Woodpeckers Class

Key Stage 1/2 – Year 2/3

Children carry on their Key Stage 1 education in the Woodpeckers Class, where we continue to emphasise enjoyment of learning through our Creative Curriculum, covering all the core areas of the National Curriculum to establish a good foundation to take them into Key Stage 2 (by the time they reach Year 3).

In the morning the Woodpeckers class focus their work on Literacy and Maths and in the afternoons they look at a weekly subject such as Music, Technology or History etc. within the overall topic area for that half term. They also have weekly PE sessions with a qualified Sports Coach.

Mrs Thornton

Mrs Thornton

Woodpeckers Class Teacher

Mrs Hazelton

Mrs Hazelton

Woodpeckers Class Teacher

Mrs Hyde

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Thornton

Miss Bailey

Teaching Assistant

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On this page you will find news about our class, an overview of the work we are doing this half-term and links to online learning resources.

Latest News From Woodpeckers Class

Prehistoric Art

Prehistoric Art

In Art we have been looking at Prehistoric cave drawings. For our final piece in this unit, we tried to keep the materials we used as natural as possible as we know that materials such as paint and colouring pencils were not available for Stone Age people! We...

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Computing ‘Packets’

Computing ‘Packets’

Did you know that every image you send, document you write or video you see has to be sent across to you in packets? We looked at packets in our recent Computing lesson and learnt that packets are when documents online are broken up into lots of pieces and sent across...

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Food Bank Donation

Food Bank Donation

On Thursday 5th October, we held a Harvest Assembly in the school.  Families were incredibly generous and brought in some non-perishable items which were sent onto the Colchester Food Bank. Thank you all so much for the contributions. The Food Bank was incredibly...

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Stone Age Day at Stratford St Mary

Stone Age Day at Stratford St Mary

On Wednesday 20th September 2023, a Stone Age man called Sealbit travelled through time to visit the children in Woodpeckers class!  The children spent the day exploring The Stone Age through hands on, immersive experiences. The children learnt how man made fire, how...

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World Book Day Potatoes

World Book Day Potatoes

On Thursday 2nd March, it was World Book Day.  This year, instead of the children dressing up - they dressed a potato as their favourite book character. The children were involved in reading activities throughout the day and there was the opportunity to share their...

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Steam Power in Action!

Steam Power in Action!

As part of their Scientist study on George Stevenson, the children in Woodpeckers class have been learning about steam power.  We learned about how steam is different to smoke because smoke is from something burning, and steam is from liquid boiling. The children were...

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Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge Organisers are used within the classroom and can support children in their learning, for example, remembering new knowledge and vocabulary in a particular subject.

Spring Term 1 (2023) Knowledge Organisers

Name Last Modified
Cycle A - Spring 1 - 2024 - Art (Formal Elements of Art)
17 Jan 2024
Cycle A - Spring 1 - 2024 - Computing (Networks and the Internet)
17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024
15 Jan 2024
Cycle A - Spring 1 - 2024 - RE (Islam)
15 Jan 2024
Cycle A - Spring 1 - 2024 - History (British Empire)
15 Jan 2024
15 Jan 2024
Cycle A - Spring 1 - 2024 - PE (Gymnastics)
15 Jan 2024
Cycle A - Spring 1 - 2024 - PE (Fitness)
15 Jan 2024
Cycle A - Spring 1 - 2024 - PE (Fitness)
15 Jan 2024
4 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 2 - 2023 - PE (Mini Rugby)
3 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 2 - 2023 - Music
2 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 2 - 2023 - Computing (Programming)
2 Nov 2023
2 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 2 - 2023 - Geography (Rivers)
2 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 2 - 2023 - PSHE (My Emotions)
2 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 2 - 2023 - PSHE (Anti-Bullying)
2 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 2 - 2023 - Science (Scientific Study)
2 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 2 - 2023 - RE (Christianity)
2 Nov 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 1 - 2023 - French (J'apprehend le francais)
13 Sep 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 1 - 2023 - PE (Mini Football & Invasion Games)
13 Sep 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 1 - 2023 - PE (Fundamentals)
13 Sep 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 1 - 2023 - Science (Rocks)
13 Sep 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 1 - 2023 - Art (Prehistoric Art)
13 Sep 2023
13 Sep 2023
13 Sep 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 1 - 2023 - RE (Judaism)
13 Sep 2023
Cycle A - Autumn 1 - 2023 - PSHE (Citizenship - Rights, Rules and Responsibilities)
13 Sep 2023
Cycle B - Summer 2 - 2023 - RE
8 Jun 2023
Cycle B - Summer 2 - 2023 - Science
8 Jun 2023
Cycle B - Summer 2 - 2023 - French
8 Jun 2023
Cycle 2 - Summer 2 - 2023 - Art
8 Jun 2023
Cycle B - Summer 2 - 2023 - Computing
8 Jun 2023
Cycle B - Summer 2 - 2023 - Geography
8 Jun 2023
Cycle B - Summer 2 - 2023 - Design and Technology
8 Jun 2023
Cycle B - Summer 2 - 2023 - RSE
8 Jun 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - Music
2 May 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - Computing
24 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - Science
21 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - PE - Team Games
21 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - PE - Tennis
21 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - History
21 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - Art
21 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - RE
21 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - PSHE
21 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Summer 1 - 2023 - French
21 Apr 2023
Cycle B - Spring 2 - 2023 - Music
1 Mar 2023
1 Mar 2023
Cycle B - Spring 2 - 2023 - PE - Dance
1 Mar 2023
Cycle B - Spring 2 - 2023 - Science
25 Feb 2023
Cycle B - Spring 2 - 2023 - Computing
25 Feb 2023
Cycle B - Spring 2 - 2023 - PSHE
25 Feb 2023
Cycle B - Spring 2 - 2023 - French
25 Feb 2023
Cycle B - Spring 2 - 2023 - RE
25 Feb 2023
Cycle B - Spring 2 - 2023 - Geography
25 Feb 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - Art
1 Feb 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - PE - Fitness
21 Jan 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - PE - Team Building / OAA
21 Jan 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - Music
21 Jan 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - PSHE
17 Jan 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - French
17 Jan 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - History
17 Jan 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - RE
17 Jan 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - Computing
17 Jan 2023
Cycle B - Spring 1 - 2023 - Science
17 Jan 2023
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