Topic Work in Class 2

Castles, Magic & Mystery - Spring 2024

We have been enjoying our topic on Castles, Magic and Mystery. In English the children have been learning about expanded noun phrases and similes and writing descriptions about dragons. 

Our classroom has been transformed with a role play medieval castle where the children can take on roles they have been learning about  such as lords & ladies, knights, jesters and servants. They have a castle construction and small world area as well as a reading & writing area to research and write about castles. In addition to consolidate their learning the children have a sand area to construct their own Motte and Bailey castles. 

We are also looking forward to our trip to Skipton castle later in the spring term.

Our Frozen World - Autumn 2023

During our topic on ‘Our Frozen World’ we will continue to build our locational knowledge through our work on continents and oceans and the geography skills of understanding human and physical features. We will also take time to look at environmental issues such as global warming and pollution.

Have you ever wondered what is at the top of the highest peaks and at the bottom of the deepest oceans? What is on the other side of the world or at the north and south poles?

We will continue to be historians researching the expeditions of Captain Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic, with all its highs and lows, and ask questions about the sources that could have been used to document his remarkable journey to the South Pole. We will answer questions such as:

Who on earth is this famous person? How did Scott get to the South Pole and what happened then? Why did Scott risk his life going to the South Pole? How do we know what happened on Scott’s last journey? How should Scott be remembered today? Did anyone else travel to the South Pole?

Our work in English will include writing reports on Antarctic explorers and fact files on penguins.