Stithians Community Primary School

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

Autumn Term Newsletter 2024

Spring Term Newsletter 2025

Summer Term Newsletter 2025

Topic Web

Marvellous Me (Autumn Term 1)

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.

Children's Links

Summer Term 2025 Blog

Friday 27th June 2025

In Maths, our focus has been on number and place value within 100. We have been exploring how tens and ones make up a number, learning to partition numbers, and using a range of pictorial representations to show amounts within 100. In Literacy, we have been adding the prefix un- to the beginning of words and discussing how it changes their meaning. In Science with Mrs Sleight, the children explored waterproof materials and learned the meanings of the words absorbent and non-absorbent. They built roofs for the structures they made last week and tested their waterproofing when a rainstorm hit the classroom! In History, the children read facts about the conditions at Scutari Hospital. They then sorted the facts into two groups: those from before Florence Nightingale arrived, and those from after her arrival. During RE, we continued learning about sacred places. The children compared special features and sorted them into the correct categories: Islam, Judaism, or Christianity. Our Computing lessons built on our learning from last week. Half of the class had a go at using Purple Mash to explore coding; we will swap groups next week to ensure everyone has a turn. What a busy and exciting week it has been!

Pupil of the week – TBC

Virtue - TBC

Friday 20th June 2025

What a busy week we’ve had in Marazion! In maths, we have been learning about position and direction. We linked this with computing and learned how to programme Bee-Bots to move in different directions – the children had a fantastic time! In phonics, the children have been exploring alternative spellings for the 'ear' sound, such as 'ere' and 'eer'. In literacy, we have been learning how to add -ing and -ed to the end of words to change their meanings. We thought of superhero powers to describe actions our superheroes could perform in both the present and past tenses. In history, we learned about the conditions in hospitals before and after Florence Nightingale’s arrival – a fascinating comparison! Finally, the children had a wonderful time at Sports Day, and we are incredibly proud of all their efforts!

Pupil of the week – Hugo

Virtue (peace) – Evie-Rae

Friday 13th June 2025

This week in Marazion, we have been using our super writing skills in literacy. We created our own superheroes and wrote sentences describing what they looked like and what superpowers they had. Then, we got to design our own villain and wrote a speech bubble to let everyone know something evil that they might say! In maths, we have built on our knowledge of finding half of a shape or quantity to now find a quarter. In science, we finished up our unit on plants by observing how our sunflower seeds had grown over time. Some were more successful than others! We also put our knowledge to the test in a quiz all about plants. In history, we have been learning about Florence Nightingale, focusing on her time at the Scutari hospital. We have been learning about sacred places in RE, and this week we talked about places which are special to us and explaining why. During art, the children created some special pieces in time for Father’s Day on Sunday. Lastly, we would like to congratulate Marazion class for working so hard in phonics by completing their National Phonics Screening Check - well done, Marazion!

Pupil of the week – Elowen

Virtue (peace) – Holly

Friday 6th June 2025

Welcome back! This half-term, our topic is called ‘Heroes in Action’, and we will be exploring both real-life heroes and fictional superheroes. We began the week by reading Ten Little Superheroes by Mike Brownlow. The children then designed their own superhero characters, which will lead into some exciting writing work with Mrs Sleight next week. In literacy, the children have been learning how to make words plural by adding -s or -es to change their meaning. In maths, our focus is on fractions. The children have been learning to find halves of shapes and quantities through a range of hands-on activities. As part of our topic, we have also been learning about a real-life hero, Florence Nightingale. The children discovered who she was and why she is such a significant figure in history. In Design Technology, the children have been finishing their paper art topic by creating papier-mâché animals. In PE with Mr Potts, the focus this half-term is on improving ball skills, including throwing, catching, and kicking. The children thoroughly enjoyed getting outside and practising their skills.

Pupil of the week – Jayden

Virtue (Equality) - Finn

Friday 23rd May 2025

This week, we have completed our literacy unit by writing a letter to a friend, ensuring that we applied the composition, grammar, and punctuation skills we have been developing over the past few weeks. Inspired by an alternative version of Dear Greenpeace, the children wrote a letter to a friend about an unusual animal they discovered in their home. Using a checklist, the children aimed to include the following features in their writing: a question mark, an exclamation mark, and the conjunctions and and because. In maths, we continued our work on multiplication by sharing objects into equal groups. In science, the children learned about evergreen and deciduous trees and went on a walk around the school playground to identify as many different types of tree as they could. In music, the children sang songs linked to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. They also had a wonderful time in art this week, creating papier-mâché sculptures. In addition, they made paper sculptures by using a variety of folding techniques and attaching the paper segments to a piece of card. Finally in PE, we completed our final gymnastics lesson, where the children practised balancing, jumping, and performing forward rolls.

Pupil of the week – Gil

Virtue – Phoebe (Equality)

Friday 16^th 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

This week in Marazion, we continued to explore and use a range of punctuation in our writing. The children have been working very hard to ensure they write in full sentences when responding to comprehension texts. In maths, we have been focusing on multiplication by counting in twos, fives and tens. The children are beginning to recognise number patterns when counting in these multiples. During our phonics sessions, we have been practising reading both real and nonsense words. In geography, we looked at the season of summer and discussed the geographical reasons why it is warmer at that time of year. In PSHE, we talked about friendships—what being a good friend means to us, and how we can make new friends using simple techniques. Earlier in the week, the class attended a special assembly about VE Day and learned why it is widely celebrated across the UK. You may have noticed the beautiful stained glass-style artwork displayed on our classroom windows. In art, the children used layers of brightly coloured tissue paper on plastic sheets to create their own simple stained glass windows, which look especially lovely when the light shines through them.

POTW - Hugo

VIRTUE - Lola

Friday 2nd 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

Friday 25th April 2025

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

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