Space Hub – Larwood Academy

Daily Routine

Start of the day – Our pupils will have a soft start to the day, beginning with circle time and the offer of breakfast.

• Soft start: 9am – 9:30am

Our pupils will be offered brain breaks throughout the day and they will have time in their zones.

• Lunch Time: 9am – 9:30am

• Social Skills: Daily at 2:45pm – 3pm.

• End of the day: The children will leave from the dining room when their taxi’s are called at 3.20pm

Essentials:

• Maths and Literacy Essentials will take place daily in Space Hub: In maths we will be looking at building knowledge and practicing practical maths skills.

• In Literacy we will be learning Phonics, grammar, and spellings. Along with reading comprehension

• Class Reading room – In Space Hub - we love to read! We even have a whole library

• Our books are proudly displayed on our class bookshelf.

• We have a choice of texts which cover a range of genres, themes and characters. They include narrative, poetry and non-fiction texts, to ensure our children’s reading diet is widely varied.

• An adult will read aloud to the children daily.

PE

Children will participate in PE lessons each week. PE days will be confirmed in September. Please ensure children wear their kits to school on PE days

• PE Kits should contain – White T-shirt, Navy Blue Shorts/trackie bottoms and pumps or trainers – trainers being preferable for outdoor PE.

Swimming

As part of the PE curriculum, all classes will attend swimming lessons at Stevenage Swimming Centre for one term, Space Hub will be swimming during the Autumn term.

You will be informed of the swimming start date.

Talk for Writing: A Simple Guide for Parents

Talk for Writing is a fun, engaging approach to developing children's writing skills that was created by author Pie Corbett. Here's what parents should know:

What is Talk for Writing?

It's a method that helps children become better writers by first getting comfortable with stories and text types through speaking and acting them out before writing them down.

How does it work?

The approach follows three main stages:

1. Imitation - Children learn stories and non-fiction texts by heart using actions, story maps, and repeated telling. This helps them internalize language patterns and vocabulary.

2. Innovation - Children adapt the original text, changing elements while keeping the basic structure. For example, they might change characters or settings in a story.

3. Independent Application - Children use what they've learned to create their own original pieces of writing.

Benefits for your child:

Builds confidence through oral storytelling before writing
Develops vocabulary and language patterns naturally
Makes writing more enjoyable through physical actions and speaking
Creates a toolkit of writing techniques they can use independently
Improves memory and speaking skills alongside writing

Talk for Writing makes the writing process more accessible and enjoyable, helping children become confident, creative writers who understand how different types of texts work.

Literacy

In Literacy, we aim to inspire children to love writing and explore their creativity and imagination through a variety of different texts and writing formats! We will begin with narrative and poetry.

Maths

Our maths focus in the Autumn term will be Place Value.

We will be beginning Maths Mastery and Mastering numbers daily to build upon our knowledge and fill any gaps we may have.

Science

We LOVE science in Space Hub! We ensure that most of our lessons have a practical focus to inspire a lifelong love of science in the future innovators, entrepreneurs and scientists among us.

In the Autumn term we will be learning about Earth and Space and Forces.

Knowledge of the world

We believe it is important to understand and respect different faiths. In the Autumn term we will be learning about key religious leaders.

History

In the Autumn term we are exploring the Stone age.

Geography

In the Autumn term we will be exploring Landscapes and Describing maps.

Music

We will continue weekly lessons with Mr. Bryant.

Skills

We will be doing Skills weekly, these will include life skills, cooking, Forest school, Community and art and design.

Show and Tell

We will be having a weekly Show and tell session.

Skills:

Each Thursday we will be running skills – this is a creative, skills based curriculum. We will off our pupils the chance to Cooking, learn life skills, use public transport, learn art skills, helping in the community and many more.

Each week Mrs. Kat will be running Forest school sessions, in Space Hub we are very fortunate to have our own Forest school expert and space!