Welcome to Malvern Class!

In Malvern Class Years 2, and 3 work together to create an inspiring learning environment. Our class is taught by Miss Brown and we are supported by fantastic teaching assistants throughout the day. We strive to make learning fun and interactive and build a nurturing environment as the children move into KS1 from EYFS. 

The children in Malvern Class benefit from regularly having a sports coach to support their PE and tournaments within our sports partnership. Music is a passion of Miss Brown's so there's always a song to learn or an instrument to play! 

Our English work this half term will be inspired by “The Egyptian Cinderella” by Shirley Climo. We will be comparing this story to the traditional tale of Cinderella and exploring how the author has changed and maintained the story. We will be working towards a diary entry in the voice of the main character Rhodopsis, considering the features and style a diary is written in. We will also be doing some independent research about Egyptian Gods. We will continue to follow daily phonics and reading at your child’s level. Rhino group will use our scheme of work in line with our Pathways to Write English scheme. Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of the half term for you to practise.

In Maths this half term our main focus is telling the time. We will recap o’clock, half past and quarter past/to before moving on to telling the time in 5 minute intervals (Y2) and telling the time to 1 minute (Y3. Y3s will also be looking at both analogue and digital time telling. We will then finish out the year with capacity and mass, measuring in g, kg, ml, and l. As always, please continue to practise times tables at home using TTRS.

In Science we will be exploring light and shadow. We need to understand the difference between light sources and reflectors and will be experimenting with different ways of creating shadows both inside and outside the classroom.  

This half term we are going to consider the “Golden Rule” – do to others as you would have them do to you - and how it applies to the different religions we have looked at so far – Islam, Judaism and Christianity, as well as considering the idea from a Humanist perspective.

Our History this half term is focussed on the Ancient Greeks. We will explore where and when the Ancient Greek civilisation was and it’s continued impact on the world today. We will research the Ancient Greek Gods, the impact of Alexander the Great and the origins of the Olympic Games. We will also consider the evidence of different debated historical events such as the Trojan war.

In DT this half term we will be taste-testing different Greek ingredients, before exploring different types of bread. We will then follow a recipe to create our own pita breads.

In Computing we will be building our knowledge of databases. We will be looking at the benefit of computerised databases and beginning to explore Excel as a tool to collate information.

PSHE will be taught in Key Stages, with the Year 1/2s being taught by Miss Randall and the Year 3s being taught alongside the Year 4s by Miss Brown. The Y3s will be considering different aspects fo keeping themselves safe, both emotionally and from a First Aid perspective. The Y2s will be considering the importance of privacy, knowing when and how to share something and to whom.

PE will be on Monday afternoons with Mr Watkins, who will be working on athletics with the children. Our second PE session will be on Friday afternoons with Miss Brown who will be covering striking and fielding in rounders.

Throughout this year we will be expanding our musical instrument skills on our chromatic glockenspiels. Each half term will focus on a different musical style from around the world, with the core skills of reading and writing musical notation, playing in time, singing and developing musicality. Our next theme is Bollywood music from India.

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