Boynton Primary School

Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Findlay are our Class Teachers

Miss Usher and Mrs. Mortimer are our Class Teaching Assistants. 

CLASS 2 NOTICEBOARD

 Swimming Letter - September 2025 for Year 3 and 4

Important Class Information

• PE: This takes place on a Thursday afternoon with swimming on a Monday morning.  Please send your child into school with their PE kits and remove any jewellery beforehand, if they are unable to remove it themselves. 
• Reading: Please remember to keep reading with your child every night. Even if they are able readers please ask them questions and discuss what they are reading. We would like children to read at least 4 times a week. Just a quick note in their reading record book, together with a parent/carer signature, will earn them rainbow rewards in school and team points.  
• Homework will be given out on a Thursday to be completed and returned by the following Monday. Please ensure your child completes all of their homework every week.    
• Spellings: Spellings are sent home on a Monday to be learnt for a test on Friday.  

Here is a timetable of a typical week in Class 2 - Autumn Timetable 2025

Our topic for Autumn 2025 is...

Stone Age to Iron Age Britain

A warm welcome back to Class 2 after what we hope has been an enjoyable summer break as we start another busy and exciting term.  Our first topic of this academic year will be history based as we learn about life in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, a period covering a million years of history. As well as understanding the chronology of this fascinating time, children will learn about the food, religion, homes, technology and art and how each of these areas developed and changed over time and how amazing developments occurred from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.  

As always, if you have any resources, artefacts or knowledge that you feel you could share with us regarding our topic this term - then please let us know. 

Literacy: Literacy will begin this term with the text ‘Fossil Girl’ by Catherine Brighton, a captivating book which tells the true story of 10-year-old Mary Anning. We are going to write a recount in the form of a fossil journal to describe the events which led Mary to find the first complete fossil of an Ichthyosaurus, nearly 200 years ago. This will lead into more creative writing within the 2nd half term as we focus on character description based on the fabulous text, ‘Stig of the Dump’ by Clive King, as we create our own descriptions of the protagonists, Barney and Stig.

The children will continue to work on their comprehension, punctuation, grammar and spellings with new skills being introduced or refined during lessons in order to enable all children to become more confident readers and writers. 

 *** Please encourage your child to practise their spellings and read at home at least 4 times in a week.***

Numeracy: Maths will address the specified curriculum for Year 3 and 4 children, incorporating the units of number and place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, measurements, geometry and statistics.  Children will also have access to the online programs of 'Mathletics' and 'TT Rockstars' both in school and at home. 

 ***Maths Homework will be given out on Thursdays and should be returned by the following Monday.*** 

History/Geography: History this term will take Class 2 on a fascinating journey as we explore prehistoric Britain. We will discover what life was like in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age and explore a million years of prehistory (the period before written evidence) to learn how the first humans came to Britain, how they lived and what developments were made during each era. We will also develop our history skills as we consider how we know about prehistory and find out what archaeologists do.

Science: In Science this term, we will be evolving into budding geologists as we learn about the rocks, soils and fossils that can be found buried deep in the ground. We will find out about different kinds of rocks and what they can be used for and explore a variety of soils and find out how they are formed. We will also discover the fascinating world of fossils, as well as undertaking a variety of experiments to ensure our science skills are rock solid! We will then move onto the topic of ‘Light and Shadow’ and learn how light travels, what shadows are, how the length and position of a shadow changes throughout the day and everything in between! Opportunities again for practical experiments and fun activities to enlighten us all.

Art: Children will be introduced to the fascinating world of Stone Age art by exploring prehistoric cave paintings, sculptures and jewellery. We will investigate how early humans expressed themselves creatively by researching many different cave paintings that have been found all around the world and consider the themes, patterns and colours in the images we see. We will learn how prehistoric people made their paints and think about why the paintings were created before developing our own artwork inspired by ancient techniques and materials.

Design and Technology: This term, Class 2 are mechanics as we get to grips with pneumatic systems and investigate a variety of objects that use air to make them work. Our aim is to create our own prehistoric model animal with pneumatic parts which begins with careful research, before designing, making and finally evaluating our own creations.

Music: Music will see us continuing to develop our skills of the 5 strands of the Model Music Curriculum which are: performing, listening, composing, the history of music and the inter-related dimensions or elements of music.   This term will focus in particular on listening and composition, as we explore rhythm building, pitch, melody, structure and Harmony.  We will also continue to incorporate other musical cultures into our curriculum through our music appreciation assemblies so our pupils learn to respect and value music from all over the world. 

Religion and World Views: This term will focus on 'Founders of Faith’ to build on their understanding that holy stories give their believers important lessons and explores how faith founders taught these stories. We will look at the characteristics of a good leader and what it means to be a founder through the beliefs of Christians and Muslims, and how a person’s faith influences the way they live. In the second half term, we will look at the way ‘light’ is used in the Christmas story to express feelings, celebrations, prophecies and how it is used in religious artwork to represent the Holy Spirit.

P.S.H.E: The topic this term is ‘Respect for Property’ as we learn about the responsibility we all have to respect other people’s property, and for property where there is shared use - such as in school grounds. Building on our prior learning that stealing and vandalism are wrong, we will have the opportunity to think about and discuss the consequences of crime, to empathise with victims and to consider punishment and the value of respecting shared or public property.

At Boynton, we recognise the importance of promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing to our students and their families. We aim to create an open culture around the discussion of mental health and wellbeing and to empower our children to be able to regulate their emotions. By implementing the Zones of Regulation curriculum we aim to teach our pupils to identify emotions in themselves and others and provide them with bank of strategies to help regulate their emotions and improve their wellbeing.

French: French this term will focus upon 'Getting to Know You' as the children develop their understanding of the language through speaking and listening, and reading and writing. By playing games and activities, the children will learn to greet each other, exchange names, ask how someone is, count to 10 and say how old they are. We will also begin to learn some French phonics to help build strong pronunciation foundations and to support their reading and spelling.

Computing: ICT over the course of this term will enable the children to learn about the importance of E-Safety as we discover what it means by the term ‘identity’ and look at how online identity can be different to those in real life. We will also explore animation and learn how to use simple ICT tools to create characters and motion to build an animated story.

PE: P.E this term will begin with swimming for children in Class 3 as we aim for them to move with more confidence in the water, including submerging themselves fully and entering and exiting the water independently.  Their targets will be to swim short distances unaided and to propel themselves over longer distances with swimming aids.  Dance and gymnastics follow, as the children will learn to build basic creative and choreography skills in travelling, dynamics and partner work.  We will also learn a range of floor exercises showing increasing flexibility in shapes and balances.

Our Europe topic last term was described by the children as being 'exotic', 'fascinating' and 'really interesting' and we produced some fantastic work which adorns our classroom, corridors and hall.  We are very proud of the work that we completed on our European topic: from persuasive writing to creating our colourful collages.  Well done everyone!  

Here are a few photos from last term...