ELM CLASS - YEAR 1 & 2
Elm Class is our Key Stage One class, which is home to children in year 1 and 2. The class is taught by Mrs Bilal. Also, working in the class are Miss Virgoe and Mrs Griffin. The class is a safe, warm, welcoming learning environment for all children to develop their acedemic, social and emotional skills. Teaching mixes the demands of the National Curriculum with meaningful learning through practical activities.
We have introduced continuous provision into the timetable to support our Year 1 children with their transition from the Early Years curriculum in Reception to Year 1. This enables all children to learn in a free- flow way and promotes pupil choice and agency.
Creative curriculum Planning
The class use a range of high quality texts to support learning and offer inspiring learning opportunities. we also carefully plan enrichment opprotunities such as sports coaches and viisting experts.nSome examples are below
Maths Development and Key Instant Recall Facts
This term the Year 1 children are learning Place Value within 10. This includes learning number bonds by using 10s frames to support visual recall of the bonds. Year 2 children are learning number bonds within 20 and partitioning numbers within 100. The children are taught to use different models to support their mathematical development. We use White Rose Maths Scheme which teaches children to move through stages of maths concepts and skills: Fluency-Practical application 'make it' using maths manipulatives; 'draw it' drawing manipulatives to show their understanding; 'Explain it'- mathematical reasoning and explaining their understanding; mastery challenge where they are demonstrating a greater depth understanding of the mathematical concept.
As part of the daily maths, lesson children practise Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs):
What are KIRFs?
To develop your child’s fluency and mental maths skills, we are introducing KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts) throughout 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.