Welcome to Class 2

Summer Term 2025

Welcome back and we hope that you have all had a lovely Easter break. 

This term we will be learning about our local habitat in geography and the Stone Age to the Iron Age in history.

Our essential question is linked to geography – How can we protect and promote wildlife in our local area?

PE this term will be on a Monday, however, please ensure that kits are in school all week in case we need to change this due to the weather. Please remember that for PE earrings are to be removed and hair is to be tied back.

Homework will be given out on a Friday and is to be handed in on the following Wednesday or before and the weekly spelling test will be on a Friday. The spelling test will consist of 5 spellings linked to the spelling pattern which we will be learning in class. Spelling overviews will be given out at the start of each term and can also be found below. We will check reading records on a Friday and give out house points if your child has read 4 or more times in a week.

Below you can find our curriculum overview of what we will be learning as well as the spelling overviews for each year group for the term. 

If you have any question, please do not hesitate to ask.

Kind regards

Mrs Coupland and Miss Hailes

Year 4 multiplication tables check - June 2025

Termly Overview

Summer Term 1 - Spelling Overviews

Summer Term 2 - Spelling Overviews

Our essential question is: How can we protect and promote wildlife in our local area?
 

History 

We have started our history by being research archaeologist. The children have researched how tools and weapons were developed over the Stone Age period. 
 

Maths

We always start our maths lessons with retrieval questions to recap previous learning.

Music
First day back at school and we have been busy rehearsing for our clarinet concert next week.

Spring Term 2025

Welcome back to the start of the spring term. We hope that you have all had an enjoyable Christmas and a relaxing break. 

This term we will be learning about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.

Our essential question is – Were the Vikings Raiders or Settlers?

IMPORTANT CHANGES

All PE this term will be on a Friday morning, which will include swimming. Please remember that for PE earrings are to be removed and hair is to be tied back.

Our weekly spelling test will now be on a Thursday however homework will still be given out on a Friday and is to be handed in on the following Wednesday or before.

Like last term, the spelling overviews will be given out at the start of each half term and can also be found below. We will check reading records on a Friday and give out house points if your child has read 4 or more times in a week. It is important that the children bring their reading book and record to school each day so that we can listen to them read.

Below you can find our curriculum overview of what we will be learning as well as the spelling overviews for each year group for the term. 

If you have any question, please do not hesitate to ask.

Kind regards

Mrs Coupland, Miss Hailes and Mrs Robinson

Termly Overview

Spring Term 1 - Spelling Overviews

Spring Term 2 - Spelling Overviews

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Our essential questions is:

Were the Vikings Raiders or Settlers?

Viking Day

We started with a story and myth told by our very own Viking to set the scene …….

Writing Kennings. 
 

Viking quiz

A game of Fox and Geese

History - Viking way of life

The children have been researching how Vikings lived and creating fact files. 
 

Mind- up mindful tasting

(sharpening our senses)

Children’s Mental Health Week

3rd-9th February 

 ‘Know yourself, Grow yourself’

We have made activity wheels with ideas to help us if we are having a hard time understanding our feelings or emotions. 
 

Internet Safety week

Today we have taken part in a workshop about cyber bullying. We discussed scenarios and what the best action would be. 
 

History 

We have used pictures to discover the way of life of the Anglo-Saxons.

We have learnt about the importance of story telling during the Anglo-Saxon period and how stories were told in Mead halls whilst eating feasts. The children have created their own stories based on the story of Beowulf. 

Maths - multiplication and division 

We have been using manipulatives to support our understanding of multiplying and dividing.

English

Our first piece of writing this term is to write a Kenning about Beowulf. As well as this we have written a character description as a piece of short burst writing.

The audience - To record and publish online for parents.

The purpose - To entertain the audience.

We have deconstructed a model text so that we understand what we need to include in our writing and created a story map.

Tuesday 19th November - Home learning

Autumn Term 2024

Welcome to Class 2. We hope that you have all had a great summer and we look forward to hearing about it. 

This term we will be learning about the Amazon rainforest.

Our essential question is – What would it be like to live in the Amazon rainforest?

PE this term will be on a Monday morning, however, please ensure that kits are in school all week in case we need to change this due to the weather. After October half term this will change to a Friday. Please remember that for PE earrings are to be removed and hair is to be tied back.

Homework will be given out on a Friday and is to be handed in on the following Wednesday or before and the weekly spelling test will be on a Friday. The spelling test will consist of 5 spellings linked to the spelling pattern which we will be learning in class. Spelling overviews will be given out at the start of each term and can also be found below. We will check reading records on a Friday and give out house points if your child has read 4 or more times in a week.

Below you can find our curriculum overview of what we will be learning as well as the spelling overviews for each year group for the term. 

If you have any question, please do not hesitate to ask.

