Lower KS2
In Lower Key Stage 2, our curriculum is designed to inspire high aspirations in all of our pupils and to encourage them to become resilient, lifelong learners who embrace challenges and continue to grow as individuals.
Our rich and varied curriculum gives children opportunities to develop inquisitive minds and a lifelong love of learning. We believe in celebrating every success and preparing our children for the future. We pride ourselves on giving our children a range of experiences to bring their learning to life, from hands on workshops, performances, and educational trips.
Through engaging and stimulating lessons, children have the opportunity to embark on a journey of discovery that feeds their curiosity within the most exhilarating topics of our curriculum.
The children consolidate their understanding of writing to entertain and to inform. For children in Year 3, they will be introduced to writing to persuade for the first time. In doing so, they will develop a keener awareness of the reader, by considering how to move and convince their audience to act and/or change their mind. They will encounter new genres, such as personal narratives (memoirs), fables, persuasive speeches and other sub-genres of poetry (such as calligrams and kennings), and revise their genre knowledge of instructions, letters and non-chronological reports. They will revisit learning from key stage one to ensure that they are familiar with simple sentence structure and build upon this by using a greater range of conjunctions to join their ideas in writing. Accurate punctuation of dialogue is introduced in Year 3/4, along with the use of prepositions and adverbs to tell the reader when, where and how things happened. The children will also learn how to structure their writing, by including paragraphs and/or headings and subheadings to support the reader to navigate the writing more effectively. Children in Year 4 are also taught about a greater variety of ways to begin sentences, such as with a fronted adverbial to link back to a previous sentence or paragraph and/or to move the writing on for the reader. A greater range and/or usage of punctuation is taught to children in Year 4, such as the use of a comma to separate groups of words or phrases within a sentence and the use of an apostrophe to signify plural possession.
In Year 4 we use 'maths frame' which is an interactive resource to support children's understanding of times tables. This also includes a similar multiplication check which mimics the statutory multiplication check that the children will sit in year 4. Through this it ensures children have enough practice at answering the questions under a time limit so the check does not come as a surprise.
What do our parents and carers think about LKS2 at Springfield Primary School?
'Reading and times tables are well prepared.'
'My child is doing well and being encouraged to do well.'
'My child has loved all of her topic learning.'
