Wren Class

Autumn Term 2026

Welcome to Wren Class. We are a mixed class of Year 1 and Year 2 children

WREN CLASS STAFF:

Mrs Berkley - Class Teacher  

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Kent, Mrs Warnes

LEARNING: 

We hope that you’ve had a lovely summer holiday and were able to enjoy some relaxing family time. We are delighted to welcome you all back to the start of our new Autumn Term and are excited about the learning that will be taking place. 

This term, Mrs Berkley will be teaching Wren class alongside Mrs Coduri-Dunn who will be teaching PE. We can be contacted via Dojo at any time and will respond during the school day to any messages sent, any messages sent after school hours may be read but not actioned until the next day.

We have a fun term ahead of us with lots of exciting lessons planned. In topic this term, we will be learning about different types of farming in the UK and will be comparing it to farming in China, then we will be looking at the history of transport. 

In science, we will be investigating animals around the world, including humans. We will be thinking about animal behaviours and diets and exploring how our own bodies work. We will begin using scientifical vocabulary and skills more fluently this year, and will gain an understanding of how to follow, and being to plan, our own science experiments.

In art, the children will explore how painters sometimes use paint in an expressive and gestural way. Explore colour mixing and experimental mark-making - painting without brushes! Culminating in ainting Suffolk landscapes inspired by the work of David Hockney. In DT the children will be earning about the key parts of a wheeled vehicle, the children develop an understanding of how wheels, axles and axle holders work while creating the mechanism for a moving vehicle.

In RE, we will be learning about why belonging to God and the church family is important to Christians. In the second half of the term, we will be learning about Jewish mitzvot and why learning to do good deeds is so important to Jewish people. The children will also be learning the story of the birth of Jesus through our Nativity play (more details of that to come later in the term).

In maths, both year groups will be revisiting place value and number during our first few weeks. The children will continue to improve their skills and knowledge this term by using objects and pictures to consolidate their learning. Our maths lessons will be largely practical with a written task included to check understanding. The children will be learning how numbers and maths fit into our world and how we can see maths everywhere.

In English, both year groups will be developing their English skills through texts selected from the Write Stuff scheme, particularly benefiting from the vocabulary rich learning it provides. The first books of the term that we will be using to support the children’s creative writing are  ‘Meesha Makes Friends’ followed by ‘Milo’s Monster” both of which cover some important PSHE topics. In addition, all children will be either learning new phonics sounds, recapping on those learnt before or be learning spelling patterns to help them to remember these in their writing.

In music this term, the children will be exploring pitch and sounds. We will think about the timbre of a variety of instruments and begin to learn musical terms for different pitches.

PE will be on a Wednesday afternoon, and children should come into school in PE kits on that day. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for these lessons as Mrs Coduri-Dunn hopes to be outside with them when possible.

PSHE will  follow the My Happy Mind curriculum grounded in neuroscience and positive psychology, it is backed by the NHS and helps children build resilience, self-esteem, and emotional regulation.

You can find our class timetable on Class Dojo which gives you information about all lessons and who will be teaching them.

Reminders for this half term: Homework is sent home on a Friday. If it is written homework, please could this be completed and back in school by Wednesday. Reading books should be brought into school every day but especially on Friday for Year 1s, when they will be changed. Our library sessions will be every Friday so children will need to return books each week.

We look forward to helping the children through their learning journeys this term.

Kind regards, 

Mrs Berkley