Dove Class is an exciting place to learn. In this class we are 5-7 years old (Y1 & Y2). Our teacher is Miss Fletcher. We also have Mrs Thurlow helping us learn as well. It is great when people come in to read with us – we love reading and being read to.

Sometimes we learn as a class altogether, sometimes we learn in our year group, sometimes we learn in other groups, sometimes on our own – it changes to make sure we learn the best we can (we often choose how we learn!). We know though, that whatever and however we are learning we should use the Roots to Success – they help us to make good choices about our learning and friendships. Having choices means we get to show our learning in lots of different ways too – through writing, pictures, practical activities, explaining our thinking to others.

A typical day in Dove Class looks like this…

We start our day enjoying books with our teachers and friends as we come into the classroom. These can be books from our class library or the books we take home. We then say good morning to each other when doing the register to make sure everyone has been greeted and starts us off for the day. In the mornings we have our Maths and English (Phonics, Spelling, Grammar, Reading and Writing) lessons with a break in the middle. As part of our break, we have a few minutes before going outside talking about things that are going on in the world at the moment where we share what we know, what we have heard and ask questions.

In the afternoon we enjoy having a story read to us as we settle in from our lunch time and break before we move onto our foundation subjects: R.E, Science, PSHE, History, Geography, Computing, Art, D&T, Music and P.E. Our learning is organised around different topics, linked to a main idea that everyone in school is thinking about. This means the different subjects can be joined up so we learn similar things with different skills, which means our learning sticks a bit better. Our teacher also tries to make sure we either go on a visit or have a visitor come into school to help us all see and learn about things in a memorable or active way, at least once a term (sometimes every half term!). It is much easier to share our writing and thinking when we have all had a similar experience.

We enjoy different leadership roles in school – it is not just for the older children. We also share our ideas in Learning Forum every week. Sometimes we even go to the secondary school for sports festivals.