Croeso i Investigators!

Blwyddyn 2 a 3 efo Mr Roberts a Mrs Wilkins

Who are we?

The Investigator's are a mixed Years 2 and 3 class taught by Mr Roberts, the class teacher and Mrs Wilkins, the classroom teaching assistant.

We are a happy, caring and hard working class and we always try our best in everything that we do. We have a bright and engaging classroom and enjoy trying new things. We work well together as a team but also enjoy working independently. We love learning!

Our classroom is organised into different areas for our learning.

We have a creative station in which we love to use lots of different equipment and materials to make things.

 In our classroom we also have a maths station where we use lots of resources to help us with our numeracy skills, such as hundred squares, cubes, Numicon, number lines etc...

In our construction area, you will find lots of building materials to help us bring our creations to life and in our Role-Play area is where we get the chance to dress up and use our imaginations to be whoever we want to be!

Important Information:

School Times: The register is taken at 9:00 a.m. Please be in school before this time.

PE: PE lessons for the Autumn term are on a Wednesday. This term we will be going to Denbigh Leisure Centre for our swimming and Gymnastics lesson. Please come to school in your PE kit on this day.

Outdoor Learning: This term, the children will be taking part in Outdoor Learning sessions with Miss Ella and Miss Cherina every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. The children will have the opportunity to develop their skills in our wonderful Outdoor Environment. We also try and utilise the outdoors as much as possible and love to take our learning outside! 

SeeSaw: We use the SeeSaw app to liaise with our parents. The app is free to download. Please ensure you have access to SeeSaw as this is where all of our messages, notices and work from your child are shared.

Reading Books: Books are taken home to be read. Children read and discuss their book in school and are encouraged to read at home as much as possible. We kindly ask that parents listen to their children and comment in their reading records.

Reading Days: We read in school as often as we can and as well as 1-1 reading with Mr Roberts and Mrs Wilkins each week, there are plenty of opportunities to access lots of other reading materials in our classroom and in our school outdoor library. We also choose a class book to read together each term and base lots of our language work using that book. We are always on the lookout for any magazines that are no longer needed at home to be brought into our classroom for others to read.

Homework/Learning Log: A homework grid of activities is sent home via SeeSaw at the beginning of each term. We encourage the children to complete as many of the tasks as possible over the term and share their work on the SeeSaw app. As well as these tasks, we also encourage the children to practice learning their times tables throughout the year and also practice writing their spelling patterns in various ways. The children have a weekly spelling test. The children are encouraged to learn their spellings at home.

Topic work: We deliver three topics per year, one every term. Every topic has a link to an AoLE of the Curriculum for Wales. The children are set a problem/question/challenge at the beginning of the term and work with the class teacher to plan how they are going to solve what is being asked of them. We always work towards producing something at the end of a topic and the class will always be involved in sharing this in some way, whether that be to their peers, parents or to the local community.

This term's topic is called: Me, Myself and I and has a link to the AoLE's of Science & Technology and Health & Well-Being.