Welcome to Jungle Class
All of the Reception children and Year 1 children are in Jungle Class. Our class teachers are Mrs Bray and Mrs Panther. Mrs Bray works Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Mrs Panther works Thursdays and Fridays. Our teaching assistants are Mrs Bell, Mrs Suter and Miss Whelan.
Jungle Timetable
Class celebrations – Week ending 3.7.26
Well done to Parker and Izzy!
Our topic learning so far!
World Book Day 2026
6.2.26 Riley Dog came in to class today to listen to some of the Year 1 children read their persuasive letters. He enjoyed them very much!
Our Matisse inspired digital painting!
A fab first half term!
We had such a busy first half term.
A bit of baking!
Jungle class enjoyed baking bread as part of their learning about Harvest in RE,
Marble run
Reception had to work together to create and test their own marble runs.
Changes
As part of our “Let’s explore” topic, our Year 1’s went looking for changes that were happening.
Our trip to Longleat!
The children had a fantastic day out at Longleat Safari Park. We saw lots of animals and enjoyed a picnic in the shade. Apparently, it was “the best day ever!”
Dinosaur Day 2025!
What a roarsome day we had in Jungle Class today!! A brilliant way to round off this half term!
Class Celebrations – Week ending 20.6.25
Our superstar learners this week are:
Etta and Milton!
World Book Day
We had such a great day, dressing up as our favourite book characters, decorating our classroom door in a Gruffalo theme and sharing lots of stories!
Great Jungle Bake Off!
Today we worked in groups to bake cakes. Lots of teamwork and talking was needed and apart from putting them in the oven, no adult help at all!
We all agreed the cakes were delicious and everyone received a handshake!
Sports Day!
Due to the weather it wasn’t quite the sports day we had planned, but we still had a fantastic morning or sport. The team spirit was amazing and everyone did so well in taking part.
Photos to follow.
Careers and Aspirations Week
What a great week we have had. The children loved dressing up in their ‘jobs’ clothes! We enjoyed having Mr Panther in our class after his talk to the school, so that we could have a closer look at the police things. Some children wanted to have a go at trying it on!
Class trip to the Sealife Centre
We had a very exciting day at the Sealife Centre. Our favourite creatures were the sharks, the seahorses, the turtles and the jellyfish, but we were fascinated by all the animals that we saw. We enjoyed a picnic lunch and a play in the adventure playpark.
Here are some photos to show you what a great time we had.
Summer 1 2024
Please click on the link below for our curriculum letter:
Jungle-Class-Curriculum-Letter-summer 1 2024
Our Topic this half term is called On The Beach.
In the On the Beach project, your child will learn about animals that live in rock pools and on the seashore. They will learn about the animals that live in the sea and find out about worldwide seas and oceans. They will explore the importance of looking after the environment to keep living things safe. They will learn about staying safe at the beach and find out about people who help us.
The link below (Did You Know), will help you support your child at home with prior learning and key vocabulary.
Home Learning
Twinkl Go game – Reception – Click on the link https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go and enter the code VP0162
Twinkl Go game – Year 1 – Click on the link https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go and enter the code VP0125
Red Nose Day!
We had a lovely day today, all dressed in red, to raise money for comic relief.
World Book Day 2024
Christmas Jumper Day 7/12/23
We decorated our Christmas Tree today! 1.12.23
Home Learning Week ending – 23.11.23
Twinkl Go game – Reception – Click on the link https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go and enter the code VP8203
Twinkl Go game – Year 1 – Click on the link https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go and enter the code VP8291
We enjoyed programming our BeeBots this week. 10.11.23
RESPECT!- 19.10.23
We spent the morning thinking and sharing about what respect means and ways we can be respectful.
Our MAF Day!
God Save The King!
Fire Safety – 4.5.23
The children enjoyed their fire safety session. They acted out putting out a fire and got the chance to dress up as fire fighters, as well as learning all about how we can keep ourselves safe if we hear a fire alarm at home.
Our Sponsored Dance 28.4.23
Red Nose Day Fun!!
World Book Day 2023
Reception enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year today. 20.1.23
We love reading!
We really enjoyed our Love of reading afternoon. We read Stickman and created our own Stick people and family trees.
Senses!
As part of our Human Senses topic we carried out different activities that tested how we used our senses. We were very good at using our senses to identify different things, but the taste test did make us pull some very funny faces!
Autumn photos
We have had a very busy term, here are some photos of the things we have been up to.
Phonics Workshop
Please see the link below for the phonics workshop information:
Rhino Readers
Click the link below to access the Twinkl Go website for the Rhino Reader books/Phonics activity.
Week ending 04.11.22
Year 1 – Phonics activity VP3765
Year R- Phonics activity VP1369
Weymouth Sealife Centre Trip
We had a fantastic day at the Sealife Centre and we saw so many different sea creatures, some of them were very funny looking. Our favourites were the sharks, rays, starfish and jellyfish.
Wriggle and Crawl – Learning
Happy Easter
We enjoyed tasting Hot Cross Buns! – week ending 11.3
This week reception tasted noodles in RE for Chinese New Year!
Making Houses
We enjoyed making houses that we saw on our walk through the village this week. We used a computer program on our iPads to build them!
We have already had lots have fun with our new topic!
Baking Day!
We loved our Festive Jumper Day!
Week Beginning 1st Nov– To start our new topic we went on a wonderful woodland walk. Take a look!
Jungle Fun!
What a fantastic first few weeks we have had in Jungle Class! Take a look at some of the things we have been up to..
