Badger Class
Class teacher’s welcome
Welcome to Badgers class page. I am very excited to share with you events that happen throughout the school year. In Badgers, the children are provided with the skills and knowledge required to become aspirational, curious and enthusiastic lifelong learners.
Mrs Quinlan
Curriculum news
At a glance – Autumn 2
- Maths – Multiplication, Division and Fractions
- English – The Explorer, Katherine Rundell. In Flanders Field, poetry
- Science – Changes of materials
- RE – How and why are Jewish festivals celebrated today?
- Geography – Rivers
- PSHE – Valuing differences
- Art – Drawing skills, David Hockney
- Music – Tuned percussion
- French – numbers and time phrases
- Computing – Creating media
Home Learning
All children are encouraged to complete a home learning project to build on their class learning.
Ideas this half term….
- Create a model of a river from source to mouth
- Research a famous river and create a fact file
- Create a river quiz, to test your class mates
These projects are designed to run alongside the learning for the half-term and should be handed in on or before Monday 16th December.
At a glance – Spring 1
- Maths – Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- English – The Arrival by Shaun Tann, For the One (film)
- Science – Earth and Space
- RE – Should we forgive others?
- History – Anglo-Saxons and Scots
- PSHE – Keeping myself safe
- Art –Collage and Printing
- Music – Tuned percussion
- French – numbers and time phrases, districts in Paris
- Computing – Selection in physical computing
Home Learning
All children are encouraged to complete a home learning project to build on their class learning.
Ideas this half term….
- Create a 3D model of the solar system
- Research a planet and create a fact file about it
- Write a poem about… forgiveness, the solar system, life as an Anglo-Saxon
- The Anglo-Saxons built their houses using any materials they could find in the forest. Use this knowledge to design and create a model of an Anglo-Saxon house
These projects are designed to run alongside the learning for the half-term and should be handed in on or before Monday 10th February 2025.
Dates for the diary
Autumn 2
Forest schools (3 sessions)
Geography fieldwork at the River Wharfe – Thursday 21st November
River Bus visit to school – Wednesday 4th December
Spring 1
Danelaw – Monday 3rd February
Class Collective Worship – Tuesday 4th March
Spring 2
British Sign Language Workshop