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Welcome to the Robins class!

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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.

This year your teachers will be;

Miss Laflin - Monday - Friday

Miss Palmer - Friday pm

Summer 1 in the Robins class! :)

This term we will be exploring a new text called 'One Day on Our Blue Planet'. In English, we will be working on describing the different settings from our book - primarily the Savannah. We will plan and write our own setting descriptions about the Savannah before editing, improving, publishing and performing our text using our voices effectively. We will then work on making our own non-chronological reports about a chosen animal from the Savannah, planning and producing these with careful attention to detail.

In Maths, we will be working through the 'Fractions' and 'Time' 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 'Living things and their habitats'. We will consider the different habitats we know and sort animals into these habitats. We will also consider why these animals belong in these specific habitats/what it does for them. We will move on to looking at things that are alive, dead or never been alive. Finally, we will explore microhabitats around the school, partucularly through paying a visit to our school woodlands.

In Geography, we will be learning about the UK. This will include locating the UK on a map and the 4 countries of the UK, along with their capital cities and the seas. We will look at London in depth and then compare this to Kenya (with links to our focus book which is based in the Savannah). Finally, we will explore schools in Kenya and recognise similarities and differences to our school in the UK.

In PE, we will be completing 2 different units to develop our jumping and also our defending/attacking skills. With Mr Bolton, we will be looking at 'Locomotion: Jumping'. With Miss Laflin we will be doing 'Games for Understanding'.

In Design & Technology, we will be exploring with wheels and axles, making a safari vehicle which links in with our focus book in the Savannah.

In PSHE and RSHE we will be learning about our body parts and being safe.

In Computing we will be learning how to do digital writing, exploring with Microsoft work to type in different fonts, sizes, colours etc. We will build up to publishing a piece of work related to African animals.

Lastly in RE, we are looking at the religion 'Judaism', exploring our focus question 'Why do Jewish families say so many prayers and blessings?'.

We will use our lovely COOL (Choosing Our Own Learning) area to further extend learning, 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.