This is our class page to highlight all of the fantastic work we have been doing in Base 9. We will be showcasing all of our achievements and successes along with events and important information. Remember to keep checking in to see what we have been doing!
In this class we aim to always try our best and be kind to each other. We love exploring, playing, communicating and collaborating and have lots of exciting activities planned this year, so watch this space!
This is a mixed Year 1 and 2 class taught by Miss Ballance and supported by Mrs Li and Miss Weaver.
Must Knows…
Reading
In Base 9 we love learning to read and exploring books, stories, rhymes and songs. To help us learn, we have daily phonics sessions where we learn how to say and write our letter sounds. We also have three group reading sessions a week where we explore a decodable reading book. Our first session focuses on decoding the book, using our segmenting and blending skills. The second session explores reading with expression, and the third ensures we understand what our story is about and what all the words mean.
Once we have read this book three times we can take it home for a week, where we can read it again. The school expectation is that this book is read at home at least 4 times and recorded in our reading record. This will really help us to develop not just our fluency, but also our love for reading. Not to mention, we can also earn a raffle ticket that might win us a book!
Reading for pleasure!
We place a great emphasis on reading for pleasure and are always finding opportunities within the school day to share a range of stories and texts to help nurture a love of reading.
We love to hear about the children’s favourite stories and have introduced a reading for pleasure book, where the children are able to choose a book they enjoy to share at home for a week.
Both the decodable book and ‘Reading for Pleasure’ book are changed on Fridays.
Homework
We will send homework on a Friday and it needs to be returned by the following Thursday please. This will consist of the weekly spelling focus and learning our KIRF (Key Instant Recall Facts) focus.
PE – Tuesday and Wednesday
P.E. kits need to be worn every Tuesday and Wednesday.
The school P.E. kit consists of a red Randlay logo T-shirt/plain red top, black PE shorts/plain black jogging bottoms and a black logo PE hoodie/plain black sweatshirt.