Hi! My name is Mrs Bunn and this is the second year that I have been teaching at St Johns. I am looking forward to this new year now that I’m not the newbie anymore! At St Johns, I am responsible for all the Geography learning that goes on and my favourite topic is in Year 3 when we learn about volcanoes!

In my spare time I enjoy walking my lovely Lakeland terrier Peggy, listening to podcasts and getting outdoors. Another great passion of mine is reading, I love finding out about new books and sharing them with my class!

I can’t wait to get started on this new academic year and see what Bluebirds class can achieve together!

Other staff working in our class are:

Miss Keyes – Teaching assistant

Mrs Wallace – 3rd Teacher

Mrs Sanger – Art and DT teacher fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons

Our Weekly Timetable:

Important dates for the diary this term for Bluebirds Class:

St Nicholas Celebration at Canterbury Cathedral - Sunday 7^th December

PE - Every Wednesday

Our learning this term:

Our learning continues this term with an exciting geography topic called ‘Magnificent Earth’. We will be focussing on volcanoes and earthquakes. The children will learn about the structure of the earth, how different types of volcanoes are formed, what happens when they erupt and what causes earthquakes.

This term in English we will explore a text called ‘Escape from Pompeii’ by Christina Balit. We will continue to focus on sentence structure, ensuring we are using capital letters and full stops correctly, as well as question marks and exclamation marks. We will also continue to develop our knowledge of varied word classes (such as adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions) and structuring our longer writing in paragraphs. Again, we will write a range of text types including poetry, narrative and non-chronological reports.

 

In maths we will continue to learn about addition and subtraction including the column method for accuracy with larger numbers, which will also test our place value! We will then move on to explore multiplication and division by using methods of arrays, grouping and sharing. We will continue to practise our fast recall of multiplication and division facts for 2X 3X 5X and 10X tables.

In science, we will be exploring rocks which links well with our learning in geography this term.  The children will compare and group rocks and investigate their properties by testing how hard they are and if they can let water go through them. We will learn about how fossils are formed and take our learning outside to investigate soil.

 

We will be learning about Christianity in RE this term. Our topic is ‘Incarnation’ and our big question is ‘What is the Trinity?’

The children have enjoyed learning how to greet people and say goodbye in German. This term they will learn numbers to 10 and colours.

Learning at home for Bluebird Class: 

Children are expected to read every night for at least 15 minutes.  Please spend time each day listening to your child read as it really does have a positive impact on their progress. Remember to sign your child’s reading record book when they have read to you.

When your child has finished an AR book, they can complete the quiz. We are focussing on quizzing accuracy. Your child will receive a raffle ticket if they pass a quiz at 80% or above and will have the chance to win a prize at the end of term!

It is important that reading books and reading record books are in school every day even if your child hasn’t read.

 

 

Please remember that you can access Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS), Numbots and Spelling Shed from home. There are certificates and a trophy for the winning class and individual certificates for the child that scores the most points each week. Spelling assignments will be given out each week, which support the spelling curriculum that your child will be following in school.

You will find your login details in the front of your child’s reading record book.

 

 

 

 

Be ready for learning!

In Bluebirds Class, your child will need to have these items in school: 

• PE kit (to be worn on PE day) 
• Water bottle with sports cap lid (no squash or juice) 
• Small rucksack (big enough to hold lunchbox and reading books) 
• Wellington boots (to leave in school) 
• Coat (weather appropriate) 

Please don’t bring other items into school, as we do not have space to store them, and it can cause upset if things are lost or damaged. 

 

School uniform checklist:

Please, please, please check that all items of school uniform and PE kit are clearly named, as it can be upsetting for the children and frustrating for parents and teachers when clothes go ‘missing’. Don’t forget to check regularly as names can fade easily in the wash!

Snacks

Please note that in KS2, children do not receive snack for break times.

If your child would like a snack, please feel free to send them in with a piece of fruit in their bag that they can eat in morning break! Grapes should be cut in half lengthways please.

Highlights from Term 1

We really enjoyed our Durovernum topic, learning all about why the Romans invaded and how they changed Canterbury. On our Hook Day we all made Roman helmets.

In Science, we learnt about forces and magnets. The children did an experiment to find out which surfaces had more or less friction and had lots of fun investigating how magnets attract and repel.

We took our learning outside for one of our art lessons. The children used viewfinders and sketched trees inspired by the work of Luke Adam Hawker.

We had a great day on our trip. At the Roman Museum the children had a Roman technology workshop, made their own replica Roman coins, used catapults to know down a brick wall and had fun dressing up!

At the Beaney we looked at some real and replica Roman artefacts, sketched them and thought about what they might be used for.