Our class, Kindness Keepers, is inspired by St Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa), who dedicated her life to showing love, compassion, and kindness to those most in need. Through her caring actions and selfless service, she showed the world the importance of treating everyone with dignity, respect, and love.
As Kindness Keepers, we strive to follow St Teresa’s example by spreading kindness wherever we go, helping others, and creating a welcoming and caring community. We understand that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference and bring joy to those around us.
On our journey of faith and learning, we are guided by our class teacher, Mrs Roden, and supported by our teaching assistant, Mrs Eaton. Together, we work to follow St Teresa of Calcutta’s example by showing compassion, serving others, and making our school and community a kinder place.
Our Pledge this year, as Kindness Keepers, is to grow kindness every day thinking “Who can I help today?”
New spellings are given out each Monday, with the spelling test taking place the following week.
Our PE day is Tuesday.
We have set Forest School sessions on Friday afternoons each term, check GC or the Newsletter for confirmed dates each term.
Our class rewards each Friday are:
- Pyjamas
- Own clothes
- A small teddy or figure – no mechanics and no bigger than your child’s face.
Remember your child, if their house team wins or they collect 20+ dojos, can choose one of those three options.
We now follow the Discerning Disciples Religious Education curriculum, which is organised into six core branches that correspond to the half-terms of the academic year and reflect the liturgical and thematic flow of the Catholic faith:
- Creation and Covenant: Explores the creation story, human dignity, and God’s relationship with humanity.
- Prophecy and Promise: Focuses on Advent, the Annunciation, and God working through history.
- Galilee to Jerusalem: Follows Jesus’ ministry, teachings, parables, and miracles.
- Desert to Garden: Covers Lent, the Paschal Mystery, and the Resurrection.
- To the Ends of the Earth: Explores the early Church, the Holy Spirit, and the work of the apostles.
- Dialogue and Encounter: Teaches about working for the common good and respecting other faiths.
Through these six branches, the Discerning Disciples curriculum supports pupils in developing religious literacy, deepening their understanding of Scripture and Catholic tradition, and growing as thoughtful, compassionate disciples in today’s world.
Recommended Reading List Year 2
Rocket Reading Challenge Year 2
Parent Guide To English In Year 2
Emile – Schemes of Work, Assessments & Games (emile-education.com)
Module One: Created and Loved by God explores the individual. Rooted in the teaching that we are created by God out of love and for love, it helps children to develop an understanding of the importance of valuing themselves as the basis for personal relationships.
Module Two: Created to Love Others explores the individual’s relationship with others. Building on the understanding that we have been created out of love and for love, this module explores how we take this calling into our family, friendships and relationships, and teaches strategies for developing healthy relationships and keeping safe both online and in our daily lives.
Module Three: Created to Live in Community explores the individual’s relationship with the wider world. Here we explore how human beings are relational by nature and are called to love others in the wider community through service, through dialogue and through working for the Common Good.