Withyham - St Michael's Primary School

Oak Class is our Upper Key Stage 2 class (Year 5 & 6 children). Miss Inman teaches the class with Mrs Phipps, Mrs Rowland - Smith and Ms Griffin supporting the learning at various times across the week. Teaching is carefully adapted in the class to prepare Year 6 for transition to secondary school and ensure Year 5 continue to develop their learning. 

The topics the children will be learning about this year includes the Mayan civilization, Anglo Saxons and Scots, Vikings, Arctic and Antarctic circle, world climate, climate change and pollution. 

What are KIRFs?

To develop your child’s fluency and mental maths skills, we are introducing KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts) across the whole school. KIRFS are a way of helping your child to learn by heart key facts and information which they need to have instant recall of. 

KIRFs are designed to support the development of mental maths skills that underpin much of the maths work in our school. They are particularly useful when calculating, adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing. They contain number facts such as number bonds and times tables that need constant practise and rehearsal, so children can recall them quickly and accurately.