Thursby
Primary School
Learning and Growing Together
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Class 2
Welcome to Class 2!
We are a mixed age class of 23 children (year 1 and 2) and our teachers are Miss Gregson (Monday), Mrs Milburn (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), Miss Davidson (STA) and Mrs Gould (PPA cover).
As always, if you need to contact us please use the class 2 email: class2@thursby.cumbria.sch.uk
Key Information:
- Our PE days are Wednesday (Gymnastics with Kim) and Friday (Fundamentals). We ask that children come to school wearing their PE kits on these days. Long hair should be tied up and no jewellery should be worn. Any stud earrings must be removed or taped if they are new piercings.
- We provide a fresh fruit snack everyday however your child is allowed to bring their own fresh fruit snack from home if they wish.
- Please ensure that your child brings a full water bottle to school each day.
- School dinners are to be ordered on the schoolgrid website.
- Please bring wellies and a warm coat for playtime. A spare change of clothing, including underwear is also useful. Place them in a named bag which can be hung on your child's peg in the cloakroom.
- Reading for pleasure is one of the most valuable life skills you can encourage. We will visit the library every Wednesday and your child will bring two library books home. These are 'sharing books' and we encourage you to enjoy the books together, discussing and exploring your child's choices each week.
- Year 1 will participate in a phonics screening check in June.
Our Curriculum:
- Please have a look through our curriculum map (below). This outlines the key learning for each subject this year.
Homework:
- Every child is expected to read to an adult at least 3x per week (reading journals will be checked every Friday).
- Year 1 Reading - We will send home 'book words' to accompany the reading book. These include graphemes, non-decodable (tricky) words, and higher-level vocabulary that we are learning in school. Additionally, we will send home a phonics 'home learning' sheet containing the sounds, words, and sentences we have been working on in phoncis. Please use this to support your child's reading development.
- Year 2 - Weekly times tables are set every Monday (see overview below).
Summer 2026
Spring 2026
Autumn 2025
In Art, the children have been studying line and shape. They learned how organic and geometrical shapes can form drawings. They applied this knowledge to create a self-portrait inspired by Paul Klee’s ‘Senecio.’
In Science, the children completed a pairs game to help them learn some garden and wild plants. They then sorted the plants into two groups (wild and garden plants).
Summer 2025
Spring Term 2025
Class 2 enjoying their weekly archery lesson with Mr Armstrong.
We all enjoyed our visit from Jean from The Cumbrian Dialect Society. Jean taught us all traditional ‘Fell Talk’ and we celebrated the varied forms of our beautiful language and dialect. Thank you Jean! “Hoo’s ta ga’an on?”
In Maths, class 2 have been measuring objects using non-standard units of measurement. They measured the objects using cubes.
Class 2 enjoyed World Book Day exploring lots of different books with their friends! They even had a book-nic where they shared some new class books
A trip to Lowther Castle
In Design & Technology, Class 2 designed a moving mechanism which had to include a linkage and had to move. They then created their moving monsters following their design and design specification. Take a look at their fabulous creations! Next, the children will test and evaluate their final products!
Over the last few weeks, class 2 have thoroughly enjoyed their computing sessions. They have enjoyed creating their own ebook on 2Create which is a story tool on Purple Mash. They have created stories about an animal and have added animations, backgrounds and sounds! 🖥️💻🐍🐸🐮🐻🐹🐶🐱🐰🐯🐷🦁🦊🐭🐻❄️
Autumn Term 2024
Class 2 thoroughly enjoyed their Design & Technology lesson. They developed their food preparation skills such as cutting, snipping, spreading and grating. They enjoyed eating their tasty creations at the end of the session! 🥕 🍅 🥯 🧀 🍎 🔪 ✂️
In Computing, Class 2 have enjoyed developing their mouse skills on the laptop. 💻 ⌨️🖱️
