Kingfisher Class
Teachers: Mrs Beth Casalis (Mon, Tues, Weds am) and
Mrs Liz Brading (Weds pm, Thurs, Fri)
Teaching Assistants: Ms Becky Lyes (mornings and afternoons) and Ms Sophie Farmer (mornings)
Kingfisher Curriculum Overview Year A 2023
Phonics workshop for Year 1: Powerpoint click here
Welcome to our Kingfisher class page.
Welcome to Summer term in Kingfisher class. We are very excited to welcome back all the children and look forward to an exciting term of learning with them.
Maths: Year 2
· Fractions: Finding fractions of amounts, adding and subtracting with the same denominator.
· Time: Telling time to the nearest minute and calculating durations.
· Geometry: Measuring perimeter, identifying angles.
· Data: Interpreting bar charts.
· Multiplication: Mastering 3, 4, and 8 times tables.
➗ Maths – Year 3
· Division: Dividing 1- and 2-digit numbers by 10 and 100.
· Fractions: Adding/subtracting beyond the whole, finding equivalent families.
· Decimals: Working with money and measures.
· Area: Counting squares in rectilinear shapes.
· Coordinates: Plotting on a 2D grid.
· Time: Converting between analogue/digital and 12/24-hour clocks.
· Multiplication: 6, 7, 9, 11, and 12 times tables.
English
- Tale of Fear: The Manor House – Building suspense and atmosphere in storytelling.
- Information Text: Exploring the magical world of Unicorns.
- Instructions: How to Find a Unicorn’s Rainbow – Writing clear and imaginative directions.
RE
- Gospel: What is the Good News Jesus Brings?
- Exploring Christian beliefs about love, forgiveness, and how Jesus’ teachings guide people’s lives.
PSHE
· Healthy eating and understanding medicines.
· Learning about alcohol, cigarettes, and body space.
· First aid basics and online safety, including managing online information and bullying.
· Celebrating differences and building empathy.
History – Who is Grace Darling?
· Learning about her heroic rescue.
· Comparing life in Victorian times to today.
· Understanding her legacy and why her story still matters
Geography – How is where I live different to Lyme Regis?
· Comparing Langport and Lyme Regis.
· Learning about UK countries, cities, and coastal features.
· Using maps and exploring physical geography.
· How is Lyme Regis impacted by climate change?
· Understanding climate change and its causes.
· Exploring plastic pollution and sustainable alternatives.
· Comparing global locations and environments.
Science
Plants
· Life cycle of seeds and bulbs.
· What plants need to grow and stay healthy.
Rocks
· Types of rocks and their properties.
· How fossils are formed.
· Understanding soil composition.
Music
Musical Me
· Singing melodies and clapping rhythms.
· Playing instruments and composing music.
· Exploring dynamics, timbre, and musical notation.
Design and Technology
· Mechanisms: Making a Moving Monster
· Exploring levers, linkages, and pivots.
· Designing and building creative, functional toys.
🎨 Art (Arts week 19th May)
· Printing: Using found materials, fruit, wood blocks, and more.
· Pattern: Exploring natural and humanmade patterns, symmetry, and digital design.
· Focus on the artist Gustav Klimt
Computing
- Desk top publishing.
- Coding movement and drawing with sprites.
- Designing and debugging maze games.
PE
· Summer A: Athletics and Fielding & Striking games.
· Summer B: Swimming – building confidence and technique in the water
French
Homework
Spellings
Year 3
Year 2
Home Learning
All children have a login for the Spelling Shed website where weekly assignments are set for children to practice their spellings for that week. Please click on the link below to go to the website.
Please continue to read daily with your children at home and record this in the reading journal. Children are encouraged to keep the book for 3 nights to develop decoding, fluency and reading with an expressive voice. All children have spellings stuck into their planners and will be tested every Friday. Please see the link below for ideas to help children learn spellings.
If you are using the AR scheme ,please log on below and complete a quiz. Always keep reading. Read aloud to an adult daily and read to themselves for at least 20 minutes a day, preferably more.
Here is a link to questions to ask when listening to your child reading.
Click here during school hours to complete an AR quiz. Please record your score in your planner or Home Learning Book.
Maths for ALL YEARS : TTRockstars Encourage your child to develop their Times Table knowledge using this App. They have their own password which can be found in their reading journal. Here is a parent guide to help get into the TTrockstars app. Parentletters-parentletter (1)
Useful Documents and Information
Parentletters-parentletter (1)
Strategies for Learning spellings at home.
The Bare Necessities – these are a range of maths games you can play at home
Gallery
The Newt Roman Villa Trip July 2024
