Class Information Please ensure you are registered with the school app and are signed up to/regularly check Seesaw as we post updates and photos on here of the children’s learning. Please feel free to comment and share children’s achievements at home on here too. These may be then mentioned in our Thursday ‘Joy and Gratitude’ school assembly. Badgers also have a class page on the school website with up- to-date information for parents (under the ‘Children’ tab). The website also has information on home learning.	Home Learning Routines: For home learning, please could you regularly listen to your child read, work with them on their current KIRF (Key Instant Recall Facts in maths) and help them to practice their weekly spellings. KIRFs will be assessed on a rolling rota each week. Your child’s KIRF target will be labelled in the front of their Reading Records along with an information sheet with ideas on how to help them. There is a good information page on KIRFs on the school website but please get in touch if you feel you need further support/guidance. Times Table Rockstars should be used frequently for learning at home. We will be sending out new login details soon. We will have a Times Table Rockstar class superstar chosen weekly with a certificate awarded for great effort/progress throughout that week; this child will also be able to bring in ‘show and tell’ if they would like to the following week. Please do not allow your child to bring in ‘show and tell’ otherwise. In addition, 6 creative tasks will be set each term on Seesaw. These are linked to our topic and are a great way to further develop your child’s learning at home. Purple Mash log ins will also be sent out as this website is another great home learning aid.
Topics: Our topic in Autumn term: Knights and Quests In Science this term, Badger Class will study: Rocks and Fossils
Dates for your diary: Forest School will be every Thursday this half term. We will then have it again in the second half of Spring Term. Forest school kit should be brought in on these days, not left at school please. 19th, 26th 3rd, 10th On the September and October Badger class will be at Eden Rock to learn some climbing skills. 5th On the October, we will have a visit to Carlisle Castle. 14th On the October Gwen Bainbridge will be coming in to make clay gargoyles.
P.E. Routines: Badger class will usually have P.E. on Mondays and Fridays. Due to Forest School, they will not be doing it on a Friday for this first half-term. Please have children wearing the school regulation PE kit when they come into school on these days. Sometimes P.E. will be outdoors so kit needs to be warm and trainers should be worn.	Spelling Routines: Your child will have a new set of spellings each week. Again, these will start to be sent home once our new Phonics Scheme is in place. Please try to practise spellings with your child daily as it really boosts their confidence and improves their writing when they are getting the spellings correct.

Reading Routines: The children will have opportunities to read daily in class through whole class, group and independent reading. Children are encouraged to read daily at home too. This year we are starting a new phonics program which will determine some of the books that will be sent home. This will not start for a couple of weeks so please do not worry that your child doesn’t yet have their reading pack; we will give these out once the scheme has begun. For now, we will give out a ‘reading for pleasure’ book that should be shared with an adult to encourage a love of books. Children have responsibility for changing books but we do encourage repetition to increase fluency, confidence and reading expression. When your child has received their pack with their Reading Record, please ensure it is sent to school EVERYDAY. Adults in the classroom will write in these books when your child reads at school. It would be appreciated if you also write in their Reading Record when you read with them at home. In Badger Class, we have a class novel which we read together. couple of weeks so please do not worry that your child doesn’t yet have their reading pack; we will give these out once the scheme has begun. For now, we will give out a ‘reading for pleasure’ book that should be shared with an adult to encourage a love of books. Children have responsibility for changing books but we do encourage repetition to increase fluency, confidence and reading expression. When your child has received their pack with their Reading Record, please ensure it is sent to school EVERYDAY. Adults in the classroom will write in these books when your child reads at school. It would be appreciated if you also write in their Reading Record when you read with them at home. In Badger Class, we have a class novel which we read together.	Additional Adults in Class: Mrs Mattinson is our TA and will be in our classroom every morning Monday-Thursday. Mrs Holmes will be in on a Wednesday and Friday as part of her TA training course. Parent volunteers are always welcome.
a couple of weeks so please do not worry that your child doesn’t yet have their reading pack; we will give these out once the scheme has begun. For now, we will give out a ‘reading for pleasure’ book that should be shared with an adult to encourage a love of books. Children have responsibility for changing books but we do encourage repetition to increase fluency, confidence and reading expression. When your child has received their pack with their Reading Record, please ensure it is sent to school EVERYDAY. Adults in the classroom will write in these books when your child reads at school. It would be appreciated if you also write in their Reading Record when you read with them at home. In Badger Class, we have a class novel which we read together.	Reading Routines: The children will have opportunities to read daily in class through whole class, group and independent reading. Children are encouraged to read daily at home too. This year we are starting a new phonics program which will determine some of the books that will be sent home. This will not start for a couple of weeks so please do not worry that your child doesn’t yet have their reading pack; we will give these out once the scheme has begun. For now, we will give out a ‘reading for pleasure’ book that should be shared with an adult to encourage a love of books. Children have responsibility for changing books but we do encourage repetition to increase fluency, confidence and reading expression. When your child has received their pack with their Reading Record, please ensure it is sent to school EVERYDAY. Adults in the classroom will write in these books when your child reads at school. It would be appreciated if you also write in their Reading Record when you read with them at home. In Badger Class, we have a class novel which we read together. couple of weeks so please do not worry that your child doesn’t yet have their reading pack; we will give these out once the scheme has begun. For now, we will give out a ‘reading for pleasure’ book that should be shared with an adult to encourage a love of books. Children have responsibility for changing books but we do encourage repetition to increase fluency, confidence and reading expression. When your child has received their pack with their Reading Record, please ensure it is sent to school EVERYDAY. Adults in the classroom will write in these books when your child reads at school. It would be appreciated if you also write in their Reading Record when you read with them at home. In Badger Class, we have a class novel which we read together.	Teacher Time and Contacts: Miss Finlinson teaches Monday-Wednesday. Mrs Gale teaches Thursday and Friday. Mrs Wildey will teach Badgers part of Tuesday morning to cover Miss Finlinson’s PPA. Miss Finlinson and Mrs Gale can be contacted via their work emails. It is usually best to send emails to both teachers so that queries can be dealt with promptly. Nicola.Gale@langwathby.cumbria.sch.uk s.finlinson@langwathby.cumbria.sch.uk Thank you for your continued support. It’s going to be a busy and exciting year!