The following pages contain information for each class at Wistanstow C of E Primary School
Autumn Term 2025
Welcome!
Children in Ladybirds Class will be supported by Class Teachers Mrs Griffiths on a Monday and Tuesday and Mrs Watson on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. They will be supported all week by TAs Miss Pinches and Mrs Woodhouse.
Our PE session is on a Tuesday afternoon and children should come to school in their PE kit. If your child is unable to tie their laces, please send them in Velcro trainers. Please ensure long hair is tied up and earrings are taken out or covered. We will be outdoor learning on a Thursday afternoon, and may get mucky depending on the weather, so we would advise they bring a change of clothes and wellies just in case. Please bring a coat, preferably waterproof, EVERY day as we do venture outside whatever the weather.
Click the link below for information on what we will be learning during the autumn term this year:
Class Dojo
In Ladybirds class we use Class Dojo to record some of the activities our EYFS children take part in. We will give you a QR code when they start school, which will connect you to your child’s page, so that you can see what they get up to during their school day.
We also use Class Dojo as a reward system. Children can earn points by showing our school values and reading at home. When they reach 10 points, they can change their individual monster, and when the class have collectively reached 100 points, they get a whole class treat.
Reading
Please listen to your child read regularly, just 5-10 minutes a day will make all the difference. If your child is not ready to read independently, you can read to them or practice their sounds and write this in their reading diary instead. We will send a new reading book home with your child each week. Some of them may be more challenging than others and it is fine to help them when they need it. Reading diaries are for recording what they have read, at home (schoolbooks or their own) and in school, and need to be brought in to school EVERY day. We use the Pearson Bug Club scheme to teach phonics.
Click the link below for more information on our phonics scheme and how we use it in Class 1 to learn to read:
To hear how we pronounce each letter or sound when teaching, please watch the video below:
KIRFs
At Wistanstow, we take part in a new ‘KIRFs’ activity every half term to build up our mathematic skills. We do this activity 3 times over the half term and try to improve our score each time. Children will be sent home with a homework activity at the start of each half term that will help them with this. They may need help from an adult to read and have a go at them.
Please don’t hesitate to ask for any further information or advice. We look forward to a fantastic year in Ladybirds Class!
Y1 KIRFS Autumn 1
Y2 KIRFS Autumn 1
Summer Term 2025