Mrs Knight
Class 1 Teacher and EYFS Lead
Mrs Barker
Class 1 Teacher
Mrs Toher
Teaching Assistant
Welcome to Class 1
Class 1 is a Nursery and Reception mixed class. We learn through a play-based curriculum, with adult led phonics, maths and topic sessions each day.
Parents and carers can view regular updates and photos to show the current learning via the Tapestry Learning Journal app. A login to the app will be provided when your child enrols at Whitemoor.
Children need to bring in the following each day:
- A Coat
- Water bottle
- Book Bag with their reading book and reading record
- A hat and sun cream (in Spring and Summer)
- PE Kit (PE is on a Monday)
- Wellington Boots - we like to spend lots of time outdoors and use the field even in wet weather.
- Spare clothes bag (2 pairs of underwear, socks, polo shirt, school jumper, trousers/skirt)
Please get in touch with any of the class 1 team if you have any questions, or are unable to access Tapestry.
For information about how children are taught in EYFS, please see here: Whitemoor Academy - EYFS Curriculum
Thank you,
The Class 1 EYFS Team
Mrs Knight, Mrs Barker and Mrs Toher
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Harvesting vegetables
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Playing in the water area
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Enjoying mark making
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Making vehicles outside
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Autumn enhancements in the playdough area
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Parachute games for gross motor skills
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We love to read!
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Exploring our mud kitchen
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Mark making outside
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Exploring ice
Curriculum map - Autumn parent information sheet - Class 1 - 2026
Inspiring a love for reading
In Class 1 we read stories as a class twice a day, and during child-led play the children have access to our well-resourced and comfortable book corner. Chidren have access to our half-termly drawing club books, as well as books related to our topic that term. So that all children can enjoy a story, no matter their reading ability, we also have a tomi box, with a wide varitey of stories.
All children are provided with a book bag and have the opportunity to visit the school library each week to choose a story to take home to share with an adult at home.
Children in reception will bring home a book each week linked to their reading level.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We start the year by supporting the children to gain a solid understanding of our school rules, and understand why following rules is important. Throughout the year, the children will develop friendships, and establish a strong sense of self. With adult modelling, quality interactions and our weekly SCARF sessions, children will deepen their understanding of their own feelings and the feelings of others. We will learn about our world and how we can care for it, and for other people, animals and plants. We support the children to grow in confidence and increasing independence with managing disagreements and conflicts in their play. Alongside SCARF, we also use We Thinkers to support children with their social development.
We start the year by supporting the children to gain a solid understanding of our school rules, and understand why following rules is important. Throughout the year, the children will develop friendships, and establish a strong sense of self. With adult modelling, quality interactions and our weekly SCARF sessions, children will deepen their understanding of their own feelings and the feelings of others. We will learn about our world and how we can care for it, and for other people, animals and plants. We support the children to grow in confidence and increasing independence with managing disagreements and conflicts in their play. Alongside SCARF, we also use We Thinkers to support children with their social development.
Communication and Language
Communication and Language is a huge focus area for our Reception classes. Our WellComm and We Thinkers programmes support social interaction and communication, speech, and language. We hold daily WellComm small group sessions to support the childrens communication and language development and have a WellComm related prompt at snack time to help them communicate with eachother.
Communication and Language is a huge focus area for our Reception classes. Our WellComm and We Thinkers programmes support social interaction and communication, speech, and language. We hold daily WellComm small group sessions to support the childrens communication and language development and have a WellComm related prompt at snack time to help them communicate with eachother.
Physical Development
The children’s PE sessions cover a range of activities which support their physical development, including gross and fine motor skills. The children have enjoyed taking part in PE sessions where they are learning to jump safely, walk, and run using varying directions and speeds. Our fine motor skills are developed each week in our finger fit sessions. This term we have been working on cutting, folding, painting, drawing and weaving.
The children’s PE sessions cover a range of activities which support their physical development, including gross and fine motor skills. The children have enjoyed taking part in PE sessions where they are learning to jump safely, walk, and run using varying directions and speeds. Our fine motor skills are developed each week in our finger fit sessions. This term we have been working on cutting, folding, painting, drawing and weaving.
Literacy
The children’s Literacy has continued to develop this term. We are so proud of the children’s enthusiasm for their daily phonics sessions, where they have learnt many phonemes and graphemes, and have the opportunity to apply these in their writing and writing. We have also started our drawing club sessions which the children have really enjoyed. Each week we really focused on a text, drawing, writing and answering I wonder questions about it. The children continue to practise their name writing daily and are supported with correct letter formation. We LOVE books and stories in Reception, and we are starting a book vote each day where children will get to vote for which story they would like to hear at the end of the day!
The children’s Literacy has continued to develop this term. We are so proud of the children’s enthusiasm for their daily phonics sessions, where they have learnt many phonemes and graphemes, and have the opportunity to apply these in their writing and writing. We have also started our drawing club sessions which the children have really enjoyed. Each week we really focused on a text, drawing, writing and answering I wonder questions about it. The children continue to practise their name writing daily and are supported with correct letter formation. We LOVE books and stories in Reception, and we are starting a book vote each day where children will get to vote for which story they would like to hear at the end of the day!
Mathematics
Our Mathematics curriculum supports children to develop secure understanding of early number. This term, using the Master the Curriculum programme, we have continued subitising (recognising small amounts without counting) and singing lots of number nursery rhymes. Mathematical opportunities are in every area of the learning environment, with loose parts for children to sort and count, shapes to discuss and describe, and fun puzzles to complete! Continuing to strengthen our subitising skills has supported us to recognise that numbers are made up of other numbers. With our new knowledge we have been working on composition of number, looking at dominoes, Numicon and other representations of number. Each day we practise our number formation and counting.
Our Mathematics curriculum supports children to develop secure understanding of early number. This term, using the Master the Curriculum programme, we have continued subitising (recognising small amounts without counting) and singing lots of number nursery rhymes. Mathematical opportunities are in every area of the learning environment, with loose parts for children to sort and count, shapes to discuss and describe, and fun puzzles to complete! Continuing to strengthen our subitising skills has supported us to recognise that numbers are made up of other numbers. With our new knowledge we have been working on composition of number, looking at dominoes, Numicon and other representations of number. Each day we practise our number formation and counting.
Expressive Arts and Design
The children have enjoyed creating observational drawings and paintings this term. We have been looking closely at flowers, and carefully drawing what we can see. We have enjoyed exploring rhythm and making patterns out of music and sound. We love imaginative play and this term we have enjoyed dressing up and role playing being police, fire fighters, doctors, farmers and vets.
Understanding the World
This term, we have been on welly walks, noticing seasonal changes around us and in our local environment. We have been able to spot many signs of spring! We enjoyed a visit to Heligan where we learnt what it was like to be a farmer and how to take care of the different animals. We celebrated St Piran’s Day by making our very cream teas, and created our own Cornish flags.
This term, we have been on welly walks, noticing seasonal changes around us and in our local environment. We have been able to spot many signs of spring! We enjoyed a visit to Heligan where we learnt what it was like to be a farmer and how to take care of the different animals. We celebrated St Piran’s Day by making our very cream teas, and created our own Cornish flags.