Welcome to Gunwalloe Class
Teacher
Amanda Foster
(afoster@stithians.cornwall.sch.uk)
Support Staff
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| Jo Strick |
Adele Zschiesche |
Lacey Isaacs |
Welcome to Gunwalloe Class.
Information
Our Welcome Pack details all the day-to-day information you may require.
The Photo Gallery is full of helpful images of the Gunwalloe team, members of the school staff, and pictures of the inside and outside facilities.
The school's Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Policy includes:
- The school's vision
- Aims and principles
- Planning and organising the curriculum
- Classroom organisation and resources
- Use of whole school resources
- Induction
- Involving parents
- Language and literacy supporting the reception child
- Assessment and record keeping
- Monitoring and evaluation
The Early Years ELGs and Development Statements introduces parents to the seven areas of learning and development.
A baseline assessment will take place within the first six weeks of entry to school. This information pack is sent out to all parents at the beginning of the year. For more information, see the government website here.
Class information
Hi, my name is Nellie and I am a cuddly blue elephant. .
Every Friday I sneak into a bag in the hopes of joining one of the children for the weekend. I am a great guest as I am snuggly, quiet and will eat almost anything. I am partial to biscuits so it is probably best if you hide them up high in a cupboard. I travel with few possessions, even though Miss Foster has promised to make me some pyjamas. If you would like to add something for the next sleepover, I would be very appreciative (ie a toothbrush)
Termly Newsletters
Click below to read the latest termly newsletter
Newsletter - Summer Term 2
Newsletter - Summer Term 1
Newsletter - Spring Term 2
Newsletter - Spring Term 1
Newsletter - Autumn Term 2
Newsletter - Autumn Term 1
Yearly Topic webs
Half-termly topic webs for the school year are shown below. Click on the available links to view the topic webs.
Weekly celebration certificates - Autumn Term 1
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10th January 2025
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POW - Bryn
Virtue - Elias
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| 17th January 2025 |
POW - Ben
Virtue - Mawgan
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24th January 2025
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POW - Robbie
Virtue - Jai Jai
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31st January 2025
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POW - Millie
Virtue - Ronnie
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7th February 2025
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POW - Betony
Virtue - Gracie R
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Weekly blog
7th February 2025
Ahoy landlubbers! This week we have taken a journey through the lives of pirates to understand who they were and what they did. We learnt that there were women pirates too who took on the challenge of being at sea. Grace O'Malley was one such pirate, and through her we learnt about piracy and trading. We created a PE lesson about travelling around the sea and into a galleon using a variety of apparatus - travelling, balancing, swinging, climbing and throwing. All Gunwalloe pirates went on a treasure hunt and collected 53 doubloons. They did this by answering questions on pirate terminology, and pirate facts. For searching for and collecting over 50 doubloons, the children had a snack time pirate feast. To finish our week we have made pirate maps, created a pirate role play area, played pirate games, completed pirate maths and finally had our pirate photos framed with our new pirate name. Finally, your child should have come home with a pirate prize of a certificate, gold doubloon and some choccy. All pirated out now!
31st January 2024
This week in Gunwalloe we have started a mini topic on boats. The children have learnt that boats have different names and are used for different purposes. The children have also used their fine motor skills to draw a boat, naming as many parts as they could. We have used a variety of resources to learn about floating and sinking before we make small boats to use in our sailing race next week. In Maths we have continue our numberwork using numbers to 5 and then at 6 and 7, subitising, counting, partitioning and matching. In Phonics and reading we have been working on the phonemes ch, sh, th, ng. We have read books with these sounds in them. Or writing has been linked to our topic, labeling boats, plus creating phrases/sentences using our weekly phonics book as a starting point to make our writing more descriptive.
24th January 2025
This week we have been learning about 'recycling' and as part of our vehicle topic, this includes a recycling truck. We watched a video about how our rubbish is picked up by trucks with rubbish in black bins and recycling bags. The children then checked out all of our packaging to look for the recycling logo. We discussed what the packaging told us about which things we could recycle and then we had a big clear up, sorting all our rubbish into the correct coloured bags. Next, we learnt about the 3 Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle, before finally looking at how rubbish affects our environment. We did find out that Cornwall converts our non-recyclable rubbish to energy and no landfill is used. In phonics, writing and reading we have now learnt about the phonemes 'th' and 'ng' whilst in Maths we have been sorting and counting 3d shapes and working on subitising and partitioning five. Finally, we have started constructing our vehicles, made from the recycling materials we have collected in school.
17th January 2025
Choo, choo! Our mini weekly topic has been 'trains'. This week we have learnt about Richard Trevithick and the steam locomotive he designed back in 1804. We have watched a video of the replica of the locomotive in action, learnt a song about how the steam locomotive works, drawn pictures of trains and looked at how trains have changed over time. Our home corner is a train station with a ticket office and a platform, where the children are having fun going on a journey. In Maths we have been working with 3d shapes - sorting, matching and building and continuing our number work with looking at one more.
10th January 2025
We have had a wonderful return to school after our Christmas break and all children are excited to get back into our daily routines. We have introduced our termly topic and explained what activities and learning experiences we will have. This week we have completed holiday news, a new phoneme 'ch', maths numbers to 20 on our vehicle numberline, 3d shapes, guided reading and started our DT project - create a model car from junk. We will be adding a pivot, a hinge and a slider to the vehicles as we progress as part of our science coverage.
RESOURCES
Bug Club - sequence of learning in Reception
