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Class 2 - Mr Yates

Welcome To Class 2's Page

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 homework expectations.

Here is Class 2's Timetable for Spring Term 2

What is happening in Spring Term 2... 

 

In Spring Term 2 we will continue to learnt all about the Ancient Egyptians in History, including how the Egyptians influenced modern day life and why the River Nile was so important. This will also include a trip to the World Museum in Liverpool to visit their Ancient Egyptian Gallery which will take us on a 5,000 year old journey with hieroglyphs, mummies and secret to eternal life. In Science, we will be focusing on light, looking at natural and artificial light sources and investigating how you can change the size of a shadow.  In Art, we will look at the work of William Morris and create some of our own printmaking artwork. In PE, Year 4 will be going swimming, where as Year 3 will develop their sportsmanship and learn the of rules in different sports.  During our Computing lessons we will develop our understanding of Creating Media by editing photos using Paint.NET.  Our RE learning will focus on Humanism including what Humanism is and Humanist Values. In PSHE, we will be learning about Saving, Spending and Budgeting including about what influences people's choices about spending and saving money and about who people keep track of their money. We will also being enjoying World Book Day on Thursday 6th March which will focus on Denmark and learning about the famous Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. 

Each term we have an overarching Topic Focus, this is a brief description of Class 2's Previous Learning 

 

Autumn 1 - 

In Autumn Term 1 Class 2 were incredibly busy. We learn all about electricity in Science including making a simple circuit and recognising common insulators and conductors. In Art we are focused on drawing and painting. We experimented with and created marks using a range of materials and learnt new painting techniques to create texture and shape. We also examined and took inspiration from the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh. In PE we focused on basketball. In Design and Technology we learnt about how things are powered, including looking at different types of energy and how these can be used to power different devices. We will also considered how design choices are influenced by energy sources. During our Computing lessons we developed our understanding of digital devices, with a focus of inputs, processes and outputs. We were also introduced to computer networks and looked at the benefits of connecting devices to a network. Our RE learning focused on churches and church buildings relationship with god. In PSHE we focused on 'Good To Be Me'.

 

Autumn 2 - 

 

Spring 1 - 

 

In Spring Term 1 we  learnt all about the Egyptians and also had a big focus on Staying healthy. In Science we learnt about Animals Including Humans Topic in which we looked at Food, Nutrition and skeletons and muscles. This also linked into Design and Technology topic of Food of What do we mean by a balanced diet? Where we looked at seasonality and made some fruit yoghurt, DIY popcorn and homemade chips,  In Art we created our own Egyptian Headdresses. In PE we developed our Sportsmanship and learnt the of rules in different sports.  During our Computing lessons we developed our understanding of Creating Media by creating our own Podcasts about Ancient Egyptian using Audacity software. Our RE learning focused on Buddhism, which included a trip to the Kadampa Temple for Word Peace at Manjushri KMC. In PSHE  we looked at Identity, Society and Equality, which looked at celebrating differences. 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Map:

Here is our curriculum map for this year: 

Homework Expectations

Click the 'Homework Expectations' Word document to find out more about the homework your child will be set. 

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