A warm welcome to Robin Class – Spring Term 2026 part i

Welcome back, I hope you all had a restful and fun winter break. On behalf of the staff team in Robins, thank you so much for your support and your generosity towards us. We are excited to see you all again and eager to jump back into learning!

This half term we are going to be exploring the land down under... Australia! Our Australia learning will be mainly based in our Geography lessons, but we are also going to be linking it to our English and writing this half term. Prepare to be amazed by the Year 1s upcoming setting descriptions of an Australia beach, and by the Reception children writing short phrases about places in Australia (I'm looking forward to seeing the spelling of Uluru!).

To the right you will see links to Phonics, General Information, Gallery and Home Learning. Please take time to have a look at the General Information section to familiarise yourself with all the essential information about being in Robin Class.Don't miss out on our Curriculum Boxes on the General Information page to find out further details about what we we will be learning about this half term.  Refer to the Home Learning section for additional information about learning you can do at home. In the Phonics section you will find videos of how to say and write the sounds and digraphs that we learn in Phonics during Reception and Year 1. Our Gallery section will be updated regularly with photos about what we are getting up to. We update all the sections on the Robin Class page with the relevant information for the start of each half term.

We love celebrating and learning about the rich diversity we have with our Robin Class family. We always welcome family visitors who can talk to the children about their culture or any festivals they celebrate. If you would be interested in doing this at any point during the year, please do contact Mrs Hedges. Details of the best ways to communicate with the staff can be found on the General Information page.

Please note that this term our PE lessons will take place on Thursday and Friday afternoons. We invite the children to come into school wearing their PE kits.  As a reminder, this should be a white t-shirt, black or navy shorts/joggers (weather dependent), and their school sweatshirt or fleece. Long hair should be tied up, and earrings should be covered or removed. 

On the first Wednesday of each month, with the odd exception, we would like to invite parents, carers or any family member dropping off a Robin Class child to come into class before registration and sit alongside them for a few minutes.  'Welcome Wednesday' is an opportunity to share in the children's work, read with them, or simply discuss the current learning summarised on our classroom working walls.  We hope this will become a precious and rewarding 10 minutes for the whole school community to get together regularly in class.  

Staff in Robin Class:

Mrs Hedges - Class Teacher
Mrs McNeil - Teaching Assistant  Monday-Wednesday (Teaching Science on Tuesday afternoon)
Mrs Nicklin - Teaching Assistant Thursday-Friday
Mrs Kim - Teaching Assistant  Tuesday-Wednesday afternoons
Mrs Lightfoot - 1:1 Teaching Assistant Monday-Tuesday

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