Welcome to Iris Class
Here you will find regular updates of our current learning, ways to help at home and topic knowledge organisers. If possible please find time to have a look at these updates especially the photographs with your child. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to come and talk to us or email the school office. Thank you for your support, we look forward to working with you and your children.
Key Information
Library Day is Friday - Please remember your book if you have taken one home.
Forest School is on Thursday Afternoon - Each child needs Wellington Boots, waterproof trousers and coat and appropriate clothing for the weather.
Dance is on Thursday morning - No special clothing is required.
Week 1
It would be foolish to hope that every January term might begin with snow but oh, what joy to have been so lucky this year! A world transformed, a playground covered in beautiful ice, children enthralled by throwing snowballs and watching their white footprints manifest their running. The inside of the classroom could hardly hope to meet such heights but we were glad to return to our school normalities, exploring new textures and mark making possibilities in messy play, strengthening our dexterity in dough gym sessions and, of course, forest school. We also enjoyed the sensory story of Room on the Broom - especially enjoying the whoosh of the broom flying down to the ground and such a likeable cast of characters - and made our own wands and horrible beasts out of chocolate cereal cakes.
Week 2
We continued to explore the creative potential of feeding off Room on a Broom this week. We used chalk and glitter to make our own magic drawings, inspired by the 'Iggety, ziggety, zaggedy, zoom' illustration and enjoyed mixing potions in our own cauldrons. In more practical magic, we watched the interesting interaction of dyed oil and water during our 'attention autism' sessions.
