Welcome to Earhart Class!

This year we have named our classes based on inspirational people from around the world and from throughout history. Our class is proudly named "Amelia Earhart" to inspire our students with her spirit of adventure, courage, and perseverance. Just as Amelia broke barriers and soared to new heights, we aim to encourage curiosity, resilience, and the belief that anything is possible. 

We have two teachers in our Year 1/2 class this year and children are encouraged to reach for the stars and to strive and achieve the best that they can by all of us! 

Miss Needham 2.5 days (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Mrs Gough, will be teaching the class for 2.5 days of the week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday). Miss Needham will see the children in and out on Wednesdays.

We are very lucky to have Miss Morris as our TA this year however Miss Trapnell and Mrs Azeez will also be working across our key stage team too! 

Our three topics this year are: 

- Autumn - Our local area - children will learn about Drake's rise to royal favour and start to explore where we live.

- Spring - Great Fire of London

- Summer- Explorers

We are committed to building positive relationships with all children and their families and enjoy having that link, so please feel free to contact us whenever you need to and we will always do our best to help however we can. If we can't speak at the door, please use Class Dojo (please just be aware that  we will not see messages on Class Dojo during the school day due to teaching).

earhart@knowle-plymouth.co.uk

We can't wait for us to have an amazing year together!

Miss Needham and Mrs Gough

PE

Please note that we have PE on a Friday, so remember to dress your child in their full PE kit on this day. Please ensure your child has their coloured PE top, PE hoodie, PE bottoms, hair tied back and jewellery removed on these days so that they are ready and safe to take part.

Thank you for your cooperation. 

Homework

Year One

For Year One, homework will consist of spellings to practise for a test every Friday. The spellings are linked to the Year 1 National Curriculum. In addition, the children will bring home a Fantastic Facts math sheet with a range of calculations to solve. The sums will be the same every week and the idea is that the children will become more fluent in solving the calculations each week. Please ensure you also read with your child for 10 minutes EVERY night. 

Year Two

For Year Two, homework will consist of spellings to practise for a test every Friday. The spellings are linked to the National Curriculum. In addition, the children will bring home a weekly homework sheet that will allow the children to reinforce their learning from that week. This will also allow you at home, to see what they are learning at the time. 

Please note- Spellings tests will take place on a Friday

Reading

Children should bring in their reading records every day and are encouraged to read every night at home. Please do encourage your child to read at home, it'll only take 5 to 10 minutes and makes a tremendous difference to their confidence and attainment in class!  The reading book you receive will be in line with your child's reading ability.  The children are assessed regularly and book levels are set accordingly.   Books will only be changed if the reading record has been signed by an adult at home.  

AR- For children on the AR scheme, we encourage children to read the book 3 times before they quiz to give them the best chance of gaining 100%. Please continue to return the book each day.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Reading 

We would encourage you to read with your children every day. The children will come home with a book suitable to them that they can read to and with you and then quiz on in school. The more quizzes the more chances of winning prizes and the bigger the class word count! The Year 1 children and some Year 2 will also have a phonics screen this year so the more we can support them the better.

Homework 

Year One

For Year One, homework will consist of spellings to practice for a test each Friday. The spellings are linked to the Year 1 National Curriculum. In addition, the children will bring home a Fantastic Facts math sheet with a range of calculations to solve. The sums will be the same every week and the idea is that the children will become more fluent in solving the calculations each week. Please ensure you also read with your child for 10 minutes EVERY night. 

For Year Two, homework will consist of spellings to practise for a test each Friday. The spellings are linked to the Year 2 National Curriculum. In addition, the children will bring home their Times Table Travels sheet which they will be timed on weekly in hope that they will fly to the next country! The children should practice their 2x, 5x and 10x.   Please ensure you also read with your child for 10 minutes EVERY night. 

The children will also receive topic homework every Friday which will be linked to a subject within the National Curriculum.

Links 

Below are some links to help you, your child has a log in for TTRS, Numbots and Myon to be able to access these from home.

Please take a look at our curriculum aims for the Autumn Term using the link below! 

The children are loving it!