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Branston Church of England Infant Academy
'The Best We Can Be'
Fox Class Year One
Fox Class 
Hello and a big warm welcome to our class page!
Fox Class is our Year 1 Class.
Meet the Key Stage One Fox Class Team:
Miss Heald who teaches Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Mrs Shirra who teaches Thursday and Friday
Mr Coy who helps and supports the children with their learning
Mrs Stephenson who supports a child 1:1
School Council: Heidi and Noah
Awe and Wonder Council: Nancy and Arlo
Reading Ambassadors: Mia and Harry C
Sports Crew: Lily, Edward, Gracie and Jenson
Year 1 begins the children's journey into Key Stage One. We make this transition from Reception (EYFS) into Year 1 and the next stage in your child's learning easier by supporting them with lots of hands on learning through our inspiring and creative curriculum.
In Fox Class we learn in a variety of ways, with a mixture of formal, practical and play based learning. Children take part in whole class, group and independent activities throughout the day.
We provide a safe and happy environment where pupils and teachers work together, share ideas and experiences and encourage one another to be the best that they can be!
PE
Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure your child comes dressed in their PE kit on these days. Thank you! J
Homework
Homework is set at the beginning of each term and there are 9 activities to choose from: 3 English, 3 Maths and 3 topic linked tasks. Each week please choose one activity to complete. Homework books are collected in on a Monday and returned on a Wednesday.
We have so many fun and exciting activities planned for Foxes this year, with our new and inspiring topics!
Term Five
Amazing Africa.
Throughout the term we will keep referring back to our BIG Question.
Our BIG Question this term: Is it ever cold in Africa?
Key Vocabulary: Africa, Ethiopia, Awra Amba, continent, climate, equator, lake, mountain, valley, vegetation.
In Geography we will be comparing Branston to Awra Amba in Ethiopia in Africa. Using maps and thinking about the climate of each place to help us answer the big question. In Science in Year One we will be looking at different features of animals and then using these features to compare and group them. In PSHE we will be thinking about how to stay safe both physically and mentally including what to do if there is an accident and someone is hurt. In RE we will be thinking about the religion of Islam, Muslims festivals, place of worship and how they practise their faith. We will be exploring Kente cloth in art, developing our weaving and printing skills.
In English we will be writing stories about meerkats and all of their adventures. We will be using the lovely story Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett.
In Maths for the first part of the term we will be looking at Multiplication and Division. Learning to count in 2's, 5's and 10's. Moving onto Division by grouping and sharing objects. We will be using arrays to help us with our understanding. Later on we will be moving onto Fractions finding halves and quarters of shapes, objects and amounts.
As a school we share the same values:
LOVE KINDNESS HONESTY FORGIVENESS PERSEVERANCE RESPECT
Our value this term is LOVE
We are looking forward to a fantastic year of learning lots of new things, making friends and having fun! We will be sharing with you all the lovely things that happen in our Year 1 class so please keep visiting our website, ClassDojo and Twitter page throughout the year to find out what we are enjoying learning about.
#TeamBranston@BranstonInfant1