Staff in Robins Class

• Class Teacher - Mrs Sanderson
• Teaching Assistant - Miss Clawson
• Teaching Assistant - Miss Sandiford
• Teaching Assistant - Mrs Ascott-Jones
• Teaching Assistant - Miss Heaton

PE

PE is on a Tuesday and Wednesday so please ensure that your child has their PE kit in school. Year 4 children also need their swimming kits on a Tuesday. 

Homework

Reading- Children will bring their reading books home each day. Please read with your child at least three times per week and return your child’s book and record to school each day.

Spellings- Children will be set ten new spellings each Monday and they will be stuck in their spelling log book. Please ensure that they do look, cover, write three times then return the record on a Friday ready for the weekly spelling test. 
Maths- Children need to login to their Numbots/ Times Tables Rockstars account at least once per week and spend at least 15 minutes practising key number facts. The logins are stuck inside the reading records. 

Forest

Every Tuesday afternoon Robins Class visits the forest. We develop lots of different skills in the forest such as communication skills, teambuilding skills, confidence and we love to see how the environment changes in the different seasons. 

Theme for Spring - Communities and Culture

We will be learning about different communities and cultures in this term. 
In English we will be studying Handa’s Surprise narrative and also writing postcards based on The Snail and The Whale. 
In maths we will be developing our key number skills with a focus on Handling data and the 2,5 and 10 times tables and division facts. 
Children will be learning about heating and cooling in Science and will be developing their observation skills as super scientists. 
In RE we will be learning about Jesus’ early life and how he influenced people. 
Our geography focus will be on our local area and we will be investigating how and why it has and is changing. 
In art we will be studying painting with a focus on communities. 
We will be developing our balancing skills in gymnastics and also our dance skills. Year 4 will continue to develop their swimming technique. 
Children will be developing their percussion playing skills in music. 
In ICT we are learning how to code.