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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

Spring 1 in the Robins class! :)

This term we will be exploring a new text called 'Dear Earth'. In English, we will be working on our letter writing. We will plan and write our own letters to 'Earth' about what we like about it and also about how we could help any issues such as littering etc. Specifically, we will refine our planning and editing skills to improve our writing and we will work on using our voices effectively to read out our work. We will then work on making our own explanation text about Earth, including conservation ideas such as saving water, electricity, recycling etc.

In Maths, we will be working through the 'Money' and 'Multiplication & Division' 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 'Animals including Humans'. We will begin by identifying different animal groups and grouping animals accordingly. We will also look at animal diets, including omnivores, herbivores and carnivores. Following on from this, we will extend our knowledge to offspring, lifecycles and food chains. With regards to humans, we will be learning about the importance of exercise, food and hygiene.

In Geography, we will be learning about the 5 oceans. We will then spend a lot of focus on looking at human and physical features around our environment and in the world as a whole.

In PE, we will be completing 2 different units to develop our gymnastics and also our dribbling technique. With Mr Bolton, we will be looking at 'Gymnastics: Pathways'. With Miss Laflin we will be doing 'Ball skills: Feet'.

In Art, we will be exploring the importance of a design criteria and how to meet it. The children will be given a design criteria and will be challenged to create a painting that meets each point. This will be Earth-related, to tie in with our focus book for this half term.

In PSHE and RSHE we will be learning about healthy eating, what it looks like, how we can plan to eat well and comparing diets.

In Computing we will be learning how to do digital painting, using the app 'Paint'. We will also be learning to use a robot in our unit of programming. We will have lots of fun exploring with BeeBots.

Lastly in RE, we are looking at the religion 'Christianity', exploring our focus question 'What are the best symbols of Jesus' death and resurrection at Easter?'.

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.