St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School

St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School,
West Close Road, Barnoldswick
Lancashire
BB18 5EN

01282 813045

Mrs Beech at bursar@st-josephs-barlick.lancs.sch.uk

Welcome to our school website. St. Joseph's is a GOOD school as rated by Ofsted in February 2023. We hope you find everything that you are looking for and much more! If you need any further information do not hesitate to contact school. Thank you.

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Class 2

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If you wish to know further information relating to the curriculum in Class 2 please do not hesitate to speak to Mrs Ellison via Class Dojo.

English  

Our first English unit is based on the story ‘Grandad’s island’. We will also look at non-fiction that links to our Science work on seasonal change.

 

Maths

This term Year 1 are beginning with counting up to 30 and getting a good understanding of number. We will then move on to addition and subtraction. Year 2 will revise numbers to 100 before also moving onto addition and subtraction

  

Religious Education 

RE
Our first RE topic is called God's Great Plan, and then we move on to The Mystery of God.

 

Science .  

Our topic this term is Animals, including Humans. We will learn all about our bodies and what they need.

 

Geography

Our Geography topic this term is Weather Patterns. We will learn about weather here and around the world.

 

History

Our History topic this term is Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot..

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 Art

We will be honing our drawing and painting skills this half term

 

DT

This term we will explore textiles in order to make puppets. 

 

Computing

In Computing, we are learning about what technology is all around us, and we will use the laptops to perfect our digital painting skills.

 

P.E. 

Class 2’s PE days this half term are Monday and Tuesday. Children come to school in their PE kit. They can come in their trainers. Pumps should permanently be in school in a pump bag for indoor wear.

 

PSHE

We are learning about families and feeling cared for. We will also look at friendship and recognising hurtful behaviour.

  

Reading 

Children in Class 2 should read all of their reading book out loud to an adult every night. This is recorded in the green reading record.

The book and record must come to school every day to be checked or exchanged.

The day the books are changed will vary depending on which reading group your child is in, but you will receive at least two per week. These should be re-read to ensure fluency.

  

Library visit

Class 2 had a wonderful visit to Barnoldswick library . They listened to some stories and made some cards.

Long Term Planning

 

Planning

Please find below an outline of the topics covered in your child's class. 

If you wish to know further information relating to the curriculum in Class 2 please do not hesitate to speak to Mrs Ellison, the class teacher.

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