We are a class of Year 1 and 2 pupils. Our teachers are Mrs Gregory Tuesday to Friday and this term, Miss Mills, on a Monday. Our teaching assistants are Ms Jones and Mrs Oxford.

We’ve got lots of exciting things planned this term to help our learning about our new topics – Knights and Castles.

Our main focus in the first half term will be finding out about what a monarch is, with a focus on the reigns of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. This will include both geography and history skills as we learn about the United Kingdom and it’s features, and what it is like as well as the historical facts about Queens’ reigns and how we use sources in history to find out about them.

After half term we will be learning about the Battle of Shrewsbury through both an historical and geographical lens. We will find out when and why the battle was fought and use our fieldwork skills to investigate the events.

Our science foci this term are living things, our environment and habitats. Throughout the year we will also be carrying out a study on local habitats throughout the year, and to support this we have some visits planned to Forest School.

Our P.E. days this term are Monday with Miss Mills and Thursday with Mr Bevan. Please send your children into school wearing their P.E. kit on these days. If your child wears earrings, please take them out, or cover them, on these days.

Year 2 will also have swimming for half a term. Please also send them into school in P.E. kit on their swimming days.

Homework is set on a Friday and will usually consist of a Reading Eggs activity which can be accessed through the link below. Please also practice the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, for which your child has a Times Tables Rockstars login, and listen to them read throughout the week.

To find out more about the focus in our areas of learning this term, our subject knowledge organisers are available at the below link.

Knights and Castles Knowledge Organisers – Spring 2024

Class Rules and Weekly Timetable

In our class we learn about respecting others and our school environment. We use Mr Potato Head to help us remember our top rules for good learning:

• Listening ears
• Looking eyes
• Kind voices
• Kind hands
• Walking feet
• Thinking hats

We can earn Dojos for our behaviour and attitude to learning. The Dojo winner each week earns themselves a prize from the prize basket. We can also earn Star of the Lesson awards.

An example of our weekly timetable can be accessed below, but this is only an example and may change from week to week.

Haughmond Spring Term Timetable

Links to Online Resources and Apps