Welcome to Silver Birch class.

Ms Sumner is our class teacher and Ms Andrews is our teaching assistant.  

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

English: 

Again, we will be doing lots of reading and writing this term. The first half term we will be looking at 'Space'. We will read fiction, non-fiction and poetry books based around this topic. After half term, we will be writing stories based around Wind in the Willows, as well as learning about an endangered animal and finishing off before Easter with some instruction writing.

Phonics: During our phonics lessons, the children are now learning various spelling patterns. They also now have a weekly spelling test.
 
Maths:  We will continue to follow our Red Rose Maths Scheme, building on the work the children have done in Autumn. We are beginning to learn multiplication and division and should now be learning our 3 times table as well as our 2s, 5s and 10s. We try to make  our lessons as hands on as possible.
 
Science: Our first topic is Materials, where we look at the suitability of a material for a specific purpose. After the half term holiday, we will then be looking at 'plants' and will investigate what plants need to grow.

Geography: In the second half term, we will be learning about the four countries of the UK and will hopefully learn such facts as the names of the capital cities and the surrounding seas.

History: This half term, we are looking at The Great Fire of London.

  
Art: We will be doing some fantastic weaving using various different materials.
 

Music: We will start to learn to play the descant recorder.

 
 
RE: We will be learning about Judaism. We will do Passover and build a sukkah in our classroom.

Computing: During the first half term we will learn to programme a beebot. After half term, we will be learning about data handling.

  PE: Our PE days are Mondays 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: 

• Reading book in a waterproofA4 wallet. 

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

• Water bottle. 

• Snack