Kind regards

Mrs Coupland, Miss Hailes and Mrs Robinson

Termly overview

Autumn Term 1 - Spelling Overviews

Autumn Term 2 - Spelling Overviews

The Amazon Rainforest 

Our essential question is: What would it be like to live in the Amazon Rainforest?

Cheerleading 

On Thursday, Class 2 took part in an amazing day at Priory Ruskin School with a cheerleading coach, along with several other schools. They learned loads of dance moves, designed their own chant and even took part in some stunts. Most importantly, they learned the value of great teamwork and communication! Well done team Denton!

Fun in the snow ❄️ ⛄️

Anti-Bullying Week 2024

Odd socks - CHOOSE RESPECT!

PSHE

We have been discussing what bullying is, the types of bullying and how we would respond. The children created freeze frames for 4 types of bullying - verbal, physical, cyber and indirect.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Class 2 had a super day at Yorkshire Wildlife Park looking at and learning about Amazonian animals and of course a few other animals as well. 😊

PE - Dodgeball 

During our first lesson of dodgeball our objective was to develop accurate throwing skills.

The second lesson has been about developing the skills needed to avoid being hit by the ball by focusing on agility. 
 

Catching

English

Our second piece of writing this term is to write a poem about rainforest animals using our senses. 

The audience - To record and publish online for parents.

The purpose - To entertain the reader.

We have deconstructed a model text so that we understand what we need to include in our writing and created a boxed-up plan.

Follow this link to watch us perform our poetry.

https://denton-ce-school.primarysite.media/media/a-sensory-stroll 

Maths - addition and subtraction 

We have been using concrete resources to support our learning of the formal written method for addition and subtraction.

PSHE

We have been learning about Cyber bullying and the 5 types. The children worked together to sort scenarios into the 5 types.

World Mental Health Day 

Maths - Place value

We have started our place value unit in maths learning how to represent and partition numbers up to 1000. 
 

English

This term we are writing a new version of the Great Kapok Tree based on different animals.

The audience - A younger year group

The purpose - To entertain the reader.

We have deconstructed a model text so that we understand what we need to include in our writing and drawn the following story map to help us create a boxed-up plan.

Music- Clarinets

This year the children will be learning how to play the clarinet. They have had their first lesson where they have learnt about pitch, rhythm and pace. They have also learnt how to attach a reed and make a sound!
 

Well done to the Year 4s for supporting the Year 3s using all of your prior knowledge.

PE

In PE, we have been developing our hockey skills, including sending and receiving with accuracy, dribbling and push passing. 

Science

This term we are learning all about Forces and Magnets. We have explored forces in terms of pushes and pulls, and we have been investigating the effect that friction can have on a moving object. 

First day

We’ve had a lovely first day, setting our rules and expectations and writing a diary entry of a little boy who visited his grandpa.

Transition morning 2024

Class of 2024-2025

We have had a super morning getting to know each other and having fun writing a collaborative story by piecing together sentences. 
 

Summer Curriculum Overview

Summer Term 1 - Spelling Overviews

Summer Term 2 - Spelling Overviews

How can we protect and promote wildlife in our local area?

Sports Day 2025

Spring Term 2 Spelling Overviews

Spring Term 1 Spelling Overview

Termly overview

Spring My Style homework

The Protected Characteristics 

These are a selection of books that we are reading to help us understand and hold discussions. 

Leader in Me.

On a daily basis, the children try to demonstrate our core values within school. As we aim to practise them so often, they become good habits that we can use not only in school but also at home too. 

• Habit 1: Be Proactive (You’re in Charge)
• Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind (Have a Plan)
• Habit 3: Put First Things First (Work First, Then Play)
• Habit 4: Think Win-Win (Everyone Can Win)
• Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood(Listen Before You Talk)
• Habit 6: Synergise (Together Is Better)
• Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw (Balance Feels Best)

Growth Mindset

This year we will be helping the children to develop a Growth Mindset. This aims to increase their resilience, perseverance and independence in their learning. Further information can be found by following the link below.

Maths guides for parents

Please find below parent ‘how to’ guides which provide information on how you can help your child understand certain mathematical topics.

If you follow this link you will be taken through to White Rose parents page called Maths with Michael. You will find short film clips to accompany the guides.

https://whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/maths-with-michael#watch

White Rose calculation policies which are inline with our teaching.

Maths

At Denton we use the White Rose Scheme of work to support our planning and teaching of Mastery Maths lesson.

Mastery Maths is broken it 5 elements - please see the diagram below.

White Rose launched home-learning resources during Covid, these can be found at the following link. These resources include film clips, questions and answers.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ 

Top tips from White Rose for everyday maths at home.

https://whiterosemaths.com/latest-news/top-tips-for-everyday-maths-at-home/

I See Maths

Gareth Metcalfe also launched home learning lessons, where he built understanding in small steps. His website can be found at the following link.

http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/