In our class our teacher is Mrs Cowley with Mrs Taylor as our teaching assistant and midday assistant. 

We start our day at 8:45am and finish at 3:15pm, drop off and pick up is from the KS2 playground.

Our PE days are a Wednesday and a Thursday in the afternoon - your child can come in in their PE kit on those days.

Please ensure that your child has correct PE kit: white top, black bottoms and pumps/trainers. 

The children will have a morning break and we will phase out the afternoon break by Christmas, you will have to bring your own snacks as school doesn't provide them in KS2. Make sure they are healthy snacks such as rice cakes, fruit or vegetables. Make sure to send your child in with a water bottle so they can have a drink throughout the day. A friendly reminder that only water is allowed in your child's in class drink. 

We communicate on Class Dojo, if you need to contact me don't hesitate to message me on there. If you need your code for your child let us know and we'll send home a new code for you to connect. Also follow us on twitter @MrsCowley_LCPS

I will be sending reading books home - make sure you check your child's bag for books, make a comment and sign in their reading record and we will change the book in school the next day. Don't forget about our reading challenge! We would love to see you reach your bronze, silver and gold awards.

Homework will be sent out on a Friday  and brought back in by Wednesday. Each week your child will get their spellings, relevant times tables and some suggested activities to support their learning in class that week. If you feel like your child needs extra support in an area send myself a dojo message and I can send home some more supportive work. At the front of their homework books will be a log in code for Numbots, Timestable Rockstars and Purple Mash - these are all educational and will support them with their learning.

Websites that will help your child:

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/3688   - times table rockstars, this will help your child with times tables skills

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button    - hit the button will help with number fact recall (number bonds and times tables)

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/lyndhurst-sk16   - purple mash has lots of educational games on there

If a log in is needed for any website it will be stuck to the inside of their homework book/reading record.

What are we Learning in Autumn Term?

Maths - we we be learning about 3 digit numbers in maths this term! We will be learning to place them on a number line, partition them, find 1/10/100 more/less than a number. We will be comparing numbers and ordering them both ascending and descending order. We will be learning to count in 50s from any starting number. We will be learning how to add and subtract 3 digit numbers using formal methods for addition and subtraction, there are video links underneath to help you support your child with this at home. We will also be recapping our 2s, 5s and 10s before moving on and learning our 3-, 4- and 8-times tables. 

Column Addition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKm-72nd_U 

Column Subtraction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zAv9kfzFoQ 

English - in Autumn 1 we will be looking at the text Stone Age Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqy5ENpagts starts at 0:38 we will be writing a character description to help us spot cave people and we will be writing a letter in role to the main characters mum! In Autumn 2 we will be looking at the text The Lights that Dance in the Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stvfiYZ6rAY we will be writing poetry and a setting description of wintery scenes! 

Science  - we will start by learning about Forces and Magnets in Autumn 1! Introducing ourselves to the force of friction and that some forces don't need contact to work (such as magnetism). We will explore how magnets have 2 poles and that these can attract or repel. We will also be investigating which types of materials are magnetic. In Autumn 2 we will be looking at Rocks! We will be looking at how to group rocks based on their qualities, look at how fossils are formed and investigate what soil is made from.  

Geography - in Geography we will be looking at settlements and answering the question of Are all Settlements the Same? We will be looking at what makes a village, town and city. We will be looking at human and physical features in our local area and how these have changed throughout the history of Dukinfield. Then we will be looking at New Delhi and comparing what their city is like to our own town. 

History - in History we will be learning all about Stone Age to Iron Age Britain. We will be learning about what life was like and how we went from being Hunter-Gatherers to farmers and traders. We will look at changes in housing and why we moved into Hill Forts. We will learn about the changing in beliefs throughout this time and delve into how archaeology has helped us to understand our past, looking at the significance of this period. We will look at why the Roman's invaded Iron Age Britain and put ourselves in their shoes thinking about whether we would invade or not.  

RE - we will be learning about what it means to be a Christian in todays society. Looking at how Christian's use Jesus' teachings to help them with their decisions every day. We will learn how Christian's weave their beliefs into their everyday life.  

Spanish - we will be working on our pronunciation of Spanish sounds in this term. We will learn how to introduce ourselves to others and how to ask how someone is.  

PE - we will be focussing on our basic skills in PE. We will be improving our skills on how to throw and catch accurately, how to dribble a ball accurately, how to jump safely, how to hop with speed, how to skip and our improve our balancing skills with a wide range of balances.  

PSHE - we will be learning about our community and those who help us in it. We will be exploring who we are and all the things that make use unique and special. 

 Art - we will be exploring the medium of charcoal for the first half term. We will be looking at key artists like Edgar Degas, Heather Hansen and Laura McKendry.  

DT - we will be using levers and linkages to create Christmas cards with a moving part. We will be exploring which levers or links would be best to help the part move and designing, editing and improving our cards.  

Music - we will be looking at using percussion instruments for our unit this term.  We will be learning how to read notes and be introduced to minims, semibreves, crochets and rests. We will be using the gumboots dance from South Africa to inspire us - using our own wellies to compose a rhythm! Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYYYymWvhAI