Welcome to Chestnut Class!
We are a happy class of 29Year 1 and Year 2 children.
Class Teachers
Chesnut Class is now taught by Mrs Giomarelli and Mrs Alderson. Mrs Giomarelli teaches Monday to Thursday and Mrs Alderson teaches on Fridays. We will also teach the Year 1's for maths, and the Year 2s are taught by either Mrs Evans or Mrs Ginty with the other Year 2s.
Teaching Assistants
We also have other amazing adults in our class who help us-Miss Hindle and Miss Nisa who support us in the mornings.
Other Useful Information
Our P.E Days
Tuesday: Outdoor P.E
Thursday : Indoor P.E for Autumn 1 only and the rest of the year Indoor PE is on Thursday
Don't forget to come to school in full P.E uniform on these days. Have a look at the Uniform Policy if you are unsure.
Topic Homework
Each half term, you will receive a topic homework sheet which links with the topic in school. On it you will find lots of fun activities that your child can do. We recommended that your child completes some of their chosen activities and each completed activity is rewarded with house points. These homework grids will be sent home but are also available on our website in the 'Children' section.
Weekly Homework
Lots of our weekly homework will need to be completed online. We will support children who are unable to access this at home. Your child will have a copy of their login details in the front of their reading diary. Over the first few weeks of term, we will teach your children how to login and direct them to the correct homework for the week. If you are unsure about any of these, please pop in for a chat.
- Spelling Shed Spelling Shed - Spelling Shed - Spelling made awesome!
- Sum Dog to support maths Sumdog
- TT Rockstars (Year 2) Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
- Numbots (Maths Year 1 and 2) NumBots | Motivational maths practice for schools and families.
Homework will be set from Week 2 onwards.
Reading
Please support your child by helping them to bring their reading book and diary every single day. All children will have a yellow reading bookmark, which gives examples of questions you could ask whilst your child is reading. This encourages them to gain confidence with comprehension and retrieval.
Your child will also have a 'Reading Trail' in the back of their diary. Certificates and rewards are given for completed reading trails. Please have a go at the different challenges. The local libraries have lots of books which your child can borrow for free and they often hold their own reading challenges for children as well. We also have lots of lovely books in school which your child is welcome to borrow.
Every time your child reads at home they will be awarded with raffle tickets and entered into our weekly raffle prize draw!
- Bug Club to support reading ActiveLearn: Login (activelearnprimary.co.uk)
Autumn 1
Aliens in the Woods!
We have had a very exciting start to our term in Chestnut Class. Mrs Duckworth (in the office) phoned us to say there had been sightings of a strange flying object over the woodland. We said we would go and investigate! As we walked we heard loud clanking and banging noises and a whirring sound. The children thought it might be a spaceship! Then in the distance we saw smoke and wondered if the craft had crashed. Then we saw burn marks on some wood and lots of red berries on the floor! We thought the ship had lost control! We carried on our search and found a small yellow alien with 6 fingers and 1 eye!! What had happened? The children suggested we went back to class to check the cameras.
