Owl Class (Resourced Provision) 2025 - 2026

Welcome to the class page for Owl Class.

Here you will find all of the exciting and wonderful things that your child will be learning during their time in our class. If you have any questions, please use Class Dojo or speak to a member of our team at drop off/pick up. Owl Class is split into two classrooms - Nest and Flight. Each classroom follows their own curriculum. 

Thank you

Class Staff

Teachers: Mr Kindon, Miss Kingham and Mr Byrne

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Clarke, Miss Wilson, Mrs Woods, Mrs Glover, Miss Oakes, Mrs Threadgold, Mrs Winstanley and Miss Hodkinson

Flight Classroom 

  This half term we are basing all of our learning around our topic 'Amazing Antacrtica'.

Our class text is 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers. Our writing lessons will focus on the effective use of adjectives and conjunctions.

Science

This half term, our science topic is Antarctica. We will be exploring the animals that live there, their habitats, and the reasons why humans are unable to live in such extreme conditions.

Physical Education
Our PE lessons will link to our learning about Antarctica. Pupils will explore different ways of moving like Antarctic animals and will take part in creating exciting obstacle courses to experience what an expedition to the South Pole might be like.

Geography
In Geography, our topic this half term is Where is Antarctica? Pupils will learn about Antarctica’s location, climate, and its key physical and human features.

Nest Classroom

Our Literacy work will be primarily based around our topic of 'Wonderful Wolves'. Our key texts will be: What's the Time Mr Wolf? and Little Red Riding Hood. Children will focus on holding a pencil with a secure tripod grip, forming some recognisable letters (mainly from their own name), using pictures or symbols to help ommunicate their ideas, writing their name independently and matching intitial sounds to letters (phoneme–grapheme correspondence). Learning will take place through a range of interactive and practical activities. 

Flight Classroom

Your child will have a Reading Record and reading book at an appropriate level that they will take home and bring into school each day.

Please read with you child and record this in your child's Reading Record.

If your child no longer takes part in our Read Write Inc Phonics scheme, they will take part in our Shared Reading Sessions.

If your child is on the Read Write Inc scheme, they will receive daily phonics sessions and read an appropriately levelled Read Write Inc book. 

Nest Classroom

Children will be read to during the school day and take part in daily RWI phonics sessions. Each week, we will have 'Words of the Week' of the week to focus on. These will incoroprate the sounds that the children are currently learning. Children will also learn Key Words daily.

Each time your child reads at home, please record this in their Reading Record. Your child should bring their Reading Record to school with them each day. 

Read with your child every day, even if it is just two minutes - this can make all the difference. 
Record in their reading diaries to ensure that your child is receiving their stamp for their book from the vending machine, or reading buddy. 

You could ask your child about what they think might happen next in the story, how do they think the character is feeling, who is the author and what do they do. 

Flight Classroom

In the Autumn Term, we will be focussing on multiplication and division.

Please see the maths expectations for the Year group your child is working within below - these are attached as PDF files.

Every Friday we will continue to test your times table knowledge so keep practising on TT Rockstars. It is great fun!

Nest Classroom

The children in Nest Classroom will focus on their indivicual learning goals. If the children are ready to access the White Rose Maths scheme, they will be focussing on Addition and Subtraction and Geometry. If they are not yet ready to acces the White Rose Scheme, they will focus on finding one more and one less than a number and using fingers or objects to show addition/subtraction practically. Most of our maths activities will be based around our topic, Wonderful Wolves.

About Owl Class

Owl Class is a warm, caring and nurturing environment. The staff in Owls are committed to securing the best possible academic outcomes for our children whilst supporting and promoting positive mental health. Our mornings are primarily focussed on reading, writing and maths, whilst offering opportunities for emotional regulation and positive social interactions. Our afternoons offer a broad and balanced curriculum alongside activities designed to boost the children's social skills and emotional well-being. This includes cooking, gardening and ELSA sessions.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Owls Team. Updates, messages and information will be communicated via the Class Dojo app. Children in our Nest Classroom will also be our Tapestry app. If you are having any difficulties accessing these apps, please speak to Mr Kindon or Miss Kingham. 

Uniform:

Children can wear their Darnhall Forest Schools kits to school every day - a lot of our learning will take place outside.

 Mondays- Each Monday, your child will be given their spellings to learn over the course of the week. They will complete a spelling test each Friday.

They will have opportunities to learn their spellings each morning in class, however, extra practice at home is essential.

Every day- Your child should read as often as possible when not in school and this should be logged in your child's reading diary. 

Times Tables Rockstars 

If your child is ready to move onto learning their times tables, they will be provided with a TT Rockstars Login. They will be able to practise their multiplication skills both in school and at home. TT Rockstars is an app you can download onto a tablet or phone and is a fun way for children to learn their times tables!

Other useful links:

Please see below links to useful websites for your child to use when they are at home. I will be adding to the list throughout the course of the year so please make sure you check for updated links.

Oxford Owl - Linked to our phonics Read, Write Inc programme https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/   

Story Nory - A range of stories by classic authors as well as poems musicals and fairytales. https://www.storynory.com/archives/classic-authors 

Story Berries- Read along with audio clips. https://www.storyberries.com

Monkey Pen-  Free downloadable children’s books in PDF format. https://monkeypen.com/pages/free-childrens-books

Free Children’s Stories-  https://www.freechildrenstories.com

Keeping Safe Online-  www.esafety.gov.au/kids 

Topmarks- A great way for children to practise many of their maths skills https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=3

Newsround is a very good outlet for your child to watch each day to gain a wider understanding of what is happening not only in our country, but the rest of the world. We will be watching newsround every afternoon in class.