Birch & Aspen Class (SRP)

Welcome to Birch & Aspen Classes

Staff

SRP Lead Teacher: Miss Mullen

SRP Teaching Assistants: Mrs Clark and Mrs Shepherd

Speech and Language Therapists: Mrs Hedges, Miss Webb and Mrs Eakins

Term 1 Key Information

Speech and Language Therapists will be in school working with the children on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Tuesday 1st September - First day of Term 1
Tuesday 15th September - School photographs (sibling and individual)
Wednesday 23rd September - International Day of Sign Language
Wednesday 30th September - Book Look 3:15 - 3:40
Friday 2nd October - Book Look 2:30 - 2:50
Friday 16th October - School disco
Friday 23rd October - Non uniform day, Last day of Term 2

Term 1 Learning (KS1)

This term, we will be following the Nursery Narrative programme from Black Sheep Press to develop our understanding of narrative and Language Through Colour. We will work through the different symbols of Language Through Colour alongside the narrative programme to help children develop their understanding vocabulary and word classes, helping them to form simple and more complex sentences. The programme will also provide opportunities throughout for the children to develop their oracy skills by sharing discussions, taking turns in talk and building on peers' ideas.

In our Maths, we will use the NCETM Mastering Number programme to support the children's developing understanding of number. We will consider the composition of numbers, the order in which they present and making comparisons between amounts and numerical values. The children will have opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge through the use of manipulatives, pictorial representations and written work.

Term 1 Learning (KS2)

In English, we will be focussing our learning around the present and past tenses. To begin the term, we will consider our understanding of concepts such as now and then, before and after and thinking about how these link to past and present. Once confident with this, the children will begin to apply their understanding to make comparisons between aspects of their life now and life in different eras of the past. Using their understanding of tenses, the children will work towards creating a final piece of writing that focusses on using the correct tenses.

In Maths, we will continue working through the White Rose Maths Scheme to build on the knowledge secured last term. We will focus on multiplication and division this term to develop the children's knowledge and recall of key times tables and division facts from the 2, 5, 10, 3, 4, and 8 times table. The children will use manipulatives, pictorial representations and written work to demonstrate their learning throughout.

Blog

Birch & Aspen Blog

Timetables

KS1 Timetable Term 1 KS2 Timetable Term 1

Home Learning

Please continue to read with your child each day at home. You can use the Language Through Colour prompts and questions to support your child when answering questions about the story.

Your child may also have spellings provided by their teachers to practise at home. Quick recall of these, using them in sentences and in writing will all support your child to secure their knowledge of these words.

Practising number facts such as number bonds to 20 and the 2, 5 and 10 times tables will support your child in retaining key knowledge. The links below will provide some activities to support this.

Please also explore our SRP page with further information about the interventions that your child may be involved in.