Lower Key Stage Two
Welcome to Year 3 and 4!
There are 3 classes in Lower Key Stage Two.
The classes are:
Team Navy - Mrs Dalton and Mrs Brookes
Team Sapphire - Ms Brookes
Team Teal - Ms Green
In Lower Key Stage Two, Ms Brady, Mrs Egan, Miss Matthews, and Miss Edwards provide support within classes
and also enhance our provision with small group intervention sessions in the afternoons.
Click here for an overview of what we will be learning in Lower Key Stage Two this year.
Reminders
PE is on the following days for the different classes.
Team Navy - Tuesday and Friday
Team Sapphire - Monday and Tuesday
Team Teal - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
Your child will have a 'Reading Reward Card' in their reading record. Please ensure that your child reads each day - continuing to read with them is wonderful! If your child reads on at least five days in one week they will receive one stamp. When they have achieved 4 stamps your child will be given a reward in school.
If you are unsure about anything, please speak to a member of the team.
Sacramental Programme
Children at St Edmund's are invited to join the Sacramental Programme in Year Four in order to prepare to make their First Holy Communion. Click here for more details.
Information Briefings
KS2 Reading Briefing - Friday 26th September
Homework
The majority of our homework is set through online platforms. Click below to access each of these.
Each child has a weekly assignment set on Mathletics, Reading Eggspress and Spelling Shed - these will be monitored and children will be rewarded with dojos in school.
Autumn One
It has been great to see everyone back in school looking super smart in their uniform. Keep up the good work LKS2.
Clubs this half term include;
- Choir on Mondays with Ms Green and Mrs Linforth
- History Club on Tuesdays with Mrs Williams
- NFL Flag Football on Tuesdays with Dave (coach)
- Girls Football on Thursdays with Mrs Fisher (Year 4 upwards)
Click here for the Autumn One Curriculum Overview including the essential knowledge questions for this half term.
In Religion, our first topic is 'Creation and Covenant'. We are learning more in depth about the Creation Story from the book of Genesis and studying Pope Francis' letter 'Laudato 'Si' to understand how we can work together to care for our common home.
In Music, we are studying a composition unit, 'Mountains'. We are learning to tell stories through music, listening to music and considering the narrative it could represent and paying close attention to the dynamics, pitch and tempo of musical pieces.
We have had lots of wonderful PE experiences already this year. We are absolutely loving our weekly sessions with Dave, the NFL Flag Football coach. We have been learning how to throw and catch the NFL ball and practising some basic drills.
Our first Science topic is 'Rocks and Soil'. We have been investigating different types of rocks and studying their properties. We have also been looking at how different types of rock are formed and investigating fossils.
In French, our topic is 'Ourselves'. We are learning to name various family members. We have been using the Simpsons family to help us learn the vocabulary. Click here to play the online French Games we have been using in school.
Our Beyond the Physical unit this half term is 'Hands, Feet, Equipment'. We are developing our dribbling skills, dribbling with different types of equipment and using different parts of our bodies to develop object control.
In Life Skills, our unit focusses on 'Families and Relationships'. We are learning about?: healthy families; stereotyping - gender; stereotyping – age and disability; effective communication to support relationships; respect and manners and respecting differences.
In History, we are learning all about the Stone Age. We began by placing the Stone Age on a timeline, then explored the three time periods within the Stone Age. We found out about how homes changed during the Stone Age and studied the house remains at Skara Brae in more detail. Look out for an exciting event coming soon to help us with our History studies...
Our Art unit is all about drawing and shading. We have been experimenting with different pencils and pressures to create different effects whilst drawing plants.
Our first SUMO principle of the year is 'Develop Fruity Thinking'. We have been exploring how having a more positive mindset can help us to succeed in life and how we can change the language we use to be more positive about ourselves and others.
