"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, Miss Jones and Miss Hay will be supporting our learning.

 

    Miss Jones Coming soon!

 

 

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 

We love to keep you up to date with all that we've been up to on our school  X (twitter) account  @ksjceaided, why not follow us, looking out for our hashtag #Barnowls

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.
• 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 Wednesday 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.

 

Autumn Term 2024

 

Welcome Barn Owls!

Mrs Heald and the Barn Owls team are excited to welcome you to your new classroom and 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 friendship, thankfulness, peace and hope.

The bible recognises the value in true friendship, the support and comfort that it can bring. As we start our new school year in a new class, we are thankful to be surrounded by friends old and new, we look forward to working together, playing together and supporting each other to be the best we can be.

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. - Thessalonians 5:11

 

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 was a favourite of Mrs Heald's when she was at school and links to our topic, Stig of the Dump by Clive King

English

In our first half term we will use the fantastic 'Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura to develop our writing skills and write our own story set in the Stone Age. In the second half term our focus will shift to writing a diary as we explore the wonderful 'Leon and the Place Between' by Grahame Baker Smith and Angela McAllister. 

Our daily 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 focus on Place Value and the four operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, with Year 4 also covering area.

Science

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. This half term we will be investigating the appearance and physical properties of rocks and using these to group different types of rocks.  We will discover how fossils are formed and understand the links between rocks and soil.

We will look at the work of Paleonologist, Mary Anning and Geologist, Florence Bascom.

 

'The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment...but in the pursuit' - Florence Bascom

    

 

History and Geography

As historians and geographers, we will be studying the changes seen in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age including the transition from hunter-gatherer to farmer and early settlements. 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. This term we will explore David and the Psalms, asking questions such as: What values do you consider to be important? Who inspires you? What are the qualities of a good king? What is God like?

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 and reflections.

 

PE

Our PE will concentrate on movement and gymnastics with Kick PE looking at how we can develop and improve our skills. PE will take place on a Wednesday 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 Stone Age art, the methods and materials used to create it and just how far ancient artists progressed as they moved through to the Iron Age.

As designers, we will be looking at nutrition.

 

PHSE

In PHSE, we will start by looking at the ways in which we can look after ourselves and stay healthy. We will then move on to finances after half term, exploring buying and selling, different methods of payment and budgeting.

We will also have focused time on our 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.

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 understanding the internet moving on to audio and online safety 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

 

Possible trips & visitors

We are currently exploring possibilities for our residential, to take place next year.