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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 and Mrs Wilson
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 Four
Our topic this term is - From Little Acorns
Year One Big Question - Why is each part of a plant important and how do the seasons affect them?
Year Two Big Question - Do all plants need the same conditions to grow and stay healthy?
Key vocabulary – bark, bulb, branch, flower, fruit, leaf, petal, root, seed, stalk, stem, trunk, deciduous, evergreen, temperature, germination, nutrients.
We use the big question as a focus for our planning each lesson, so that the children can gain information to help them to answer it throughout the term.
In science we will be looking at how plants grow and how they are affected by the seasons, exploring if all plants need the same things to stay healthy and taking part in some exciting investigations such as making grass pets in Year One and growing a bean in a bag in Year Two. In Art we will be looking at the work of William Morris and exploring printing. In Computing we will be adding and editing text using a word processing program.
We will use the following books in English to re-tell traditional tales and write a set of instructions.
In Maths we will be focusing on Multiplication, Division, Length and Height.
In science we will be looking at how plants grow and how they are affected by the seasons, exploring if all plants need the same things to stay healthy and taking part in some exciting investigations such as making grass pets in Year One and growing a bean in a bag in Year Two. In Art we will be looking at the work of William Morris and exploring printing. In Computing we will be adding and editing text using a word processing program.
So much to look forward to this term. I can’t wait to get started!