Welcome to 2F

Miss Dibley, Mrs Moodie and Mrs Bullen

gdibley@arnoldmill.notts.sch.uk

smoodie@arnoldmill.notts.sch.uk

sbullen@arnoldmill.notts.sch.uk

On behalf of all the adults and pupils, welcome to our class. Please contact us via the emails above should you need to. 

Key Reminders

• We arrive promptly to school at 8.50am. We finish at 3.30pm.
• Tuesdays and Thursdays are our PE days - we expect appropriate kit to be in school on these days.
• Spellings and spelling homework is given (and tested) every week on Thursdays with house points awarded for full marks or outstanding effort.
• Reading homework is to read their book banded books 3 times per week. An adult must sign their diary so that they earn stamps towards reading pins. Diaries are checked on Fridays.
• Mathematics homework is to learn all times tables that are not already known. If you know all of them to 12x12, start on the next ones i.e. 13, 14, 15 times table etc. Don't forget the 25 times table - which is a very useful one! Tables are tested every Friday and house points given to children who pass a challenge or improve on their previous scores. Your child can also achieve house points for practicing this on TTRS. 
• Please use Microsoft Teams for the most current updates. Your child will have a login.

Readiness for school 

Please send your child to school with the following each day: 

• Water bottle
• Reading book
• Homeschool Diary
• Appropriate clothing - E.g. coat

OPAL Schools

• Please bring your wellies to school if you would like to play on the grass at playtimes and lunchtimes.
• You will also need a coat in school as we will be going out in all weathers. 

Autumn Term Learning

During the Autumn term, our main topic is called, ‘The Vicious Vikings’. In history, the children will explore who the Vikings were and study Viking raids, long ships and homes. In geography, they will develop map work skills and investigate place names in Britain. Our English work will be linked to this topic, and will focus on the genre of recount (diaries, newspapers, biographies etc). The children will write in role as a Viking or Anglo Saxon to create a diary. Our technology topic this term is ‘Moving Mechanisms’. The children will explore mechanisms and how they work and create a design linked to our Viking topic (for example a longboat, dragon or warrior). They will develop skills in measuring, sawing, drilling and joining wood.

In science, the children will identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and explain the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood. They will explore the impact of diet, exercise and lifestyle on the way their bodies function. In groups, they will plan and carry out an investigation on heart rate.

In R.E., the children will look at ‘Journeys through life’ and explore some important, special times and ceremonies in the lives of Jewish, Christian and Hindu people. The children will also explore possibilities for their own journeys through life and think about their hopes for the future.

In PE, the children will be focusing on developing skills in competitive games. In computing, we will be learning about what the internet actually is and how information can be shared. After half term, we will be doing some video editing.

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