Welcome to the Dragonflies class page!

Class 2 is made up of a bunch of fantastic year 3 and 4 children who are eager to learn and bring lots of enthusiasm each day.

The class is lead by Mrs Beston each Monday to Wednesday and Mrs Battersby each Thursday and Friday morning. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons all the children in school are split into 2 groups, the 'Acorns' (R/1/2/3) and 'Oaks' (4/5/6). The children will access the lessons of art and design technology, computing and PSHE whilst in these groups. Being taught by teachers within their specialism.

Supporting our teachers in their roles are the wonderful teaching assistants: Mrs Wade, Mrs Payne and Miss Webster. These ladies help to support children with particular needs and lead group activities.

2024 - 2025 is set to be an exciting school year! A trip is in the diary for Woodmatters in the coming weeks and all children will experience a trip to the theatre as developing an appreciation of the arts is a priority for us.

Our topic this half term is: Stone Age to Iron Age. A trip to Woodmatters has been organised to inspire this learning. Mrs Beston will teach the history and geography through this topic. In English children will be reading UG and other texts set in this historical period. In Maths children will begin by covering place value. We use White Rose to teach our maths topics and the steps of development are available to see on their website.   

PE this half term is Wednesday afternoons with Mr Blair and Friday afternoons with Adam from Cumbria Cricket. Both of these coaches are offering free after school clubs, funded through our PE premium. 

Children also access IDL and TT Rockstars to support their development of core literacy and maths skills.

We regularly use SeeSaw to share what we have been doing in class and we love it when children’s achievements and experiences from home are shared with us on this platform – it often sparks conversations in class and sometimes directs our teaching too.  

Reading

Within school children are heard reading twice a week - either 1:1 with their own book or as part of a guided reading session. Please can children try and read daily at home as this helps to improve blending, comprehension, grammar, spelling and most importantly helps to develop a life-long love of reading for pleasure!

Homework 

Our expectations are that children should be reading with a parent 5 times each week. Children should also be learning their weekly spellings. The half term's overview will be sent out at the beginning of each half term so that you can practise at home. We will not send any additional tasks during the first half term to enable children to get back into the school routines after their summer break.

If you have any questions for the dragonfly/class 2 team please do not hesitate to contact us via the school office team: admin@cartmel.cumbria.sch.uk.