Welcome to Class 5!
Class teacher: Mrs Barker
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Lofts
What a fantastic start to 2025! The children in Class 5 have settled in excellently after a very joyous and relaxing Christmas break and have learned so much already! Our class teacher is Mrs Barker, but we also have the pleasure of Mrs Lofts’ help in some of our lessons and Miss Hind. We will continue to have extra support of our inhouse PE experts – Megan, Luke and Olly. We have P.E. on a Tuesday afternoon which makes for a very fun start to the week!
In English our topic is All Creatures Great and Small. We have already started reading ‘The Suitcase’ and we are enjoying continuing of Curious Quests journey with the Faithful Friends.
We are also excited to read ‘Who Ate All the Bugs’, ‘Harry the Poisonous Centipede’ and ‘Meerkat Mail.’ Through Curious Quests we will also be using a range of nostalgic animations as a stimulus for our writing. This term we are focusing on writing to entertain and to inform. We are also developing our knowledge of the Year 2 spelling rules through the use of Spelling Shed in school and at home.
In Maths this term, we are moving on to exploring properties of shape, money, multiplication and division and length and height as well as tackling reasoning and problem-solving activities in our lessons to ensure we gain a deeper understanding of the Maths topics we are introduced to. We will link some of our newfound mathematical knowledge to different subject areas, in order to apply our mathematical skills to real-life situations.
We are going to aim to improve our already amazing knowledge of the 2-, 5-, 10- and 3-times tables in a fun and engaging way through using Times Table Rock Stars in school and at home. Class 5 love the competitiveness of practicing their times tables in this way, which is helping us to build fluency in our multiplication – a remarkable and important skill to have! We are going to challenge ourselves to use this knowledge to solve missing number multiplication and division questions using the inverse rule.
We are very excited to beginning our journey to Africa in Geography! We are going to explore the country of Kenya, specifically its climate, the animals which live there, the physical and human features of the area and their culture. We will be comparing this to where we live in the UK, thinking about the position of the countries in relation to the equator.
In PSHE, Class 5 will be learning about how the internet and digital devices can be used safely to find things out and to communicate with others as well as economic wellbeing: Aspirations, work and career. This will focus on understanding that jobs help people to earn money to pay for things and to know about different jobs that people they know or people who work in the community do. Children will also identify some of the strengths and interests someone might need to do different jobs.
We have a very busy but fun-packed term ahead. We cannot wait to share our achievements and knowledge with you in the coming weeks.
Year 2 Curriculum Overview
What’s been happening in Class 5?
We have had a great first term in Year 2!
We are really enjoying all Year 2 has to offer!
