Welcome to Class 2

Spring Term 2026

Happy New Year and welcome back to school. We hope that you have enjoyed the Christmas holiday.

 This term we will be learning about Planet Earth.

Our essential question is – How does the weather change?

 PE this term will be on a Friday morning, at the Meres Leisure Centre and will include swimming. Please remember that for PE earrings are to be removed and hair is to be tied back.

Homework will still 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 end of the first week 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.

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 questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Kind regards

 Mrs Coupland and Miss Hailes

Spring Term Overview

Spring Term 1 Spelling Overviews

Spring Term 2 Spelling Overviews

Planet Earth 

Our essential question is – How does the weather change?

Autumn Term 2025

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 Romans.

Our essential question is – Who were the Romans?

 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 Monday and 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 questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Kind regards

 Mrs Coupland and Miss Hailes

Termly overview

Autumn Term 1 Spelling Overviews

Autumn Term 2 Spelling Overviews

The Romans

Our essential question is - Who were the Romans?

Healthy Relationships Workshop

Respectful Communication 

What is communication? 
How do we communicate?
How can we communicate respectfully? 

We wrote a set of instructions to help Tom draw a house to help us understand the importance of communication through reading and writing. 

As the children instructed Tom, they realised how precise they needed to be, not presume that he understood what they meant and how this helps with communication. 
 

The importance of listening - Tom asked the children questions in different languages. They needed to use their listening skills to see if they could identify any of the words to give them clues to what the answers to the questions would be. 

We discussed how the words we use help us communicate to build better relationships, even when people aren’t our friends. 

The children had to use their words to help each other guess what was on the board.

Children in Need 2025

Wow! We have had a visit from Pudsey Bear today. Some children and adults had a photo with him. 
 

Measuring our coins. As a class we raised £58.56.

Pudsey morning activities - design your own Pudsey.

Our Children in Need Challenge - bouncing a tennis ball for 25mins! 

Remembrance 2025

One of our children created a super PowerPoint about remembrance to share with the class. Well done. 
 

Roman Day

We started the day by meeting our guide, Maximus, who guided us through the history of the Romans, starting with the story telling of Romulus and Remus.

Reenactment of the Romans and Celts. 

English

This term we are going to be writing an information text about life in Roman Britain. This is linked to our learning in History 

The audience - Children in our school library 

The purpose - To inform the reader.

During critique the children have been using discussion prompts to support with oracy.

Click this link to watch. https://denton-ce-school.primarysite.media/media/oracy-during-critique
 

Harvest Festival 

World Mental Health Day 2025

We have had lots of discussions and taken part in activities about what mental health is and how to ensure that we look after it. 

Our first morning……. We have written poems about what we didn’t do in the summer!
 

English

This term we are going to be writing  play scripts for the fight scene from the story of Romulus and Remus and performing them in small groups.

The audience - Online for parents

The purpose - To entertain the audience.

We are in the studio today rehearsing our playscripts. 
 

Please follow this link to watch the children reading their play scripts. 
https://denton-ce-school.primarysite.media/playlist/class-2-romulus-and-remus-the-fight-scene

The children have worked with each other to critique and edit the first scene of their play scripts. The Year 4s have been super mentors to their Year 3 partners. 
 

During short burst writing the children have written a setting and character description. Today they are working with their partners to edit these into a paragraph to set the scene for their play scripts. 

Today we have worked together to create our plans for our playscripts. The year 4s have done a great job at encouraging and supporting the year 3s. Together we can learn, encourage, aspire, respect and nurture. 

We have been using role play to learn the story of Romulus and Remus.

Maths - Place value

We have been using manipulatives to support our understanding of flexible partitioning.

Mastering Number

This week we have started our mastering number lessons. Today we have learnt how an object can be unitised to give it a value. 
 We have been using the stem sentences - 

There are ____ _____
 

There is ___ , ___ times.

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 - Fundamentals 

We have been developing the fundamental skills of balancing, running, jumping, hopping and skipping, whilst also changing direction with balance and control. 

PE - Ball Skills

Art

We have been exploring repeating patterns, tesserae and mosaic designs using a variety of materials and equipment.

Spring Curriculum Overview

Spring Term 2 - Spelling Overviews

Spring Term 1 - Spelling Overview

Summer Curriculum Overview

Summer Term 1 - Spelling Overviews

Summer Term 2 - Spelling Overviews

Year 4 multiplication tables check - June 2026

The Protected Characteristics 

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

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/