Archbishop Hutton's V.C Primary School
Class 2 2024 - 2025
Welcome to Class 2!
We are a mixed-age group of Year 1 and 2 children. Our teacher is Miss Hughes and we have a Teaching Assistant, Mrs Burns, with us each morning. We are very lucky to also have a few fabulous reading buddies who volunteer with us; Mrs Ross on Wednesday afternoons and Mrs Graham-Spicer on Friday afternoons. Miss Rawcliffe works with groups and individuals on Wednesday and Thursday mornings on targeted interventions.
This half term's whole school theme is 'A Step Into The Past'.
Class Two's topic is called "Toys Through Time".
Please see below for the Spring Term 1 Newsletter and Medium Term Plan for more detail on what we will be learning, including the books we will be reading during this topic. Our Knowledge Organiser identifies the core facts we expect pupils to know at the end of the topic, as well as new vocabulary that they will encounter, throughout.
Home Learning: Reading is the most vital skill in your child's Key Stage 1 learning journey. Therefore, reading and spelling will be the bulk of your child's home-learning in Class 2. We expect all pupils to read at least three times per week, ideally daily (especially if reading is something your child needs additional practise in). We are trialing a new system for changing reading books in Class 2 this term, so please bear with us in through the first few weeks of time as we sort out any teething issues with our new process! We will endeavour to change your child's reading books at least twice a week (after it has been read three times, which equates to six 'reads' a week). If your child is an avid reader, this may be more frequent. Spellings to be practised will be sent home regularly and pupils' progress on these, towards end of key stage expectations, will be tracked in school at least half termly.
PE: We have PE lessons twice a week; currently every Wednesday, and either Thursday or Friday. Your child will need to change in school for these lessons. Therefore, we ask that PE kit comes in at the beginning of each half term and remains in school until the next break, when it will be sent home to be washed and checked over. PE kit through the early part of the Autumn term is a plain, team-coloured t-shirt, black shorts and black pumps or plain black trainers (both, ideally, for indoor and outdoor sessions). Whilst the weather is cooler and wetter we still do outdoor PE whenever possible, so plain black tracksuit bottoms, plain black trainers and a team-coloured hoody will be required (in addition to the usual indoor PE kit).
Water bottles and snack: Your child needs to bring a water bottle into school each day. This can be kept in school and re-filled here, or can come home daily. This should contain still water only, no fizzy drinks or juice please. Key Stage 1 children receive fruit at playtimes; this varies week-by-week, between apples, bananas, cherry tomatoes, sugarsnap peas, pears or raisins. If your child has a preference that they don't get the option of, they may bring their own fruit for play-time.
Please don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions, or want to contribute in any way to our learning.
Next trip / event: visit to Judge's Lodgings in Lancaster on Wednesday 29th January. Letter sent home 16/01/25.