Birch class

Autumn term 1

Welcome back to an exciting new year in Birch Class! I hope you all had a great and fun holiday and are ready to go! I am really excited to be teaching you this year and can’t wait to see you on the first day!

I, Mrs Browne, will be teaching Birch Class Monday, Tuesday am, Wednesday and Friday. Mrs Baines will be teaching Tuesday pm and Thursday. Mrs Airey will be our Teaching Assistant Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

In Birch, we work collaboratively to REACH our full potential.

Through learning and playing together, we will work to support our children to become:

Resilient

Engaged

Ambitious

Creative

Healthy

We will begin in maths with place value where we look at the value of each digit and compare different numbers. We will be looking at  comparing and ordering numbers and making the numbers larger or smaller.  We will also be practising our times tables and using TT Rockstars.  In English, we will begin with recapping our punctuation and building our sentences using description. We will also be writing letters to the characters in our story which will be revealed on the first day!

Our geography topic is all about rivers! We will be researching the water cycle and where rivers are found in the UK and around the world.  We will then look closer as to how rivers are formed and their features.

PE will be on Monday and Friday so please ensure your child has their full PE kit for both indoor and outdoor sessions.

Reading and Times Tables

‘The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.’

We regard reading as high importance in Clutton and encourage children to read as often as possible. This year we will be using paper reading diaries. Please ensure that your child reads 4-7 times a week and this is recorded in their reading diary. Children who met this expectation will have an additional play once a week where children who need to catch up on their reading will have the opportunity to do so.

Times tables/ spellings

This half term there will also be homework set on TT Rockstars where you child will have 3 minute tests to complete each week. These are very quick but please ensure that your child completes them as they will help with their rapid recall. They will be set on Monday to be completed by the Sunday to start again on the Monday.

Your child can also practise using other games/apps or orally if preferred.

Please ensure that Please also ensure that your child has a bottle of water in school daily.

Thank you for your continued support, If you have any queries, then please see myself at the end of the school day or alternatively send an email. browne@clutton.cheshire.sch.uk

Mrs Browne