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St Blaise Class (UPKS2)

Welcome to Blaise 

Our class teacher is Miss Green and our teaching assistant is Mrs Chorley. 

 

In Blaise, we are passionate about helping you succeed and caring about your growth every step of the way. Our goal is to make learning not just something you do in class, but something that sticks with you for life. We’re excited to explore new ideas, face challenges together, and support each other in a learning environment where everyone feels valued.

 

Get ready for a year full of discovery, creativity, and memorable experiences. Together, we’ll make sure that what you learn here stays with you, helping you grow both in and out of the classroom. Let's make this an incredible year!

 
Miss Claire Green

Teacher

As a child, my favourite story was called ‘The Kingfisher and Nightingale’. It is a short story that tells the tale of how a kingfisher got its beautiful colours and how the nightingale got its sonorous voice; I chose it every night (much to the chagrin of my parents) and would transport myself to the magical land of singing winds and babbling streams. Another reason I chose it over and over again was because I had few books at home, that was until I discovered the local library, then a whole new world opened up to me. Suddenly, a word of witches (The Worst Witch), mysteries (The Nancy Drew Series) and girls a bit like me (anything by the author Judy Blume) opened it up to me, and my world got quite a bit bigger. Now I take my own children to the library so that their world can grow too.

Mrs Laura Chorley

Teaching Assistant

Reading
 
We are passionate about reading in Blaise and weave reading into our daily timetable. Encouraging lots of talk around books, sharing recommendations and providing time so that children may become lost in reading, as we embed reading for pleasure.
 
To support reading for pleasure, we have daily Guided Reading lessons. We begin the week by developing and broadening our vocabulary knowledge as we recognise the importance of understanding the meaning and context of a word when building on our reading comprehension skills. During the week, we focus on different elements of the reading VIPERS (Vocabulary, Inference, Predict, Explain, Retrieve, Summarise) through short activities link to the focus text. On Friday, we re-read the focus text and answer a mixture of VIPERS questions, ensuring we are able to justify our views and scan texts quickly.
 
In addition, for those children needing additional support, we deliver a systematic reading programme that draws on children's earlier phonics knowledge from RWI. As well as offering daily 1:1 reading that can promote fluency or comprehension, depending on the needs of this child.