Pippins Class
Our teachers
Mrs Hayman and Mrs Fenton are the class teachers. Exciting news – This term we will be joined by Mr J.Ryan. Mr Ryan will be working with us over the year.
Mrs McKechnie and Mrs Calin will be supporting us in the classroom.
Weekly News- Welcome back to the Autumn Term 2025
Monday |
Mrs Fenton will be teaching on a Monday and Tuesday. All reading books to be returned please. PE will now be on a Monday afternoon. |
Tuesday |
Little Wandle Book home (this will have been read in school with your children, and you can spend some more time with the book at home. Please use the supporting worksheet at home to practice the work they have done in school, and return with their books on Monday of the following week. We will be focussing on writing skills matched to our PSHE and RE curriculum on a Tuesday morning. Any writing you can encourage the children to do at home will support their developing pen grip and control. |
Wednesday |
Reading Practice book home (this will initially be a wordless book until sounds are taught - there are some question ideas to ask inside the back cover. (PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN WHEN READ AT HOME & KEEP IN BOOK BAGS) This book has been carefully matched to your child’s current reading level. If your child is reading it with little help, please don’t worry that it’s too easy – your child needs to develop fluency and confidence in reading. Forest School in the afternoon |
Thursday |
This term we will be working on Oracy Show and Tell – the children may bring something from home to share with the class (this is something your child would like to talk about with the class, that is of interest to them ) LIBRARY In order to encourage your child to become a lifelong reader, it is important that they learn to read for pleasure. The sharing book is a book they have chosen for you to enjoy together. Read it to or with them. Discuss the pictures, enjoy the story, predict what might happen next, use different voices for the characters, explore the facts in a non-fiction book. The main thing is that you have fun! |
Friday |
Visiting clergy assembly Fine Motor Friday - on Friday afternoons we will be reviewing the week's learning and doing lots of activities to strengthen our fine motor skills to support our writing. |
What We Are Learning This Week
Curriculum Overview Autumn Term Week 3
Curriculum Overview Autumn Term Week 4
A Little Wandle video you can watch with your children that supports our phonics this term.
Knowledge Organisers
'You've got a friend in me' Autumn 1 Topic plan
Poem of the Week
Reception Key Texts
These are our key texts for the year....
Meet The Teacher PowerPoint
Meet the Teacher PowerPoint 2025
Autumn Term Photo Gallery
Spring Term Photo Gallery
Summer Term Photo Gallery
Blog
Pippins Class Summer Photos
Home Learning
Each child in Pippins class will receive the following homework:
Reading
ALL Reading books will be collected on a Monday and exchanged for a new book on Wednesday. Just 10 minutes of reading practice every day will support your child's reading fluency.
(Please keep in book bags safely, and please remember no water bottles inside book bags)
Little Wandle (our Reading scheme) books will be sent home on a Tuesday. These will be sent home in a zip-up folder together with a Home Learning sheet to support your child to practise and reinforce the phonemes and graphemes we are learning in school.
Letter join handwriting scheme – logons sent home
Doodle maths instructions and logins have been sent home – please see me if there are any problems.
Optional Homework (below)
Pippins have set an optional homework grid. There are eight fun activities on the grid to choose from over the term.
Children can bring their work to school on a Thursday to Show and Tell and share with their class or photograph it and upload it to Tapestry.
Autumn Term 2025 Optional Homework Grid