Welcome to Squirrels!
We are the Year R class at Broughton Primary School.
The adults in our class are:
Mrs Hudgell Mrs Martin
A message from Mrs Hudgell:
I am a happy, enthusiastic and experienced early year’s teacher with a fantastic teaching assistant. We both feel very lucky to work with the children at Broughton Primary School and can’t imagine working with any other age group.
What we do in Squirrels:
In our class we work with the children on a very personal program that develops their individual needs and uniqueness. We follow the EYFS program ensuring that children learn and develop and are kept healthy and safe. It covers the first stage of a child’s care, learning and development, up to 5 years old.
The class is designed to be purposeful and offer effective continuous provision. This is to provide children with a constant environment that is safe for them to explore whilst challenging their learning. It should allow children the freedom to explore and become independent in making choices about their own learning.
We hope to make the transition from pre-school/nursery to KS1 as smooth as possible and begin to introduce more formal teaching as we progress throughout the year.
Parents Role at Home:
Take a look at recent events that have enriched the children's learning.
Please see below:
A policeman came to visit Feb 2024
Super Hero Day Jan 2024
Inter Faith Week Nov 2023
National Poetry Day Oct 2023
The whole school wandered into the village of Broughton to post some poetry to the local residents. All week, we have been looking at poetry in class as part of our celebrations for National Poetry Day. Squirrels class picked their favourite poem from the week to post through the letterboxes in Broughton. It was so lovely to spread some joy and we have heard back from several residents that it really brightened their day - mission accomplished! The children have also shared their class poem in Celebration assembly . It has been great to see the children engaging with poetry across the school.
20.09.23 Welcome in Wednesday
Today we had our first Welcome in Wednesday. This is an opportunity for parents to come in to the classroom with their child, in the morning and join them in some of the class activities. The children thoroughly enjoyed showing their parents all their work and what they have been learning.