Holly Berries

Welcome to Holly Berries
Holly Berries is home to our Year 1 and Year 2 children.  They are taught by Mrs Cox on a Monday and Tuesday and Miss Pearson Wednesday to Friday.  Miss Worgan provides TA support each morning and Mrs James in the afternoons.  Miss Goodall also works in the class as a 1:1 TA.
 
What author are we reading this term? 
 
Julia Donaldson
 
Julia Donaldson is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of one of her songs, "A Squash and a Squeeze", were made into a children's book in 1993.
PE

Our PE day is Wednesday. We ask that children come to school dressed in appropriate PE kit:

  • Black shorts/track suit bottoms
  • T-shirt in your house colour (red, green, blue, yellow) - no logos please
  • School jumper/cardigan 
  • Trainers/daps 
  • Hair should be tied up and earrings should be removed or covered.
Forest Schools

We spend Thursday morning at Forest Schools. We ask that children come to school dressed in appropriate clothing:

  • Old clothes with long sleeves and long trousers which you do not mind getting dirty.
  • Waterproof jacket and trousers (labelled with their name)
  • Wellies to be brought into school (labelled with their name)
  • A spare pair of socks is always useful!
Please ensure that children don't wear their wellies into school and have regular shoes. 
Get in touch on our class email: hollyberries@littledean.gloucs.sch.uk
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Phonics
 
We follow the ‘Little Wandle Letters and Sounds’ phonics scheme.  This program is used to support the children in developing their reading and writing skills. 
 
If you would like more information, including watching some videos explaining how to pronounce each sound, please click on the link below.
Phonics games 
 
If you would like any interactive games to support your child at home, please have a look at the links below. 
The Year 2 children will also be learning the spelling patterns from Phase 6 Letters and Sounds. A useful link to some videos and games to support them with this, can be found below.
If you want a game to help improve your child's spelling of these common exception words, click the link below and choose your year group!
Common exception words
 
In Holly Berries, the children are learning either the Year 1 or Year 2 Common Exception words. These are words that cannot be read or written phonetically. 
Below are the Common Exception word lists for both Year 1 and Year 2, which the children should be able to read and write by the end of their year.
Please read with your child at least 3 times a week. 
Reading is a great way to spend time together and helps children with all areas of their learning.
Interactive maths games 
 
There are lots of fun maths games that your child can do on the internet. Please click on some of the links below.
Below are some more useful websites for Maths.
Click below for a Glossary of words and phrases used in KS1 Maths lessons.
What is SPAG?
 
The document below shows the types of learning the Year 2 children will cover in their SPAG [Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar] lessons.
Glossary of SPAG vocabulary 
 
A glossary of words and phrases used in SPAG lessons, can also be useful when talking to your child about what they have been learning.
Handwriting
 
The children in Holly Berries are practising their handwriting using the cursive style which has both lead-ins and lead-outs, so that all letters join, and so that this continuous flow of handwriting will enable them to write faster. If you would like to help them with this, the image below shows how each letter should be formed.