Welcome to Hamilton and Shireen Class
Hello and a big welcome to our classroom!
We’re so glad you’ve stopped by. This is the space where we’ll celebrate all the fantastic learning happening in our class and keep you updated on the exciting things your children are exploring each day.
From messy play to magical stories, number fun to nature walks — there’s always something new to discover in Hamilton and Shireen Class!
Happy Learning, Happy Children!
What Are We Learning?
Our Early Years Curriculum at a Glance
At this stage of your child’s learning journey, play is powerful. That’s why our curriculum is designed around fun, discovery, and creativity. Every child learns best when they are happy, engaged, and encouraged to follow their natural curiosity.
We follow the EYFS Statutory Framework and use ‘Development Matters’ to guide our planning — giving children the very best start to school life.
Take a look at our EYFS Medium-Term Planning to see what’s coming up this year.
How We Learn
Every day is an adventure in Hamilton and Shireen Class!
Children learn through a mix of:
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Teacher-led activities to introduce key skills
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Child-initiated play where creativity and imagination take the lead
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Outdoor learning, rain or shine!
We love exploring our outdoor classroom — building, investigating, running, digging, and connecting with nature. Our setting offers plenty of space and freedom for children to be active, curious, and confident learners.
Our Goals for Your Child
In Hamilton and Shireen Class, we nurture the attitudes and behaviours that help children become confident, curious, and resilient learners — not just in school, but for life.
These are the learning dispositions we focus on every day:
Recent news
Spring 2 Celebrations- Eid Party & Easter Hat Parade
Shireen class have had a fantastic Spring 2 term! And to finish off a lovely term we have had a week full of celebrations. Eid Celebrations To start our week we celebrated Eid-al-Fitr. We shared lots of stories about how our families celebrated over the weekend, with...
Exploring Partitioning: Visual learning in Shireen class
The children in Reception are starting to explore the world of numbers using the concept of partitioning. Partitioning helps children break down numbers into smaller manageable parts. To teach this we have been using the 'Part-Part-Whole' model. This provides a hands...
Hamilton Class learn together and play together!
Our day is very busy. We start with early morning learning at 8.45 am, we then move swiftly on to the register, followed by phonics, then guided reading and then literacy. Phew! We then stop have a good run around outside or play inside at the many activities. After a...
Yinka and Robbins Art Exhibition
Thank you to all the families who came to the art studio today to visit an art exhibition of their children's work. Yinka and Robbins classes have been working with artist Amy Leung over the past term as part of this year's Bow Arts project. They have explored...
People who help us!
We are enjoying learning about the different jobs people do. In our class, we have had many role play scenarios; Chinese Restaurant, Vets, Dentist, Doctors and Cafe. This week the children voted for an Ice Cream shop, where they can all take turn to be the helpful...
Chinese New Year celebrations!
In Shireen class we love to learn about and celebrate all cultures. This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year, we found out that a long time ago the Jade Emperor wanted to measure time in years. He had animals race and the first 12 to finish had a year...