Cherry Tree Class 2026-27

Welcome to Term 1!

A warm welcome to our new Year 1 children and their families! I am so excited to be teaching your children this year! For the first two terms, I will also be sharing the class with Mrs Barton and Mrs Jones on the afternoons to help with the transition to Year 1.

Teacher Timetable:

Monday to Thursday mornings - Mrs Morton

Monday & Tuesday afternoons - Mrs Barton

Wednesday and Thursday afternoons - Mrs Jones

All day Friday - Mrs Jones

We have some exciting learning planned for the Cherry Tree Team over the coming weeks. 

The theme for our learning this term is a historical one and we will be asking ourselves ‘How has play changed over time?'. We will be thinking about our own favourite toys and comparing them to toys in the past. We are very much looking forward to our toy workshop run by Rutland Museum where we will have the opportunity to handle and play with a range of toys from the past and make some crafts of our own.  

In English we will be reading the story 'Old Bear' by Jane Hissey. We will use the story as a basis for our leaning and will be focusing on writing simple sentences  using finger spaces and full stops. In our daily phonics we will be reading and writing words containing Set 1 and Set 2 sounds.  

In Maths, we will be focussing on numbers up to 10. We will be practising our number formation as well as subitising and counting accurately. We will use the language of 'part' and 'whole' to explore how different numbers are made up. We will also start playing our Numbots games again!

Our PE sessions for Term 1 will be on Wednesday and Thursday. Please send your child into school wearing their PE kits on these days. We hope to continue to be outside as much as we can so please ensure your child has trainers in school on our PE days. We are in the process of planning our Forest School provision and will share some details with you in due course. 

In Art we will be making self portraits in the style of Henri Matisse and will also investigate different ways of printmaking.

In PSHE we will be focussing on our transition to Year

1 and learning our new classroom rules and routines. We will also be focussing on being EPIC by demonstrating ‘readiness for learning’ and ‘kindness’.

Each day, children need a named water bottle in school (containing just water please) and a healthy snack if they wish to have one at break time. We recommend a piece of fruit, chopped vegetables, yoghurt, cheese, smoothie etc. If the weather continues to stay warm,  please also send in a sun hat and ensure an all day sunscreen in applied before school.

For more detail on the rest of our learning, please see our termly plan and knowledge organisers below.

  As always, please get in touch via Class Dojo if you have any queries.

Thank you for your continued support.