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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20th September 2024
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POW – Millie
Virtue - Betony
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27th September 2024
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POW - Bryn
Virtue - Kingsley
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11th October 2024
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POW - Paisley
Virtue - Frank
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18th October 2024
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POW - Mawgan
Virtue - Elias
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25th October 2024
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POW - Chari
Virtue - Ben
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8th November 2024
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POW - Gracie-Leigh
Virtue - Lowen
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14th November 2024
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POW - Kara
Virtue - Gracie R
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22nd November 2024
29th November 2024
6th December 2024
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POW - Ronnie
Virtue - Jai Jai
POW - Arthyen
Virtue - Robbie
POW - Ollie
Virtue - Emily
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Weekly blog
6th December 2024
This week in Gunwalloe we have been rehearsing the Christmas play with Marazion and Sennen Class. We have learnt about how people celebrate Christmas and listened to the Nativity. Activities have begun to create Winter/Christmas items for the Christmas Fayre - wreaths, snowmen, twig decorations, Father Christmas ornaments, and Rice Krispie tree treats and, more importantly, created items to bring home to celebrate Winter. The children have finally completed their assessment tasks. Everyone has worked really hard and we have been celebrating the progress that each and every child has made over this last term.
29th November 2024
In Gunwalloe class this week, we have been learning all about Hanukkah, the festival of lights celebrated by Jewish people. The class have listened to the story of how Hanukkah came about, and how Jewish families celebrate this festival. It was great to hear the children talk about the similarities and differences between the celebrations we have learnt about. In Maths we have started to learn about measuring height whilst in phonics, reading and writing and number work, all children have completed assessment tasks. The tasks give us information on how much of the learning your child has retained and allows us to provide future learning opportunities related to what they need to do next.
22nd November 2024
This week in Gunwalloe we have been looking at where light comes from. The children worked independently to draw four things that give us light. Ideas included torch, fire, sun, candle, fireworks and lamp. As part of our literacy lesson we discussed how and why we wash our hands. We washed our hands and then created picture sequences as a way to show what we know. Maths this week has focussed on prepositions and composition - what makes five? In phonics the children have practised matching letter names and sounds followed by writing our letters using the correct letter formation. Our Winter focus has been, clothes we wear when it is cold. We have also have fun in our Winter wonderland role play area with a fantastic arctic small world table.
14th November 2024
Learning about celebrations has been our focus this week as we looked into the festival of Divali, celebrated by Hindus across the World. Our daily start to school has been to hear, through stories and videos, about the lives of Hindu children and how they celebrate this festival of lights. We have recreated the story of Rama and Sita, recognised the importance of Rangoli patterns, made lists of preparations for Divali including dresses up, sending cards, eating traditional foods, watching fireworks and much, much more. The children have been extremely clever at recalling all the new vocabulary of the week too, I wonder how much they can share with you at home? In Maths we have been looking at the composition of 5 in a variety of ways using terms such as whole and part and created our very own pictures using known 2d shapes, whilst in phonics we have been blending 3 and 4 letter words with our online Bug Club.
8th November 2024
This week in Gunwalloe has been a very busy time. In Maths we have worked on subitising with numbers to five and creating pictures with 2d shapes - tangrams. In phonics we have been continuing learning our phase 2 phonemes and practising blending cvc words. At the beginning of the week the children wrote about their holiday news and have started to segment for writing. Arts, crafts and drawing have played a big role in our week. We have created bonfires from tissue paper, twigs and leaves, printed fireworks with paint and used the interactive whiteboard tools to draw fireworks. Finally, our Winter Wonderland home corner has been created, just needs the children's artwork for it to be ready to enjoy.
RESOURCES
Bug Club - sequence of learning in Reception
