Welcome to Class 2
A caring village school with a family feel where relationships are at the heart of all we do. Our unique community is connected under the protection of the tree of life, where all are enabled to grow and flourish in their own surprising ways’
Welcome to Class 2! Our classroom is a happy, productive learning space and we would love to share it with you! We look forward to welcoming you in for book looks, parent evenings and FOSS events throughout the year. Best wishes, Mrs Down
This term’s big question is:
Where would you build a city?
These are some of the ways we will be exploring our Big Question across the curriculum.
History - Roman empire
Geography - .Cities and settlements in the UK
Science - Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans
RE - What is it like to be part of the Muslim community in the UK (and beyond)?
What is it like to be brought up in a Jewish home in the UK today?
Art - Exploring still life
DT - Structures: building a pavilion
PSHE - Me and my relationships
Valuing differences
PE - Tag rugby and football
This term’s timetable
Monday - Math, English, History
Tuesday - Maths, English, RE, Computing
Wednesday - Maths, English, Art, MFL
Thursday - English, Maths, Science
Friday - Maths, Music, PE
Helping Your Child at Home
Reading with your child at home has a huge, positive impact on their education. We recommend that every child reads at home for at least 10-15mins every day. It’s lovely to see how much the children enjoy putting up their House Points as a reward for reading at home!
Spelling homework helps to support children’s learning of spelling rules learned that week in class. They are sent home on a Monday and tested on a Friday. Please encourage your child to practice them daily.
In Year 3 and 4, children will begin to learn the times tables in a more formal way. Weekly homework will be provided to support your child to learn the times table they are focusing on. Please encourage your child to complete this alongside logging on to TTRockstars regularly. They will have a times table test each Friday.
In class 2 we like to make learning fun! Below are links to a few websites that support your child’s learning in both Maths and English. Have fun exploring them!
Routines
Drinks and Snacks
Please send your child to school with a refillable water bottle which they will have free access to in the classroom throughout the day.
You are welcome to provide your child with a healthy snack to eat at morning breaktime. We will provide children in Year 2 with a healthy morning snack as part of The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme available to all children in Key Stage 1.
PE
PE is on Fridays. Please send your child to school in their PE kit.
Class News
Friday 5th September 2025
Welcome back to another exciting school year! I hope you have all had a fabulous summer break and feel refreshed and ready to embrace the year ahead. We have hit the ground running in Saplings class with lots of collaborative activities and opportunities to reconnect after the holidays. The children have shared their summer adventures during morning check in and spent some time writing about them in our brand new English books. We visited the school library and wrote our class agreement together. The children have agreed to be kind and respectful, to listen actively and include everyone. They also wanted to include their favourite from last year: always have a go, don't say no! On Thursday afternoon we took part in some STEM games where the children worked collaboratively to problem solve. They successfully moved plastic cups without touching them using just a rubber band and some string and let their imagination run wild when building structures with marshmallows and cocktail sticks. Next week, we will be following our usual timetable as we begin to explore this terms big question, ‘where would you build a city?’. I look forward to sharing your children’s achievements with you over the coming weeks via Dojo.
Best wishes,
Mrs Down
