Elm

Mrs Worn

Teaching assistants: Miss Ward

If you would like to contact the class teacher please email admin@thepineschool.org.uk

Welcome to our class page. Here you can find key information about routines, what we are learning and how you can get involved.

Teacher bio:

I'm Mrs Worn and this is my fifth year teaching at The Pines. Some of you may know that I have been working in Key Stage 2 recently however my background, and the majority of my teaching experience, is within EYFS and I am really excited to be teaching Reception this year.

I live locally with my husband and two daughters, one who also attends The Pines. As a family we love being outdoors, we spend time going for walks, cycling and visiting the beach. We are very lucky to own a campervan and enjoy getting away on adventures as often as we can. I have a real passion for reading and love telling stories, I really hope that reading is something that the children will really enjoy this year!

Class Routines:

Children will enter and leave school using the door into the Reception classroom. Please let the office know if a different adult is collecting your child and provide them with a password for collection.

The children will all be encouraged to look after their belongings and to be independent. Please help your child by labelling EVERYTHING! Especially, jumpers, shoes, lunch boxes and water bottle.

PE lessons will be on a Monday afternoon and children will be participating in enrichment activities which may include PE sessions on a Friday - please send your child to school in their active PE kit (green / white t-shirt, black shorts/ plain sports trousers, socks & trainers)

Once the children are settled into school, they will be able to visit the library. Books will be sent home for an adult to enjoy reading to the children. These will be changed once a week, usually on a Friday. Please look after them carefully.

Learning Environment:

We are privileged to have a spacious, exciting and well-resourced EYFS. Our classroom and outdoor space is set up for independent access of resources, enabling children to pursue their own fascinations. Children free flow between the inside and outside spaces giving them the freedom to learn in a way that best suits their needs and interests. We are continually updating and improving our environment based on the needs and interests of each cohort but just some of the things you would find set up at the moment are: sandpit, water tray, sensory tuff tray, mark making and writing opportunities, junk modelling and creative area, gross motor equipment such as balancing beams, large tyres, crates and blocks, small world resources, roleplay area, stage and musical instruments, maths area, investigation area, fine motor table and more!

Our Current Learning:

In the first half of the Autumn term, we will be diving into the story of The Little Red Hen and exploring a range of exciting new vocabulary. Through the magic of Drawing Club, we’ll also journey into other stories featuring families and farms. We are really excited to get stuck in with starting phonics and teaching the children how to blend phase 1 sounds in order to start reading simple words. Children will begin to bring books home as they are ready to read them. In Maths, we will be looking at 3d shapes and using these to create shapes and spaces - learning how to understand different properties of shapes that children know and learn. This year The Pines School is launching "Happy Mind" which is a new growth mindset scheme which enables children to learn all about the brain and their emotions, this will be especially important for our new Reception class who are just beginning to learn how to manage their bigger feelings.

Supporting material for our Phonics learning