Welcome to our Year R, Squirrel Class page 

Class Teacher: Mrs B Taylor

Support Staff: Miss D Mitchell, Miss A Friday 

PE Days: Tuesday and Thursday  

In Squirrel class we are just beginning our exciting journey through Thorpe Acre Infant School. In our class we work hard on developing our understanding of ourselves and our feelings, making friendships, communicating effectively with others and learning rules and routines. 

Please click on the link below for all the information on what we are learning about this half-term. 

Week Ending 3rd October 2025

English: The children have been learning the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with the help of actions and a story map.

Maths: Squirrels have been exploring size and mass. The children have learnt words such as 'bigger', 'smaller', 'heavier' and 'lighter'.

During outdoor learning the children tried porridge just like the Three Bears! We had a surprise visit from our own bear who asked us who had been eating his porridge!

Week Ending 26th September 2025

Year R In Literacy the children have been reading the story 'We're Going on A Bear Hunt'. They have made their own actions to help them retell the story. This week's provision has also supported the children with using language from the story. In Maths, the children have been creating and continuing simple patterns.

Week Ending 19th September 2025

The focus this week has been RE and how babies are welcomed into the world. Mrs Pullen visited with her new baby to talk about how she welcomed her baby. The children asked lots of super questions. In Maths, they have been comparing amounts and using words such as “more, fewer, same as”.

Week Ending 26th September 2025

In Literacy the children have been reading the story 'We're Going on A Bear Hunt'. They have made their own actions to help them retell the story.  This week's provision has also supported the children with using language from the story. 

 

In Maths, the children have been creating and continuing simple patterns.

Week Ending 12th September 2025

This week in literacy, the children have been thinking about all the things that make them 'unique'. The children also brought in photographs of their family members and got to share these during Circle Time.

In Maths this week they have been learning about 'matching' and 'sorting' objects.

Week Ending 5th September 2025

The children in Reception have been focusing on getting settled into school life, learning the rules and routines and starting to develop friendships with their new classmates. They have also been working on awareness of rhymes and have been singing and acting out lots of nursery rhymes in Literacy and number songs in Maths. They have started Phonics lessons, learning how to read and write the sounds m, a, s, d, t. They have been playing some Fred games with our new friend Fred, listening to sounds