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Branston Church of England Infant Academy
'The Best We Can Be'
Squirrel Class Year One & Two
Welcome to Squirrel Class!
Teacher: Mrs Sharpe
Support Staff: Mrs Andrew
Key Information
Reading
Reading is a core aspect of the school curriculum. We ask that our children read to an adult at home regularly each week. Please record your child’s daily reading in their reading diary so that we can see how they are getting on. When they have read their book twice, then please encourage them to put it in the basket so that it can be changed.
It is important for the children to bring in their reading folder each day so that they are able to read to an adult in school.
PE
Tuesday with Mrs Sharpe
Thursday with our PE Coach
Children are welcome to come to school on these days wearing their school PE kit. Please make sure that jumpers have been labelled with their names.
Homework
Each term there will be 9 activities (3 Maths, 3 English and 3 Topic based activities) to choose from. We would like your child to complete one activity each week. By providing a range of tasks, we hope that you will be able to pick something each week which your child will find engaging as well as at the same time supporting their learning. Homework books are to be handed in on a Monday each week and will be returned to your child on a Wednesday. Please could all homework be completed in pencil. We really do look forward to looking at the children's homework each week.
Our Church School Value
Our Topic this term is Wonderful Me!
The Big Question Year – Why is Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole still remembered today?
Key vocabulary – offspring, nutrition, safety, Crimean War, village, nurse, germs, medicine, hygiene and survival.
In history we will be exploring the lives of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole and learning how their discoveries changed the world of medicine. In art we will be learning about Frida Kahlo and developing our skills while drawing self-portraits. In music the children in Year Two will be learning to play the recorder and the children in Year One will be learning how to play the glockenspiel. In RE we will be learning the Easter story and thinking about how Christians celebrate it. In science Year One children will be naming the different parts of the body and investigating how we use our senses. The children in Year Two will be thinking about how we can stay healthy and how important personal hygiene is. In computing the children will be learning simple coding skills and using Bee bots to demonstrate these skills.
In English we will be reading the traditional tale of The Gingerbread Man and using this story as a basis for our own writing. Later in the term we will be reading the charming story of The Bog Baby and writing instructions, captions and labels.
In Maths this term, we will begin by exploring time, learning how to read a clock and understand its different features. We will then move on to number and place value, where children will develop their skills in counting, reading, writing, and representing numbers in a variety of ways.
Later in the term, we will explore the properties of 2D shapes, helping children to identify and describe their features. We will also learn about money, including recognising and naming different coins and notes and beginning to understand their value.
So much to look forward to, I can't wait to get started!