Welcome to Silver Birch class. 

Ms Sumner is the class teacher and Ms Andrews is the teaching assistant.  However, Wednesday is Ms Sumner’s day off, so in the morning Mrs Salkeld will be the teacher and in the afternoon, it will be Mrs Williams. 

During the Autumn term we will be learning.....  

English:  

We will be doing lots of reading and writing this term. The first half term we will start with a lovely story called ‘Way home for little Wolf’. We then do lots of letter writing linked to ‘The Jolly Postman’ followed by some Autumn poetry. We will be writing our own fairy tales based on ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and will also be following instructions to make some Xmas treats. 

We will be improving our handwriting with 20 minutes daily practise. 

Phonics: We start the term with a revision of the Little Wandle Phase 5 sounds before starting a spelling unit after half term. 
  
Maths:  We will continue to follow our Red Rose Maths Scheme, building on work the children have done in Year 1. We will be reinforcing place value up to 100, addition and subtraction, as well as measurement, time and shapes. 

Science: Our first topic is Myself. We will be learning about living and not living things as well as how we change as we grow. We also learn how to keep ourselves healthy. 

Geography: Our topic for this term is weather. We will be investigating weather in the UK. 

History: This half term, we are learning about Florence Nightingale and why she was so significant. 

   
Art: We will be focusing on painting skills – mixing primary colours and mark making with different size brushes. We will be producing our own Picasso portrait.  
  

Music: We will be revising musical concepts, such as the beat and rhythm. After half term we will start practising our songs for the Christmas concert. 

RE: We will be learning about Christianity and, more specifically, Christmas. 

Computing: During the first half term, we will be doing a unit on IT all around us. After the half term holiday, we will be doing a unit on Digital photography. 

PE: Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Remember to wear your PE kits to school on these days.  

Please bring a pair of pumps, in a school PE bag, for use during Dance and Gymnastics sessions. These can be left in school.  
  
Homework: This will be issued the first week and you can do it over the course of the half term. 

Things you need to bring to school everyday:   

• School bag (no rucksacks please as we are limited for space)  

• Water bottle.  

• Snack  

Reading books will be changed on Fridays so please remember to send your child’s reading folder in.