Giraffe – Years 2 & 3 Miss Dale and Miss Gamble

‘Only my best is good enough’

Welcome to Giraffe Class!

Giraffe class is a mixed Year 2 and Year 3 class. We are very active learners and always try our best. Our Class teacher is Miss Dale and our Teaching Assistant is Miss Gamble, both are with us everyday.

In English we use The Write Stuff to help us to know what excellent compositions look like. We have experience days to shape our understanding and help make our writing as creative as we can! We always share ideas as a class and strive to improve our work to make it our best! We are passionate readers and we love to explore all different styles of writing and texts. 

In Maths we use practical apparatus and pictures to make our learning fun and easier to understand. Each lesson starts with a recap of what we have looked at the day before to help us retain all of the learning we have been doing. We aim to do active maths at least once a week which we LOVE! We are very eager to learn our times tables and aim to go on Times Table Rockstars whenever we can. 

Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)

Our science topics change each half term. In Science this term, Year 3 children are learning all about Light and in Year 2 we are learning all about materials. We do lots of practical activities in Science and experiments are definitely our favourite part!

We do Art for half a term and then Design Technology for half a term. This term in art we are learning about sculpture and how to make our very own 3D clay houses! We will learning how to roll, smooth, join and make marks in clay. This is a brand new skill that we are very excited to learn!

Our PE day is Friday  and we come to school in our PE kits. We use Real PE and this means that we understand what our next challenges are and this helps us to improve. 

Each term we do History or Geography. Our school trips are often linked to these topic as this helps us to understand how our learning is linked to the real world. In Geography this term, our topic question is 'Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?' We are so excited to learn all about different continents such as Antarctica and Africa and comparing them. 

Year 3 also do Fantastic French Fridays and we are excited to learn how to name classroom objects, say colours, say our age and give instructions. 

We do RE and PSHCE each week and there is topic for each half term. This term in PSHCE we are learning about 'Difference and diversity'. 

In RE we explore lots of different religions and how these compare to each other. We also look at important religious stories and why these are important to different groups. We act out stories form different religions and work out what the messages might be - we have found loads of similarities! 

We have our music days on Thursdays and we use Charanga to discuss the different styles of music and use instruments to play along. We explore the rhythm and pulse of a song and explore different genres of music- we love to have a sing-a-long! 

Dojo Rewards for Giraffe Class

As part of an update for the dojo reward system, the children can now redeem (spend) their dojos on treats.

Giraffe class have selected the following treats (these will be in place until the children decide that they need changing - I will ask them each half term). The children have decided on the 'cost' of each treat based on how many dojos we typically get in a week and how 'precious' the prize is!! These costs may be different from other classes as it was the children's choice.

If your child chooses a treat then you will be informed via dojo message or text.