Fox Cub Class
Class teacher’s welcome
Welcome to the Fox Cub class page!
I am delighted to welcome you and your children to Fox Cub Class for another exciting year of learning and discovery! It is a real joy to be teaching the children for a second year, and I am looking forward to helping them continue to flourish both academically and personally.
This year, we will be going on a wonderful learning journey together, exploring new ideas, deepening our knowledge, and developing key skills. A big focus will be on encouraging independence in learning, so that each child feels confident in taking on challenges and celebrating their achievements.
Equally important, we will be working on building strong friendships, supporting one another, and making sure that our classroom is a happy, safe, and fun place to learn. Through teamwork, creativity, and curiosity, I know the children will continue to grow into confident and resilient learners.
Alongside this, we will be thinking about how we can serve our community in small but meaningful ways—through everyday acts of kindness, helping others, and showing respect and care both in and outside of school.
I am so excited to see all the progress the children will make this year and to share in their successes, both big and small. Together, we will make this a year full of learning, laughter, and lasting memories.
Mrs Fox
Curriculum news
At a glance –
Spring 2:
The “At a Glance” overview, which was previously updated on the website each half term, is now provided as an attached newsletter document for ease of access.
Year 2
Spring:
| Week | Focus | Example Words |
| Week 1 | The or sound spelt a before l and ll. | almost, already, chalk, small, stalk, talk, altogether, Red Words: above, after, again |
| Week 2 | Soft c . | Circus, city, concert, excellent, exercise, fancy, notice, pencil, Red Words: any, anyone, are |
| Week 3 | Adding the suffix –y (1) | Dotty, muddy, spotty, runny, sunny, yummy, foggy, funny Red Words: ask, bath, beautiful |
| Week 4 | Special focus 1: Red words. Common exception
Special Focus 2: Homophones. |
1: where, could, there, want, was, would, what
2: See/sea, son/sun, blew/blue, knight/night, saw/sore |
| Week 5 | Adding the suffix –y (2) | Breezy, crazy, curvy, greasy, simply, spiky, wheezy, Red Words: behind, both, bought |
| Week 6 | Adding the suffix –ly | Bravely, foolishly, happily, loudly, nearly, softly, warmly Red Words: break, brother, buy |
| Week 7 | Half term | |
| Week 1 | The n sound spelt kn and gn. | Gnash, gnaw, gnome, knead, knee, knock, knit, Red Words: caught, child, children |
| Week 2 | The igh sound spelt y. | Butterfly, horrify, July, multiply, my, nearby, reply, Red Words: Christmas, class, climb |
| Week 3 | Adding the suffix –ing (1) | Beginning, clapping, dropping, gripping, nodding, shopping, tripping Red Words: clothes, cold, come |
| Week 4 | Special focus 3: Red words. Common exception
Special Focus 4: Homophones. |
3: money, people, busy, half
4: There/their, no/know, right/write, to/too, week/weak |
| Week 5 | Adding the suffix –ing (2) | Baking, cracking, phoning, racing, shading, tickling, writing, Red Words: does, door, down |
| Week 6 | Half term |
Year 3
Spring:
| Week | Focus | Example Words |
| Week 1 | Adding the suffix -less | careless, endless, fearless, harmless, helpless, hopeless, pointless, restless |
| Week 2 | Adding the suffix -ment | amazement, attachment, enjoyment, judgement, movement, treatment |
| Week 3 | Words ending in -tion | caption, fiction, motion, nation, option, potion, section, station, vacation |
| Week 4 | Adding the suffix -es | babies, bodies, carries, copies, cries, families, flies, hobbies, replies, tries |
| WEEK 5 | Y2 Special Focus 6 (Contractions and apostrophes) and Y2 Special Focus 7 (Possessive apostrophes) | 6: I’d, I’ve, they’d, they’ve, we’d, we’ve, you’d, you’ve
7: (singular possession –> root word + ’s) |
| Week 6 | Adding the prefixes dis- and in- | disagree, disappear, dishonest, dislike, incomplete, incorrect, invisible |
| Half term | ||
| Week 1 | Adding im- to root words beginning m or p | immature, immoral, impatient, imperfect, impolite, impossible |
| Week 2 | Y3 Special Focus 1 (Orange words – Y3/4 Nat. Curric word list) | answer, business, February, island, length, strength |
| Week 3 | Adding the suffix -ous | dangerous, enormous, fabulous, generous, jealous, nervous, ridiculous |
| Week 4 | Adding the suffix -ly | badly, carefully, completely, finally, gently, horribly, nicely, rudely, simply, suddenly |
| Week 5 | Y3 Special focus 2 (Homophones) | bare/bear, brake/break, grate/great, meat/meet, weak/week, wear/where |
| Half term |
Home Learning Opportunities
Reading
Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 10 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.
