St Edmund's RC Primary School

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Queen Street, Little Hulton, Salford M38 0WH

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0161 921 1940

St Edmund's RC Primary School

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 Wilson

Team Sapphire - Ms Brookes

Team Teal - Ms Green

Mrs Barrington, Miss Burgess and Mrs Fisher also teach across all three classes.

In Lower Key Stage Two, Mrs Brady, Mrs Mann and Mrs Taylor 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 - Monday and Tuesday

Team Sapphire -  Tuesday and Wednesday

Team Teal - Wednesday and Friday

Please make sure your child has their PE kit in school every day. Our PE kit is black or navy shorts, a white T-shirt and trainers or pumps - in colder weather, a plain black or navy tracksuit can be worn. Kits can be left on your child's peg for the half term. 

Toast and milk is available for the half-term via Parent Pay. Please note, this must be ordered in advance and cannot be ordered mid-term.

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

LKS2 Reading Briefing

Click here to view the presentation from this briefing.

Year 4 - Multiplication Tables Check Briefing

Click here to view the presentation from this briefing.

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 1

It was wonderful to see everybody back in school looking so grown up and smart in their school uniform. So far. all our classes have been above the school attendance target each week, and Team Sapphire have won the attendance trophy twice. Keep up the good work everyone!

 Co-curricular clubs this half term are:

  • Choir on Tuesdays with Ms Green and Miss Rogers

In Science, our first topic is 'States of Matter'. We have been engaging in a range of fun investigations to help us learn about the differences between solids, liquids and gases. 

In Religion, we are learning all about 'Family'. We are studying the history of Jesus' family tree and learning all about His ancestors and how their belief in God shaped their choices in life.

Our Bible Studies text this half term is from the book of Genesis. We are learning all about the story of Creation and how the Bible teaches us about God's plan for the Earth and all those who share it. Our core Gospel Value from this text is 'Stewardship' and we will be reflecting on what we can do to take better care of God's amazing creation.

We are excitedly engaging in our whole class instrumental lessons in Music this half term. We have been learning all about staff notation and have been learning to play simple ostinato rhythms on the glockenspiel. We have learned about 'Gumboot Dancing', a popular tradition in South Africa, and we are enjoying learning the Gumboot Dance song and playing along on our instruments.

Our first History topic is 'The Romans'. We have been finding out about the location of Rome, and learning how and why the Romans managed to travel so far and wide while creating their empire.

In Computing, we are learning all about using the block coding language 'Scratch'. The year fours have been excellent role models, helping the year threes to understand how to combine coding blocks to give instructions to the on-screen 'sprites'. 

The year threes have been very excited to begin learning French, and the year fours have been excellent at sharing their prior knowledge with their new classmates. Our first topic is 'C'est Moi' and we have been busy learning all about greetings and how to ask and answer simple questions about ourselves when we meet someone new.

This half term's SUMO principle is 'Fruity Thinking'. We have been looking at ways we can develop our mindset to be more positive, and how we can offer ourselves and others positive words of encouragement to keep us motivated.

In PE, our Beyond the Physical topic is 'Inspire, Create, Perform'. We have chosen a jungle theme for our dance topic, and have been thinking of a range of different movements to represent different jungle animals.

Our core sport PE this half term is focussing on Basketball skills. So far, we have focussed on dribbling the ball, pivoting to turn and different types of pass including: ‘chest pass’ ‘over head pass’ and ‘bounce pass.