Beech
Welcome to Beech Class
All about your class teacher;
I am Miss Lockwood.
I have been a teacher for ten years and before that I worked in nurseries. I always knew I wanted to work with children, even at five years old, I was always bossy and making my younger brother sit and do writing!
In my spare time, I enjoy reading and watching rugby league. I also love to travel - my favourite country is Germany.
Our Class;
The adults in Beech class are; Miss Lockwood, Mrs Kirkham, Mrs Kay and Mrs Dovgan.
Long Term Plan
This half term we are learning about;
During the Autumn term, Beech class will be learning all about Yorkshire and the local area. We will be using maps, globes and atlas' to identify our local area and we will start to look at directional language using bee-bots and compasses.
In English, the children will be using comman (bossy) sentences to write their own instructional texts. You can support your child by writing sentences together at home.
In maths, the children will be learning all about the place value of numbers. We will do lots of counting to 100 and will focus on identifying numbers.
Our key vocabulary;
Recent - Something that has just happened.
Living memory – When something happens in a lifetime.
Locality – Where a place is found.
Changes – Something that becomes different.
Compare – To find similarities and differences.
City – A large town eg Leeds.
Town – A built up area with a name eg Holbeck.
Village – An area of houses and buildings smaller than a town.
Locate – To find a place on a map.
Map – An area of land or sea showing where they are placed.
Compass - north/south/east/west- An instrument that points in the direction that you are going.
Symbol- A drawing or letter that represents a place/building.
Nutrients - Food that is needed to live and grow healthily.
Up-coming trips, experiences and events;
In December, Key Stage One will rehearse and perform their nativity. Watch this space...
Important things to remember;
| Homework | The children will have a number square in their book bags. Please practice counting, reading and writing numbers to 100 with your child. |
| Floppy's Phonics | Floppy's Phonics is our phonics programme. Your child will bring home their phonics pack each Friday. Please look through their sound books and read the words/sentences with your child. You can also access the Floppy's Phonics online books by going onto |
| Oxford Owl for School and Home | |
| Username: beech ks1 | |
| Password: books | |
| Reading | It is very important for your child to build up confidence and fluency in reading. Please read with your child and log this in their reading record book. We will check each week and give the children a sticker on their bookmark. When their bookmark is full, the children will receive a reward! |
| PE kit | PE is on a Thursday, PE kit should be placed into a bag and brought into school. |
Useful links;
Oxford Owl for School and Home
This link has access to our Floppy's Phonics programme.
This link has access to different phonics games to support your child.
This link takes you to Purple Mash which is our computing programme. There are lots of activities, on this website, to support your child.
The above link has access to games to support learning across the curriculum.
Our Learning Gallery;