Wrestlingworth Infant School

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School Day

Start time: 9:00am  (gate opens 8:45am)
Finish time: 3:30pm
Total hours for the week: 32.5 hours

Squirrel Class

In our Reception Class, we warmly welcome children into a nurturing setting where we prioritise independence, confidence, and a love of learning. Our days are filled with “busy learning” sessions in a carefully planned environment, allowing children to develop their skills and knowledge in diverse and engaging ways.  

We encourage exploration, curiosity, and discovery. Throughout the year, we learn about the seasons and various topics, adapting our curriculum to align with the children’s interests.

The children have access to outdoor learning throughout the day, enjoying activities such as riding the bikes on the playground, using the mud kitchen or building dens. This connection to nature enhances their learning experience and promotes physical activity. 

Phonics is taught through the Bug Club phonics scheme, while Drawing Club fosters a passion for writing and creativity, enabling all children to thrive at their own pace. Our practical maths activities highlight the importance of mathematics in everyday life, making learning fun and relevant.

Creativity is a big part of our day; we love our woodwork area and enjoy baking whenever we can.

We are busy Squirrels who love to learn!

Hedgehog Class

Hedgehog Class is our Year 1 class, where we love learning, play and growing together! We are the first KS1 class at Wrestlingworth Infant School and we start to dive into Science, Art, History and Geography through amazing topics such as Childhood History, Everyday Materials, Our Wonderful World and Funny Faces. We also continue to develop our incredible writing in Drawing Club where we learn amazing new vocabulary and write passwords for fun new challenges. We also sharpen our Maths skills through interesting new problems and continue to develop a love of reading.

But Hedgehog Class is not just about fun learning, we also prioritise growing together as a class and learning to support each other through our kindness, perseverance and respect. In Hedgehog Class all are welcome!

Fox Class

In year 2, we continue to build on the learning foundations created in the Early years and Year 1. Over the year we will develop and deepen our understanding of number, geometry, fractions and statistics in maths. Our learning in English is based on high quality, inspiring texts and will see us writing a range of fiction and non-fiction pieces focussing more carefully on language choices and punctuation. In Science, we continue to develop our enquiry skills, thinking more about making predictions and asking scientific questions whilst learning about ourselves and the world around us.

Our engaging projects across the foundation subjects include ‘Bright Lights, Big City’, ‘Chop, Slice and Mash’ and ‘School Days’. The children will learn about exciting topics that build skills and knowledge in a thematic way, allowing them to make connections and comparisons across the subjects of history, geography, art and design and technology. We will also grow our computer literacy skills by learning about spreadsheets, coding and online safety. In RE, we will discuss key questions linked to Christianity, Judaism and Islam such as, Why was Jesus given the name ‘Saviour’?

Year 2 is a very important year as the children end their time in Key Stage 1, beginning to prepare for Key Stage 2 and moving on to Year 3 at Dunton Junior School. As the eldest pupils here at Wrestlingworth Infant School, they will learn to become more responsible, resilient and supportive for their younger peers. We can’t wait to see the children grow into these roles and have fun learning with them!

Leadership

Headteacher: Mr David Bower

Head of School: Mrs Maria Poultney

Senior Leadership Team: Mr David Bower, Mrs Maria Poultney, Mrs Kate Millard

Leader of Teaching and Learning: Mrs Kate Millard

Safeguarding

Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mrs Maria Poultney

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mrs Kate Millard

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr David Bower

 

SENDCo

Mrs Maria Poultney – send@duntonwrestlingworth.co.uk

 

Office Staff

School Secretaries: Mrs Sue Perry (Tue-Thu) & Mrs Eve Tapper (Mon)

Bursar: Mrs Catherine Cloke

Teaching Staff

Reception Teacher – Squirrel Class

Mrs Kate Millard

Year 1 Teacher – Hedgehog Class

Miss Storm Cook

Year 2 Teacher – Fox Class

Mrs Lucy Williams

Teaching Support

Squirrel Class

Mrs Lisa Huggins

Hedgehog and Fox Class

Miss Karis Gabbitas

Fox Class

Mrs Kim Knibbs PT

Midday Supervisors

Mrs Kim Knibbs
Mrs Sarah Martindale

 

After school club

Tree House

Mr Stephen Poultney