Welcome to Robins class!

Hello! Welcome to Robins' Class Page. 

Please always feel free to speak to me and ask any questions you have – I will try my best to answer them!

Each term a class letter and topic map will go out to keep you informed about what the children will be learning during the term. 

Phonics and Reading
We follow the Phonics scheme ‘Unlocking Letters and Sounds’.
Unlocking letters and sounds also comes along with a reading scheme. We encourage all children to become more familiar and fluent with the books they are taking home to read. We want reading to be a celebration at Semley and so the children will bring home a book that they can decode, allowing them to read independently and feel empowered. The books are closely matched to the children’s phonics ability, so they should be able to read 95% of the words. Unlocking letters and sounds emphasises the importance of re-reading books to help children build their confidence and fluency. Therefore, we change books on a Monday and a Thursday to enable the children to enjoy the books at least 3 times before changing them.

PE
Robins have their PE lessons on a Friday. 

Forest School
Robins take part in Forest School every Wednesday afternoon – even if it’s raining. During these sessions, the children learn a whole range of useful skills.

Helpful information
In the morning, I welcome your child into the classroom from 8:30 to 8:45.
At 8:45, I close the door in order to take the register. If the external classroom door is closed, please sign your child in to the main office. The children have a variety of activities that welcome them in the morning so the sooner they can be in school the longer they get to enjoy these. 
At the end of the day, children should be collected from the classroom door at 3:20pm.

Children should have a labelled water bottle in school every day and any weather-appropriate clothing. Robins have a dedicated space to keep wellies in school so that we can make use of our outdoor areas no matter the weather. I cannot stress enough the importance of names in jumpers and any other belongings. It is impossible to reunite children with their belongings if they are not named. Having a bag of spares including underwear, trousers/skirt, socks/tights, a jumper and jogging bottoms (in the colder months) is recommended.

Class reward!

Robins have successfully completed their Rainbow Challenge. What a fantastic achievement! As a reward for all their hard work and effort, we had a small class tea party. The children had a cupcake/biscuit and a cup of squash to help us celebrate.

CASTLES

This term Robins are exploring castles in both our English writing and our history learning. 
So far we have explored how castles were built to keep their communities safe and the types of jobs happened in a castle. 

Egg-citing Visitors 

We have had some very exciting arrivals in the classroom this week! A huge thank you to Laura and Dom Isgar for helping us to have eggs in school. The children are thrilled to be watching the eggs develop, and we are looking forward to seeing them hatch into chicks over the coming weeks. Watch this space!

18/06/26 – Today was day 8 with our eggs. Laura and Dom came in to show Robins how candelling works and how we spot if an egg is developing as it should be. It was very interesting!

Maths:
Mass, capacity and Measure

Robins have been using the terms “heavier” and “lighter” to compare the masses of objects. Year 2 go further by using inequality symbols to compare mass. We also give the children experience of using circular and digital scales to measure mass. They have also developed their understanding of volume and capacity. It is important that they know the difference between capacity and volume. The children have now begun measuring in millilitres and litres. We explore this practically using cups of water, sand, cubes or marbles. Child. Year 2 are challenged to read a range of scales with growing complexity. 

RE

Robins have been learning about why Christians call Jesus their saviour.

15/6/26 - Robins looked at an image of the annunciation, we explored why this is important to Christians and the children recreated the image we explored using freeze frames. 

Computing 

Robins have been using ScratchJr to make animations! It has been so lovely watching them get used to using the laptops and improve as their confidence is building.