Welcome To Penguin and Rhino Class

 The Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children at St James are taught by Mr Lewis. 

Our Teaching Assistants are Miss Brady and Mrs Hughes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Overview for Spring 2026

Spring 2026 

If you would like to view the topics the children will be learning during this term, please click on the link above.

 

 

Values & Vision

In our class, we recognise the importance of working as a team to support each other and in creating a happy, supportive and safe classroom community. The children earn Class Dojo points when they demonstrate the school values of; Kindness, Respect, Honesty, Positivity & Teamwork.

 

We also celebrate as we learn to fill our 'backpack' with the Arun Villages Federation Vision:

 

  

 

 

 The Learning Environment

 

 

 

Our classroom is laid out to enable all the children to access what they need to experience success and to provide them with all the tools they need for their learning.

 

The Penguins learn predominantly through a play-based curriculum, expressing their interests to help them become inquisitive and resilient life-long learners. This is balanced with more structured foundational teaching in the mornings that is undertaken in an adjacent space for phonics and maths learning.

 

The Rhinos follow the National Curriculum, the content they learn aims to help them build a broad range of skills and knowledge that will help support them as they navigate their school journey and into adulthood.

 

 

 

The Penguins follow the Early Years Foundation Stage and work towards meeting Early Learning Goals in: 

Communication and Language

Physical Development

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Literacy

Mathematics

Understanding the World

Expressive Arts and Design