St Michael's Primary School, Withyham

Welcome to Silver Birch Class.  Mrs Bilal teaches Year 3 and 4 four days each week and Mrs Morris Teaches 1 day. They both believe making lessons both exciting and interesting is essesntial in providing memorable learning opportunities for the children. Our classroom support staff are Miss Virgoe and Mrs Dann. This year, our History and Geography curriculum topics are: The Stone Age; Bronze Age and Iron Age; Ancient Greeks; Rivers, Mountains and Water Cycles. Our Science topcs are Skeletons, Digestion, food chains, Light and Dark/ Shadow; plants; States of Matter; electricity.  

We use visual knowledge organisers for our Science and humanities to support the children's learning. These can also support the children with revision of the substantive knowledge they have been taught as part of the unit.    

What are KIRFs?

To develop your child’s fluency and mental maths skills, we practice KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts) throughout school. KIRFS are a way of helping children 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.