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Branston Church of England Infant Academy
'The Best We Can Be'
Hedgehog Class Year Two
Welcome to Hedgehog Class.
Hedgehog Class is our Year 2 Class.
Class Teacher - Mrs Savage
Teaching Assistants - Mrs Hutton and Mrs Wilson
We would like to warmly welcome you to Hedgehog Class. On our web page, you will find information about our class as well as all of our super learning.
Important Information
Reading
Reading is at the core of our learning at Branston Church of England Infant Academy. Throughout our school we promote a love of reading that will last a lifetime. Whether it be reading our class story to the whole class, the children reading to an adult or the children reading to each other, we recognise the importance of taking pleasure from a story and sharing that with our friends. Please fill in your child's Reading Record to record what they have read. We love to hear about your child's amazing reading!!
Homework
Homework will be set at the beginning of the term. There will be 9 activities for you to choose from: 3 English tasks, 3 Maths tasks and 3 topic tasks. Please choose 1 activity each week. Homework books are due in each week on Monday and will be returned to your child on Wednesday.
PE
Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Please can all children arrive in school wearing their PE kit on these days.
A castle fit for a King
Our topic this term is ‘ A castle for a King.’ The children will be learning about the history of Lincoln Castle as well as the famous document, the Magna Carta.
The children will be exploring the big question:
Why did William the Conqueror choose Lincoln to build a castle?
In our Science topic, they will be continuing to explore everyday materials and take part in a wide range of experiments. The children will work scientifically to see which materials are best for certain purposes.
We will be containing our castles theme in Design and Technology. The children will learn how to make sliders and levers in order to create a moving parts castle.
Through our Music lessons, the children will explore improvisation even further. They will use two or three notes and have a go playing or singing on their own.
This term, in our PE lessons, we will be focusing on movement and dance. The children will be developing their fluency of movement with their friends in small groups.
‘A Castle fit for a King’ is reflected in our English lessons. We will be delving into books which have themes centred around dragons and castles. These books will fuel the children's imagination to write beautiful, detailed descriptions about dragons. Later in the term, the children will write a recount about our exciting trip to Lincoln Castle. In Maths, we will begin by exploring shape and money. Later in the term, the children will learn about multiplication and division.
In RE, we will be exploring the key question of
Who is Allah to Muslims and why does Allah matter to them?
Through this topic children will learn that Muslims believe that there is one God who created the world in harmony. They will also learn that the Qu’ran is a Muslim’s holy book and tells them how to live their lives.
Our School Value
Our school value this term is community. Through our Collective Worships, we will be exploring what it means to belong to a community and understand why the feeling of community is important. We will explore the Bible story of Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery: they were a community who travelled together in hope of finding the promised land.
13 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot, which were men, besides women and children.
Exodus 12:13
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
Helen Keller
Community is about doing something together that makes belonging matter.
Anon