Home Learning Projects – Spring Term
With our School Values: Love · Compassion · Perseverance · Respect · Service
Choose any projects you’d like to try at home. Bring them to school, we love celebrating your hard work!
English Projects
1. Two‑Word Kenning Poem (Creativity + Respect)
Write a kenning poem about an animal, person, or toy.
Show respect for your subject by choosing thoughtful words.
Optional: dedicate your poem to someone you care about.
Maths Projects
3. Measure Your World! (Respect for Learning)
Measure 10 objects at home and order them from shortest to longest.
Use careful measuring to show respect for accuracy.
4. Fraction Pizza or Fruit Salad (Service + Love)
Create a fractions pizza or fruit salad showing ½, ¼, ⅓.
Share it with your family to show service and love.
History – Victorian Ilkley Projects
5. “A Day in Victorian Ilkley” Mini‑Book (Respect + Compassion)
Create a booklet showing what life was like in Victorian Ilkley.
Try to imagine how people lived and show compassion for how different life was.
6. Census Detective (Respect + Perseverance)
Make a census of your home.
Compare life now to Victorian times.
Use perseverance to collect all the details!
Science – Light
7. Shadow Investigation (Perseverance)
Track your shadow at three times of the day.
Keep going even if the weather changes , great perseverance!
8. Make a Shadow Puppet (Creativity + Love)
Create a puppet using card.
Put on a shadow show for your family to spread love and joy.
Art – Inspired by William Morris
9. William Morris Pattern (Respect + Perseverance)
Design your own repeating pattern using flowers, leaves or shapes.
Careful, repeated patterns show respect for detail and perseverance.
Music
10. Homemade Percussion Instrument (Creativity + Service)
Make a shaker, drum or maraca using recycled materials.
Use it to perform a short rhythm for your family — a lovely act of service.
Computing – Branching Databases
11. Yes/No Animal Quiz (Respect)
Create a branching quiz using yes/no questions.
Show respect for your readers by making questions clear and fair.
RE
12. Feelings Poster about Sacrifice (Compassion + Love)
Choose a story where someone helps others.
Make a poster showing how they showed love and compassion.
PSHE – Rights & Responsibilities
13. Community Kindness Challenge (Love · Compassion · Service)
Complete five acts of kindness.
Record what you did and how it helped someone.
This shows service, compassion and love in action.
French – Paris Landmarks
14. Paris Landmark Fact Card (Respect + Perseverance)
Create a fact card about a Paris landmark.
Write one French sentence.
Show perseverance by practising your French pronunciation carefully.
Be Creative! You can make a scrapbook, a giant poster, a PowerPoint slideshow or even a video diary. Add drawings, photos, maps, charts, and anything else to make your project exciting and colourful.
Please bring your home project during the week beginning 16th March . The suggested projects are just ideas. You are welcome to create anything you like based on what we’ve learned this term.
Dates for the diary
PE days: Tuesday and Wednesday
Links to support learning
Maths
Year 2 Numbots (login on inside front cover of Reading Record) – Children work through the different levels to help secure their calculation skills and number facts.
Year 3 Times Table Rock Stars (login on inside front cover of Reading Record) – Y3 introduces 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables, as well as building on 2, 5 and 10 (from Y2)