Kingfisher Class

Teachers:   Mrs Beth Casalis (Mon, Tues, Weds am) and

                       Mrs Liz Brading (Weds pm, Thurs, Fri)

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Nikki Hazzard  (mornings and x 4 afternoons), Miss Sophie Farmer (mornings) and Miss Mia Pollard (afternoons) 


KS1 Curriculum Overview

Kingfisher Curriculum Overview Year A 2023

Phonics workshop for Year 1: Powerpoint click here


Welcome to our Kingfisher class page. 

Kingfisher Spring term 2024

Welcome back to the Spring Term! We can’t wait to get stuck into all our learning with Kingfisher class this term. We have a busy term with lots of fantastic learning taking place.

Maths

Year 2: The children will become familiar with multiplication facts for x2,5 and 10 times tables. They will learn the related division facts. They will learn how to read scales in increments of 1,2,5 and 10. They will learn to tell the time to quarter to/past and5 minute intervals. They will become familiar with the value of coins and calculate change.

Year 3: The children will compare and order fractions with same numerator or same denominator. They will add and subtract numbers with up to 3-digits using a formal written method and choose an efficient method to calculate. They will be more secure with multiplying and dividing 2 digit by 1 digit numbers mentally and learn a formal multiplication written method.

English

This term in Kingfisher class we will be focusing on portal stories and how we can develop description in our writing. We will be using the talk for writing process to learn the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and adapt this to create our own versions. Following this we will move on to non-fiction writing where children will learn how to write their own persuasion text about giants. In the second half of the Spring Term we will have a Shakespeare week and will be exploring and writing poetry.

RE

‘What do Christians believe about love?’ is the title for the RE unit in the first half of term. The children will learn that Christians believe that Jesus brings the good news through the Gospel and that God loves them and will forgive them when they go wrong. They believe that they should also forgive others and love others. After half term children will explore the question ‘Why is Easter important for Christians?’ and the significance of celebration.

History

During the first half of this term children will be learning about The Great Fire of London and will be working towards answering the question: ‘Was The Great Fire of London a total disaster?’ Throughout the unit, children will be asking and answering questions about different sources of evidence and develop skills to think like a historian.

Geography

Geography will take place in the second half of this term. Children will continue to work on their map skills and identifying different continents. We will zoom in on the country of Kenya and learn about what it is like to live in Kenya and making comparison with areas in the UK.

Science 

Year 2: Everyday materials. The children will identify and compare the suitability if a variety of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses. They will find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

Year 3: Forces and Magnets: The children will compare how things move on different surfaces and compare how things move on different surfaces. They will notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance. They will observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others They will also compare and group together a variety of everyday materials based on whether they are attracted to a magnet and identify some magnetic materials. They will Describe magnets as having two poles and they will predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other.

Year 3: Electricity: The children will identify common appliances that run on electricity and construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers. They will Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery. They will recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a circuit. They will also recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.

Music

Our theme is learning about Myths and Legend.  Children will be developing an understanding of musical language and how timbre, dynamics and tempo affect the mood of a song.

Design and Technology

The topic this term is about Structures called ‘Baby Bear’s Chair’. Children will explore
stability and methods to strengthen structures, to understand Baby Bear’s chair weaknesses
and develop an improved solution for him to use.

KO-DT-Y2-Baby-Bears-Chair-PRINT (1)

Art

The artist the children will focus on is Antony Gormley, developing awareness of natural and man-made forms. They will look at sculptures and sculptors and learn to shape and form from direct observation (malleable and rigid materials).

Computing 

Computing this term will be focussed on programming Robot Algorithms. Children will be learning to program Bee- Bots and getting them to travel different routes on a Bee-Bot mat.

Year 3: French

Every Thursday and Friday afternoon the children in Year 3 will learn French. Before half term they will learn greetings and after half term they will learn about the French names of colours. The knowledge organisers will be helpful to share at home.

Yr-3-greetings   

Yr-3-Colours-


Homework

Spellings

Year 3 Spellings Autumn 1

Year 3 Spellings Autumn 2

Year 3 Spellings Spring Term 1

Year 2 Spellings Spring Term 1

All children now 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.

Spelling shed

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 listen 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

https://www.longsuttonprimaryschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Questions-to-use-when-reading-with-your-child.pdf

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Strategies for Learning spellings at home. 

The Bare Necessities – these are a range of maths games you can play at home


Gallery

Autumn Term 1