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Please see below for Class 2's daily timetable, a brief overview of Class 2's current and previous learning, Year 3 and 4's curriculum map for this year and our current homework menu.

Here is Class 2's Timetable for Spring Term 2

What is happening in Spring Term 2 ... 

In Spring Term 2 our focus continues to be history. We will continue to learn about the changes in Britain since the Iron Age to the Stone Age. We will explore the evolution of humans from late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers, as well as exploring Bronze Age religion, technology and travel.  We will also learn about Iron Age hill forts: tribal kingdoms, farming, art and culture. As scientists, we will learn all about sound.  We will identify how sounds are made and recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear.  We will also find patterns between the pitch of a sound and the object that makes it, the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it and recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. As design experts we will design a product with a specific user and problem in mind. In the focused practical tasks, we will practise ways of joining fabrics, including over stitch and using press studs, buttons and ribbons. As computing experts, we will create documents, modify text, images and page layout for a specific purpose. In RE we are learning all about Christianity. We will learn about the life and teaching of Jesus and Easter, the importance of love and forgiveness within Christian tradition and Christian perspective on moral issues. Our focus as athletes, will involve swimming competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, being able to use a range of strokes effectively and performing safe self-rescue in different water-based situations. In PSHE, as part of My Happy Mind, during our ‘Appreciate’ module we will learn all about the importance of gratitude. This includes what happens in our brains when we give and receive gratitude, we link this back to the science of the brain covered in the 'Meet your Brain' module. We will also learn that a special chemical gets released in our brain, which makes us feel amazing and about The Wheel of Gratitude. As Spanish speakers,  we will learn 10 fruits and be introduced to the simple opinions ‘I like’ and ‘I do not like’. By the end of the unit  we will have the knowledge and skills to be able to say which fruits we like and do not like in Spanish. As musicians and performers will be focusing on The Nutcracker.

What happened in Spring Term 1 ... 

In Spring Term 1 our focus moved to history. We learnt about the changes in Britain since the Iron Age to the Stone Age. We will explore the evolution of humans from late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers, as well as exploring the different between Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements. As scientists, we learnt all about forces and magnets, this included comparing how things move on different surfaces, noticing that some forces needed contact between two objects..  We also observed how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others. As artists, we asked the question: ‘Why Do We Make Art?’. We explored the purpose of art through the study of cave paintings and learnt to use continuous line and considered the use of perspective. We also learnt about colour and control of materials and studied the work of Satoshi Kitamura and Pablo Picasso. As computing experts, we planned, captured and edited digital still images to produce a stop frame animation that told a story. In RE we learnt all about Buddhism, this included the theology of the life story of Shakyamuni Buddha, 3 Jewels, the philosophy of belief & behaviours, karma, meditation and the human science of the importance of not hurting any living thing. We focused as athletes on improving our strength, flexibility, balance & control. This also included connecting the benefits of participating in different activities to improving our development through activities such as yoga/ gymnastics/ Pilates/aerobics/ boxercise. In PSHE, as part of My Happy Mind, during our ‘Celebrate’ module we learnt that we all have things about us that are special called character strengths. Our strengths help us to be our best! We feel great when we use our strengths. As Spanish speakers, we learnt 10 familiar activities that we know how or do not know how in Spanish. As musicians and performers, we learnt about Latin dance.

What happened in Autumn Term 2 ... 

In Autumn Term 2 we continued to focus on our ‘Cumbria’ geography topic. We learned more about the wonderful county in which we live. We created graphs and analysing the data from our two field trips to Millom Town Centre and to Bowness. As scientists, we learnt all about rocks soils and fossils, which included comparing and grouping together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties. We also looked at the inspirational story of Mary Anning. As design and technology experts, we built our knowledge of frame and shell structures by designing and creating structures that served as picture frames. In the focused practical tasks, we made and tested different ways of making our structures stand or hang on a wall. As computer experts we developed our understanding of data logging, recognising how and why data is collected over time. We used data loggers to conduct an investigation. In RE we learnt all about Christianity, this included the theology of the bible as a sacred text for Christians, the life and teaching of Jesus and included looking at the work of one Christian philosopher. Our focus as athletes, was on mastering our control and manipulation skills and improving our concentration to improve performance, we also took part in various inter-school sports competitions. In PSHE, as part of My Happy Mind, we understood how our brains work and how to ensure we look after it so that we can manage our emotions and be at our best. As Spanish speakers, we learnt 10 familiar animals and were introduced to the 1st person singular high frequency verb ‘I am’ in Spanish.  As musicians and performers, we learnt about sound symmetry and performed 'Children of the World', which is a Christmas musical about different festive customs around the world, at a local theatre.

What happened in Autumn Term 1 ... 

In Autumn Term 1 our focus in geography was 'Cumbria'. We learnt about the wonderful county in which we live. We located different towns and villages using maps and atlases, produced sketch maps of important landmarks in the local area. We also learnt about different types of settlements. We completed two field trips to Millom Town Centre and to Bowness to gather data. As scientists, we learnt about plants, which included identifying and describing the different parts of flowering plants, we also investigated how water is transported in plants and learnt about pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.  As artists, we studied the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and then created and decorated our own clay pumpkins, using her artwork as inspiration. As computer experts, we developed our understanding of branching and databases by using J2data, which involved us building and using branch databases to group objects using yes/no questions.  In RE we learnt all about Christianity, this included the theology of the bible as a sacred text for Christians, the life and teaching of Jesus and looked at the work of one Christian philosopher. Our focus was on mastering our fundamental movement skills as athletes. In PSHE, we focused on learning to learn. As Spanish speakers, we have the knowledge and skills to be able to introduce ourselves, say how we feel and have a wider appreciation for the country/countries where Spanish is spoken. As musicians, we have been to Harlem. 

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