"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.
• Please have a bottle of water at school every day. This can be refilled as necessary.
• Please bring a small school bag, reading book and reading record every day.
• 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. 

PE is timetabled for Thursday 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.

 

Spring Term 2024

 

Welcome to 2025 Barn Owls!

Mrs Heald and the Barn Owls team are excited to welcome you to a new year and new  learning. This year has some exciting topics and experiences in store and we are looking forward to exploring them together.

 

Our Christian Values

During the Autumn term, our Christian values are service, humility and trust.

As Christians we believe in service to God and others, helping with humility and not in search of reward. Barn Owls have built trusting relationships with each other and staff and as we move into the new year, surrounded by friends, we look forward to working together, playing together and supporting each other to be the best we can be.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. Peter 4:10

 

Our roles and responsibilities

***Photos coming soon!***

 

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

 

 

Our class novel for this half-term will be chosen in a vote when we return after Christmas. 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 'Escape from Pompei' by Christina Balit to develop our writing skills and write our own historical fiction from the viewpoint of one of the characters. In the second half term, we will continue our volcanic theme, this time writing a non-chronological report based on 'When the Giant Stirred' by Celia Godkin.

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 autumn term we will continue work on multiplication and division as well as fraction, decimals, length, perimeter, capacity and mass.

Science

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. During the Spring term we will be investigating nutrition, the human skeleton and muscles.

 

 

'I did not think; I experimented.' - Wilhelm Rontgen, Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering X-Rays

    

 

History and Geography

As historians and geographers, we will be studying the Romans, why they invaded and the impact that they had on Britain. We will use maps, case studies and artefacts to explore this fascinating period in our history.

 

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning. In the first half term we will explore Jesus and how he changes lives moving on to the Easter story in the second half term and whether this is a story of betrayal or trust.

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 Thursday 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 Roman sandal design, the methods and materials used to create this important piece of footwear

 

 

PHSE

In PHSE, we will start by looking at global diversity and discrimination. We will then move on to the British Values: democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs as well as the nine protected characteristics nd how these connect with our own lives.

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 exploring photo editing before moving on to data logging during the second half term.

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 visiting the Grosvenor Museum in Chester where we will join a workshop and have  the opportunity to explore the Roman exhibits as well as taking a trip through time through the streets of Chester with a Roman soldier.

 

In the Summer term we expect to visit Robinwood near Wrexham for two nights on residential and also visit the Anderton Boat Lift relating to the rivers portion of our Geography topic.