Rowan Class 2025 - 2026

WELCOME TO ROWAN

 Miss K Davies is the Class Teacher.

Mr Parrish teaches PE every Tuesday afternoon Miss Davies will teach PE every Wednesday morning.

Mrs Turner is our Teaching Assistant.

Mrs Turner covers the class every Wednesday and Friday afternoon.

In Rowan class, we build on the firm foundations that have been laid in Acorns and continue to help all the children grow, not only academically, but also socially and emotionally. The children grow in wisdom through always striving to make wise choices, reflecting our Christian values and through accessing a broad and balanced curriculum. In Rowan we have many opportunities to shine whether it be in our day to day learning, performances, class trips or welcoming visitors to our class.

Our focus in English is accurate letter formation, sequencing sentences to form short narratives with a beginning, middle and end, and reading back our sentences to make sure they make sense. We are also making our sentences interesting by using adjectives in addition to extending our sentences by using 'and' as well as 'but'. Our text will be Coming to England by Floella Benjamin; using this text we will be using our imaginations and role play to understand the a characters emotions and record what that might be!

Reading continues to play a fundamental part in all areas of the curriculum. In class we have access to a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books which we are able to use, not only within our guided reading sessions, but also when appropriate in our curriculum lessons to support our learning. Throughout the year we engage in spotlight authors who have been chosen for their high-quality texts and will have to opportunity to listen to, read and learn more about these fantastic authors. One of our spotlight authors this year is the award-winning author and illustrator Jonny Duddle who is known for his picture books such as Pirates Next Door. Having this literacy-rich environment will encourage a positive culture of reading within our class and continue to promote the children's enjoyment of reading. If you can, please do take advantage of visiting your local library too.        

Phonics is taught daily using our accredited Ready Steady Phonics scheme. We will be revisiting and identifying alternative graphemes for know phonemes as well as split-diagraphs. 

   Tricky words:

   Phase 3 Phase 3 Tricky Words Song Say Hello To - YouTube

   Phase 4 Tricky Words Song Sight Words Song for said, have, like, come, some, what, when - YouTube

   How to pronounce pure sounds  Phase 3 https://youtu.be/WuDgZwQoZVA 

The Phonics Screening Check takes place in June and Rowan continue to be busy learning the sounds and how to apply them to support them with their reading.

In maths we will be exploring fractions, time and money. We continue with our daily fluency session in order to embed number facts.  

During our science lessons we will be exploring plants and animal where we will learn how to identify, name and describe a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Aswell as learning how to name and identify a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

Our religious education focuses in the Spring term will be Baptism. Where we will encounter the concept of God through the promises and symbols of baptism.

Our PSHE lessons will continue to explore the topics of relationships, diversity and sharing our world through our No Outsiders text. We will also be exploring how to keep our bodies clean, how we change over time - looking at growing from young to old as well as exploring different types of families and knowing who to ask for help.  

Through our geography lessons we will be understanding geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country. This will be linking very closely to our history lessons as we explore the historical event of the Windrush.

In computing we continue to focus on e-safety, using technology safely and keeping personal information private as well as coding, learning directional vocabulary and symbols. 

In our creative subjects we will be inpsired by the Flore and Fauna around us, linking closely to our science lessons. We will also be exploring the fantastic work of Eric Carle, another one our our fantatsic spotlight authors. Finally, we will enjoy developing music appreciation coupled with sound patterns through the theme of under the sea. 

Please note, PE continues to be on Tuesday's and Wednesday .  Please make sure that your child's PE kit is in school so that they have the correct kit to get changed into.

Homework

Homework will be set each Friday and will be due in the following Thursday. Please ensure the children's homework books are returned on a Thursday so they can be marked and the children's new homework added. Homework will consist work to aid current classroom learning and Numbots, which really helps to support their basic skills in addition and subtraction.

Please also ensure that your child reads at home at least 4 times per week. In Rowan, we expect the children to continue to be reading aloud to someone at home and for this to be recorded in their Home-School contact book.

If you would like any tips on how to support your child in reading you will find suggested strategies in the Home-School contact book. 

Our door is always open, please come and see us or write in your child's home-school contact book with any concerns, no matter how small you feel they may be.

Thank you, Miss Davies and Mrs Turner.

Below is an example Summer timetable for Rowan. Please note this is subject to change.