Welcome to Blackbird Class
We are a mixed age class with Year 1 and Year 2 pupils. On this page you will find information about our curriculum, the year group expectations, our class timetable, topic overviews, celebrations and photos of fun and super learning.
Timetable
Curriculum Overview
Terms 1 and 2
Home Learning
We value the support of families, parents and carers in encouraging the children to complete homework.
Read your school book (5 minutes 4x week)
Spelling Shed - to practise phonics and spellings (5 minutes 5x week)
Practice counting in 2s (5 minutes 4x week)
Year 1: Count forwards in 2s.
Year 2: Count forwards and backwards in 2s, fluently.
IXL - Practise the maths we are currently learning in class.
Year 2 - Times Tables Rock Stars - optional.
Additional weekly home learning. (10 minutes 1x week) - Please see reading journals/ this page.
Homework needs to be completed by Thursday. Rewards of praise, house points, stamps and certificates are given on Fridays.
Blackbirds homework time per week is 90 minutes. (Averaging of 12 1/2 minutes per day). Please see our homework policy for more information.
News
Autumn Term 2026
Welcome to Blackbird class. Our topic for Terms 1 and 2 is 'Terrific tales!'
On this page you can find our timetable, topic overview, home learning and weekly celebrations.
