Welcome to Marazion Class
2024-2025
Class Teachers
Mrs Sarah Allen Mrs Catie Sleight
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays Wednesdays
Support Staff
Kate Manley
Every morning + Thursday afternoon
Emma Turley
Every afternoon
Karen Perkins
Learning Support Assistant
Lou Potts
Learning Support Assistant
James Jeffrey
Learning Support Assistant
Welcome
Marazion class is taught by Mrs Allen for four days and Mrs Sleight for one day. Marazion class are supported every morning by our teaching assistant, Katey Manley and in the afternoon the class are supported by Emma Turley. In Marazion, we follow the National Curriculum but also try to incorporate a continuous provision approach to encourage the children to learn through play. We have a lovely reading area, role-play area, computer area and tuff tray zones which are always accessible to the children.
A typical day in Marazion looks like:
- Registration
- Literacy
- Maths
- Break time
- Phonics
- Lunch time
- Guided Reading
- Topic (session 1)
- Afternoon movement break
- Topic (session 2)
Summer Term 2
Our topic this term is... HEROES IN ACTION
Year One Curriculum Overview
If you are interested in reading the Year One curriculum overview, please click here.
This year 1 National Curriculum Checklist acts as a handy overview and guide to what children will be learning in Year 1.
The checklist gives you an idea of the outcomes expected of children by the end of year 1 for all subjects covered in the National Curriculum.
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Newsletters & Topic Webs
Please click on the links to view the files.
Newsletters
Topic Web
Lights and Lanterns (Autumn Term 2)
Wildlife Wonders (Spring Term 1)
Time Travellers (Spring Term 2)
Enchanted Greenery (Summer Term 1)
Heroes in Action (Summer Term 2)
PROVISION IN MARAZION
Moving from EYFS to Year One may seem daunting, but we have created an environment where children have a tidy and engaging environment where they can learn through play. Please view our picture gallery below.
In Marazion, we aim to provide a classroom that has continuous and enhanced provision.
Our Continuous Provision:
In Marazion, the children can access all our resources in the classroom. We have the following areas in place:
- Phonics area (drawers full of phonics resources, sound cards, etc.)
- Maths area (access to all maths equipment)
- Reading area (reading pod and book stand)
- Writing area (access to pens, pencils, whiteboards, writing tablets, etc, handwriting activities)
- Fine motor skills area (threading activities, buzzer games, tweezer games)
- Creative area (access to glue, scissors, plain and coloured paper, playdough, colour mixing paint area)
- Computing (free access to laptops, the class iPad to play games and scan QR codes)
▪️The resources within these areas remain in place all term/year.
Our Enhanced Provision:
- Themed tuff trays
- Book vote (each child has a named token, and they can vote on which book they want to hear at the end of the day. The book with the most votes wins.
- A role-play area (the theme changes half-termly)
- Challenges in the reading, writing, maths and phonics areas for the children to complete
▪️The enhanced provision areas are changed regularly.
Our Outdoor Environment:
Just off the back of our classroom, we have a small outdoor area, which includes a shed. I am due to inherit the shed and plan to transform it into another usable space for the children.
Photos from our classroom
Here are some recent photographs from our classroom:
Phonics at School
At Stithians CP School we follow the Bugs Club Phonics scheme.
Supporting Phonics at Home
The following three videos show the correct pronunciation for all the letter sounds in phases 2, 3, and 5.
If you would like further advice, about how you can help your child with their phonics at home, then please pop in to see me.
Summer Term 2025 Blog
Friday 6th June 2025
Friday 23rd May 2025
Friday 16th May 2025
This week in Maths, we have been learning how to create arrays to represent multiplication facts, and then moved on to doubling numbers. In Phonics, we have been practising reading both real and ‘alien’ words in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check in June. During Literacy, we predicted what might happen next in our story, and the children have been writing captions linked to our class book Dear Greenpeace, focusing on using the words because and and to link their ideas in sentences. In RE, we learned about the significance of the mezuzah in Jewish homes and why it is placed on every door frame. The children loved Art this week – they used paper to create beans, which they threaded onto pipe cleaners and turned into hanging decorations. In science, we have been discovering about wildflowers and what makes them different from flowers that may have been planted deliberately. In music, we have been practising a song called 'I'm Glad I'm Me'. The children have been creating actions to go along with the words and learning about pitch. Finally, we ended the week with the whole school Colour Run – a fun and energetic way to round off a busy week!
POTW - Peony
Virtue - Isolde
Friday 9th May 2025
As we begin the summer term, the children have made a fantastic start across all subjects. In literacy, we have started a new writing unit focused on letters and postcards. The children have produced some excellent pieces, carefully considering the different types of punctuation needed, such as full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks. In maths, we have been exploring weight and volume, particularly in relation to capacity. The children thoroughly enjoyed filling and measuring various containers to develop their understanding. During science with Mrs Sleight, the children planted sunflower seeds and will be regularly monitoring their growth over the coming weeks. In geography, we have continued our learning about the seasons, with a particular focus on spring this week. The children showed great creativity in art, producing vibrant collage backgrounds overlaid with silhouette sea creatures. In RE, we have been learning about Judaism and investigating special objects that Jewish people keep in their homes.
Pupil of the week – Obie
Virtue (friendship) – Will G-B
Welcome back! Our topic this half term is called ‘Enchanted Greenery’ which focuses on plants. In maths we have been learning to use scales to estimate and weight different classroom objects. We have also practised reading and understanding mathematical word problems based around weight. In literacy, we have started a unit of work based on letters and postcards. The children have identified formal and informal methods of communication. In phonics, we have been practising lots of reading of real words and alien words. In PSHE, we discussed relationships and talked about how all families are different. During geography, we discussed the four seasons and matched seasons to the matching months of the year. In art, the children explored different types of paper, and they used different textured paper to create a simple pictures.
Pupil of the week – Eloise
Virtue (friendship) – Evie-Rae