Maple Class - Year 1 and Year 2 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Maple Class 

Welcome to Year 1 and 2 where we focus on an exciting, hands-on approach to learning.  

Our class teachers are: 

Mrs Cavanagh- Monday  

Mrs Yates – Tuesday to Friday 

Our teaching assistants are: 

Mrs Cairns  

Mrs Bradley 

Mrs Toms 

A typical day for us looks like: 

8:50 – 9:00 Register 

9:00-9:30 Phonics and spellings 

9:30-10:30 Maths and Guided Reading  

Playtime 

10:45-12:00 Handwriting and English 

Lunch 

1:00-2:20 Foundation subjects 

Playtime 

2:30-3:00 Assembly 

3:00-3:20 Story  

Please bring a water bottle and snack or snack money to school every day.  

Homework will be sent home on a Thursday and needs to be returned the following Wednesday.  

Useful links 

www.topmarks.co.uk Lots of maths and English games here, check out ‘Hit the button’.  

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ Online books for children to read. 

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk  Children can read about the world of animals and find facts out. A useful website to help develop children’s understanding of nonfiction texts. 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm  Phonics games for children to use to practise new phonemes and graphemes. 

http://www.ictgames.com/  Many Maths games, for all ages. 

https://whiteroseeducation.com/1-minute-maths An app to download to practise mental maths skills.  

Our Class Promises 

We try our best. 

We are kind to everybody. 

We listen when people are speaking. 

We are polite. 

We have fun! 

If you have any questions then please speak to me before or after school. Alternatively, send me an email: 

Michele Yates myates@stannesfulshaw.net 

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