Class 2

Welcome to Class 2

Class 2 is busy and creative; we always have a project on the go. We love stories and use oral storytelling, books and drama to help us with our learning. Learning takes place as a whole class and in small groups. The children carry out independent jobs, choosing from a menu of activities to complete throughout the week. These activities will cover a range of curriculum subjects, often revisiting and deepening previous learning.

English covers reading and writing. The children are introduced to a wide range of books and read with an adult individually or as part of a group at least once per week. We also have whole class reading sessions, where we read aloud together and talk about the book. There is a lovely book corner in the classroom with a sofa and beanbag where children can enjoy books together. Our writing lessons focus on the basic skills of sentence writing for the first term, building up towards longer pieces of writing. These may be linked to a book, a short animation, or our Mantle of the Expert story (see below).

Maths takes place in small groups and the year groups are taught separately. We take a mastery approach to the maths curriculum, ensuring the children learn concepts deeply and can apply their learning flexibly. The children learn how to use concrete resources to understand mathematical concepts and to solve problems, moving on to pictorial representations and written number problems.

Much of our connected curriculum is taught through Mantle of the Expert (https://www.mantleoftheexpert.com/); the children become a team of experts, solving problems within a fictional context. For example, they might be Lost and Found officers, finding and rehoming lost animals; or they might be fire fighters in 1666, helping King Charles II to keep London safe following The Great Fire. These fictional contexts cover a lot of our subject learning; Science, History, Geography, Art and D.T. We have separate lessons for: P.E, R.E. Music,and PSHE.

R.E. is taught through our Christian values, the Understanding Christianity scheme and the Peterborough Diocese syllabus.

You can find out more about what we get up to on the class blog: littlehoughtonclass2.blogspot.com