths

Our Maths learning this term will focus on:

Grouping tens and ones and partitioning numbers; estimating and using a number line, measuring and comparing lengths and heights, mass and volume and capacity.

Our PE days will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

This half term will focus on:

Locomotion: Jumping

The focus of learning is to recap jumping, in different directions, at different speeds and different levels.

Throwing and catching

The focus of the learning is for pupils to develop hand-eye coordination through throwing and catching.

Class organisation

The children will have a main lesson input as a whole class and then complete their independent work with an adult in a small, focused groups. They are able to access activities within the classroom at their tables if they are not working with an adult or outside, which will further their understanding of topics.

Other

Children should bring their reading book to school everyday please. Their library books can be changed daily.

Please send your child to school with a named drinks bottle each day, this should only contain water please.

A piece of fruit will be provided as a morning snack for each child everyday.

Please ensure all children's uniform and coats are clearly named. Thank you.

Summer Term 1

Our STEAM topic this term is ‘Trees and Seasons' and our STEAM enquiry question is ‘Why aren't all seeds the same?’

Here is an overview of our planned learning for this term.