"Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become

children of light.”

 

Ready;Respectful;Resilient

 

               Welcome to Class 2

              We are the Barn Owls, Year 3 and 4

 

 

 

Our staff

  Mrs Heald is our class teacher and Mrs Worthington, Mr Jones and Mrs Sherlock are supporting our learning.

 

     

 

 

The following information tells you a little more about the coming term in Barn Owls and your child's learning. However, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

heald@kingsleystjohns.co.uk 

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General information

• Please tie up long hair (shoulder length or longer).
• Please have a bottle of water at school every day. This can be refilled as necessary.
• Please bring a small school bag, we have limited hanging space and large bags can cause difficulties.
• Reading diaries and books should be in school every day.
• Please return your homework book on or before Wednesday for marking. Homework will be sent out on a Friday.
• All school uniform needs to be named but particularly jumpers and cardigans. 
• Jewellery is limited to one pair of stud earrings and a wrist watch, jewellery should be removed for PE.

PE is timetabled for Friday and will be outside whenever possible. In cold weather, please add a jumper, trousers and gloves as we will still go outside. Should it be sunny, please add sun hats and suncream if needed. Children must be able to apply their own sun screen.

 

Summer Term 2024/25

 

Summer term is here!

Longer, warmer days are here as we look forward to a a term packed with exciting new topics, trips and learning.

 

Our Christian Values

During the Summer term, our Christian values are endurance and creation, followed by wisdom and justice in the second half of the term.

As Christians we believe that though we may find things difficult from time to time, God will give us the strength to endure and through endurance we will succeed. As a class we are learning to value knowledge and wisdom and be guided by truth, helping us to make good choices.

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Proverbs 3:13-18

Our roles and responsibilities

     

 

Meet our school councillors,sports councillors eco councillors and Beacons who were all democratically voted in by their peers. Our Beacon group support our school in developing Christian distinctiveness and promote our school Christian Values.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. - Matthew 5:16

Class Novel

We are finishing off our class novel chosen in a vote, Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest and will choose another just as soon as we find out if Harley can save the forest from the terrible fungus and giant slug!! Barn Owls will get to hear the 'blurb' from several books before voting for their favourite, democracy in action!

 

English

In our first half term we will be reading 'Where the Forest Meets the Sea' by Jeannie Baker giving the children the opportunity to explore the rainforest and write a non-chronologocal report. This is followed by an explanation text in the second half term as we read 'Blue John' by Berlie Doherty.

 

Our routine will include spelling and grammar, handwriting and guided reading sessions. Daily reading at home continues to be essential at KS2 and we would ask that you read regularly at home with your child to develop a love of reading, to develop new vocabulary and strengthen writing skills.Whilst listening to your child, ask questions about what has happened so far, characters thoughts and motives and make accurate predictions based on the text. As well as our guided reading and class reading sessions, we will endeavour to hear all our Barn Owls read at least once a week. Our Barn Owls use our class padlet to share what they are reading, make recommendations and develop our love of reading.

 

Spelling

We will continue to use Pathways to Spell as part of our English lessons to develop spelling strategies and learn spelling rules, as well as the Y3/4 common exception words.

Maths

As mathematicians, the children will learn through concrete experiences moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds.They will also be expected to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems. 

During the Summer term we will be working on fractions, decimals, capacity and mass, money and time.

Science

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. During the first half of the Summer term we will be exploring the science of sound. In the second half we will be learning about the water cycle, linking to our geography topic on mountains and rivers.

 

 

 

"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success,"

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand,"

Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor and Engineer

    

 

History and Geography

As geographers, this summer we will be studying mountaiins and rivers, how they are formed and their importance both locally and worldwide.  This will include a trip to the Anderton Boat lift to explore our local geography.

 

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning. In the first half term we will explore the Church, how Christian places of worship may vary and their importance. We will also consider the places of worship of other world religions. Finally, we explore the book of Proverbs and consider whether it's teachings are still relevant today.

Our whole school and class roundabout worships alongside our class reflection areas and partnerships with our local churches allow the children opportunities to explore our Christian values and develop their own thoughts, reflections and spirituality.

 

PE

Mr Jones will be taking our PE lessons after Christmas, PE will take place on a Friday however, there may be other opportunities for exercise so please ensure your child has a complete, named kit in school at all times.

Art and Design

As artists, we will be looking at landscapes and linking this to our mountains and rivers topic. Our featured artist will be British landscape artist Jamie Hageman, whose work called Sunrise on Mont Blanc can be seen below.

 

 

PHSE

In PHSE, we will start by looking at different career paths before moving on to 'Relationships and changing me' in the second half term.

Music

As musicians, we will be using Charanga to explore musical styles and different sounds.

MFL

As linguists ,we will continue to have Madame Carter on Wednesday morning to deliver our French lessons.

Computing

As digital citizens, we will start the first half term using turtle academy to do some programming.

Forest School

The rota for Forest School has yet to be finalised but we will let you know as soon as possible.

Please make sure your child has appropriate clothing for the weather. Long trousers continue to be essential and hopefully sun hats and sun cream!

Homework

Homework will be sent out on Friday to be returned on or before the following Wednesday.  We expect each piece to take about 20 minutes.  Please come and see us if there are any difficulties or write a note on the piece of work.

 

English – Focusing on basic skills and new techniques used within our writing

Maths - Focusing on skills and methods learnt in our maths lessons.

Comprehension tasks

Reading – 5-10 minutes each night, please add your recommendations and books you have enjoyed to our class padlet.

Times tables practise- see website list in files below

The Top Marks website has a spelling and grammar section as well as the familiar Hit the Button which will provide useful pratice and consolidation of our classroom learning.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar

 

Possible trips & visitors

We are looking forward to our upcoming residential visit to Robinwood near Wrexham and then soon after, our visit the Anderton Boat Lift relating to the rivers portion of our Geography topic.

We hope to visit our own church of St. Johns and the churches of other Christian denominations in the second half of the term.