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Lower Key Stage 2
Welcome to Lower Key Stage 2!
(Years 3 & 4)
Years 3 & 4 - Maple Class Years 3 & 4 - Silver Birch Class Years 3 & 4 - Willow Class
Spring Term 2 - Planet Earth
Welcome back to the 2nd half of our Spring Term in Maple, Silver Birch and Willow Classes. Our new school theme is 'Planet Earth' which is driven through our Geography curriculum.
We have a very exciting start in our first week in which KS2 welcome back Prime VR. LKS2 will become Ocean Explorers; diving under our oceans and finding out about the magnificent array of creatures that live beneath our seas – we can’t wait to see the children’s reactions to this!
We will be using this to form the basis of some Geography fieldwork in which we will be questioning, observing, analysing and presenting data based on this workshop.
This also provides the children with a superb visual link to our class novel; Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr. Nim is a modern-day Robinson Crusoe character, living on a beautiful, remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with her scientist dad, Selkie the sea lion, Fred the iguana and Chica the turtle! When Nim’s Dad fails to return from a trip at sea and disaster threatens her home it is down to Nim, her animal friends and a mysterious contact via email to come to the rescue.
Our Geography work then focuses on UK Rivers and we will learn how rivers are formed and how the water cycle affects them. We will be using maps to follow the journey of the River Ouse into the Humber Estuary as well as understanding how important rivers are in our local environment.
Nim’s hut is the focal point in our Design & Technology work this half-term as we look at building a shell structure. We will look at different strengthening techniques and use computer aided design to plan the net of the hut.
As scientists, we will be working scientifically when investigating flowering plants and plant growth. We will learn about the specific functions of different parts of a plant beginning with the leaves, roots and stem and use observational skills to track and investigate plant growth in different conditions.
We continue to widen our computer skills this half-term by developing our programming skills. Using the program ‘logo’ a text based programming language the children will plan, modify and test commands to form shapes and patterns.
Our school value this half-term is Community. We will look at our school, local and global community through our work in PSHE as well as considering the importance of rivers to local communities in Geography.
We look forward to another fun-filled half-term with many wonderful learning experiences planned. We look forward to sharing our work with you later in the term. In the meantime please read our curriculum newsletter below for more information.
Spring Term 1 - Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
A warm welcome back to school for the 2nd academic term of 2023 – 2024.
Maple, Silver Birch and Willow Classes are ready to enjoy our new learning this half term through our whole school theme of 'Healthy Body, Healthy Mind'. This is driven through our Physical Education (PE) & Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE), Science and DT curriculums.
In our LKS2 classes, we will be learning how to keep our bodies ‘healthy’ by taking a close look in Science at the nutrition we provide our bodies. We will be learning about the different types of nutrients that different foods provide and how they have an impact on our bodies. We will be scrutinising our school lunch menu to find out what nutrients our school lunches are providing!
We have already begun reading our new novel in LKS2 and it has already been so well received. Written by the poet Ted Hughes, The Iron Man is halfway between a modern fairy tale and a sci-fi story! Emerging from the sea, the Iron Man is at first feared by the local community. However, with the arrival of the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from outer space who threatens the world with destruction, it is the Iron Man who steps forward to save the day.
It is an engaging read with the themes of friendship, kindness and peace at the heart of this modern classic. These link beautifully with our school values of ‘Resilience, Respect’ and ‘Care’.
This half-term in Design & Technology we look at food science. We will be creating our own version of a healthy sandwich, beginning with some different bread tasting and choosing our own fillings. We will then be making, eating and evaluating our work! This will take place at the end of this half-term.
In Geography, we are escaping the cold by transporting ourselves to the Caribbean! We are aiming to improve our map skills by locating different islands using grid references as well as identifying the physical features and characteristics of the islands. We will also learn about how the different foods in the Caribbean effects the economy of the local area. It’s not all sun and palm trees!
We have much planned and look forward to sharing this with you at our parent pop-in at the end of half-term. In the meantime, please check in on our LKS2 class pages on the website to see how we are getting on.
Curriculum Newsletters - Cycle B - 2023-2024
LKS2 Information for Parents/Carers
Autumn Term 2 - Boom, Bang & Bash!
Welcome back to our second half-term in Lower Key Stage 2. As you can see, we have another fun-filled, action-packed Boom, Bang & Bash! of a half-term planned.
This half-term, our whole school theme is ‘Boom, Bang and Bash!’. For our part in the theme, we have another exciting history topic in Ancient Egypt which we have themed much of our learning around.
Last half-term our whole class text was loved by all so we can only hope we hit the spot again with this half-term’s choice of The Adventurers and The Temple of Treasure by Jemma Hatt. In this book, the adventurers find themselves navigating their way through the ancient wonders of Egypt to unearth a mystery that has been buried for thousands of years! Again, the text links brilliantly to our learning in History in which we will be learning about the Ancient Egyptian civilisation. The children will learn about when this civilisation took place, the fascinating Egyptian pyramids and their Gods as well as discovering what Tutankhamun had buried with him in his tomb! At the end of the half-term we hope to be able to answer the question “How have the Ancient Egyptians influenced our life today?”
In Art and Design, we will be creating their own Egyptian cartouche using clay. This unit also provides an opportunity to learn about hieroglyphics as well as accurately paint-mixing with primary and secondary colours.
Our music lessons also have an Egyptian theme as we will be developing their singing skills by learning a song entitled ‘The Gift of the Nile’ in which they will be singing in both unison and in rounds.
Please read our curriculum newsletter for more information and keep looking out for photographs of our learning on the school website and on our Twitter account @TWPrimarySchool.
Autumn Term 1 - Divide & Conquer!
Welcome back to school for our 2023- 2024 academic year in LKS2. We have really enjoyed welcoming the children back into school and they are already immersing themselves in their learning!
This half-term, our whole school theme is ‘Divide and Conquer’. For our part in the theme, we will be learning about a well-known piece of British history – the sinking of RMS Titanic and we will also explore the links that our local area had with shipbuilding. LKS2 have begun the year by reading our whole class text; “Kaspar, The Prince of Cats” by the author Michael Morpurgo. Our fictional cat, Kaspar becomes the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic. The text is a super backdrop for our learning in History, in which we will be learning about the legacy of RMS Titanic. The children will not only learn about when and where it was built, where it was sailing to but will also debate where the fault lies for this huge maritime disaster. We will also use our geographical skills to map out the Titanic’s journey and locate the key countries and places involved.
To enhance our learning, we have arranged for the children to take part in a virtual drama experience on Wednesday 4 th October. We are inviting children (and adults!) to dress up that day as if they were indeed boarding the ship and the drama workshop will centre around being a passenger on board the ship on that fateful night.
In Design Technology, the children will be exploring moving mechanisms (levers and linkages) and will put together a moving information page based on the Titanic story. We plan to do this over a week so children can immerse themselves in designing, making and evaluating their learning.
The Year 3 children have been introduced to the French language and this half term we will be learning how to describe each other using simple words and phrases.
Please read our curriculum newsletter for more information and
keep looking out for photographs of our learning on the school website!
Autumn 1 Art & Design - Cave Art!
