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Our Amazing Learning Environment

Please find photos below of our learning environment including photos of inside the Robin's classroom, the Atrium (our continuous provision space attached to our classroom) and of our outdoor area.

Hi everyone,

Welcome back to school for Autumn 1 in the Robins class! :)

This year your teachers will be;

Miss Laflin - Monday - Friday

Miss Palmer - Friday pm

This term we will be exploring a new text called 'Traction Man'. In English, we will be working on our descriptive writing - these will include both character and setting descriptions for our focus book. Specifically, we will refine our planning and editing skills to improve our writing and we will work towards writing adverts for a new toy (using Traction Man for inspiration!).

In Maths, we will be working through the 'Place Value' and 'Addition & Subtraction' blocks using our White Rose schemes of work. We will use lots of manipulatives to develop our understanding and will also have lots of opportunities to practise our mental maths.

During our Science lessons, we will be looking at 'materials'. We will begin by identifying, recognising and describing the properties. We will then compare the suitability of different materials for different purposes and explore how we can change the shapes of some materials through bending, squashing, twisting and stretching.

In History, we are learning about changes in living memory. This will include significant events such as the moon landing (Neil Armstrong), which will link in with our focus book of Traction Man.

In PE, we will be completing 2 different units to develop our teamwork, fitness and sports skills. With Mr Bolton, we will be looking at 'Health and Wellbeing'. With Miss Laflin we will be doing 'Team Building'.

In Design & Technology, we will be making rockets, again linking in with our focus book.

In PSHE and RSHE we will be learning about the school community, classroom rules and managing friendships.

In Computing we will be learning how to use a computer, including basic computing skills such as the use of the keyboard and mouse.

Lastly in RE, we are looking at the religion 'Christianity', exploring our focus question 'Why is belonging to God and the church family important to Christians?'.

We will use our lovely COOL (Choosing Our Own Learning) area to further extend learning (both indoors and outdoors), which provides lots of different opportunities for every child's individual interests - including Writing, Reading, Maths, Computing, Construction, Small World, Fine Motor, Investigation, Art, Sand and Water areas.

The following links will help support your child's learning this half term:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=suffixes

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wsIajrsZE

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sW4j8p7k9D_qRRMUsGqyw

https://www.sats-papers.co.uk/ks1-sats-papers/

Keep updated on ClassDojo and Twitter for photos and pieces of work that we complete!

Need help connecting to our class on DoJo? Follow the link below;

Robins class dojo

Reminders

Please ensure that you child has a water bottle every day and any of their belongings are named.

Please try to read with your child everyday (at least 3x per week) and record any reading sessions in your child's reading journal. This can just be a date and a signature. Your child will be entered into a half termly raffle every time they read 3x a week so please remember to record any reading in their journal to maximise their chances of winning a voucher/book!

Ensure homework is completed each week and the homework book is in your child's book bag to be collected in every Monday.

Please also encourage your child to access TTRockstars 3x per week (for 10 - 15 minutes a time). This will have a great impact on their times tables recall.

PE kit to be brought in for on Tuesday and Wednesday for children to change into at school.

Thank you

If you have any questions or messages please either email on our class email address which is teacher.robins@ranelaghprimary.net or on Class Dojo.