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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, Miss Small and Mrs Hutton
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
This term our core value is
Term Two
Our topic this term is -
Fossil Hunters
The Big Question - What did May Anning discoveries tell us about the past and why is she still remembered today?
Key Vocabulary,
fossil, cliff, skeleton, extinct, palaeontologist, ichthyosaur, plesiosaurus, Lyme Regis, Jurassic Coast.
In History, the children will explore the big question: Who was Mary Anning? They will learn about her life, her incredible fossil discoveries, and why her contributions remain important today.
Our big question in RE this term is “Who made the world?” The children will learn about the Christian belief that God created the world and everything in it. They will also explore how Christians show gratitude for the natural world and how they care for it.
This term in PE, the children will be taking part in invasion games. They will develop their attacking and defending skills while learning how to work effectively as a team.
In Science, Year Two children will be learning about the basic needs of animals (including humans) to survive. Year One children will explore different types of animals—mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians—and learn about the unique features of each group.
We will be using the following books in English.
We’re starting the term with the much-loved children’s classic The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage. This delightful story will inspire the children’s writing, as they explore storytelling and instructional texts. As part of our learning, we’ll be writing step-by-step instructions for making jam tarts—and then baking them too! It’s a fun and tasty way to bring learning to life.
This term in Maths, the children will continue developing their understanding of addition and subtraction by exploring a variety of strategies to solve problems confidently. As we move through the term, they will also begin learning about shapes—identifying, naming, and describing the properties of both 2D and 3D shapes.
So much to look forward to this term. I can’t wait to get started!