• Homework
• End of KS1 Assessment (SATs)
• Keeping the body and mind active
• Phonics Screening Check and Reading in Year 1
• Squirrels' Class Blog
• Dates for your Diary

Welcome to Squirrels' Class

Welcome to Squirrels' class where we are all

"a child of God, wonderfully made, dearly loved and precious in his sight." Psalm 139

We chose this Psalm to remind us that we are all special to God and together we can

'Let Our Light Shine' (Matthew 5:16).

In Squirrels we enjoy learning, always try our best and never give up!

Our teacher is Miss Jones 

We hope you have had a lovely summer break and we are so excited to welcome your children back to school!

Below you will find information about our school day and our curriculum. 

Our school day starts at 8:40am and home time is at 3:20pm.

PE days are Tuesday and Friday- please come to school dressed in your PE kit on these days.

        Super Squirrels start here! 

           ‘Let Your Light Shine’ (Matthew 5:16)    

               Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

                                                           
Our School Christian Values

• Love
• Hope
• Friendship
• Trust
• Forgiveness
• Joy and celebration

This term our Christian Value is:

               Love and Hope

At Tarporley we follow a B.O.O.K.S approach for part of our spiritual guidance and personal development.

We want to be/have:

Bravery                                        

Outward-facing                           

Opportunities                              

Knowledge and skills                 

Spirituality                                  

Through our curriculum we aim to inspire children with these attributes and always look for moments in our day where we can be BRAVE and OUTWARD-FACING, look for new OPPORTUNITIES, build on our KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, and take time to focus on our SPIRTUALITY.

We are a mixed year 1 and 2 class. We will study the Key Stage 1 National Curriculum and Miss Jones will adapt the learning expectations to individuals' needs and age to make sure everyone's light shines brightly.

Miss Jones will write a blog about our learning at least twice every half term (see the tab at the top - Squirrels' blog.) and will put something class-based on Twitter once a week. 

Our  Term

Welcome to our termly update. Here you will find information about the themes and topics your children will be learning over this half term.

Here is our y1/2 curriculum. Our super Squirrels are focusing on love and hope as our school value priority.

Our topic this half term is making histor

 summer 1 2025

Religious Education: Humanism

What do Humanists think a good life is all about?

English: Please do not read the books ahead of time as we enjoy discovering them together!

The Last Wolf by Mini Grey

Y1: Focus: clear finger spaces between words, use capital letters for names and the start of sentences and full stops at the end of ideas.

         :  start using ? !

         : become confident correcting their own writing with verbal/written support from the teacher

         : become confident rehearsing before they write and re-reading to check their work

Y2:

use subordinating clauses with if and that

add -er/-est to adjectives for comparison

use accurate punctuation (.?!)

use ' for contractions (it's/I've/they're)

use a range of sentence forms to engage the reader

re-read their work to check it will make sense to the reader

Maths: number

Y1: place value beyond 20

fractions

multiplication and divsion

Y2: statistics 

      geometry

Science: Plants

How things grow

Geography:

What is it like here?

Computing: 

technology outside of school

Music: Pitch

Ard & Design: wheels and axels

PE: 

athletics

See below: useful documents to help you support your child with their learning.