Lower Key Stage 2

A very warm welcome to the Lower Key Stage 2 page. These two years see the transition from Key Stage 1 into Key Stage 2.

Please find detailed below information regarding staff members working with your child, class groupings and additional information about the teaching and learning that will take place within the spring term.

Staffing

As well as your child’s class teacher, there will also be some other members of staff who may work with your child this year:

Miss Herbert / Miss Williams (Galaxy)
Mrs Beevers (Armstrong)
Mrs Elliott (Apollo)
Teaching assistants: Mrs Withers, Mrs Robinson

We are all looking forward to an exciting year ahead. If there are any problems or comments, please, in the first instance, contact your child’s class teacher. If you need to speak further then please contact our Deputy Head, Miss Herbert.

Classes

As you will know, there are three classes within Lower Key Stage 2. The pupils are organised across the 3 classes to allow teaching that is tailored to the needs of the pupils. This enables great support and challenge for all pupils to help them reach their potential.

Autumn Term

Please find below information about the curriculum in Lower Key Stage 2:

Learning in LKS2

In English, we are beginning the term reading The Iron Man, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
In Maths, the children will cover various topics in the autumn term including Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Statistics, Multiplication and Division and Perimeter and Area.
In Computing, the children will use more advanced features of applications to communicate ideas
In Art, the children will learn about sculpture and Henry Moore.
In RE, the children will learn about the bible and why it is important to Christians.
In PE, the children will focus on Invasion Games and taking part in Athletics.
In Music, the children will learn to sing Harvest Festival songs and to play the recorder.
In Science, the children will learn about Light.
In History, the children will learn about the Romans.
In Geography, the children will consider the question, ‘Why does Italy shake and roar?’
In Design Technology, the children will make pizza.

Galaxy- Wednesday and Friday
Armstrong- Monday and Wednesday
Apollo- Wednesday and Friday
Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit in school for their PE day and that long trousers and a jumper/hoodie is brought into school for outdoor PE.
Please label your child’s PE kit. If your child attends an after-school PE club they may wish to bring additional kit.

Reading

Every child should have a home-reading book and should be encouraged to read every night (even if it is just one page).
Please ensure your child’s reading log is signed once the book is complete so it can be changed within school.
We will be assessing your child’s reading regularly and reviewing their reading stage accordingly. This will be based on your child’s fluency and their ability to answer comprehension questions on the text they are reading.
The children will practise their reading skills within school in both their English lessons and whole class guided reading.

Visits and Visitors

Commando Joe’s will be working with Year 3 and 4 as part of their PSHE curriculum.
Galaxy will take part in a Tri Golf festival this term.
Opportunities for different festivals will be afforded to Armstrong and Apollo during the year.

Homework

Homework will be given out on a Wednesday to be completed by Monday
There will be spellings and Arithmetic every week.
Tasks will be set on the class ‘Google Classroom’.

Twitter

To keep updated on activities that we are doing you can follow our Twitter Feed either on the right side of this page or, if you have a Twitter account, by following us on @RedRoseLKS2

Our main School Twitter handle is @RedRosePrimary

If you have anything you want to talk through, please come and discuss it with us.