A warm welcome to Burniston Rocks!

Miss Armstrong teaches in Beech Class full-time. Our wonderful teaching assistant is Mrs Taylor who will be working in Beech Class every day.

We structure our week using both focused whole class teaching sessions, small group work and in provision. We post regularly on Class Dojo, so please follow for interesting things we have been learning and sharing. In English we follow the Write Stuff, which is book-based approach to Writing. In Maths we use the White Rose Maths and a range of book-based and fun practical activities. We use the Little Wandle programme for teaching Phonics and Reading Practise.

Our Christian ethos is fully embedded in our daily routines and we aim to emulate our values in everything we do. We take part in daily acts of worship and prayer either as a whole school, a Key Stage or in class.

Reading Books

Children are allocated an eBook weekly on Big Cat on a Friday, tailored to their current individual phonic knowledge. This book is the same book that children have read in their Reading Practise sessions for the week in school, and is an opportunity to build children’s reading fluency and confidence. In addition, children also have the opportunity to borrow a library book from our school library to enjoy purely for pleasure. These are swapped on a Friday so please send book bags in on this day!

PE

For Spring 1, PE is on a Wednesday. We aim to be outside as much as the weather allows, so please send children with appropriate outdoor kit as well as indoor kit in case of inclement weather.

Supporting learning at home

Reading at home is so helpful in consolidating children’s phonic knowledge and reading fluency. We ask that children read their Big Cat eBook three times per week.

Children are also supplied with a log in for two maths-based home learning websites, RM Easimaths and Numbots. We ask that children access these weekly at home to build their number fluency and confidence in a fun way.

Class Activities and Events

Our classes use ClassDojo as our platform for class activities and events, for more details please login to your ClassDojo account by clicking the button below.

Class curriculum and useful documents

Please find useful class documents to help your child in and out of School.

Class photos