Mixed Year

Mrs Allen 

Mrs Stepian, Miss Delander, Miss Jenkins, Miss Wells, Miss Ashfield, Ms Rawlinson, Ms Rhoades, Mrs Aripin, Mr Edwards

Teacher Bio

Welcome to The Orchard - the place where we come together to learn! My name is Mrs Allen and I am the class teacher of The Orchard. I love to read lots of different books that take me to new places and most especially where there is always a hero ready to save the day! I am ever ready to travel to exciting places where I can learn about different cultures around the world and taste different cuisines. I have also climbed two of the UK’s most well-known mountains- Scafell Pike and Snowdon. It was incredibly high- but the view from the top was spectacular! When I am at home, there is nothing else I like doing more than dancing and making lots of different things from yummy bakes to sewing and painting.

There is so much to look forward to this year. I am delighted to join in all the exciting learning journeys we will be making.

Class Routines

Start time: 8.40am - 8.55am

Finish time: 3.10pm

Our regular PE lessons are as follows:

Reception: Physical play in the environment

Year 2: Wednesday

Year 4: Wednesday & Friday

Year 5: Tuesday & Thursday 

Year 6: Monday (Juniper), Wednesday (Rowan), Friday (Juniper and Rowan)

Sensory circuits for Orchard class: Tuesday

On these days, children should come to school wearing their PE kit.

Please ensure reading books and reading records are brought into school everyday as we will be reading and changing books with the children regularly. Try to read with your child as often as you can. 

Current learning: 

This Autumn Term we will be getting to know our new year groups and continuing to work on our reading, writing and maths skills at our level. 

Phonics: 

We spend time every day learning and using our phonics.  We use this to help us with our reading and writing. 

Reading: We read as often as possible and apply our phonics learning to help us. 

Fine Motor Skills: We are always doing lots of activities that make our hands strong.  We do lots of cutting, threading, playdough work.  All these things are fun and we are getting stronger at the same time.

Speech and Language: We work on any specific targets that have been set for specific children as well as ongoing activities to develop understanding of language.

Social Skills: We spend a lot of time supporting social interaction through guided play activities and small group work. 

We work hard to follow all the specific elements in each child's individual provision map to ensure that targets from EHCPs are met.

The 4 areas of need according to the SEND Code of Practice

If your child has a SEND, their needs will fall into one or more of the following 4 areas. To find out more about each area of needs and how to support your child at home, please click below.